What’s coming up at the studios and project space this month.
The Commercial Art World:
An Artists’ Discussion
Thursday 8th August: 18:00 – 20:30.
Refreshments available, doors from 18:00.
Panel including a break and Q&A, 18:30 – 20:30.
Book tickets here
Have you ever wondered what goes on within or how to break into the commercial art world? Join us for a discussion between artists Freya Stockford and Jacob Talbot, exploring their experiences of the sector. Expect the topics of conversation to cover art fairs, selling your work and commercial gallery representation. This talk would be perfect for artists just starting out or those who would like to make a shift to a more commercial market. Everyone welcome, and questions strongly encouraged.
And I Was Somewhere Without A Body
Thursday 15th August: 6-10pm (Opening night)
Friday 16th August: 6-9pm
Saturday 17th August: 11am-3pm
Sunday 18th August: 11am-3pm
Join us for an exhibition by Delilah Sykes, exploring language as a site of haunting through a text and sound installation.
How do we describe the indescribable, explain the transient, detail a trace? Delilah’s sound and text installation explores language as a site of haunting. From the most basic of words to elaborate narratives, her work explores how different modes of communication hold the words we use for the inexplicable.
It has been observed that in times with a heightened proximity to death, such as the years surrounding a conflict or pandemic, cultural interest in the paranormal skyrockets. Expanding on the classic ‘ghost story’, Delilah looks at how stories and testimonies haunt the spaces in which they are recorded. How do the traces of language create cultural hauntings and where are the haunted houses of the technological age?
Delilah’s practice has a conceptual focus, exploring the tension between the metaphysical and the mundane. While making this piece, she has been in conversation with a ghost hunter as well as gathering first-hand ghostly experiences. She has also been pulling apart both analogue and digital sound technology to create the installation.
Useful information about Assembly House
Located just off Canal Road in Armley, directly next to Slate’s furniture shop; entrance through the blue door. You can get to Assembly House easily by driving, walking or using public transport. There’s also a free, onsite car park that you are welcome to use.
It’s a 20 minute walk from Burley Park Station and a 25 minute walk from Hyde Park Corner and Leeds City Centre. From the centre, you can take the 14 bus to Canal Road or any bus going down Kirkstall Road or Armley Road.
Please note that unfortunately the building is located up a flight of stairs with no lift access and has some uneven flooring.
For more information, please email [email protected]
