more photos and a video tour of Reading Room at Crescent Arts Centre Belfast

Here's a photo of the new show at Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast. More to follow...

More Reading Room...

We will be reprising our exhibition Reading Room at The Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast from the 10th   to the 16th of June. 

Reading Room was originally staged at Sligo Art Gallery in 2009. It was made up of three rooms; a reading room with a sofa and bookshelves, a room of artworks in other media by Floating World Artists and a making room for members of the public to make their own books. 

This time we will have a reading room a making room and a drawing room. 

In the making room we will have two d.i.y. books available free of charge. More information soon...

Installation shots from The University of Ulster Gallery Belfast

Diane Henshaw "The Leftovers" and Floating World at University of Ulster Gallery Belfast

Preview: Friday 5th October 6-8pm

University Gallery, York Street, Belfast

THE LEFTOVERS :: DIANE HENSHAW

'd   r   a   w   i   n  g'

Artists Statement

draw    pull, drag, haul, tow, tug, heave

                                                PUSH

attract, allure, entice, invite, tempt, induce,

persuade, influence, elicit, call forth, evoke

                                                REPEL

sketch, delineate, map out, outline, trace,

depict, portray, represent.

inhale, breathe in, inspire, suck, drain, siphon,

draw off.

move, go, come, proceed, advance, approach,

deduce, infer, conclude, derive, glean, get, take,

pick, choose, select.

draw back

recoil, shrink, retreat, withdraw, retract.

draw out

protract, extend, prolong, drag out, spin out, stretch,

lengthen.

draw up

draft, compose, formulate, prepare,.

halt, stop, pull up.

attraction, pull, lure, influence, magnetism, charisma.

tie, stalemate, dead heat.

raffle, lottery, sweepstake.

draw back

disadvantage, snag, hitch, hindrance, impediment,

obstacle, flaw, fault, imperfection, defect, difficulty,

problem, detriment, shortcoming, deficiency

                                                   ADVANTAGE

drawing

sketch, picture, delineation, outline, diagram, plan, illustration,

cartoon, representation, portrait.

Henshaw deals with the abstract and has an obsession with Searching for the perfect line - her work known for it's paired down lines and formulated composition has developed to a new enterage of blasting hues and tones using a plethora of line, print, collage & form.  Henshaw synonymous for her use of gestured line and process work - works blind - detraining the eye - and focuses on the apparent, the banal and diary stylised method of dealing methodically with the abstract.

Diane Henshaw graduated with her Degree in Fine Art from the University of Ulster in Belfast in 1995 and with her Masters in Fine Art from UUB in 2000 and has lived in Tempo, Co. Fermanagh for the past 10 years where she works as Arts Officer for Fermanagh District Council.

FLOATING WORLD

For this exhibition Floating World have selected a number of book works related to the theme of drawing, linking with themes in Dianes' work.Rareties like early books by Hidehiko Ishibashi and Andy Parsons appear alongside works such as Sarah Carnes photocopied drawing in I love my Yugo. See below for the works that will be in show;

Exhibitions continue: 8^th October – 17^th November

Beckett Bucket acts 3 and 4

'Happy Days' the first international Samuel Beckett Festival is now on in Enniskillen. Floating World are present at the event, based in the Castle Museum, with parts 3 & 4 of 'Beckett Bucket'. Parts 1 & 2 have been completed as a handmade artists book which has been published in an edition of only 25 copies. Very splendid it is too! A PDF edition of this will be available at some point in the future via the blog so check back soon. 

For parts 3 & 4 of Beckett Bucket, Floating World are creating a 20 meter scroll of drawings, text and random doodlings..... Oddly enough, people visiting a Beckett Festival are much more reluctant to talk about Beckett to us than people visiting a dinosaur exhibition! Go figure.

Beckett Bucket is now live...

Beckett Bucket is now live at the rather splendid Ulster Museum in Belfast. Despite being menaced by prehistoric beasts our plucky lads have gathered an astounding range of insightful and poetic musings from the general public ... and also directed quite a lot of people to the restrooms


A PDF version of the first act of the completed version of the Beckett Bucket Book will be available via the website and the blog from Mid July.