21st May: Alison Griffin’s new work in online auction, ‘Unique and Unseen’ with Eyestorm, begins today and continues until 28th May.
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20th May 2014: Pearrls-zine have just published Ute Kirkwood’s new collaborative photographic conversation with Millie Findlay.
18th May 2014: Congratulations to Jody Gilby on her new residency at Tonbridge School, starting November 2014.
7th May: Liz Sergeant has been organising a fund-raising event which takes place 17th-18th May, St John’s Harpenden: art, photography and ceramics from local artists. The exhibition will also feature paintings created during recent sessions with the local community of people with learning disabilities and their carers, and children from St John’s junior church.
28th April 2014: Following her recent solo show, Anya Charikov-Mickleburgh is preparing for ‘Artists at Home’, 13th-15th June, 62 Hetley Road, London, W12 8BB.
15th April 2014: Pearrls-zine have published Ute Kirkwood’s article, ‘Badcock Way’, documenting life at Catterick Garrison.
2nd April: Liz Sergeant has been working on Yinka Shonibare’s new project for the House Festival May 2014, Brighton and Hove. The pleasure of binding books in Yinka’s glorious fabrics…
28th March: Laura Dekker’s new interactive work, And No Heroes, installing soon at Dr Martens’ Carnaby Street projection wall.
18th March: Last chance to see Anya Charikov-Mickleburgh’s “luscious and visceral” new paintings and photographs – solo show The Purple Gate, at Rossotrudnichestvo, 37 Kensington High Street, until 21st March.
14th March 2014: XAP’s Dina Varpahovsky in Kids of Dada’s UP&COMING – opens tonight at Hoxton Gallery.
12th March: Angela Mellen’s new multi-process prints are on show at Artdog Galley, 37 Northcross Road, East Dulwich, London.
3rd March: Jody Gilby’s I Need Colour to Live has been selected as a 1st Showcase Winner in the Mixed-Media Catagory in the first stage of the Artslant Prize 2014.
22nd Feb 2014: Kids of Dada have invited Dina Varpahovsky to take part in UP&COMING, 14th-16th March at Hoxton Gallery, 9 Kingsland Rd, London E2.
15th Feb 2014: Anya Charikov-Mickleburgh announces her next solo show, The Purple Gate, at Rossotrudnichestvo, 37 Kensington High Street, London W8 5ED. 10th-21st Match 2014.
11th Feb 2014: Tough Love, Endless Reach’s Valentine’s all-nighter, will feature Laura Dekker’s Love Mutated, part of the interactive lounge from the Psychotropic House. Saturday 15th Feb 10pm-5am at Mother Studios, Hackney Wick.
10th Feb: Last few days to catch Ana Oak and Laura Dekker in Transmogrification at Infektory Gallery, Stukeley St, Covent Garden, London. The show closes Friday 14th Feb 2014.
6th Feb 2014: Over 850 people were welcomed into ‘The Psychotropic House’ during the month of January, responding to our invitation to explore the exhibition and participate in our various events: ‘Meet the House’ Family Drawing Workshop, the Symposium, school open days and promenade performances. We enjoyed meeting all our lovely guests, making new friends […]
4th Feb 2014: February’s Late at Tate, this Friday, experimental film and moving image makers take over Tate Britain. XAP’s Laura Dekker will be there at the 1840s GIF Party with a remix of John Singer Sargent’s Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose.
2nd Feb 2014: Huge thanks to Yinka Shonibare, Chloë Sylvestre and everyone at Guest Projects for the wonderful opportunity of our residency, which has just ended – our chance to play and experiment, with our Psychotropic House. We especially enjoyed being there to talk with all our visitors, who played, prodded and poked, and were […]
28th Jan 2014: Only three days left of our residency at Guest Projects… We have been delighted to welcome over 650 visitors to the Psychotropic House so far: people have wandered in from Broadway Market or off Regent Canal’s towpath; seen our entry in New Exhibitions, read our review by Caroline Douglas in the Contemporary […]
20th Jan 2014: XAP members have had another fascinating day being trained in audio description techniques by VocalEyes. We will be using these skills to make the art-going experience more accessible and enriching for blind and partially-sighted audiences.
17th Jan: Caroline Douglas from the Contemporary Art Society visited the Psychotropic House today: “The second show I want to recommend this week is of work by artists of a much younger generation. The Psychotropic House is the latest exhibition to take place as part of Yinka Shonibare’s Guest Projects programme…“ Read more…
16th Jan 2014: Very pleased to be hosting the Psychotropic House Symposium tonight! This evening of entertainment and cross-disciplinary debate kicks off with a promenade performance, followed by our excellent guest speakers Jeremy Millar, Sheep Dalton, Meriel Jeater and Dean Kenning.
15th Jan 2014: After a hectic first week in the studio hanging, drilling, fixing and painting, then rehanging, re-drilling, re-fixing and re-painting, The Psychotropic House finally opened its doors with a flourish on the evening of Thursday 9th January. It was great to see so many of our supporters and well-wishers together with our host […]
6th Jan 2014: We are in! The Psychotropic House is now under construction at Yinka Shonibare’s Guest Projects – so looking forward to our opening on Thursday evening!
16th Dec 2013: Our Kickstarter campaign drew to a close this weekend with an amazing total of £1770 worth of pledges. Thank you to everyone for your fantastic support. It has meant such a lot to know you have been cheering for us, and that you will hopefully continue to cheer us on as the […]
7th Dec 2013: We are thrilled to announce that last weekend we hit our target of £1500! Thank you to everyone for your generous and heart-warming support – we are over the moon! Your money will ensure that The Psychotropic House is accessible as it can be for people living with visual impairment, appealing to […]
26th Nov 2013: Our Psychotropic House Kickstarter campaign is well and truly on its way. After 12 days, we are already at almost 90% funding! Thank you to all our generous supporters who are believing in us enough to contribute their hard-earned cash to the project. Your names are on our Supporters/Credits page, our Facebook […]
17th Nov 2013: Our Kickstarter campaign went live on Friday and we have been thrilled at the response! After only three days, our generous backers have helped us reach nearly 50% of our target goal of £1,500. What’s more, the Psychotropic House featured as the ‘Staff pick – project of the day’ on Saturday and […]