Art & Compromise (II) – Paul Hobson

28 May 2008 at 2pm
free entry but booking essential

A series of lectures conceived by Beaconsfield in collaboration with City & Guilds of London Art School.

Self-Cancellation

Mark & John Bain / John Butcher / Michael Colligan / Rhodri Davies / Benedict Drew / Robin Hayward / Gustav Metzger / Lee Patterson / Sarah Washington
Commissioned by Arika & the London Musicians’ Collective and developed withBeaconsfield.

Ten experimental sound artists are invited to explore in public the principles of self-cancellation in sound through conferencing, workshops and performance in London and Glasgow.

Estate – the Ian Hinchliffe Retrospective

17 November 2007 – 13 January 2008

Flashes From the Archives of Oblivion brings together four pioneers of the performance genre with established practices that date back to the 1960s. The exhibition explores elements of each artist’s practice in relation to the discourse that surrounds the documentation of performance art.

Forest – Volume IV

Beaconsfield Artworks / Karl Burke / Mark Dean / Bruce Gilbert / Leafcutter John / Fergus Kelly & David Lacey / Pan sonic / Bob and Roberta Smith / DJ Tendraw / Nina Hynes

Thursday 6 – Sunday 16 September 2007

Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin

Curated by David Crawforth in association with Beaconsfield and TBG&S, Dublin.

Push The Envelope – Further

Wednesday 25 July 2007
From 1.30pm
Free – all welcome

A cultural quarter in Vauxhall/Kennington? How likely is that? The truth is, it’s not so far fetched. When plans for an Artisan School, an Arts and Crafts Museum and Damien Hirst’s proposed Newport Street development are positioned against galleries, art spaces and studios already flourishing in the area, the idea is not only a distinct possibility, but almost a reality.

Soundtrap II: Leafcutter John

13 June – 22 July 2007

Exhibition open Wednesday – Sunday 12-6pm
Preview Tuesday 12 June, 6-9pm
Free entry

One hundred and sixty years of history impregnates the wooden floorboards of the Upper Space at 22 Newport Street ­ the former Lambeth Ragged School ­ where London-based composer, artist and musician Leafcutter John is in residence. During June and July the old wooden floor will be symbiotically linked to software specially written to coax out sonic stories, old and new, re-told with the arrival of each visitor.

Hibernator: prince of the petrified forest

15 March – 29 April

An ambitious new exhibition project by London Fieldworks. Working with the legacy and personal myth of Walt Disney, the commission embraces the latest developments in animatronics, primal hibernation patterns and the practice of cryonics in its exploration of fantasy and death.

Carina Diepens – living sculptures

part of the Open House London weekend

16-17 September 2006
Opening hours: 1-5pm
17 September at 4pm: book launch

For Open House London 2006, Carina Diepens will animate all three spaces at Beaconsfield with a series of her living sculptures. Using cloth, thread, metal, coal and human beings, Diepens’ sculptures create a tableau vivant that intermittently comes to life.

Push the Envelope: Sustaining arts communities on the left-bank – a Beaconsfield symposium

Part of the Lambeth Riverside Festival

Wednesday 19 July 2006, 2pm – 6.30pm

Speakers include – SHEENA WAGSTAFF – Chief Curator, Tate Modern – TONY CARTER – Artist and Principal of City and Guilds of London Art School – ANNA HARDING – Chief Executive, Space Studios – RICHARD GRAYSON – Artist and Independent Curator – PETER ST JOHN – Director, Caruso St John Architects – JEFFE JEFFERS – Director, Lady Margaret Hall Settlement

Society

Society

2003-2006

There is always a bar, food and some form of thought-provoking entertainment – be it a film programme, performance, live music or interactive installation. The basic Society structure is uniquely ignited on each occasion by the participating artists and transformed into whatever they want the event to be.

Mother of all Parties

Saturday 19 November 2005, 8pm — 3am

Party all night to up and coming live music, experimental electronica and eclectic DJ’s. Enjoy the quirky atmosphere of a truly independent space (and well kept secret) in the middle of London that is controlled by artists for artists.

Chronic Epoch: 1995-2005

14 September – 20 November 2005
Wednesday – Sunday 12-6pm
Preview – Tuesday 13 September from 6pm

In a decade, names have been made or changed, careers have been lost and found, alternative concepts have lived, died or been institutionalised. Chronic Epoch marks Beaconsfield’s 10th Anniversary and is a signature exhibition that includes painting, film, performance and sculpture by just a few of the artists we’ve worked with over ten years.