2011

Silent Are the Echoes

9 December 2011
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Silent Are the Echoes, 2011 by Nicholas McLeod
Silent Are the Echoes, 2011 by Nicholas McLeod

Starting last week EB&Flow brings to London some new works by Threadneedle Prize 2011 Visitor’s Choice Winner: Nicholas McLeod. McLeod’s meticulously painted sinister landscapes of abandoned places, wastelands and crime scenes employ a sense of power and energy…

Carcas, 2010 by Nicholas McLeod
Carcas, 2010 by Nicholas McLeod

Quotidian settings that become threatening after a great mix of acrylics and a later application of oils to create visual tension as the image distorts and destabilises. McLeod tries to investigate the tension we perceive from fictional scenes that indicate that some event has taken place, or is just about to, but nothing is explicitly revealed.

The Farm,, 2010 by Nicholas McLeod
The Farm,, 2010 by Nicholas McLeod

Horror movie settings filled with abandoned clapboard houses, disused water parks or remote farms…. a general atmosphere of darkness and unease is apparent although not prescribed. Works created using source material gathered from films, documentaries and the internet as part of McLeod’s ongoing documentation of contrastingly banal yet ominous crime scene images.

Hunting Ohio, 2011 by Nicholas McLeod
Hunting Ohio, 2011 by Nicholas McLeod

Badlands is the exhibition now taking place until February 3rd @ London’s EB&Flow, and a perfect combination to those many other monsters occupying art galleries this Christmas. Enjoy!

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Offf Fest 2011 – Barcelona

9 July 2011

More details appearing for Offf 2011!

Offf? Yep, Just one week before Sonar (so get your money flowing and save your next summer holidays for Barcelona during those 10 days) this 10 y.o. “digital culture” festival will be hosted again in Barcelona (it will stay in the Ciutat Condal from now on) from June 9th – 11th.

As you probably know the festival has become one of the most renown summer dates for all things digital with an extense programme of conferences, workshops and performances by some fairly impressive artists. Basically, like most “digi” festivals nowadays Offf showcases top digital artists, web, print and interactive designers, motion graphics studios, and new music adventurous. It provides insight into all culture media platforms.

last year’s OFFF Paris Titles

Additionally, the OFFF network includes a teaching centre, OFFF Atelier, a continuous presence in the web 2.0 and a permanent group of artists, organizers and producers ready to host OFFF events wherever they are in demand (some of the featured artists having participated include The Mill, Digital Kitchen, Ben Fry & Casey Reas, Golan Levin, Chris Milk, Rob Chiu, Julien Vallée, Paula Scher, Rick Poynor, Erik Spiekermann, Dvein, Erik Natzke…among others).

The line-up of speakers for this year is slowly being unveiled (and negotiated at the same time) and we just got to know today that Jennifer Cirpici will be speaking about her own projects. Many more shall come of course.

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