Islington Mill Studios

Photographer and Islington Mill tenant, Andrew Brooks has just completed work on his brand new website, a collaborative effort with fellow Mill Tenants Raw Design Studio. You can check out the results and pretty much all of Andrew's recent work on www.andrewbrooksphotography.com

Andrew has also been working with University of Salford over the past 6 to create a new collection of representative photography for the University.

A selection of this work together with a selection from the University archive will be on show at a new exhibiton at Salford Museum & Art Gallery at the end of the month. For more info on this check the new website!

You Fancy Animal

Running until Friday18th 

An exhibition of young Manchester based artists featuring work from Fiona Campbell, Niki Hearns, Andi Doyle, Zena May Hendrick, John Midgeley, Sam Rees, Marina Rees, jodie Silverman and Laura Simms

You Fancy Animal showcases the artists’ use of a low tech and often handmade approach. In this they are moving against a lot of current trends in a contemporary art scene that seems to celebrate both the high tech and the purely conceptual.

 
MASS 

Running until Thursday 17th

Introducing eleven photographic artists showcasing their collections of work centred around the philosophy of social interaction, offering sensitive and inquisitive visual documents of the modern make-up of Britain.

In association with Manchester Metropolitan University, this is a unique opportunity to experience the future of contemporary photography.

 

Pif-Paf have started production at the Mill of HONEY, a new show presented in their own touring theatre tent. Having recently secured Arts Council funding and a vote of confidence in our hands on style of performance, presenting issues that affect us all with beauty and clarity

HONEY is a groundbreaking show, fusing Pif Paf's trademark of integrated performance, sculpture and music with up-to-the-minute natural history content – without compromising either. The show explores the connection between mankind and our oldest companion, the honey bee, and imagine a world where they are conspicuous by their absence.

The show has already secured a tour for the show with more dates to be added, check the Pif- Paf website or the Mill Directory for up to date details

See you in the HIVE!

Mill residents Beverley Gee and Carrie Ann Black will be exhibiting at The British Craft Trade Fair from 6th to 8th April at the The Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate.

Bev will be showing a new line of porcelain boxes that contain a series of glazed objects and will be proping up stand number 51. You can see more work by going to the Mill directory.

So if you are around Harrogate next month get yourself down.

More info on ww.bctf.co.uk

 

Sounds from the Other City returns this year for its fourth outing along the Chapel Street badlands. May the 4th is the date and tickets are now on sale at Quaytickets and Piccadilly Records - now we say this every year but no harm in saying it again - tickets usually sell out well in advance so bag them up now.

For more info on what's already been planned for this year check out the SFTOC page on the Mill Directory.

The good folks bringing the noise to your ears this year are going to be:

Lamb & Wolf, Comfortable on a Tightrope, Bring on the Dancin Horses, Golden Lab, Red Deer Club, Hey! Manchester & Club Brenda

Also featuring the Disco Opposite Tesco karaoke mess-off downstairs at the Black Lion as well as a ton of other stuff on its way.

Keep checking back here and on the Myspace for more details 

 

 

This February sees Taurus in Manchester’s infamous gay village host an exhibition of pure decadence.

Gemma Parker, Manchester’s first and only retro pin up and burlesque artist has created a series of paintings featuring a selection of ladies derrières all themed around sweeties and chocolates.

In France the phrase ‘bon bons’ is a slang term for anywhere below the waist. Here we see Parker using that term to its fullest and most fun. Each peachy behind is enhanced with ice cream colours and sugary titles. With the collection ranging from jellybeans to strawberry fondant there should be a flavour to tempt anyone’s taste buds.

‘Bon Bons’ runs from the 1st – 29th February.

Taurus, 1 Canal St, Manchester, M1 3HE, 0161 236 4593.

You can also get details on Gemma's page on the Mill Directory or contact Gemma at www.gemmaparker.co.uk

The Ting Tings release there first single since signing to Columbia on March 3rd.  Great DJ is available to download for a limited time and there will be a 1500 7" vinyl for release.

As part of the single release the band are gathering up old 7" singles, which are going to be reversed and used as the new covers for the single.

Some of these have already been done and you will be be able to buy these on any of their upcoming NME tour dates and the remainder in selected stores. In order to get a copy you need to bring along an old 7" to swap at the gigs. If you can't make it to any of the gigs but want to get involved by recycling an old gem anyway, drop an email to artsclub@islingtonmill.com

The band also have loads of stuff coming up including live sessions on Radio 1 with Jo Whiley and Zane Lowe - more info on www.myspace.com/thetingtings

 

Quarantine is looking for performers for its next theatre piece, Old people, children and animals.  The performance will be created with and performed by old people (over 65) who dance or who used to dance and young people (under 18) who make music.

We are not looking for actors. The performance will be made using the personal experiences and histories of those taking part.

If you’re over 65 years old with dance skills, or under 18 and in a band, available from 21 April – 22 June 2008 and would like to take part in Quarantine’s next show please check out our website for more information.

 www.qtine.com/current

www.myspace.com/qtine

Islington Mill Art Academy, an independent, DIY art school based here at Islington Mill is holding an open day for new members this Monday 14th January, 11 am till 6pm.

The group, which has been in existence since May 2007 and now works three days per week at the Mill was formed with the intention of developing self-directed education that can exist outside of the traditional institutions of learning.

It organises talks, research trips and has an active residency program working with international artists and musicians. Current residents are Anni Rossi and Rollin Hunt from Chicago who will be working with the Academy till the end of January.

Come along on Monday (at any time between 11 and 6) to have a look around, a chat and a cup of tea with members of the group. Alternatively, if you cannot make it on Monday and would like to arrange another time to visit or would just like some more information, please email: artacademy@islingtonmill.com

For access please call the number on the main door

www.islingtonmill.com/artacademy

Happy New Year - here's to 2008 being a powerful year. January is going be pretty quiet here at the Mill but don't worry there's plenty of beavering going on behind the scenes and some really exciting events lining up in the near and far horizons. Keep an eye on our events page for all that and more.... 

"The earliest version of this familiar saying was attributed to the English King James I, who wrote in 1616, 'No newis is bettir than evill newis.' Virtually the modern saying appeared some years later in James Howell's 'Familiar Letters' (c. 1645) with the line, 'I am of the Italians mind that said.no news, good news'." From "Wise Words and Wives' Tales: The Origins, Meanings and Time-Honored Wisdom of Proverbs and Folk Sayings Olde and New" by Stuart Flexner and Doris Flexner (Avon Books, New York, 1993). Page 135.

I'm sure you've heard of the king's joker, or merry-man, who loved to make puns, so much so that the king, in disgust, ordered him hanged. But the king's vizier prevailed on him to grant the joker a reprieve. Upon learning it, the joker immediately said, "Well, no noose is good noose."

So the king decided to hang him anyway.

Sallywood Babylon - Wednesday 28th November - 8pm - late....... Every great film festival needs a legendary closing party to cement its reputation.

Welcome to Sallywood Babylon.

Still reeling from a whirlwind tour of Berlin and New York, and a no-holds-barred A&R scrum, The Ting Tings have agreed to headline. And not just any old headline set the band will be playing a never before heard acoustic set

Meanwhile, expansive post-rockers The Detour provide live guitar soundscapes for a selection of vintage Salford films and between bands there'll be a bumper selection of shorts from the city and beyond. On the decks 'til 2am filmmaker Steve Manford steps out from behind the lens to get all the gaffers, sparks and first ADs bumping and grinding on the dance floor.

A chance to scope for collaborators, check out the competition, get drunk and make a fool of yourself in front of your peers, or simply watch some great bands and films and celebrate the end of the Salford Film Festival in style.

Can you really afford to miss that? Didn't think so.

See you next year.

Tickets now on sale at Quaytickets

Christmas at the Mill - Thursday November 22nd - 6 - 9pm......Islington Mill Studios are holding their festive fair again this year, just in time for Christmas. Meet the resident artists, enjoy some mulled wine and choose from a wealth of unique wares, handmade by some of the North West’s finest practitioners. Many of the products on sale will be one-off or limited edition pieces that will only be available on the night.

More details on the events page

 

 

Hot Bed Press & the Casket Works

present

The Casket Works Open Weekend

Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th November

11am - 5pm

Featuring contemporary artwork by printmakers, painters, sculptors  and much more.

The Casket Works

Cow Lane

Salford

M5 4NB 

 

For more details see www.hotbedpress.org

 

18/10/07

 

Welcome to the new Islington Mill website, by now hopefully you've had a litttle look around.

The site has been designed by Raw Design Studios who are based here at the Mill, you can check out their page, and that of all the other residents, on the Mill Directory page.

We've also introduced an Events page to keep you up to date with everything that's going on in and around the Mill.

If you want to keep up to date with what we are up to you can sign up to our Newsletter on the Newsletter page. If you are interested in renting a space you can find out more info and sign up to our waiting list on the Studios page.

 

Quarantine is touring Susan & Darren, their acclaimed collaboration 
with Company Fierce, again this autumn.  The tour began at the end of 
September at Contact in Manchester where the show was originally 
devised and produced, and is now taking in Belfast, Warwick Arts 
Centre, Edinburgh, Taunton and Aberystwyth.

Susan & Darren is created with and performed by Darren Pritchard of 
Company Fierce and his mum, Susan.  The audience are invited to help 
Susan and Darren prepare for one of their infamous parties.  Along 
the way there will be dancing, devastation and a lovely buffet.  
Friends and neighbours might pop in.

“This is not so much a performance as a gift – one that comes 
straight from the heart.” Lyn Gardner, The Guardian


Dates

3 - 6 October Belfast, Old Museum Arts Centre  028 9023 3332
11 - 13 October Coventry, Warwick Arts Centre  024 7652 4524
17 - 20 October Edinburgh, Traverse 0131 228 1404
23 - 24 October Taunton, Brewhouse 01823 283244
31 Oct-2 Nov Aberystwyth, CPR 01970 622133