Tuesday 20 October 2009

Call For Papers - "Specifics of the Avant-garde - towards a cognitive dignity regarding Caged Cubicals"

CALL FOR PAPERS


The next HHC Research Students' conference is due to be held at 'HHCBristol' - Music Department (For The Nose) on 20 - 22 November 2009. The conference will feature a mix of student papers, panel discussion, social events, invited speakers (4 confirmed thus far) and concerts featuring music of ethnographic interest, 5 of the 6 Brandenburg concertos (2,3,4,5,6) and chamber music of the 20/21 Century. There will also be a chance to perform/display short films, art pieces and(depending on forces required) compositions in the venue over the three days.*


The theme of the conference is:


'Negative Capability' - exploring specifics of the Avant-garde, reactions to the Avant-garde and Byrd Boxes.




Broad topics for papers may include, but are not limited to:

* The late John Cage
* The early Avant-garde artists
* The tardy Avant-garde artists
* 2001: a Ken Doddery
* The rise of the sound artist
* Film as objet d'art
* Elliott Carter, Iannis Xenakis Vs. Cage, John

Proposals should not exceed 200 words in length, the deadline for electronic and paper submissions, compositions, films and art pieces is 2 November 2009.



REGISTRATION (NB/ registration closes one week prior to the conference start date)

Registration for the conference is free of charge, refreshments are included, though there will be a charge for each of the concerts.

Your registration pack will provide the conference schedule, booking sheets for each of the concerts (plus an exclusive invitation to an exciting concert on the 18 November), accommodation information and 8 details on each of the events.

Please register by e-mail, post or Telephone:

ak6750@bristol.ac.uk

AK-B (Head of operations, HHC)
7 Southleigh Rd (Flat 10)
Clifton
Bristol
BS8 2BQ

07927090568

As well as informing the HHC through one of these medii, as we are dedicated to improving our service we would appreciate it if you would fill in the equal opportunities questionnaire found via the following link:

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Many thanks,

Yuri Bedwetter.

(HHCBristol - Music Department (for the Nose))


* Contact us before the deadline for further details regarding guidelines for submission of art pieces, films, compositions.

Tuesday 19 May 2009

Present Arms

Charles Ranchero, rumoured to have at one point been thrown out of the Mid-Movement Chorus for inappropriate outbursts, is performing at Hill House on Saturday the 6th of June. His latest piece is an arrangement for a musket quintet. The muskets will fire volleys at one of Ranchero's latent sound structures. The piece is another venture into the play between sounds and smells for Ranchero and promises to be very exciting indeed.

Friday 15 May 2009

If rocks could talk...

Andrew Beswick of the HHC has a new exhibition opening at the HHC Honestly gallery. Beswick has arranged for a prominent geologist and renowned linguist to team up and tell us what the earth is trying to say. Measuring the seismic vibrations in different parts of the world and comparing them to different forms of human and animal communication they have come up with some interesting conclusions.

Opening May 26th 8pm

Tuesday 28 April 2009

The Free Painting Club

The Free Painting Club will take place on the 2nd of May in Berkeley Square at 12:00 noon. This club is open to all abilities. Anyone is free to come along. There is no charge. Sessions are free. Sessions will involve games intended to encourage confidence and stylistic freedom. Feel free to make suggestions about the content of sessions. The intention is to maintain quite a free structure.



Saturday 25 April 2009

Potato Cake

Irish poet CaitrĂ­ona Devery has generously donated a poem to the HHC. Her latest work explores poetry as a means of illustrating a process. Though not vastly different from her usual work, CaitrĂ­ona's latest writing uses humour as a bed for her ideas. "I like to write about what I know. This poem explores a process of memory, inference, guestimation and experimentation."

Potato Cake

100g flour
400g mashed potato
salt
50g grated mature cheddar cheese
tablespoon chopped parsley

Tuesday 14 April 2009

Sticky Bindings

Sarah Fotheringay-Phipps and Barmy Carthwrite's latest creation "Sticky Bindings" is a tape bonanza of withering proportions. An avalanche of different coloured sticky tape has transformed the Honestly gallery into a giant psychedelic spiders lair.

Barmy, a good friend of the HHC, said of the exhibition in his typically ambiguous fashion; "with these current economic troubles boring the arse off everyone and his gran it falls to artists like us to waste a load of time and money watching gallery technicians stick a load of tape round the inside of a white box. We see the obvious Jim Lambie connection but our work is much better because we don't restrict ourselves to the floor."

The local church will be holding flower arranging classes in the gallery every Wednesday and Thursday at 11am.

Monday 6 April 2009

Spike Island Open Studios

Spike Island doesn't seem to be letting any crunch get in the way of busy as usual. The ex-tea factory opened the doors to its studios on Friday night to a crowd of curious art enthusiasts. Spike is probably right to try and inspire some interest in art practice at this point in time for obvious reasons. They can't expect to weather the storm purely by maintaining their slick appearance and stock of organic apple juice. I'm not sure how their residents will fare but I imagine most won't be too worried...click here for full review

Wednesday 1 April 2009

Science Science Science

Available to all HHC members: A science pamphlet presenting the significance of the percieved economic "meltdown" from a science point of view. Please send your name and address to us to recieve the pamphlet.

Tuesday 24 March 2009

Technical Post

The HHC blog will be unreadable from 0700 to 0800 on Tuesday 31st March due to essential site maintenance. As yet the work has not been designated a gang-code.

Please do not attempt to access any information pertaining to HHC activity and/or conceptualisations during this period.

Monday 23 March 2009

Exhibition Preview

The Hill House Collective are proud to present an exhibition by Herbert Sally. In the exhibition space there will be a tabletop bar, often the most absorbing part of an exhibition on the opening night. This bar will be alone in the space and instead of being removed after the opening night this bar will be left standing, continuing to sell drinks throughout the week until the end of the exhibition. Far from being a criticism of the art world this work celebrates the ability of art enthusiasts to enjoy an exhibition preview without enjoying the art and promotes abstract discussion free from outside influence.

Starting 30th March - Hill House

Monday 16 March 2009

Artist Talk

THIS THURSDAY - Artist Pip Longshanks will be giving a talk on his most recent work Turtledove in which he spent 2 lunar cycles living as a primary school caretaker. He will be showing films of his work and describing how he was affected by the experience. After the talk, sound recordings of the utility closet will be available for purchase.

Tuesday 10 March 2009

The Mid-Movement Chorus

The Hill House Collective is proud to be hosting the launch party for a rare recording of that elusive ensemble The Mid-Movement Chorus. Their Mahler 6 will be premiered on Monday the 30th March in the magnificent Scotchman public house in Bristol. In keeping with tradition, no members of the MMC will attend but there will be a talk on the significance of this recording by someone with an intimate knowledge of the motivations behind the work.

Sunday 8 March 2009

Red End Salutations

The Hill House Collective is lending it's support to the Bristol based art-performance enterprise: Red End Salutations. RES will be performing their radically authentic production of The Tempest at the Buxton Fringe Festival. RES, famous for their motorway readings of Enid Blyton, will be calling on the expertise of noted Shakespearian scholars to help with every detail of the production.

Saturday 7 March 2009

Grids, Gags and Ads

The HHC has once again hosted a fabulous evening of lectures. Three good friends of the collective were kind enough to speak to us about their work. Three very different subject matters made for a captivating event.

Louie Lister (of Circular Forms) talked to us about his most recent installations exploring misdirection and authority.

Edward Whitney (author of "The Land of Foam") was kind enough to read us an excerpt from his soon to be published and as yet unnamed essay regarding politics, humour and the public.

Arthur Keegan-Bole (associated with The Nose) explained to us certain delights experienced while grappling with means of muse for musical composition.

An excerpt of Edward Whitney's essay will soon be available on this blog.

Tuesday 3 March 2009

Drawing experiments - an evening of drawing exploration


Can drawing be time-based? - Can drawing be entirely performative? - Can drawing be aural? - Can drawing escape the visual? - Tuesday 10th March - 6-8pm - Limited refreshments

Sunday 1 March 2009

The Free Painting Club


The Free Painting Club will take place on Sunday 8th March. This club is open to all abilities. Anyone is free to come along. There is no charge. Sessions are free. Sessions will involve games intended to encourage stylistic freedom. Feel free to make suggestions about the content of sessions. The intention is to maintain quite a free structure.

Friday 13 February 2009

The Free Painting Club

The Free Painting Club will take place on the 13th of February.  This club is open to all abilities.  Anyone is free to come along.  There is no charge.  Sessions are free.  Sessions will involve games intended to encourage stylistic freedom.  Feel free to make suggestions about the content of sessions.  The intention is to maintain quite a free structure.