Northern Quarter

Sums up the Northern Quarter






Tony Wilson. = Factory Records

Joy Division 

Cool As fuck,cow

Photo taken from a group of paving stones that represent Manchester.. this one is from the Cool as Fuck logo cow from the in spiral carpets..  

BBC News - Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says

BBC News - Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says

no reason....

SHELTER WORKSHOP

Cut, sew, bend, stitch. We had one day to construct a shelter exploring different possibilities of our given materials and their presence in the surrounding space.

 Laura Mansfield, designer - Constance Laisné, and artist-in-residence at the Chinese Arts Centre - Antonia Low.












This was a great opportunity to experience the processes of collaboration and experimentation in a short time frame.














It was a funny atmosphere today.. only half the group turned up, so it failed in it task of team building, sorry but i do feel negative towards this activity,..  







However we formed a group and worked well together making our shelter

Liam Curtin Tour Of The Nortern Quarter

 

 Great wee walk around the Northern Quarter, and an insightful tour by Liam Curtin, who seemed to there and the  uprising of the area.

This atmospheric neighbourhood is adjacent to the mainstream delights of Market Street and the city centre, yet its mix of vintage, vinyl and curry houses sets it apart. It remains pretty much chain-free, although that is due in part to the narrow streets and tiny shop fronts that characterise this area – part of the distinctive architecture that lends the Northern Quarter much of its appeal. It’s a pleasure to get lost among its winding redbrick alleys and grand warehouses dating from the Cottonopolis era. While some have been restored others have fared less well. But if any place suits a little urban dilapidation, it’s this one.

 http://www.creativetourist.com/manchester/northern-quarter/

From the run-down 1970's were the artist moved in for the cheap rents, to Tony Wilson's venture with a bar to today bustling little creative community. Not to mention the bands and musicians that gather in the quarter

Chara Lewis,

Interesting Lecture, From Chara Lewis,(should be noted Chara often provides me with tutorials.) Chara again like other lectures the last week or so, have focused on Collaboration. Chara also pointed out that the people she works with are based at different points of the UK, Leeds, Manchester and Glasgow. She also pointed out the main enjoyment of this Collaboration was that it was fun.



The above picture was from Tatton Park Biennial bring together this interest in flight and their research into digital self-replication.
7m long inflatable head

  Loved this Shadow piece. haunting, yet magical. 3D objects in acrylic polymer, polypropylene, table and light source in black box environmen

Northern Quarter

Tomorrow I'm going on a tour of the Northern Quarter

The "Northern Quarter" as such did not exist as a distinct area until the mid 1990's when a number of interested parties got together and defined a boundary, came up with the name and branded the area as such, this has proved extremely successful since most people are un aware this ever occurred or did so extremely recently.

The area is also known as a home to the creative industries, and in particular fashion design, with various designers, agencies, and clothing wholesalers populating its back streets. There are also a number of commercial art galleries in the area.

When Collaboration Kills Creativity

video aren’t great but the ideas are.

Lucky PDF

Interesting talk by Lucky PDF. a collaboration of young artist made up of the artists James Early, John Hill, Ollie Hogan and Yuri Pattison primarily, with an extended network.

  Most of their work they showed was video art, performance art, digital art or new media art with many other artists from  their generation.

LuckyPDF x Grouphabit x Fred from LuckyPDF on Vimeo.

Artist Talk John Plowman...

John Plowman is an artist whose expanded practice encompasses both studio and curatorial activity, each of which informs the other. Beacon, the curatorial project he established in 2004 with Nicola Streeten...

Johns main focus was on location.  An interesting and thought provoking talk.

UNIT X

OK slightly apprehensive  about this particular unit... But it starts here:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Unit X provides an opportunity to explore collaborative and interdisciplinary art and design practice by undertaking work in parallel with students from other art and design programmes within the Faculty. This will take you on a journey beyond the confines of university into the professional world that you will occupy in the future with lectures by practicing artists, site visits and tours within the city as well as the opportunity to work in a studio hub based in the Northern Quarter.

Interesting pics