Tuesday 4th May – Swindon Orbital
As part of the opening of Callum Bell’s Home Exhibition- we presented talks by Callum and author, Richard Willis.
Although Swindon has grown a hundredfold in the past 200 years immigration remains a hot topic, particularly at election time.
Drawing on research conducted for his book Swindon Orbital, author Richard Willis will use Swindon’s history of migrations to argue that immigration is a force for good. If you are interested in politics, history and/or literature you should enjoy the discussion.
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Wednesday 26th May – pixelpusher – artist’s talk
To accompany the “Waving / Drowning” exhibition, artist Evan Raskob (AKA pixelpusher) gave a talk about his artistic practice.
See pixelist.info/wavingdrowning for more details.
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10th June – Open Studios Launch
A meeting, networking party, and slideshow for those interested in taking part in Swindon Open Studios 2010.
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12th June – Symphony for Shadows
The first event in our <Sound and Video at The Post Modern> series.
Swindon based multi-media artist Andy Preston presented an evening performance of live ambient electronic music and projected imagery.
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7th August – Sound and Vision at The Post Modern – Introducing The Post Modern Phobeharmonic Orchestra
Presenting the dÈbut of our very own resident Post Rock / Free Jazz improvisation group: The Post Modern Phobeharmonic Orchestra. Why not come along and see and hear the spontaneous creation of what may or may not be called music. A special feature of this first performance will be the virtual appearance of Liam O’Coalithe via our newly installed high-tech digitally assisted time-travel technology.
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10th September – Open Studios Launch Party
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11th September – Sound and Vision at The Post Modern – An Evening of Media-Arts and Live Electronic Music
A live performance of electronic music and projected video by 4m33s – presenting his original compositions
“Steelphony” (set to a background of processed vintage film footage) and “The Ritual” (an ongoing electronic music project)
Accompanying this we had 2 video presentations.
The first was a journey around the city of Pripyat in the heart of the forbidden zone around Chernobyl. This video was created by John Sherwood to accompany a piece of music by Hastronaut.
We also had “To The Lighthouse” & “…And You Are?” 2 videos produced by Jaime Bullock in association with Swerve dance company. The first features 5 dancers performing on a beach. The second is a poetry / dance film based on the friendships between women.
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15th September – Artist’s Talk
A presentation by Ray Ward of his recent work and 25 years of living in Wiltshire. An opportunity to listen then talk about whatever we felt was relevant.
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25th September – The Ray Ward Trio
After a long wait The Ray Ward Trio (the real Ray Ward Trio haling from post punk 1980′s Nottingham, not to be confused with anyone else) are playing their first concert since 1980. They promise not to rehearse and will only communicate via email until the date of the show which is in the historic town of Swindon.
On the night there will be a newly pressed LP and lyric book and who knows what else.
It’s history in the making.