1. Arni Haraldsson: The Goldfinger Project at Space Studios, London.

The exhibition runs 01 September - 30 September 2007
Opening reception: 31 August, 6-8.30pm

Arni Haraldsson, Underside of Cinema, Copan, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 2003. Image: spacestudios.org.uk

Vancouver-based Arni Haraldsson’s practice documents the fading relics of High Modernist architecture through photography, film footage, historical documentation, popular cultural memorabilia, sound and resourced information.

The Goldfinger Project explores the social utopian ideology and reality of the Brutalist architectural aesthetic, documenting both fictional and factual narratives from one of Brutalism’s key exponents and a leading figure of the Modern movement - Erno Goldfinger.

Arni Haraldsson, Rugen Germany, 2005. Image: spacestudios.org.uk

The Goldfinger Project is Arni Haraldsson’s latest work in his investigation into the architectural language of the High Modernist era. This ongoing project of photographing and collecting material as a means to explore architecture and its cultural legacy has taken him around the globe from Rix Reinecke’s landmark Ocean Towers in Vancouver, Libera’s isolated Villa Malaparte on Capri to Le Corbusier’s Modernist city vision of Chandigarh in India.

Shary Boyle, Hammer Museum. Image: spacestudios.org.uk

2. Shary Boyle: The Clearances at Space Studios, London.

The exhibition runs 01 September - 30 September 2007
Opening reception: 31 August, 6-8.30pm

Shary Boyle has become known for her creates ‘live’ drawings–handanimated screen projections displayed during unique audio-visual performances to diverse audiences around the world. Her feminist sculptural series of porcelain figurines, created for a 2006 solo exhibition, has been acquired for permanent collection by National Gallery of Canada, the Musee des Beaux Arts in Montreal, the Paisley Museum of Art in Scotland and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Shary Boyle, Scotland. Image: spacestudios.org.uk

Borrowing the title from a bitter period of 19th century Scottish resettlement the exhibition The Clearances is a construction of visual mythology based upon historical collisions of power and culture.

The Clearances depicts folklore characters, colonised peoples and brute forces of power engaged in an infinite march of erasure. Boyle’s invented historical overview illustrates the slippage that occurs when worlds, realities and imaginations collide. Working on multiple layers, the dramatically lit installation stages a theatrical display referencing educational dioramas and children’s imagery. The Clearances is a result of three sources of inspiration for Boyle: The Four Kings show at the National Portrait Gallery, the New Worlds show at the British Museum and the Marks and Spencer’s advert of Myleene Klass emerging from the sea, clad in a white bikini.

3. Koh Koh Koh: Tokyo, Thursday August 16, from 9 pm at Le Baron de Paris.

Kazumi Asamura, Item Idem – aka Cyril Duval and Numero Tokyo will hold a reception for erstwhile Canadian artist Terence Koh.

Formerly known as “asianpunkboy”, New York-based Koh creates handmade books and zines, prints, photographs, sculptures, performances, and installations. Much of his diverse work involves queer, punk, and pornographic sensibilities.

Terence Koh, Chris as Deer (Autumn Night). Image: artmetropole.com

Tokyo-based conceptual consultant and creative director Cyril Duval. Image: naymz.com

Terence Koh is represented by Peres Projects Gallery in Los Angeles, California and Berlin, Germany.

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