VIBRATIONS is an open-access art journal for creative writing. In the first issue twenty artists whose practice involves communicating through the written word, share their fascinations, thinking and processes in a virtual context. The bilingual format aims to include a wide and diverse audience in order to generate a platform for the on-line discussion of ideas and encourage networking of artists and those interested in writing as arts practice. Oxford Brookes University Alumni Fund supported the first issue of Vibrations. It is well known that the publics have been suspicious about what is art. People often comment outside galleries that they did not understand what they just saw or experience; somehow they feel cheated or overwhelmed by the art institution’s language. In this context, the artist is usually in between physiologists’, philosophers’, curators’, art critics’, art historians’ interpretations of their work and public’s expectations and disappointments. How does the artist then manage to develop their language in such a constrain context? How does the artist’s means of expression flow in and out the art world? Because of this situation, this journal is like a mark in the electronic communication world that expects to be seen as a virtual platform to cluster creative writing by artists. The journal and the contributors to this first issue and the second issue talk about complex realities that are not noticeable but that still exist. Artists from different parts of the world talk about their local environment, fiction and reality are fused in their writing, all seem to share the same interest: to transfer or translate some of their feelings and thinking to a wider community. The journal aims to be as a laboratory of artist’s thinking in motion and invites established artists, emergent artists or researchers who would like to write, or offer other forms of expressions exploring such issues as: artistic production, subjectivity and collectivity in cultural production. The second issue is self-funded. The presentation of the project includes eclectic showcases of performances featured in Gestures II.
An eclectic showcase of performances by artists featured in Gestures edition II of Vibrations art journal for creative writing 3rd of December 2015 at the Old Fire Station’s art gallery space 7:00-7:15 Intro/Vibrations/ Brief talk by participants · Why the magazine? Aims of the magazine · Why is important to write in art/creative writing contributions by participants/virtual and how writing transforms us in reality http://vibrationsartjournal.com 7:15- 7:40 Performance: ‘Joys and Sorrows of Permutation’ by Instrument maker and musician, Bruno Guastalla. 7:40-7:45 Setting up 7:45- 8:05 Performance: ‘If flowers could talk’ by Interdisciplinary artist Veronica Cordova de la Rosa. 8:05-8:10 Break 8:10-8:20 Participation: Sharing collected words from her notebook by Interdisciplinary artist Jo Thomas. 8:20-8:25 Performance: ‘It just is (2)’ by Interdisciplinary artist Peta Lloyd. 8:25-8:30 Break 8:30-8:45 Performance: ‘Evoking Belonging (Words & Beat)’ by Multi-Sensorial Performance Artiste, Dianne Regisford. 8:45-9:05 Music performance ‘Why Morton Feldman is good for nothing’ by Composer Malcolm Atkins. 9:05-9:15 End of the evening Copies of the magazine will be for sale £3.50
ARTISTS INVOLVED: Jo Thomas is an artist, researcher and teacher. The quality of our being in the world is central to her work. She completed a practice based PhD in Social Sculpture and Contemporary Art Practice in 2013 entitled Presencing Place: an enquiry into the knowing and shaping of place through expanded art practices at Oxford Brookes University. The research comprised of 45 Gestures in place. www.jothomas.net Malcolm Atkins is a composer/performer who lives and works in Oxford. For more information: http://www.malcolmatkins.com/ Veronica Cordova de la Rosa, is a visual artist, publisher and researcher. Her recent work explores the strands of value/valuing, beauty, the legibility of the image, looking and not looking, symbolic objects and actions. For Veronica art produces meaning and knowledge, thus her work is very prolific and it is presented in different platforms (real or virtual). She is interested in exploring art documentation and its preservation. http://veronicacordovadelarosa.tumblr.com Bruno Guatamala, Oxford 2014 www.brunoguastalla.net I was born in France in 1957, and I have lived in the UK since 1979. My working life has been spent repairing and making violins and cellos. I also play and write music in various settings including: Oxford Improvisers, Set Ensemble, Cold Harbour Trio, Ensemble AZUT, MUE. I occasionally make paintings, photographs and field recordings, and I have written articles and reviews mostly on violin-restoration. Peta Lloyd is interested in the melding of text and performance. She is a PhD researcher at Oxford Brookes University. Dianne Regisford, is of Jamaican and Vincentian parentage. She currently lives in Oxford, UK, where she is a practicing visual artist and a social sculpture practitioner. She is also a PhD researcher at the Social Sculpture Research Unit at Oxford Brookes University.