Helen Davies from the Arnolfini will present an education day at Spacex, Exeter. Find out about learning programmes in galleries and discuss examples of youth led projects developed at Arnolfini. This event will explore how a gallery educator could approach the Blast Theory exhibition at Spacex.
Blast Theory's newest commission Ghostwriter is now open at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter. Blast Theory has been working with curator Vivienne Gaskin for this commission which is part of the New Expressions Programme. Ghostwriter is an audio tour for mobile phones. To take part you call in and a woman acts as your guide through the museum. She opens up to you as she invites you to walk with her. She describes her life and some of the most important objects in it.
Spacex Gallery in Exeter is presenting a survey exhibition to mark Blast Theory's 20th anniversary. The exhibition BLAST THEORY BLESS PRACTICE runs from 10th December - 18th February and includes a range of Blast Theory's work from the last 20 years. The exhibition opens on Saturday 10th December from 3pm-5pm with an Artist Talk by Blast Theory at 4pm (free entry, all welcome). Spacex Gallery, 45 Preston St, Exeter, EX1 1DF.
Hannah Williams Walton has just graduated from Drama at UWE, Bristol. Her dissertation title ‘Technology; Theatres, Plays and Performance’ explored some of Blast Theory’s previous work, and sparked her interest with the company. This year she also joins the Royal Court’s Young Writers Program.Hannah joined Blast Theory at the beginning of January and will be staying with us until the end of March. She is working with Blast Theory on a range of projects.
Performing Mixed Reality is a new MIT Press publication edited by Steve Benford and Gabriella Giannachi. The book draws on a number of works that have been developed at the University of Nottingham’s Mixed Reality Laboratory, describing collaborations with artists (most notably Blast Theory) that have gradually evolved a distinctive interdisciplinary approach to combining practice with research. They offer detailed and extended accounts of these works from different perspectives, including interviews with the artists and Mixed Reality Laboratory researchers.
We've received our largest ever commission to create a game for 25 players for the Red Cross Museum in Geneva. The newly refurbished museum will open in 2012. More details to follow.
