Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 September, 11am prompt + 6pm Discussion

Inspired by the dérives of the Lettrist and Situationist Internationals, a.a.s. invite you to help them search for the city beneath the city using a combination of I Ching readings and the Paranoid-Critical Method. During The Nomads, a.a.s. intend to change perceptions and lend new significance to two randomly selected sites during each outing and will occupy those parts of the city for several hours.
Join the artists to explore selected parts of central Manchester, leaving Castlefield Gallery at 11am or call 07806 50 27 26 for live updates. aasgroup.net

Home and Away is an exhibition including the work of Ting-Ting Cheng, Joanna Zylinska, Chu Yin-Hua, Alexandra Wolkowicz and Barney & Lucy Heywood, who use photography and video to ask poignant questions about spatial identity, geographical belonging and the passage of time. Suspended between dream, memory and imagination, the projects in the exhibition offer a poetic reflection on the movement of bodies and minds across cities, continents and cultures in the age of globalisation.

Film and Video Programme: Among the Nightingales

Screening Dates:
Sat 17 & Sun 18 July, 12 & 2pm
Sat 31 July & Sun 1 August, 12 & 2pm
Sat 28, Sun 29 & Mon 30 August, 12 & 2pm

Venue: Rosetherne Room, Stableyard, Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 6QN.
A free coach service will be operating between Manchester and Tatton Park during event weekends, leaving Cornerhouse at 9.45am and 2pm. Further information at Tatton Park Biennial website

Free/Booking recommended. To reserve a place please call the gallery on 0161 832 8034 or email events@castlefieldgallery.co.uk with your contact details and number of places.

Artists:
Mounira Al Solh - Lebanon/Netherlands
Jordan Baseman - UK
Oliver Beer - UK
Nina Beier & Marie Lund - Denmark/Germany/UK
Samson Kambalu - UK/Malawi
Karin Kihlberg & Reuben Henry - UK/Sweden
Ján Mančuška - Czech Republic
Matt Stokes – UK
Pablo Wendel - Germany

Among the Nightingales brings together 9 single channel film and video works by international artists for the Tatton Park Biennial 2010. The works use human relationships and the individual’s existence in relation to wider social groups as their point of departure. The groups are driven by ethereal, social, ideological, or political incentives that sit uncomfortably with mainstream, dominant culture. The artists use a variety stylistic methods in documenting and post-producing; some of the artists document actions performed specifically for the camera, whilst others orchestrate scenarios for individuals to participate in, deliberating the use of film as a constructed narrative and subverting our preconceptions of it.
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Castlefield Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition A Horse walks into a Bar including work by Corey Arnold, Richard Billingham, Andrew Bracey, Lorraine Burrell, Maddi Nicholson, Dan Staincliffe, Chiz Turnross, UHC and Mark Wallinger. Using a range of media such as video, painting, photography, sculpture and performance, the artists playfully examine the parameters of human and animal characteristics and question the evolution of the human race.

Some of the work blurs the boundaries between nostalgia and abhorrence, referencing the use of animals in the entertainment industry, whilst other work references animals in heraldic, mythological stories. Conventions in visual art practice are also deliberated, highlighting the inter-dependence of living beings in a contemporary world, these range from the allegorical use of animals in traditional regal portraiture to other works that alter our perception of sculpture by fusing animal imagery with mass produced objects.

The exhibition can be seen as reflective of our increasingly uneasy relationship with the natural world that is tainted with confusion, contradiction and confrontation and will oscillate between the playful, sinister, surreal and controversial. Co-curated by Castlefield Gallery staff and Jane Anderson.

A Horse walks into a Bar after preview gig

After A Horse walks into a Bar preview Elfin Spurs and special guest Biltone will perform a shape-shifting set of wonky tunes whilst dressed as spiders and moths. Expect electric cello wig-outs, songs of 'Mouses' and 'Mermaids'.
www.myspace.com/elfinspurs www.myspace.com/biltone

Venue: The Deansgate Pub, Function Room, 321 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 4LQ FREE Call 0161 832 8034 for further enquiries.

In this performance displacement is stretched further as Castlefield Gallery is turned over to the theatre for this special double evening event.

Short excerpts from Luigi Pirandello's satirical play Six Characters in Search of an Author are spliced together and performed in a 20 minute loop by actors from the Manchester School of Theatre. Each excerpt is repeatedly, yet differently, brought to life as the actors perform multiple roles for the gallery audience. Come and go as you wish.

Cast
Séan Aydon - Actor
Chris Evans - Director
Will Finlason - Actor
Kevin Lennox - The Producer
Sam Lupton - Actor
Natasha McClure - Stepdaughter
Cliff Myatt - Father
Samuel Reed - Son
Ben Seager - Director