Back-to-front-space

Claire Boyd, Matt Copson and Rose Rowson will live edit their sixth issue in the Da Thirst Magazine Live event at London’s Primary on August 21 from 12.00-18.00.

The event is part of Back-to-front-space, a series of short residencies taking place at Primary that Copson is currently involved in, and will include the work of Kerstin Braetsch, Dash Shaw, Julie Beaufils, Elizabeth Jaeger, Philip Hanson, Yuichi Yokohama, Jack Lavender, Melanie Jackson among others, as well as snails and food colouring. The performance will last throughout the day, and viewers are able to catch a glimpse of the new issue at any stage of its vandalism.

Visit the Primary website for details.**

Melanie Jackson, Back-to-Front-Space, Animation Still (2016). Courtesy of Primary. — Melanie Jackson, *Back-to-Front-Space*, Animation Still (2016). Courtesy of Primary.

Alice Theobald and Beatriz Olabarrieta are holding a screening at Nottingham’s Primary artist-led space on August 6.

The screening by the London-based artists will consist of “mixing artist films, snippets of TV, interjections from YouTube, and conversations exploring domesticity, conventionalism, aspiration and the absurdity of performance of the everyday”. Theobald will explore different characters and voices using 3D video and incorporate footage of local toddlers and dogs. While Olabarrieta will test ideas around how video can take a role within live performance.

The screening is part of Primary’s Back-to-front-space programme, a series of short residencies that “encourage artists to experiment with different ways of working –either testing out a speculative idea, or developing new collaborations”. Participants are to produce and present work to an audience in any format.

Matt Copson, Melanie Jackson, and Andy Holden are also currently in-residence and have events forthcoming in late August.

See the Primary website for more details.**

Alice Theobald & Beatriz Olabarrieta @ Primary, Aug 6

Da Thirst Magazine Live @ Primary, Aug 21

Alice Theobald + Beatriz Olabarrieta @ Primary, Aug 6