Hi Rupert
I gave a performance recently with Zoe Skoulding and Parking Non Stop at a
similar space, an old pot bank in stoke on trent. amazing place, the benches
left as if the workers had just walked out, half glazed objects, molds. it's
called air space and details are at
http://www.airspacegallery.org
I think they've got the place for a couple of years until its 'developed'
into fancy urban apartments. The newsletters in the news sections give an
idea of the range of activities, and a brief of description of our
performance in the most recent one.
Might be interesting for reasons of comparison.
Good luck.
Ian
>From: mairead byrne <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: mairead byrne <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: The Factory
>Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 12:55:24 -0500
>
>Actually, Temple Bar wasn't understood to be permanent either. The entire
>area had ben bought up by CIE (bus company) for use as a bus station. So
>when people put their back into Temple Bar Studios, it was on a short
>lease. But the bigness and boldness of that project was contagious among
>artists and actually reshaped the area. CIE eventually let go. There is
>no
>bus station there.
>
>The factory spaces here: which are really phenomenal, remind me so much of
>Temple Bar, though they are much much bigger. My younger daughter had a
>karate class in one of them for two years. Her teacher is an exceptional
>guy, but that's another story. For him, martial arts is a spiritual and
>physical discipline; it shapes his whole life and the lives of the children
>and adults he comes into contact with. It was interesting for me to see
>that he felt side-lined and marginalized in the factory, now full of artist
>studios. If I look back to myself twenty years ago, I think I too might
>have missed the "arts" in Martial arts. It's great to live long enough to
>eat some of one's own prejudices.
>
>Good luck in the Norwich Factory Studios, Rupert!
>
>Mairead
>
>On 1/7/07, rupertmallin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Thanks for your wishes Mairead. Yes, exactly: the excitement of someone
>>thinking Big is my feeling about the Norwich Factory Studios.
>>
>>Unlike Temple Bar perhaps, the Norwich Factory Studios will not be
>>permanent. Our tenancy is for a minimum of twelve months but the buildings
>>could be levelled within two/three years. Strangely, it is this
>>impermanence
>>which attracts me - the sense of urgency it impels. While the studios may
>>get a lick of paint, the huge factory floor spaces will remain broken.
>>
>>I love the idea of you haunting the abandoned factories in Providence!
>>This old shoe factory of mine is definitely haunted by the lives of so
>>many
>>who cut, moulded, stitched and glued so many acres of leather!
>>
>>Weirdly, because the factory is built on an incline, I had not realised
>>that there is a huge basement beneath and this is a functioning warehouse
>>for B&Q and BHS. I only found out because someone has drilled a hole
>>through
>>the factory floor enabling a peephole view of a busy and pristine world
>>beneath! This stands archaeology on its head! Strange indeed.
>>
>>Because of the urgency I shall begin by drawing at the factory tomorrow
>>after work: shoes, surfaces, levels, spaces, secrets...
>>
>>Go strong, go gentle, Rupert
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>>*Subject:* Re: The Factory
>>
>>Good luck, Rupert. I think Temple Bar Studios in Temple Bar, Dublin, was
>>Doris Fashions before (a very pregnant) Jenny Haughton & lots of others
>>(even me for a while) gutted it & scrubbed it out. It became the flagship
>>from the long 19th century
>>(which lasted until 1994 or so) to the current Temple Bar, for better or
>>worse. But it was INCREDIBLY exciting to see someone thinking BIG, at
>>least
>>bigger than I'd seen anyone thinking before. One of the best things ever
>>to
>>have even a small involvement in. I'm still haunting abandoned factories
>>here in Providence. Rhode Island's pulverized jewelery and manufacturing
>>industries have left plenty of them.
>>Mairead
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