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7 MAY – 11 JULY

private views: 7 May and 11 June 6-9pm

MULBERRY TREE PRESS

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is  a multiplatform exhibition at

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SE8 Gallery, Deptford (a borough of London),

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including

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weekly performances, round table discussions and film screenings.

Artists include:

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ANTEPRESS, RUTH BEALE,

BECKY BEASLEY, SEAN BORODALE,

ELEANOR VONNE BROWN, RODERICK BUCHANAN,

BEN CAIN, RICHARD DYER,

DOUG FISHBONE, HOLLIS FRAMPTON,

ALEX FROST, KATIE GUGGENHEIM,

EMMA HART, MIKE HARTE,

GARY HILL, GEORGE HENRY LONGLY,

MARIA MARSHALL, ANTHONY MCCALL,

JEREMY MILLAR, ST PIERRE & MIQUELON,

GARY O’CONNOR,  KATE OWEN,

GEORGE QUASHA, MARTHA ROSLER,

JAMIE SHOVLIN, JOHN SMITH,

MATTHEW SMITH, ANDREW TYNDALL

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Film screenings and monitor films curated by Gilly Fox.

Cabinets (11 June – 11July) curated by Laura McLean-Ferris.

Ruth Beale selected by Fleur van Muiswinkel.

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SE8 Gallery, 171 Deptford High Street, Deptford, London, SE8 3NU

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The ‘Mulberry Tree Press’ is a fictitious publishing house created specifically for this exhibition. The name is inspired by the last remaining tree from a garden in Deptford designed by the diarist John Evelyn.  This exhibition reflects on the relationship between space, object and text, how they exist one in the other, side-by-side, and separate. The focus on liminality, the boundary or threshold between different locations and states of production, lies at the heart of the exhibition. It is concerned with the translation or transcription that takes place in order to facilitate this passage from one place to another, from the studio and the gallery to the printed page.

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Over two months, the exhibition attempts a transformation, turning spatial artworks situated in the gallery into a form that might function as a publication. It is not intended that this take the shape of a standard catalogue, in which, appearance, structure and content are largely known from the outset. Instead, the publication will bring together artworks, events and writings generated by the project’s process of research, dialogue and display: from one physical state to the next, from space, action, and thing to text.

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The gallery will be turned into a production office that generates and disseminates content on a daily basis. The space is divided into a number of different zones, typified by simple display devices: a table, a set of shelves, two pinboards, a plinth, three cabinets, a monitor. Each of these marks out a territory, a way of showing,  indeed, an idea of specific presentation. The table is a place for writing, reading and the centrepiece of a discussion-series with curators, writers and artists. Shelves provide browsing material through a pamphlet library. Two facing wall-spaces  are given over to different artists during the project; their activities will be subsequently gathered and inventoried on a palimpsest in the shape of a pinboard. Adjacent glass cabinets are organised by different curators, while a monitor shows a curated programme of artists’ films. A number of live performances and events complement the exhibition. Following the conclusion of the project, the exhibition’s inventory will be published as the final exhibit.

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PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

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(Please check website for times: www.se8.org.uk) :

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Monitor films

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7-9 May – Roderick Buchanan

14-16 May – Anthony McCall and Andrew Tyndall

21-23 May – George Quasha (part 1)

28-30 May – George Quasha (part 2)

4-6 June – Martha Rosler

11-13 June – Maria Marshall

18-20 June – John Smith

25-27 June – Gary Hill

2-4 July – Gary Hill

9-11 July – Roderick Buchanan

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7th May – Private view 1

Cabinets – Ben Cain

Pinboards – Jeremy Millar

Shelves – Ruth Beale

Event 1 – Doug Fishbone

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14th May

Film screening – ‘Argument’ – Anthony McCall and Andrew Tyndall

Round table discussion 1: Nicholas de Oliveira (chair), Jeremy Millar, Eleanor Vonne Brown and guests

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21st May

Event 2 – Eleanor Vonne Brown

Event 3 – Ruth Beale

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4th June

Event 4 – Emma Hart

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11th June – Private view 2

Cabinets – Kate Owen, Alex Frost, George Henry Longly, Matthew Smith, Becky Beasley, Mike Harte (curated by Laura McLean-Ferris)

Pinboards – Jamie Shovlin

Shelves – Ruth Beale

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19th June

Film screening – ‘Zorn’s Lemma’ – Hollis Frampton

Round table discussion 2: Nicolas de Oliveira (chair), Gilly Fox and guests

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25th June

Event 5: St Pierre & Miquelon

Event 6: Katie Guggenheim

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2nd July

Event 7: Readings from Sean Borodale, Richard Dyer and Gary O’Connor

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9th July

Event 8: Antepress

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SE8 Gallery, 171 Deptford High Street, Deptford, London, SE8 3NU

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www.southbankcentre.co.uk

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