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hellocatfood — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:00:37 +0000

On Wednesday 18th June I was helping out fellow artist Vickie Wood at the graduate exhibition at Margaret Street. Several of you may have seen me look a little like this

I shan’t explain, but instead point you to the website to find out more

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Thank you!

Antonio — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:05:30 +0000

Setting up, originally uploaded by hellocatfood.

Thanks so very much to all that came to see the first B-VAC exhibition! It really was a great success.

I had a slight problem with hanging stuff up and we ran out of drinks, but for something that is funded entirely by us I think it was executed very well.

As this is my first exhibition ever (aside from the uni Degree Show) I felt really nervous about how well it’d be received, but my fears were put to rest once the event started. There’s a certain sense of satisfaction when you see someone looking at your artwork. Even if they don’t like it, just knowing that they’ve taken the time to form an opinion on it is more than satisfying.

Here’s a copy of the work I exhibited. (click to expand)

Check www.b-vac.com in the coming weeks for more info about the exhibition and future projects.

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Birmingham Visual Arts Coalition exhibition

Antonio — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:51:24 +0000

The B-VAC website is now up and running (being maintained by myself). Information is minimum at the moment, but all of the artists will hopefully soon be blogging on it and updating with news on their practice. Time to get some sleep before the exhibition tomorrow!

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Stewards at Festivals needed!

Antonio — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:41:21 +0000

Oxfam still needs stewards:

I already talked about why you should volunteer, so now there’s no excuse

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Ruth Claxton

Antonio — Sat, 17 May 2008 10:18:08 +0000

I went to the private view for this show by Ruth Claxton but I had to run off to see Reuben, so I went back a few days later so that I could appreciate the work and not just the free wine!

To me the work talks about the future and how it’s all just bouncing off each other and we’re not really going anywhere new. The way that the old, traditional figures are fused together with bright, colourful and very experimental objects made me think about how some art is just reinventions and reinterpretations of older works.

Though, after reading the actual booklet methinks I missed the point completely! Still, good work

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Exhibition # 1 - B-VAC

Antonio — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:59:44 +0000

So yeah, the first exhibition of B-VAC (Birmingham Visual Arts Coalition) is taking place soon. See flyer below.

I’ve set up a Twitter account for B-VAC but not quite sure where to go with it yet. Lets call it an experiment!

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Insectoid performance reminder

Antonio — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:35:44 +0000

Empire and Daughter Isotope + Insectoid

A one off performance by Tai Shani featuring epic prog band Guapo and electroclash diva Angie Reed. Cannibalizing pulp film and fiction through black magic cult rituals, a mini mouse anti-sacrifice of twelve virgins is crowned by five tableaux of notorious Satanist Anton Lavey posing in nudist magazine Jaybird.

Then, Insectoid’s hive colonise the stage and perform their own entomological rites, exploring insect behaviour to produce exoskeletal sounds.

8 May doors at 20:00, performance starts 20:30

Shoreditch Town Hall,

380 Old st.

London EC1V 9LP

Tickets are £4 advance, £5 on the door and are available from The Pump House or via PayPal payment to
psychoplasmics@yahoo.co.uk

So liek, I’m in it too. YA RLY!

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Everything is happening tomorrow!

Antonio — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:32:18 +0000

It would seem that 29th April is quite a popular day for activities. There’s Pub Conversations at The Spotted Dog, the 4th Birmingham Bloggers Meet (you guys need a web page!) at Rootys and Stitches and Hos at The Hare and Hounds. Lots to choose from, so take your pick!

Surprisingly I’ll be at Stitches and Hos, so will see anyone else there for some hardcore knitting!

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The Institute of Psychoplasmics

Antonio — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:57:19 +0000

The Institute of Psychoplasmics presents an offsite evening of live art. I’ll be taking part in it with the Insectoid crew!:

Empire and Daughter Isotope + Insectoid (offsite performance event)

A one off performance by Tai Shani featuring epic prog band Guapo and electroclash diva Angie Reed. Cannibalizing pulp film and fiction through black magic cult rituals, a mini mouse anti-sacrifice of twelve virgins is crowned by five tableaux of notorious Satanist Anton Lavey posing in nudist magazine Jaybird.

Insectoid’s hive colonise the stage and perform their own entomological rites, exploring insect behaviour to produce exoskeletal sounds.

8 May doors at 20:00, performance starts 20:30

Shoreditch Town Hall,
380 Old st.
London EC1V 9LP

Tickets are £4 advance, £5 on the door and are available from The Pump House or via PayPal payment to psychoplasmics@yahoo.co.uk

Come along to it, even if you’re not in the London area!

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Awards for Creative Practitioners

Antonio — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:59:09 +0000

Of the many points of discussion at the Soapbox event on Tuesday one that took my interest was the idea of having some sort of awards. I think having awards for ‘best practitioner in x category’ would be a great way for us to better ourselves, but more importantly to actually give some way to measure what actually makes a good workshop leader. The question now is who would set up such an award?

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