I am algorithm

27 Apr -
07 Jul 2013

Main Space

aspex welcomes back Charlie Tweed, winner of Emergency5, for a solo show featuring a series of new and recent video works. The show launches our new season where we will be asking the question Where Does Progress End?
I am Algorithm - Plain Version

Never End

07 May -
13 Jun 2013

Craft & Design

Curated in response to the question Where does Progress End? this exhibition showcases three very different interpretations on constant movement. Jin Eui Kim explores how the perception of three-dimensional ceramic forms can be manipulated by the application of arrangements of [...]
Thomas Walke

EMERGENCY6

20 May -
12 Aug 2013

Main Space

aspex seeks emerging artists working in all media for its open submission exhibition EMERGENCY6. A maximum of 12 artists will be selected for a group show, which will open in October this year.

EMERGENCY6

Freedom’s Road

20 May -
07 Jul 2013

Main Space

Artists living within a 1 hour journey time of the gallery have been invited to send us postcards or postcard size 2D artworks (15 x 10.5cm) that respond to the notions of progress and freedom. Whatever, whoever, wherever or whenever their thoughts will be displayed in aspex’s ‘corridor of uncertainty’.
Image courtesy of Nico Kaiser: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicokaiser/ - Licensed under Creative Commons

Questions of Home: Excavations in Film & Fragments Lost in the Ether

31 May -
07 Jul 2013

Cafe

Questions of Home: Excavations in Film & Fragments Lost in the Ether was inspired by a recent residency by Patti Gaal Holmes in the artist’s ‘home’ country, South Africa, and a collaboration with Australian singer/songwriter Emily Barker on the subject of ‘home’.
PATTI GAAL-HOLMES for IN SEARCH OF HOME

Aiming High – 1 June

01 Jun 2013

Participation

Fun creative workshops run with the support of Portsmouth City Council and Portsmouth Autism Support Network, for children with autism and Special Educational Needs and their families. These sessions are free with tea and cake provided. Sessions for children with autism run from 11am-12.30pm, for [...]
Aiming High - Painting

Camp Bestival’s Around The World Tour

02 Jun 2013

Participation

Celebrating Camp Bestival’s Around The World theme, Team CB and aspex are proud to announce the ultimate in kids’ discos – The Camp Bestival Around The World Tour on Sunday 2 June from 12 – 3pm. The inaugural tour will feature cool [...]
Camp Bestival

Questions of Home: In-conversation

05 Jun 2013

Cafe

How can art reveal fragmented experiences and memories of home when the trauma of displacement occurs?  What does ‘home’ mean to settlers and immigrants?  Exploring their pasts in different parts of Africa, two artists explore personal and collective experiences dealing [...]
PATTI GAAL-HOLMES for IN SEARCH OF HOME

After Hours: June

06 Jun 2013

Cafe

You know the drill –  it’s our ever popular free open-mic night with our compere Annette! No need to book, just turn up on the night from 7pm with any kind of acoustic music, poetry or spoken word (or a combination of [...]
After Hours February 2013

Rope Jewellery Workshop

11 Jun 2013

Participation

To coincide with the Never End exhibition in the Craft and Design Space featuring Eleanor Bolton’s large scale jewellery, Eleanor will be running a creative workshop on Tuesday 11 June between 6.30-8.30pm. Predominantly using stitch and textile techniques to create sculptural forms, [...]
Eleanor Bolton
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