Events
Brenda’s Alternative Pride Weekend
David Hoyles ‘Keep it in the family’
‘The Family that Lays and Slays together-Stays together’
With Gerry Potter,
plus queer films, comedy, art , bands and midget tap dancers
over two floor
Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 Aug
4pm til 3am
wednesday 25th until tuesday 31st august
a eclectic mix of art works by local queer artists,
preview weds 25th 7 o clock
with a live performance based piece
43rd birthday party 2010 ,
on at 730-9pm
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43rd Birthday party 2010…
… is part of a series of live works by Manchester based artist Rosanne Robertson called ‘ I Am Just Going To Tell You Exactly What It Is I Am Doing’ in which modes of communication from the ‘real world’ are utilised in order to explore and understand the relationship between artwork, artist, viewer and institution. 43rd Birthday Party sees Robertson re visit a family party situation constructed from memory delivered to the viewer in the form of a functioning party set in the early 90’s within the gallery space. This work includes sausage rolls, text, moving image and performance. By placing her own past within the piece the artist looks at the experience of how homosexuality can make a person an outsider within their own family environment. Responisveness, confidence in taste and ability and intuitive ‘reading’ of the audience are areas widely regarded as crucial defining characteristics of DJing . These characteristics are also crucial to this work as the audience are invited to interact with this semi controlled situation where fact and fiction appear in the same context simultaneously protecting the artist from having to communicate one on one with the viewer whilst at the same time baring inner workings of the artist’s process. |
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COMING SOON KRAAK MARKET DAY
We’re gonna be holding some exciting market days. If you want to have a stall at these events to sell art works, bric a brac etc, then please get in touch. We’re looking at putting the first one on in mid july.
For one night only. Email Kraak or join the Xmas facebook group for an invite – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124953277525162&ref=ts
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Nights Move Thinking
10/5/10 - 14/5/10
11am - 6pm
Nights Move Thinking features the work of six artists from Manchester School of Art. From installation to sound sculpture, the exhibition showcases interdisciplinary practice and experimental techniques.
Preview Evening: 10th May 7pm – 11pm
nights.move.thinking@live.com
“Second Floor” Poem
By Matt Dalby- one of couple of pieces brought close to completion whilst Matt was invigilating at Kraak. Matt also wrote a guided tour of the “Lost Language” exhibition which was showing last month. Check out his blog santiago’s dead wasp
