The Skinny guide to: Radius and ATypical Root

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RADIUS & ATYPICAL ROOT Glasgow |15 April – 3 May

Welcome to The Skinny’s Central Station Guide to Radius and Who are you and what do you do?

Central Station is a creative social network, made in Glasgow, used by Atypical Root the world. We’re a community, a place to browse creative opportunities, somewhere to find creative talent, a destination where you can satisfy your Welcome to The Skinny’s guide to Radius and Atypical Root, two twinned but separate projects united by a desire to provide unusual perspectives on Glasgow and its art in April 2010, alongside Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art. Both come from the heart of the local art scene, from the unfunded and grassroots endeavour that is at the core of the city’s notoriety as an artistic hub. They’re both innovative, inclusive, concerned with emergent art and with realising random dreams. Between them, they will have dozens of events happening across the city in and outside venues, details of which can be found in the listings at the back of this publication and on their respective sites.

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We heard about the projects through Central Station, who had seen whisperings of the plans on their message boards and blogs, and wanted to do what they could to support them. We liked what we saw, and so support came in the form of this guide, distributed across the city and providing details of what’s going on alongside a map to tell you where. Thanks to Radius and Atypical Root, April will include – amongst much else – guerilla gardeners improving the urban landscape; the sound of a dying star playing in a Clydeside pedestrian tunnel; designer-makers displaying their wares in the Lighthouse; and plenty of riverside parties. Much to look forward to, no?

What’s happening in April?

In April we’re partnering with GI and a number of artists to co-produce a broad spectrum of GI offerings. This little booklet is the result of our work with two great projects. There’s Radius, a grassroots project celebrating everything creative about Glasgow that found its feet and home in the Central Station community. Fingers crossed this is the first of many Radii to come. And Atypical Root, a wonderfully ambitious public art extravaganza that aims to bring creativity to the places you’d perhaps least expect to find it. We’re also making a crowd-sourced film of the NVA White Bike ride-out (please help us), asking Phil Kay what he thinks of contemporary art (ask him a question via twitter), and hosting an online cultural exchange between Rennes & Glasgow as part of Social Landscape. Find out more at : www.thisiscentralstation.com.

To introduce the guide, we asked some of those involved to tell us how it all got started, and what they hope to achieve.

Additional thanks to the collaborative design team for their input:

Where did the project come from?

Central Station went live in September 2009. It’s made by ISO and funded by Channel 4, Scottish Screen & the Scottish Arts Council. We’re an open space where creatives from a broad spectrum of disciplines can meet and talk to one another, collaborate, showcase themselves and – importantly – take risks.

We’re also a destination for people with an interest in creative work. Drop by and browse myriad members, their work, join in debates, build your own gallery of things you like, commission something…

Ben Rush, Caroline Hussey, Ciara Phillips, Edwin Pickstone, Neil McGuire, Lynne McKenzie, Ryan Thomson, Sean Kenny Cover Image: Vulnerable Threads

What do you hope the audience will experience?

New, innovative, exciting work they can engage with. That’s important. We’re also interested in the idea of an audience. For us it’s not just the people on the ground, there in real life. We’re wanting to extend experiences, and give virtual audiences as well as real audiences the chance to experience some of what a contemporary art festival like GI has to offer. No matter who or where they are.

Join us at www.thisiscentralstation.com.

Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/censta.

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Radius

Atypical Root

Stephanie Spindler, artist and art director bit.ly/radiusblog

Natalie Lambert, curator and project-lead www.atypicalroot.com

Who are you and what do you do?

I have an art practice in Glasgow and I organise exhibitions through my company, Ugly Duckling Exhibitions. The goal of Radius is to reach out to all those that didn’t have a voice in GI, to connect these individual events and give them a relationship to an audience and to each other to help them find that voice.

Who are you and what do you do?

We are an emerging not-for-profit, artist-led initiative, an official, but unfunded, event for Glasgow International. Atypical Root is a curated public art trail (with new site-specific artworks), and an expanding network of artists and new galleries, dotted through the regenerating/degenerating areas along the Clyde Riverside.

What are you most looking forward to in April?

The entire festival! My project extends into making a new journey every day during the festival, blogging about my discoveries and publishing the route that I took online for others to be inspired. Find out more at bit.ly/radiusblog. My goal is to hit each GI, Atypical Root and Radius site within all my trekking itineraries.

Where did the project come from?

In summer 2009 I walked from the Modern Institute to the White House Gallery and was intrigued by the amount of disused space in the financial district and Glasgow City Centre. It was an opportunity waiting to happen: to unite both international and local galleries through public artworks, exhibitions, interventions and events. Atypical Root wants to blur the boundaries between high-brow and low-brow art, to mix established and emerging artists, and provide the public with a snapshot of GI, without even having to step into a gallery.

How did the project come about?

Last year I was invited to submit to the GI festival as a director but my submission was not accepted. I was frustrated that I had an exhibition planned and it was in between things that were included in the GI. I had recently joined Central Station so I started a blog and a project page looking for other things that might be mapped into a guide for people during the festival. Central Station supported the project Radius as a liaison connecting artists, performers and organisations. It’s been an excellent creative, collaborative experience.

What do you hope the audience will experience?

When I’m trawling a new city I hope to find the coolest venues, the cracks and crevices where things are happening – sometimes it’s a more intimate experience than going to a museum or gallery. All contexts are important to an experience of a place. Glasgow is heaving with genuine sentiment, grit and substance. Radius is another current of activity to emerge from the community of aspiring artist voices in the city. I hope that Radius adds to visitors’, residents’ and artists’ knowledge and feeling of inclusion.

What’s happening in April?

Everything. We have three diverse and fantastic events, one on each Sunday of the festival, to mark each end and the middle of our huge trail (which spans five miles). The trail will spring up in a week, and morph and change throughout the three week festival. More than 30 artists will be exhibiting. The trail does not require opening hours, and galleries will be accessible throughout the festival.

Interventions may be short-term or evolving in select spaces. It will be so rewarding to finally see the artworks on site – we are lucky to have an incredible selection of artists exhibiting for Atypical Root.

Finally, why do you feel the project is important?

Firstly, this project shows that a lot can be done with very little. Secondly, never underestimate the power of ideas... Since the inception of Atypical Root, we have achieved so much more than we ever imagined. This project is important because it introduces Glasgow International to new demographics, and links up major visitor attractions to each other via alternative walking routes. I am looking forward to utilising this trail as a model for a bigger, better (and funded) Atypical Root in Glasgow International 2012 (if GI will have me back!), and working with regeneration and development organisations to bring contemporary visual art to our everyday – the public realm.

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1. HALLelujah 2

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212 West Princes Street | 11AM, 01 Apr – 02 May, not 18th | Free An exhibition by artist/curator Janie Nicoll; fifteen artists are loosely linked by an interest in drawing, print and collage in all their various forms. tinyurl.com/yh45sa6

Kelvingrove Park | 16 Apr – 04 May | Free A temporary sculpture installation in Kelvingrove park. info@brianmccutcheon.com

2. Matt Mignanelli: The Paradigm

Montgomery’s Coffee House | 9AM 16 Apr – 06 Jun | Free A site-specific painting installation contextually relevant to Kelvingrove Art Galleries 1901 Exhibition in Montgomery’s Café. www.uglyduckexhibits.com

Recoat Gallery | 12PM, 03 Apr – 02 May, not Wednesdays | Free Painter, designer, mural artist and lecturer Matt Mignanelli is travelling over from New York to exhibit a collection of his paintings and to create a mural on the walls of Recoat.

3. Schema Che Camille, Various times, 04 Apr – 01 May, Free Solo Exhibition; mixed media work addresses the human need to make order out of chaos and understand the forces around us. www.helenshaddock.com

4. Vulnerable Threads G1 (along the Atypical Root and Argyle Street) | 14 Apr - 4 May Collage interventions will dot the hoardings along the Clyde and Argyle Street, amongst the homogenised posters, visualising a series of reflective counterpoints to the city. community.thisiscentralstation.com/vulnerablethreads

5. TST Text Sound Transmission online: www.stramashspace.org |14 Apr – 31 May A collaborative sound work exploring twelve artists’ unique and individual responses to the lives of historical figures, online.

6. Radius in Motion online: bit.ly/radiusblog | 15 April – 4 May Stephanie Spindler presents a blog every day on routes and things that have been mapped on the Radius, Atypical, and GI journeys at Central Station online.

7. The Illogic Of Repeat Goodd Ltd, 11 James Morrison St | 15 Apr - 15 May, Tues-Sat 11AM-6PM | Free For The Illogic of Repeat, Fiona Jardine and Katy West will present a collection of new objects and bespoke prototypes within Goodd’s gallery space. www.good-d.com

8. New European Art (part I) Project Ability, Various times | 15 Apr – 22 May, not Mondays | Free From the Outsider Art Biennale held at the Rackstad Museum Sweden; works by 40 artists with disabilities who were selected from across Europe.

9. New European Art (part II) Touchbase Business Centre | 10AM 15 Apr—22 May, not Sundays | Free From the Outsider Art Biennale held at the Rackstad Museum Sweden; works by 40 artists with disabilities who were selected from across Europe. www.project-ability.co.uk

10. Glasgow International Artists’ Bookfair Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | 11AM-18PM, 16 Apr – 17 Apr | Free GIAB is a showcase of artists’ books produced by local, UK-based and international artists. www.giab.org.uk

11. Forest Fringe The Arches | 7PM, 16 Apr – 17 Apr | £10 Intimate encounters, audio walks, installations, works-in-progress, secret adventures and interactive experiences by some of the most exciting artists in the UK.

12. Vocal Sans 48 King Street, Various times | 16 Apr – 03 May | Free New installation by Ciara Phillips & Jane Topping. www.ciaraphillips.com

13. Entry / Exit View North Kelvin Meadow | 8AM 16 Apr – 04 May | Free An installation/intervention in North Kelvin Meadow; linking the images to the idea of real/unreal representations. By Graham Lister.

RADIUS LISTINGS For up to the minute info, go to bit.ly/radiusblog

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16. Made In The Shade The Lighthouse | 10:30AM – 5PM, 17 Apr | Free The event brings over 30 designer makers together to showcase and sell textile pieces, clothing & accessories, paper products, art, homeware and lots more. www.wearemadeintheshade.com

17. Rough Luxe 1st Floor, 102 Hope Street | 17 Apr – 2 May, Tuesday to Saturday 11 – 5pm Salomeh Grace, Yvonne Mullock and Mair Hughes present new work inspired by collaborative research into historical attractions and artefacts and the mechanics of presentation.

18. Pum Dunbar Collins Gallery | Various times, 17 Apr – 25 May, not Sundays | Free Paintings, collage and photograms are employed to capture a curious visual vocabulary which has its origins in the liminality.

19. Sketchbook Welcome Home | Various times, 17 Apr – 25 Apr, not 19th | Free An interactive exhibition of sketches, scribbles and inspiration from the fingers and minds of artists, writers and musicians. www.welcomehomestore.co.uk

20. Pecha Kucha 1: The Art of Speaking Tramway | 7PM, 22 Apr | £2 The Art of Speaking consists of 12 presentations by creative thinkers, each comprising of 20 images and each lasting for 6.40 minutes.

21. Real Discoveries Unexpected Realities MacMillan Reading Room | 11AM, Fri 23 April, Fri 30 Apr | Free Video installation,www.helenaohman.com.

22. Real Discoveries Unexpected Realities Boyd Orr Building | 3PM, Fri 23 April, Fri 30 Apr | Free Video installation, www.victoriaskogsberg.com

23. Cleansing The House With Ink Ricefield Gallery | 7PM, 25 Apr | Free A multimedia collaboration based on performance and works on paper by Thomas Jacobi, poem by David Greygoose with parallel Chinese translation by Yupin Chung. www.ricefield.org.uk

24. Floralia Welcome Home Boutique | Various times, 30 Apr – 02 May | Free A modern take on the ancient Roman festival Floralia, an exhibition as well as a series of events, music, performances, readings and workshops.

25. The Clyde is Red: A Manifesto Mayday Meander Glasgow Central Mosque | 12PM 1 May | Free, donations Promenade Theatre; starts on the river walkway in front of the Central Mosque going to La Passionara statue. http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/tharmas

26. Guerrilla Gardening / Seedbombing www.kabloom.co.uk | 1 May Event that will use an area of urban waste ground and transform it with guerrilla gardening and seedbombing. Check the web link for times/place

1. A Stone’s Throw Away: The Govan Beacon

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Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay (in front of Millennium Tower) |16 Apr – 3 May | Free ts Beall, Ben Dembroski, Ben Rush. Get involved – Twitter: @GovanBeacon Employing the outmoded technology of Morse code the project connects the Govan Dry Docks, Glasgow’s historic industrial centre to the facing Pacific Quay redevelopment project.

Broomielaw, outside the Ferry, Anderson Quay | 2-5pm daily, 25 Apr | Free A wee interactive event that is a humorous take on the idea of a “slip-road”. Fun and Art. Together. At last!

2. A Stone’s Throw Away: The Govan Armada

The Pentagon Centre, Washington Street | 9am-5pm daily, 16 Apr – 3 May | Free Mixed media drawings documenting and expounding upon the geographical and architectural flavour of sites along Atypical Root with a focus on both development and degeneration.

Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay (IMAX Reflecting Pool) | 16 Apr – 3 May | Free ts Beall An armada of small ‘mailboats’ containing messages in bottles, will be launched from the Govan Graving Docks, and anchored in The Science Centre reflecting pool.

3. Mark Bridges Clydebrae Gallery, Unit 7, Clydebrae Street | Mon-Sat 12-6pm, 19 Apr – 3 May | Free Landscape works using craft methods such as embroidery, which pay homage to heros and inventors such as Nobel, whilst humbly confessing their comparative shortcomings.

4. Counter-Intelligence The Ferry, Anderston Quay Broomielaw, Broomielaw | 3–9pm daily, 25 Apr | Free Angie Bual and Fergus Dunnet Come and play a spy game in the streets of Glasgow and you may be recruited by a TOP SECRET organisation.

5. Jamie Cooper 236 Broomielaw, opposite The Ferry | 16 Apr – 3 May | Free Sculptural works drawing influence from the built environment consisting of five distorted Street Lights which form a fictional street called Nae Place.

6. Desmond Church Bridgeton, Near David Dale Gallery | 16 Apr – 3 May | Free A section of the old Olympia playhouse façade near David Dale Gallery is sandblasted by the artist in an attempt to refresh the familiar site.

7. Gallacher and Warren Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay & BBC | 10am–5pm daily, 16 Apr – 3 May | Free Gallacher & Warren’s works at Pacific Quay/Glasgow Science Centre will form a response to the revitalisation of urban landscapes, dealing with themes of futurity and utopia.

8. Alessandro Gioiello Clydebrae Gallery, Unit 7 Clydebrae Street | Mon – Sat 12–6pm, 19 Apr –3 May | Free A breathing space created for the commemoration of a private past event. An intimate starting point to reflect about the meaning of our folk memory.

9. JD Hollingshead Throughout Atypical Root Public Art Trail | 16 Apr – 3 May | Free A list of every possible version of the phrase “You’re either with me or against me” inserted along the trail, alongside daily interventions by the artist.

10. Natalie Lambert Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay | 10am–5pm daily, 16 Apr – 3 May | Free Concrete benches offer weary visitors an opportunity to rest. Enticing the viewer with sound and light, which intensifies to a crescendo as they approach.

11. Lauren M McGhee Broomielaw & Throughout Atypical Root Public Art Trail | 16 Apr – 3 May | Free A large-scale collage, composed of five interlinking images of the sky. This piece explores ideas of universal connections in everyday mundane existence.

12. Kate V Robertson Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay (outside courtyard) | 16 Apr – 3 May | Free A new public sculpture outside the BBC that provides both a literal, physical, public space and a conceptual exchange between science, art and media.

ATYPICAL ROOT LISTINGS For the latest news, check out www.atypicalroot.com

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15. Mhairi Sharp Trail between Clydebae Gallery & Science Centre, BBC | 16 Apr – 3 May | Free Work reflecting the nostalgia and fashion of football casuals; the Govan area hosts both home and away fans in nearby Ibrox stadium.

16. Andrew Sunley Smith Throughout Atypical Root Public Art Trail | 16 Apr – 3 May | Free An instructional artwork where names of ‘significant cultural producers’ are painted by volunteer contributors onto found objects, which are then distributed on the Atypical Root.

17. Alexandra P Spaulding Noiseforsomething Gallery, Unit 6 Eastvale Pl. | 12 – 5pm daily, 16 Apr – 3 May | Free An immersive aural/audio installation exploring the ineffable experience that is created through certain kinds of contemporary art.

18. Theodoros Stamatogianni & Risa Tsunegi David Dale Gallery, 71-73 Brook St, Bridgeton | Fri–Sun 12–5pm, 16 Apr – 3 May | Free A two-person show with Risa Tsunegi and Theodoros Stamatogiannis consisting of new works: abcdefghijklmnopqrtsuvwxyz.

19. Sam Stead Anderson Quay, Clydeside walkway near Kingston Bridge | 16 Apr – 3 May | Free A boat form, interpreted in rusted steel. The construction is informed by basic CAD drawings, also mirroring new ways of building radar-deflecting boats and reflecting the local history.

20. Adam Townend SECC pedestrian tunnel & Science Centre | 16 Apr – 3 May | Free A sound installation in the walkway leading to the SECC which plays a recording taken from a radio telescope of a dying star.

21. Shelton Walker Drying Green, Glasgow Green | 16 Apr – 3 May | Free Ringolevio explores the transition of community spaces, and specifically how technology has altered such areas as Glasgow Green’s drying green.

22. Atypical Root Opening Party David Dale Gallery, 71–73 Brook Street, Bridgeton | 5–8pm, 18 Apr | Free Atypical Root Opening Party at the David Dale Gallery, presenting a two-person show with Risa Tsunegi and Theodoros Stamatogiannis.

23. Atypical Torrent Coffee Pod nr The Ferry, Anderston Quay, Broomielaw | Sunday 25 April, 2–5pm| Free Atypical Torrent is a gathering of interactive events, performances, interventions, and new public artworks along Broomielaw Quay. www.thisiscentralstation.com/events

24. Atypical Root Finale & Street Party Clydebrae Studios and Gallery, Unit 7 Clydebrae Street | 12–5pm, 2 May | Free Launch of The Govan Armada Street Party featuring the Launch of The Govan Armada, Clydebrae Gallery Exhibition, and Bike-SoCoo, a zany celebration of Glasgow art-bike culture.

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Follow Twitter updates via the #Ž for Radius, and #atyp for Atypical Root. Central Station will be providing daily updates via Twitter, follow us on @CenSta Also: Pick up a free White Bike, as part of NVA’s White Bike Plan, and traverse all the routes and photograph, film and blog as you do so: thisiscentralstation.com/projects/white-bikes.aspx