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EXHIBITION & EVENTS ARCHIVE
‘Versus’ – Mark Briggs & Peter Knowles, Chris Jones, Tim Jones
01/11/2002“VERSUS” is a group exhibition of four emerging artists to celebrate the spirit of Manchester’s independant art scene.
‘Games People Play’
06/07/2002“Games People Play” is an exhibition in two halves, showing simultaneously at Castlefield Gallery in Manchester and Storey Gallery in Lancaster. It is a collaboration between two artist-led venues in the North West to celebrate the Commonwealth Games 2002 in Manchester. Curated by artist Paul Needham, the exhibition explores the wider significance of games through a range of influences including the psychological, social and environmental. It asks the question “Do the games we play reflect the type of people we are?”
‘Tea Dance’ – Elaine Constantine
21/04/2002Internationally acclaimed photographer Elaine Constantine returns to her Northern roots to open the new gallery with an exhibition of specially commissioned work focusing on Manchester’s thriving tea dance culture centred around the city’s Ritz Nightclub. The exhibition celebrates the public launch of Castlefield Gallery’s relocation.
‘A Romantic Meal For Two’ – Adela Jones
18/09/2003 / 18:00 - 20:00North West artist Adela Jones will be performing a live art installation in the gallery based on the scenario of a romantic meal for two. The focus will be on the process and method used to prepare and eat ‘aromatic crispy duck’ with the audience being invited to share a couple’s meal.
‘What’s In A Name?’ – FREE
17/09/2003 / 18:00 - 20:00The Makers’ Network presents “What’s in a Name?” The Craft and Art Debate. A panel of leading craftspeople and artists debate the relationship between art and craft and discuss whether there is a clearly defined moment when craft becomes art.
PureScreen 3 – FREE
10/07/2003 / 19:00 - 21:00The third of our bi-monthly artist film and video, animation, and music promo screening events. Refreshments. Please come early for guaranteed entry.
‘Syllabus’ – Lee Page Hanson
08/08/2003North West ceramicist Lee Page Hanson revisits theories used to teach drawing and painting as a method of re-examining his making.
‘Cupboard Love’ – Susan Walsh
08/08/2003North West artist, Susan Walsh, presents new paintings and sculptures that create a magical-menacing world reminiscent of childhood stories.
Story Telling & “In House” Magazine launch night
08/05/2003 / 18:30Kevin Boniface will read from “Where Are You? (A Postman’s Diary)”, and the Launch of “In House” Magazine issue:2 an anthology of art, writing and ideas by casual staff at Cornerhouse Manchester. Refreshments
‘Origin’ – Nathaniel Rackowe
06/06/2003A new site-specific installation created for Castlefield Gallery’s Project Space, Rackowe has constructed a physical manifestation of the x-y-z axis used to plot the position and movement of objects in 3 dimensional space.