Archive - 2007
MEANTIME occasionally publishes small print-runs of books and text arising out of projects which can be read online or purchased during events or by email/post. Available books here.
RESIDENCY: KRISTY CAMPBELL
1st - 8th December 2007
Kristy Campbell constructed FORMATIVE EDIFICE (1ST DRAFT), an installation of architectural models using found materials and boundary tape, which drew on the fabric of the building and its history. More photos here.
VISIONS
1st December 2007
First of the Visions multi-media events at MEANTIME curated by Robert Perry, presenting music, poetry, film + video.
SOUL DISTURBANCE 2
30th November 2007
Jean-Marie Kados unleashed his inner Breton in an evening of anarchic songs, soundscape, poetry and improvisation.
THE MEANTIME M.O.
12th - 17th November 2007
A week-long multiple occupancy by artists approaching drawing as a ‘map of mental process’, with a graphite wall drawing by Gloucester Cathedral artist-in-residence Onya McCausland; a cleaning/drawing installation from CLEAN - Tea on the towel; and drenched, intense pastel panels by Oliver Marsden. With live performances by Dominic Thomas - Drawing Out, or They can teach you how to drag a tea bag round on the end of a piece of string, but what do they know about the Quality of Line? (pictured); Colin Glen - Drawing on Memory, an exercise in remembering thoughts about a place before having seen it; and Rupert Howe, reinterpreting Sol LeWitt's Wall Drawing. More photos here.
LIVE MUSIC: CHAPTER 24 PRESENTS…
10th November 2007
Chapter 24 co-ordinated an evening of internationally acclaimed musicians to play acoustic sets at MEANTIME, including Thee Stranded Horse, Nancy Elizabeth, and Z+.
RESIDENCY: NATASHA HOUSEAGO
5th - 9th November 2007
Natasha Houseago developed, constructed and presented the drawing project SCRATCHING THE SURFACE during a week-long residency at MEANTIME. The project coincided with the arrival of the Jerwood Drawing Prize in Cheltenham. More photos here.
LIVE MUSIC: THE WERNER ALARM
2nd November 2007
Israeli garage band, The Werner Alarm, played MEANTIME on their European tour.
RESIDENCY: WOJCIECH KOSMA
WATERFALL
27th - 29th October 2007
Wojciech Kosma proposed to stage a waterfall cascading from the upper floor of the MEANTIME building, recreating a sight he saw as a child in Poland. After a weekend’s experimentation the public event delivered a waterfall, an experience which was at once terrifying and beautiful. More photos here and video here.
RESIDENCY: ROWAN O’NEILL
4th - 9th October 2007
Rowan arrived at MEANTIME out of the blue – walking back to Wales from London. She stayed a while and presented a performance of CERDDED ADRE – The Long Walk Home, a document of her time in the city and its impact on ideas of identity and home... More photos here.
JAKE LEVER
CENTRE + CIRCUMFERENCE
22nd - 23rd September 2007
An installation of prints by Jake Lever.
ZERO GRAVITY 3
MEANTIME LIVE!
16th September 2007
The final event of the weekend of live and performative events concluded with a frenetic jam and curious noise, courtesy of Brickwerk's handmade sound machines. Co-ordinated by record label elbandito.
A LIST OF THINGS WORTH DOING
MEANTIME LIVE!
15th September 2007
Peering into and around the space between live art and filmed actions ‘a list of things worth doing’ presented an evening of screenings, performance and discussion of the work of 10 artists including Paula Davy, Oogoo Maia, Jessica Rost, Sarah B and Martin Wooster, Wojciech Kosma, Katrina Horne, Dominic Thomas, Cynthia Whelan, a.group, and Amy Freeman. Full programme here. More photos here.
INTOLERANCE
MEANTIME LIVE!
14th September 2007
Oogoo Maia transformed MEANTIME into a velvet-draped cinema for a live performance of his new composition – a soundtrack to D.W. Griffith’s 1916 cinematic masterwork Intolerance.
RESIDENCY: GAVIN McCLAFFERTY
20th - 26th August 2007
Gavin McClafferty occupied the upper space for the construction of HORIZONTAL COLUMN – an attempt to create a spanning structure of interlocking doors, representing social models in various states of cohesion and collapse. More photos here.
RESIDENCY: HELEN HARDAKER
6th - 10th August 2007
MEANTIME’s first resident artist, Helen Hardaker occupied the lower space, using it as a workspace for the development and realisation of notebook ideas, creating an immersive installation in multiple series’ of drawings and film-works produced during the week. More photos here.
ZERO GRAVITY 2
30th June 2007
MEANTIME played host to a number of the area’s key musicians, including Chris Cundy and Longstone, participating in an evening’s improvisation and collaboration co-ordinated by Xposed Club’s Stuart Wilding.
T.A.Z. - OPEN DISCUSSION
28th June 2007
A group discussion on the text of Hakim Bey’s T.A.Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone (1985).
Lorna Trupec
OFF MESSAGE
27th May 2007
On a soaking wet Sunday at the end of May artist Lorna Trupec led a walking tour of legendary moments in Cheltenham’s neglected cultural history. Funded by ALIAS, artists’ advisory service. More photos here.
ARTISTS’ OPEN DAY
5th May 2007
MEANTIME kicked off with an Open Day to introduce the building, discuss the aims of the project and discuss artists' proposals. In the evening MEANTIME launched the first ZERO GRAVITY event, with Northern Soul DJ Martin Wooster.