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2011

PELES DINING ROOM, PELES EMPIRE, London, 08.12.2011



with food by

CHARLOTTE BIRNBAUM
PELES EMPIRE
LIA ANNA HENNIG
CHRISTOPHER MCSHERRY
GILES ROUND
MARTIN RUSSELL
DANIEL SINSEL

PELES EMPIRE
25F Belfast Road
London
N16 6UN
UNITED KINGDOM

Slipped, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire, 04.12.2011-22.01.2012



The Wasters, 2011
606 Universal Shelving System with glazed stoneware, wood and fixings
205.5x66.7x30cm





Objects of the Neo Brutalist home, 2011
Printed upholstery linen, mild steel, stoneware & burnt sage
220x200x20cm



3D-2D-3D-2D, curated by Peles Empire, Camberwell Space, London





Floorcloth: A Serra falls, 2011
Acrylic paint, pigment ink & pencil on primed canvas
132x210cm

Neo-Brutalist Vase, 2011
Glazed stoneware
27x16x12cm

Neo-Brutalist Waster, 2011
Glazed stoneware with wooden stand
32x9x6cm



Past Present Future Space-time, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire

Festival Matrix, 2011
Temporary structure built from scaffolding components, wood & canvas
Approx. 610x870x610cm

10.09.2011 - 27.11.2011

For more images visit The Centre for Aesthetic Revolution



Wysing, an archeology, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire, 17.04.2011



Wysing, an Archeology.
A dinner for artists & speakers, 2011

An evening hosted by The Department of Wrong Answers & Giles Round.
The dinner formed the last public event closing the department.

Sunday 17th April, 2011 from 7pm



Excerpt from Bourn Cookery Book compiled by Margaret Greenwood, Bourn, July 1992

MENU:

Lemonade

Peas in the pod

Butter Bean & Rosemary Soup
Bran Soda Bread

Mrs Oliver's Ham & Beef Mould
Harvest Supper Relish

Smothered Rabbit
Lentils & Potatoes
Seasonal Greens

Devon Apple Cake
Granny Cronk’s Caramel Slices
Lemon Curd Cake
Lemon Dainty
Lemon Shorties
Stephen’s Apple Slice
Cambridge Tart
Chocolate Truffle Torte
Coffee Mousse
Hestley Hall Lemon Pudding
Pounding Alsace
Rose Bombe
Snowball Pudding



An Extraordinarily Unnecessary Interlude To Civility (Almost a One Act Play), 2011
Cally Spooner







Collapsing in Parts: Footnote 1
Friday 15 July, 7.30pm at Eastside Projects

An Extraordinarily Unnecessary Interlude To Civility (Almost a One Act Play)

Live Performance, Casettes & Player.
Stage Set designed by Giles Round
Intro from Boom! (1968)
Monologue read by Dulcie Lewis
Dialogue by and with Georgie Grace and Amy Spencer
Context played by Richard Parry
Outro from Robert Palmer via Casiotone Disco No. 2

http://www.callyspooner.com/



April is the cruellest month, breeding, LIDO, St. Leonards-on-Sea



It’s a mentalphysical act like zen archery...The straight-sawed line begins deep in your mind, 2009
Screen print on found canvas
140x80cm



The Department of Wrong Answers, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire, 02.04.2011-17.04.2011







Wysing, an Archeology.
Furniture for Artists & Speakers, 2011
Found wood, metal fixings and beeswax
Dimensions variable



Wysing, an Archeology.
The New Hang, 2011
Desk made from discarded materials, pottery and books
Dimensions variable



The Department of Wrong Answers, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire, 19.03.2011



A situation more dramatic.
A stage set for an event, 2011
Thonet chairs, projection screen, desk made from discarded materials, glass, lamp (stainless steel, plaster, paint, electrical components, bakelite lamp holder, energy saving light bulb) and gaffer tape
Dimensions variable



Jan Lamp, 2011
Stainless steel, plaster, paint, electrical components, bakelite lamp holder, energy saving light bulb
Approximately 40x30x30cm




2010

FIFTEEN, S1 Artspace, Sheffield

Background: U: Roman/Oblique, Ultra-Light, Geometric, 2010
Braided electrical flex, stainless steel pulleys, cleats, plugs, Bakelite lamp holders, energy saving lightbulbs
Dimensions variable



Session_12_Words+Untitled, Four Boxes Gallery, Krabbesholm Højskole, Skive, Denmark





Untitled structure for Alain Delon, 2005
Mahogany, Venetian striped mirrored glass, steel bolts & cross dowels
Structure: 120x80x80cm. Mirror: 60cm diameter

Keep Floors & Passages Clear, 1 Thoresby Street, Nottingham

Line Font Color, A1 Poster, 2010



The Form of the Book, +44 141 Gallery, Glasgow









HULAHOOP, 401, London



OHIO Sling Chair, 2010
Steel components & canvas
74x74x74cm

From the contents of the studio; shelves, stools, tables, plinths, 2010
Oak and boiled linseed oil
43.2x33.3x25.8cm



The Dance Card, LIDO at Electro Studios, St Leonards-on-Sea



From the contents of the studio, 2010
Oak, boiled linseed oil, metal brackets, Raku pottery, cacti & radio.
Dimensions variable



The Studio of Giles Round, Serpentine Gallery, London











2009

Living Structures, S1 Artspace, Sheffield

from left to right:

Living Structure: Articulated Light Bulb, 2009
Found box, Oz's old curtain pole, Smith-Victor ball stud and clasp, 75w reflector flood lamp, concrete, steel fixings, pivot block, friction piece, electrics.

Nomadic Sling Chair, 2009
Oak, black canvas, steel bolts & cross dowels.
Assembly Instructions [DOWNLOAD]

Now we're blowing the dust & rust out of Groveland, 2009
Pigment ink, acrylic paint and pencil on linen.

from left to right:

Living Structure: Foldaway Daybed, 2009
Oak, plywood, homemade wood oil, tweed blanket, upholstery linen, foam, steel hinges & fixings

It’s a mentalphysical act like zen archery...The straight-sawed line begins deep in your mind, 2009
Screen print on found canvas.

Reading Lamp: 5,12,13, 2009
Leftover Mahogany, wax, found lamp & aluminum dowel

Light Sculpture: Length, width & height. Ceiling, walls & floors, 2009. Braided electrical flex, stainless steel pulleys, plug, bakelite lamp holders & energy saving light bulbs

Living Structure: Nomadic Bookcase, 2009. Found marble, oak, plywood, wax, articulated light bulb (aluminum pole, Smith- Victor ball stud & clasp, 75w reflector flood lamp, electrics), steel bolts & cross dowels.

Saturday afternoons, 2009. Raku pottery planters & plants (Chlorophytum Comosum Variegatum, Crassula Ovata, Trichocereus Pachanoi, O. Ficus Indica & Oxalis Triangularis)

BBC Radio 3,2009 Radio, Raku pottery planter & Crassula Ovata cutting.