NEXT EVENT:
29th June, from 1pm Score for a Hole in the Ground - Book launch.
King's Wood, Challock.
A book investigating the background and development of Jem Finer's audio-sculptural work will be launched in the forest on the site of this work. The book features an in depth interview with Jem, essays by David Toop and Jeremy Millar, and is gloriously illustrated throughout.
'Score for a Hole in the Ground' recently won its third award - Best British Composer, New Media, given by the British Academy for Musicians and Songwriters.
http://www.cornerhouse.org/books/info.aspx?ID=2701&page=0
OTHER EVENTS IN 2008:
15th - 18th July, Royal Musical Association Conference: Sound and Space.
University of Aberdeen.
Matthew King and Nye Parry will present a research paper based upon their work King's Wood Symphony, commissioned by SVA and performed here last summer. For more information see http://www.rhul.ac.uk/music/Golden-pages/Conferences
21st September (date tbc), SuperKingdom.
King's Wood, Challock.
London Fieldworks' (Bruce Gilchrist & Jo Joelson) newly commissioned work draws upon the artists' research into the hibernation patterns of animals within King's Wood. It also reflects on issues surrounding mass population movement such as that planned for nearby Ashford. SuperKingdom will comprise a sculptural installation within the forest and a digital moving image work, and is the first time SVA commissioned artists have focused their investigation on the animals of the forest.
The film work will be launched in spring 2009.
11 th Sept - 2 nd Nov, Tree Rings.
Fermynwoods, nr. Kettering.
Work made during Stephen Turner's 2001-2 residency in King's Wood will be included in this major new exhibition. For further information see www.fermynwoods.co.uk
Ongoing, Artist in Residence - Bethan Huws.
As part of a joint commission with Turner Contemporary, Bethan will be artist in residence in King's Wood and in Margate. She will be working in the two sites during the summer of 2008 and the resulting work will be launched in summer 2009.
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24th June 2008
Midsummer Picnic, King's Wood, Challock.
The annual Midsummer Picnic took place within Lucasz Skapski's 'Via Lucem Continens' (Avenue Containing Light), a 140-metre avenue of 200 yew trees planted by local people. 50 folk brought picnics to enjoy the evening and despite cloud cover preventing a perfect sunset a good time was had on a beautiful evening in the forest.
22nd May 2008
Prince of the Petrified Forest at Cragg Lecture Theatre, UCCA, Canterbury.
Screening of London Fieldworks' video work 'Prince of the Petrified Forest' (2007) commissioned by Beaconsfield, London, followed by a Q&A.
28th Feb - 1st June 2008
Nature is a Workshop at Turner Contemporary Project Space & Droit House, Margate.
An exhibition of works selected from the Arts Council Collection, Nature is a Workshop featured a range of interpretive materials developed in response to the exhibition by the Inspiring Spaces young people's group. This group is working with Stour Valley Arts, Turner Contemporary and the Beaney Institute to explore contemporary art and visual venues.
For more information on the Inspiring Spaces project please see relevant section in Education: Projects
April - May 2008
Fernando Palma Rodreguez artist in residence at Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, Australia.
This was the first stage of a newly established international exchange residency programme between SVA and Heide Museum of Modern Art. In spring 2009 Australia-based German artist Vera Möller will travel to King's Wood to undertake her residency with us.
29th Feb - 29th March 2008
An exhibition of Rodney Glick and Lynette Voevodin's film Down on His Luck at Canterbury Royal Museum and Art Gallery.
Documenting 24 hours in the forest and focusing on the work of the foresters as they sustainably harvest the timber of King's Wood. The film is made by sewing together 24 individual one hour long films into a 10 metre wide panoramic projection that engulfs the viewer in the sights and sounds of the forest.
11th April - 10th May 2008
Wide Eyed and Legless by Neville Gabie at Canterbury Royal Museum and Art Gallery.
Neville Gabie's exhibition includes 2 multi-part installations that portray the people and landscape of Kellerberrin through the adoption of innovative strategies. In the first, a letter of introduction requesting appropriate clothing for the terrain, and in the second, filming the landscape with kite-mounted video cameras.
17th October 2007
Susan Derges' Artist's Talk. The last of talks in the Exploring the Context series. The re-scheduled presentation concluding the spring's series of Artist's Talks.
16th September 2007
Composer Matthew King's re-scheduled King's Wood Symphony.
13th July 2007
Presentation of works produced during Salon's week-long residential workshops in King's Wood. www.salonart.org.uk
30th June 2007
Chamber concert at the Wigmore Hall featuring Matthew King's composition. Students' work showcased in foyer
19th May 2007
Notes from Underground public performance event at the forest.
9th May 2007
Architect Simon Barker presents the fith talk in the series Exploring the Context at the forest office.
28th April 2007
Forest Stars: A temporary installation by Christopher Jones. The floor of King’s Wood lit up by the forests own hidden natural energy resource.
25th April 2007
Emily Richardson gives the fourth in a series of 6 Artist's Talks: Exploring the Context at the forest office.
28th March 2007
Stephen Turner gives the third in a series of 6 Artist's Talks: Exploring the Context at the forest office.
24 September 2006
Launch of Jem Finer’s Score for a Hole in the Ground in King’s Wood.
15-17 September 2006
Ashford Visual Arts and Architecture Festival.
Student Bursaries launch in the Memorial Gardens, Ashford.
17 July 2006
Edwina fitzPatrick’s exhibition opens in Ashford Library, Church Lane, Ashford.
24 June 2006
Midsummer picnic at Lucasz Skapski’s Via Lucem Continens
23 June 2006
Opening of Jacques Nimki’s show, Fabrica, Brighton
16-23 June 2006
Architecture Week
Student bursary exhibition, Ashford Library.
Kamilla Sztyben, Ashford School of Art and Design and Christine Lobb, University of the Creative Arts, were awarded Student Bursaries to realise their proposals.
6-9 June 2006
CEMEA workshops
22-26 May 2006
Salon workshops
April 2006
Australian artists, Rodney Glick and Lynnette Voevodin begin residency
24 February 2006
SVA conference ‘Lost in Space: Topographies, Geographies, Ecologies’
Hosted by the International Study Centre, Canterbury Cathedral. 150 delegates attended. The conference investigated the relationships between art, place and time and was followed by a meal in the evening and a walk round King’s Wood the next day.