Telephones)for)Eyes)26th)–)28th)January))

2012)

Redcliffe)Caves)!

Telephones!for!Eyes!is!a!Bristol!based!collabora5on!of!mul58disciplinary!ar5sts!working!with!

sculpture,!live8art,!dance,!pain5ng,!sounds,!glass!and!projec5ons.!

Telephones! For! Eyes! looked! to! explore! spaces! and! experien5al! boundaries! within! the!

underground!environment!of! the!historic!Redcliffe!Caves.!The!unconven5onal!seEng!also!

ques5oned!the!groups!understanding!of!ritual!ac5ons!&!art!world!‘norms’.!

Telephones! for! Eyes! would! like! to! thank;! Bristol! City! Council,! Caveman! Alan! Grey,! The!

Boatyard,! PRSC,! James! Koch,! Jim! Adlington,! David! Lewis,! Bristol! School! of! Art! and!

importantly!each!other.!

Click!to!view!Telephones!for!Eyes!video!

Click!to!view!Oh!Bladder!S5ck!Telephones!for!Eyes!interven5on!!

Plates)

Plate!1 !Telephones!For!Eyes,!David!Lewis!Video!Edit,!16:00!Saturday!28th!January.!!! !Oh!Bladder!S5ck!interven5on,!Jim!Adlington!19:00!Thursday!26th!January.!

Plate!2 !Prey,!2011,!wood,!ink!and!acrylic!on!canvas,!size!varies,!Georgia!J!Spike].!Plate!3 !S5ll,!Un'tled,!2011,!projec5on,!Eddie!Jackson.!Plate!4 !Un'tled,!2012,!Breeze!Blocks,!acrylic!paint,!Ashley!Hurke]!and!Eddie!Jackson.!Plate!5 !S5ll,!Un'tled,!2011,!projec5on,!Eddie!Jackson.!Plate!6 !Ariel,!2012,!rope,!Jedna!Hall!and!Imogen!PeE].!

Plate!7 !Performance!S5lls,!Ariel,!Jedna!Hall!and!Imogen!PeE],!19:00!Thursday!26th!

!! !January.!

Plate!8 !Glass!working!and!projec5on!on!to!s5ll!water,!Ilsa!and!Imogen!PeE],!16:00!

! !Saturday!28th!January.!

Plate!9 !Volume1&1Density,!2012,!wood,!paint,!clay!and!carbon,!size!varies,!Kris!! !Paterson.!

Plate!10 !Performance!S5ll,!Nina,!16:00!Friday!27th!January.!!

TELEPHONES)FOR)EYES!are;!

JEDNA)HALL!8!A!Cornish!born!free!lance!Ar5st!currently!based!in!Bristol,!Jedna!derives!her!inspira5on!from!natural!forms,!borne!out!in!the!more!free8styled!approach!to!her!more!recent!work.!“My!art!is!an!

obsession,! when! I! draw! it! feels! like! bliss.”! Jedna! has! recently! carried! out! commissions! for! the! The!

Peoples’!Republic!of!Stoke’s!Croh!(PRSC)!and!for!a!drug!and!alcohol!rehabilita5on!centre!on!Jamaica!

Street,!Bristol.!!h]p://www.jednart.co.uk/!

ASHLEY)HURKETT!8!Ashley!Hurke]!is!an!experimental!contemporary!ar5st!who!likes!to!work!in!a!range!

of! media.! Her! most! recent! pieces! have! been! pain5ngs! and! prints! of! personalised! maps.! She! is!

passionate!about!her!hometown,!Bristol,!and!bases!most!of!her!work!on!maps!of!the!area.!Her!most!

recent!pieces!have!been!influenced!by!ar5sts!such!as!Piet!Mondrian!and!Mark!Bradford.!

ILSA) 8! Ilsa! is!a! jewellery!maker!and!a!glass!bead!maker.!She's! fascinated!by! the!glowing!colours!and!

translucency! of! glass,! and! is! addicted! to! the! magic! of! mel5ng! and! mixing! glass! to! create! organic!

flowing!shapes.!

EDDIE)JACKSON!8!Eddie!Jackson!is!an!ar5st!whose!work!revolves!around!colour!and!shape.!He!explores!specific!combina5ons!found!in!signs!and!symbols!that!control!movement!and!form!order!in!the!urban!

environment.!By!directly! referencing! these! symbols!and!abstrac5ng! the! informa5on!he! looks! to! see!

how! the! viewer! interacts! with! the! colour! and! shape! when! taken! out! of! context.! Eddie! currently!

describes!himself!as!a!painter,!yet!he!has!worked!with!a!range!of!mediums,!such!as,!moving!image!and!

aims!to!stay!flexible!with!his!subject!and!materials.!

KRIS)PATERSON!8!Draws!on!physical!proper5es!to!explore!and!reflect!upon!an!understanding!of!space.!He! considers! space! and! the! proper5es! which! engage! with! and! influence! it! to! be! the! fundamental!

prerequisites!of!our!individual!entanglement!with!the!world.!His!three8dimensional!work,!in!a!range!of!

media,!the!existence!of!these!objects!and!their!rela5onships!are!his!experimenta5on!with!the!tension!

and!harmony!that!exist!through!a!nego5a5on!and!occupa5on!of!space.!www.krispaterson.com!

IMOGEN) PETTITT! 8! Primarily! a! conceptual! performance! ar5st,! Imogen! also! works! with! film,!

installa5ons!and!curatorially!on!experien5al!events.!Ethically!she!prefers!to!work!with!the!ephemeral!

world! of! performa5ve,! ritualized! ac5ons! instead! of! engaging! with! the! crea5on! of! objects! for! a!

consumer!market.!Her!work!is!ohen!exuberantly!un8rehearsed!and!responsive,!invi5ng!collabora5on.!

Each! idea! is! constantly!being! shaped!and!examined,! rather! than!being! ‘finished’,! a!piece!will! evolve!

into!it’s!next!incarna5on.!

GEORGIA) J) SPIKETT! 8! The! work! of! Georgia! J! Spike]! has! developed! into! a! some5mes! cathar5c,!

introspec5ve! quest! to! unravel! her! own! cogni5ve! process,! and! in! return,! begin! to! comprehend! the!

ques5on!marks!she!makes,!through!cri5cal!and!honest!artwork.!PREY!is!a!piece!of!work!that!explores!

the!ba]les!between!the!natural!and!the!man8made,!of!which!describes!the!modern!understanding!of!

dealing!with!depression.!PREY!is!a!part!of!the!ongoing!work,!by!Georgia!J!Spike,!Universal!Introversion.!

OH)BLADDER)STICK! 8!Oh!Bladder!S5ck!are!a! contemporary!Morris!dance! troupe:!who!are!a! serious!

‘folk’!dance!side,!meaning!that!they!are!a!congrega5on!of!folk,!who!gather!together!to!ritualis5cally!

declare!their!allegiance!to!carefully!contrived!‘tradi5ons’!through!the!medium!of!dance.!

NINA)WARA! 8! A!movement! ar5st! and! dance! facilitator.! Nina's! interests! and! influences! include! site!

specific! choreography,! cross8medium! improvisa5on! and! audience! par5cipa5on.! She! has! worked!

collabora5vely!with!photography,!sculpture!and!sound.!!'I!would!say!I!work!intui5vely,!allowing!plenty!

of!5me!to! listen...!My!movement! feeds!on!the!dialogue!between! imagina5on!and!space,! landscape,!

the!animate!and!inanimate.!I!try!to!connect!with!what!is!5melessness!and!primal'.!!