DAVID BLANDY
Duels and Dualities: Artprojx Dojo
10 Sept - 25 Oct 2008
film, sound system, arcade games, posters,
stickers, comics, kung fu artefacts
PREVIEW: WED 10 SEPT 6-8pm
Duels and Dualities: Artprojx Dojo
An examination of the quest for the authentic and the spiritual in the ephemeral world of popular culture. Can you ever find the self in the other?
The battle is a fundamental aspect of many underground cultural movements- the M.C. battle, the one on one beat-em-up, cutting heads in a blues guitar duel, or turntabilst vs. turntablist. The Artprojx Dojo will explore these legacies, and how the idea of a quest for perfection is pursued through them. Bringing together an array of underground artistic forms, Kung fu and Chanbara flicks, hardcore fighting arcade games, comics and a dub soundsystem, Blandy continues his quest for identity.
Creating an installation that crosses kung fu art emporium and amusement arcade with a fully kitted out range of bins and speaker cabinets by the legendary Manasseh Sound System, Artprojx Dojo will feature David Blandy's films, photography, posters, stickers, and kung fu artifacts.
The Manasseh Sound System is creating a new dub remix soundtrack for Blandy's Samurai Story film.
David Blandy was born in London (1976), where he now lives and works. Blandy studied at Chelsea College of Art and the Slade and has since exhibited widely both in the UK and abroad including solo shows in London and Beijing. Blandy’s work is currently featured in Far West at the Arnolfini and touring, and he has been commissioned to produce a new installation for the Bluecoat for the Liverpool Biennial. A further new commission will be unveiled in a solo exhibition at Spike Island, Bristol next year.
Friday 3 October - 8pm till 11pm
Artprojx | Concrete & Glass presents at
Whitechapel
David Blandy - Artprojx Dojo: Duels and Dualities
featuring the legendary Manasseh Sound System
and a live DJ set by the Barefoot Lone Pilgrim
Barefoot Lone Pilgrim Vs Manasseh - a DJ Clash.
Artprojx Hi Fi presents 'the only good system is a sound system'
- an archive film compilation by Francesco Stocchi
An evening of Duels and Dualities
Artprojx | Concrete & Glass presents at
Whitechapel
Angel Alley Entrance
80 - 82 Whitechapel High Street
London, E1 7QX
+44 (0)20 7522 7888
info@artprojxspace.com
Entrance: Free with Concrete & Glass wristband or £6 at the Gate (£5 concessions)
Doors open at 7pm
Prebookings via www.whitechapel.org/music
Conrete & Glass events ticket details at www.concreteandglass.co.uk