[node-l] [nodel] Website & Book Launch

[kwatson]

:()***IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT**:()

Hi, the next [NODE.LONDON] meeting is on MONDAY 4th JUNE at:

Space Studios, 7pm, 129 - 131 Mare St, Hackney, London, UK, E8 3RH

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!!!!!!!!  LAUNCH OF NEW WEBSITE  !!!!!!
!!!!!!!!  LAUNCH OF NEW READER   !!!!!!

\\\\\\\\\\\  FREE BEER  /////////////

{.......... PLEASE BRING SOME NIBBLES / WINE ...........}

(Thanks to Space Studios for once again giving us the space.)

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<<<< ALSO COMING UP >>>>
LAUNCH OF NEW SEASON OF MEDIA ARTS 2010 MEETING
THURSDAY 11TH JUNE
I am very pleased to announce that we have been given the opportunity  
to hold this meeting around the Central Table of the:

The Bloomberg Commission: Goshka Macuga: The Nature of the Beast,
Exhibition at The Whitechapel Gallery.

STARTS PROMPTLY 7PM MUST FINISH BY 9PM , (continues in PUB!)

With grateful thanks to Sara Guerrero, Goshka Macuga, Whitechapel  
Gallery, Bloomberg
  www.whitechapelgallery.org

RSVP for both events
Keith Watson
kwatson at romanesque.co.uk
+44 (0) 7802 74 84 84
skype: kw1330

INFO:


London-based Polish artist Goshka Macuga is widely acclaimed for her  
sculptural installations of artefacts and photographs, derived from  
art history, politics and anthropology. The artist focuses on a key  
moment in the history of the Whitechapel Gallery: the presentation of  
Picasso’s Guernica in 1939.

Organised in collaboration with the Stepney Trade Union Council in  
east London to raise awareness of the Spanish Civil War, the suggested  
price of entry was a pair of boots, left underneath the work, to be  
sent to the Republicans in Spain. Forming the centrepiece of Macuga’s  
installation is a life-size tapestry of Guernica.

Commissioned by Nelson Rockefeller in 1955 it was created, in  
collaboration with Picasso, by weaver Jacqueline de la Baume Dürrbach,  
of the great Dürrbach Atelier in Paris. In 1985, Mrs Nelson  
Rockefeller lent the tapestry to the United Nations Headquarters in  
New York in memory of her husband who was present at the founding of  
the organisation, to offer a deterrent to war. It has hung ever since  
outside the United Nations Security Council.

Macuga’s project draws connections across historic and contemporary  
world affairs, their protagonists and the cultural ripple effects they  
have triggered. The room has been designed to accommodate meetings,  
discussions and debates around a central table, with Guernica once  
again as a backdrop. Groups are invited to organise these events free  
of charge. Please contact guernica at whitechapelgallery.org for advance  
booking.

Supported by:
The Bloomberg Commission invites an international artist to create an  
annual site-specific artwork inspired by the rich history of the  
former library. Bloomberg’s support reflects its commitment to  
innovation, and its ongoing efforts to expand access to art, science  
and the humanities. Additional support provided by the Adam Mickiewicz  
Institute, as part of POLSKA! YEAR, the Henry Moore Foundation, the  
Polish Cultural Institute, and the Wingate Scholarships. With thanks  
to Kate MacGarry. Goshka Macuga is the Wingate Artist-in-Residence at  
the Whitechapel Gallery.



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