Concrete and Glass

Video highlights from the 2010 Concrete and Glass are now available to stream courtesy of our partners at Rockfeedback. There are three episodes to stream:

episode 1

episode 2

episode 3

You can see interviews and performances from David Shrigley, Martin Creed, Martin Sexton & Bo Ningen, Felix’s Machines & Weirdcore, Cathy Hinde, Owl Project, Volcano The Bear, Solina Hi-Fi and many others.

Plus interviews with some of artists whose work was presented in the Heart of Glass exhibition, and the curators of the festival – Tom Baker, Flora Fairbairn and Paul Hitchman.

Concrete and Glass 2010 comes to an end with an evening of performances on
THURSDAY 27th MAY:

From 8pm at HOXTON BAR & KITCHEN, 2-4 Hoxton Square, N1 (tickets £5):
DAVID SHRIGLEY presents
MARTIN CREED
DAVID SHRIGLEY’S WORRIED NOODLES
PLEASE

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Artist, cartoonist, filmmaker and musician DAVID SHRIGLEY will curate a night of music with two specially chosen bands:

The direct nature of conceptual artist MARTIN CREED’s works are evidenced by their baldly descriptive titles, for example, Work No. 227, the lights going on and off, for which he won the Turner Prize, was exactly that. This literal approach extends to his music with eponymous song titles and direct, propulsive rhythm.

PLEASE solder together garagey jangle and 60s out-there rock, relentlessly bombarding with their clattering drums and eccentric vocals, a fresh alloy of sound.

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7pm at 20 HOXTON SQUARE PROJECTS

The MAURICE EINHARDT NEU GALLERY presents: ‘SEEN’, a collaboration between the artist Martin Sexton and musicians Bo Ningen with a broadcast invocation by Jimmy Cauty.

SEEN is the continuation of the SEEN series from the MAURICE EINHARDT NEU GALLERY that fuses radical music performances with the curation of a show by an inspirational artist.

Presenting in Hoxton Square is MARTIN SEXTON’s shamanic installation – “Switching on Stonehenge”. Composed of iconic rock’n’roll Marshall amplifier speakers stacked and fabricated into a Trilithon frame, the sculpture clearly mimics the colossal horseshoe-shaped central sarsen trilithon that occupies the legendary Stonhenge site. The work is active – amplified through the stacked Marshall speakers. The work is not without humour – having obvious connotations from popular culture and film. Although very much in the spirit iof rock’n’roll the artwork also poses a serious question, dealing with aspects of diminishing liberties within the UK.

BO NINGEN – loud glorious serving of Japanese progressive-punk that threatens to blow your head off with its raging twists and sweeping turns. It’s like having your brain massaged from the inside. It makes your nerves stand on end but also soothingly fucked up. “They’re fantastically energetic, often brain-crushingly heavy, and quite probably the most exciting young band in London right now”. (Mojo Magazine).

Plus it’s the last chance to see the art exhibitions and installations at 20 Hoxton Square Projects:
HEART OF GLASS – an open submission group show of emerging artists
KATE MccGWIRE – a solo installation of works by this unique artist
SHOP + OFFICE – two installations created in collaboration with the curators Hannah Barry, Guy Gormley and murmurART

This week you can view highlights from the 2008 edition of Concrete and Glass on Rockfeedback.com.

The two clips are here:
Part One

Part Two

Rockfeedback have been filming all of the 2010 events and these will be available to view soon.