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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.