beinghuman residency 2013

BEINGHUMAN

INTRODUCTION 8 artists from UK, USA, France, Greece, Belgium & Russia came together to create work under the direction of lead artist Gaynor O’Flynn.

Through a collaborative process, each individual artist moved beyond the parameters of their practice to work in new genres, processes & disciplines.

Working in sound, tech, sculpture, moving image, performance, paint, text & ceramics this book documents the work created.

Gaynor O’Flynn June 2013 www.beinghuman.com

ARTISTS Gaynor O’Flynn Debbora Ainscoe Ryan Boatright Hans Borgonjon Xanthi Davou Olga Krasanova Nick Rothwell Marina Stavrou

Gaynor O’ Flynn

humanity & ecology.

pigments.

Gaynor works in music, film,

In ‘Melt’, through writers inks, ice,

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performance & installation art to

natural rubber, technolodgy muslin

create unique interactive multi media

cloth & paper. She examines how

Hans Borgonjon

performance, installations & limited

data, can be misinterpreted as truth.

Hans is a ceramic artist, who also

edition work.

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works with video & installation.

From a piece of porcelain that fits in

Her belief in the interconnected

your hand to a large installation, his

nature of all is at the core of her

Ryan Boatright

work communicates the ineffable &

life & practice. Gaynor believes

Ryan Boatright is a visual artist

intangible.

that art produced from a place of

based in Paris, France.

spontaneity & compassion has the

In ‘Insight?’ he has de-constructed

power to open our hearts & minds

His work blends technical &

his face, his words in Flemish, Hans’

to our true nature.

conceptual processes that

native dialect. The QR images link

evaluate everyday experiences, the

to a soundscape by Paul Francis,

The work, ‘Why Is The Sky Blue?’

environments that shape them, &

an Australian astronomer who

is a video art work, examining

the pictures that document them.

converted the magnetic signatures

concepts of space, time, memory &

The products of his work are

of planets, comets and the sun into

our eternal childlike beginners mind.

exhibited as traditional photographs,

sound.

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digital prints, videos & unique art

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objects.

Deborah Ainscoe

‘Painting in Session’ is a

Xanthi Davou

Deborah works in sculpture,

performance, where participants

Xanthi Davou is a Greek singer,

drawing, painting & installation.

play a modified game of checkers.

songwriter & performer.

Her work incorporates her deep

The board is without squares. In

fascination with pigment, raw &

place of traditional pieces, the

She incorporates role playing in her

chemically manufactured materials,

participants engage with & create

music, lyrics & practice. She also

reflecting the interaction between

the work, by making marks with dry

is a poet writing in both English

and Greek. Xanthi is studying her

Nick Rothwell

she is observing the multiplicity of

masters at Goldsmiths London.

Nick Rothwell is a software

our social & inner existence as well

architect, programmer & sound

as the different states of human

artist.

physiology & behaviour.

whose themes are love & death via

He writes & teaches on music

‘Logic Coming Out Of My Mouth’

the use of an unique set of rules.

technology, coding & creativity. He

is about how the imaginary feeds

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has built software for award winning

the real & vice versa. Inspired by the

artists & productions globally

dream state & Marcuse’s ‘An Essay

including Wayne Mc Gregor’s

on Liberation’.

Random Dance, STEIM & CAMAC.

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In the performance poetry work ‘Cliché’ she transforms two poems

Olga Krasanova Olga is a conceptual artist from Siberia & graduate of Central St

The work created this week is both

Martins. A visual thinker, Olga’s

a finished piece & a generator of

practice incorporates photography,

any number of unique pieces. The

creative art direction & speaks to

work is a software system which

people without words.

draws inspiration from Mondrian’s neoplasticism & the recursive

In ‘Personal Animals’ Olga has

subdivision of the golden rectangle.

created a set of portraits of the

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artists and their favourite animals.

Drawing & erasing graffiti animals on the mural, she shot the portraits on

Marina Stavrou

her father’s old Zenit film camera,

Marina Stavrou is a Greek artist

then recorded & created a video

based in the Netherlands.

work of the process. krasanova.com

Her work examines perception, movement & the human condition.

Through film, drawing & text,

Gaynor O’Flynn ‘Why Is The Sky Blue?’

Moving Image, Performance, Text & Sound Work

Deborah Ainscoe ‘Melt’ Moving Image, Textile & Pigment

Ryan Boatright ‘Painting in Session’ Installation, Performance & Painting

Hans Borgonjon ‘Insight?’

Moving Image, Digital, Sound & Sculpture

Xanthi Davou ‘Cliché’ Text & Performance

Olga Krasanova ‘Personal Animals’ Moving Image, Photography & Graffiti

Nick Rothwell ‘Phimondrian’ Moving Image & Programming

Marina Stavrou ‘Logic Coming Out Of My Mouth’ Moving Image, Performance & Text

CREDITS Direction : Gaynor O’Flynn Graphic Design : Olga Krasanova Production : Chris Lovell, Ryan Boatright Moving Image Production : Kaz Tuck © p beinghuman 2013