DRAWING EXCHANGE FESTIVAL 24TH APRIL - 04 MAY 2009

drawing_exchange@irational.org | Spike Island - 133 Cumberland Road Bristol BS1 1UX | www.spikeisland.org.uk

VENUES - All events take place in Bristol UK - The base venue is Spike Island Gallery 2

Arnolfini, Renatos, The Scout Hut, Bristol County Sports Club, Liegh Woods, The Cube Cinema, Picture This, Bristol City Docks, Stokes Croft, Station, Clifton Suspension Bridge, The Lantern Room, The Old Council House and Station.

ARTISTS - Kayle Brandon and lady lucy present

Alice Forward, Anna Lucas, Andrew Mania & Daniel Rush, Animate, Aviv Kruglansk & Vahida Ramujkic, Brian Dawn Chalkley, Corey Orbisons, Emma Bush & Pete Harrison, Fránçois Marry, John Stark, Jessica Marlowe , Keira Rathbone Goodiepal, Heath Bunting & Sarah Flint, Laura Oldfield Ford, Lady Stubbs, Marcia Farquhar &Mahali O'Hare, Patricia Jordan, Rebecca Swindell, Simon Webb and Tom Stubbs & Micheal Smith.

Some of the events have a limited number of places, you can book a place via the Spike Island box office or email us.

Some events will provide a few drawing materials but always bring your own along. After each event we hope to collect the works produced (this however is not compulsory), so we advise to use loose paper or sketch pads that you are willing to take the pages from.

Thanks

Jess Voremberg, Lucy Byartt, Alicia Miller, for help making this happen.

SCHEDULE

fri 24th April ~ Andrew Mania + Daniel Rush sat 25th April ~ Lady Lucy sat 25th April ~ Goodiepal sun 26th April ~ John Stark + Kayle Brandon + Lady Stubbs sun 26th April ~ Anna Lucas Mon 27th April ~ Rebbecca Swindel Tue 28th April ~ Animate Wed 29th April ~ Heath Bunting + Sarah Flint Thu 30th April ~ Laura Oldfield Ford Fri 1st May ~ Vahida Ramujkic + Aviv K Fri 1st May ~ Tom Stubbs + Micheal Smith Sat 2nd May ~ Brian Dawn Chalkley Sat 2nd May ~ Marcia Farquhar Sun 3rd May ~ Pete Harrison + Emma Bush Sun 3rd May ~ Patricia Jordan Sun 3rd May ~ Alice Forward Mon 4th May ~ Exchange Event Mon 4th May ~ Jessica Marlowe Various Dates~ Keira Rathbone Date Unknown~ David Hopkinson

THE DRAWING EXCHANGE FESTIVAL
IS SUPPORTED BY:


ARNOLFINI

ARTIST ~

Keira Rathbone

DATE ~

Various

LOCATION ~

Various

SUBJECT ~

Typewriter drawings

DETAILS ~

sing her typewriter, Keira is going to type live visual stories reflecting her travels to various Drawing Exchange locations. The characters that would usually make up the words and punctuation of a story, are instead exchanged by Keira for mark-making use.

Keira is almost guaranteed to be typing and available to exchange conversations with anyone who wants to somewhere in or near the following times & locations:

Fri 1st May - Stokes Croft - 12-2pm
Sat 2nd May - Spike Island - 12-2pm
Sun 3rd May - Clifton Suspension Bridge - 12-2pm
Mon 4th May - Spike Island - 1-3pm

The typing produced over the four days will be on show at the final Exchange Event.

BIO~

At first Keira's drawings resemble ink drawings, but closer inspection reveals the hallmarks of the iconic machine. Encouraging people to study her work from different view points through this medium is a reference made by the artist to .taking perspective and noticing the overlooked..

Often typing out and about, Keira.s quirky practice takes on an element of performance - an unexpected, interesting aspect that the she has encouraged the development of. This act of typing .out of office. provokes intrigue and comment from all walks of life.