tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85838508357548003502012-01-24T11:45:49.247-08:00Naomi KendrickNaomi Kendrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676120889547117318noreply@blogger.comBlogger491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8583850835754800350.post-51455914716199858742012-01-24T11:32:00.000-08:002012-01-24T11:38:19.079-08:00

The Concept of improvisation has long repelled and excited me, for it contains the possibilities of humiliation and illumination. Like Beethoven, John Coltrane elevated improvisation as a spiritual course. Going out and coming back. Offering up a melodic theme, going off to talk to God, then returning to talk to us. - Patti Smith

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 For more info http://tubersmusic.wordpress.com/future-tense/ See you there!  Jam with D Birchall & DBH Dec 2011 Jam with D Birchall & DBH Dec 2011 Performance at BLANKSPACE with D Birchall & DBH Summer 2011

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'Red Riding Wolf Performance' by Gary Thompson (pictured with Charlotte Tupper) - Inspired by the Paul Morrison Exhibition. 2009. For 'Making Conversation'. Those of you in Manchester may have seen the headlines in the news about Gary Thompson, who was tragically killed in a tram accident last week. I want to share with you the Gary that I knew, my talented friend. I met Gary six years ago

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Click on the links below to see my latest body of work. http://www.flickr.com/photos/multisensory/sets/72157628355724317/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/multisensory/sets/72157627634482741/

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'To be inside that music, to be drawn into the circle of its repetitions: perhaps that is a place where one could finally disappear.'

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'He lies down on his bed and thinks: goodbye, Mr White. You were never really there, were you? There never was such a man as White. And then poor Black. Poor soul. Poor blighted no one. And then, as his eyes grow heavy and sleep begins to wash over him, he thinks how strange it is that everything has its own colour. Everything we see, everything we touch - everything in the world has its own

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Drawing Live at BLANKSPACE from Naomi Kendrick on Vimeo. A Film by Insa Langhorst This film documents me creating a large scale drawing over 45 minutes, in response to live music by Dan Bridgwood Hill and Dave Birchall. The drawing took place in front of an audience at the opening of Exhibition Cara B = Side B at BLANKSPACE, Mancester in July 2011. For more info follow this link 

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Thirteen year old Walt has learned to fly and is now on tour with his act... ......'All I had to do was follow the shape of the imaginary bridge, and it would support me as if it were real. A few moments later, I was gliding across the lake with nary a hitch or a stumble. Twelve steps up, fifty-two steps across, and then twelve steps down. The results were nothing less than perfect. After that

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Live Drawing on Opening Night Live Drawing on Opening Night Opening Night Drawing Opening Night Drawing Live Draw 'Noise Upstairs' Improv Closing Day of Show Opening Night Drawing Existing Work Shown Existing Work Shown Existing Work Shown Closing day of the exhibition plus special event 'Noise Upstairs'  Join myself and the other artists from cara b = side b on

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  I have spent a lot of time ‘drawing musicians’ recently, though I realise as with the term ‘drawing music’, this does not accurately describe what happens. When I say ‘I’m drawing Dan the Guitarist today’ I actually mean ‘I’m off to draw the wordless thing, where Dan’s music and my mind meet’.   My Boyfriend, Andrew, had an interesting way of further defining my drawings “ Marina

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An overview of the time, space and collaborative opportunities The School of Art & Design and Media, Music & Performance have been providing me with, and the work I have been making there. Exhibiting & Experiments in Live Drawing Poster for a week of drawing and showing at 'Create@Salford' The Lowry Outlet Mall 'Create@Salford' My studio and exhibition space for a week Showing 'Naomi

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This is one of my favorite works by Matthew - Artist, Co Director of Fabrica Gallery and all round lovely chap, who sadly passed away recently. Both his contribution to the world and the void he leaves behind are far too extensive for me to write here, so I will just say... Enjoy his work. Ponderosa 2010 from Matthew Miller on Vimeo. Map Room - Ponderosa from Matthew Miller on Vimeo. To

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Drawn to the Beat, Fabrica Gallery, Brighton, May 14th 2011 8-10pm Following on from my work Drawn to the Beat @ Band on the Wall, Manchester, January 2011 this new event was commissioned by Fabrica Gallery, Brighton - to be developed in response to the gallery’s then current exhibition The Forty Part Motet by Janet Cardiff, an artist I have always been interested in and researched her

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Image by Steve Oliver Poster Design Andrew Brooks I have been Artist in Residence at Salford University as part of the AA2A Scheme since the end of last year. So far this has been a great opportunity to have time to produce new work, reflect on my practice and form new collaborations in both the Art and Design and Media, Music and Performance schools. I will be taking over Art and Design's

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Drawn to the Beat from Naomi Kendrick on Vimeo.

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A new version of my participatory music drawing event 'Drawn to the Beat' will take place at Fabrica Gallery in Brighton on the 14th of May 8-10pm. This work has been developed in response to Fabrica's current exhibition 'The Forty Part Motet' by Janet Cardiff http://fabrica.org.uk/exhibitions/. I have a longstanding interest in Cardiff's work, and researched her practice as part of my M.A 'What

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By Naomi Kendrick Drawn to the Beat was a participatory music drawing event involving 95 participants and featured a silent disco and live music. The event took place on 27th January from 7 – 10.30pm at Band on the Wall, a music venue since the 1930s, positioned in Manchester’s creative hub in the Northern Quarter. Music drawing forms part of my wider art practice of drawing, sculpture,

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Drawn to the Beat By Andy Brydon Director of Curated Place Naomi Kendrick's Drawn to the Beat event at Band on the Wall represented a brave and hugely successful step for the artist who has until recently been better known, at least in the world of sanctioned cultural establishments, for her practice pushing the boundaries of accessibility in museums and galleries than for her output as an

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My Music Drawing 'notes' made while selecting the Drawn to the Beat Soundtrack Selecting the music I want to draw, and in this case the music I would give Drawn to the Beat participants to draw, is a process that is difficult to define. It involves a combination of knowing through my own experience of music drawing and trialing different styles of music in preparatory workshops, with instinct

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Conductor: a substance or body capable of transmitting electricity, heat, sound, etc I have been searching obsessively through you tube today for footage of pianists and conductors that focuses only on their movements and facial expressions, rather than panning out to include an entire orchestra and audience. I want, as on the rare occasion I have seen live performances, to just watch them, or

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Happy New Year! It's the start of a busy month for me, with preparations underway for Drawn to the Beat on the 27th of January at Band on the Wall, several workshop projects underway, and some drawing when I can squeeze it in. I have been trying out ideas for Drawn to the Beat with Dancer Gemma Connell, Musicians Paul Balcombe and David Johnson (who will be playing live at the event) and music

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Watch me drawing the 'Cage Against the Machine' (Herve Tidies His Studio Mix) version of John Cage's 4'33" - The 1952 Composition that instructs performers not to play their instruments for the entire duration of the piece, allowing the sounds of the environment to be heard/recorded. A Music Drawing Xmas Special - 'Cage Against the Machine' from Naomi Kendrick on Vimeo. Merry Christmas and a

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Drawing Music from Morreaux on Vimeo. LINK to 'Drawing Music' on Vimeo 'Drawing Music' by Mark Morreaux was commissioned by DaDa Fest International 10. It was shown on BBC Big Screens Nationally ( 18 Nov - 3 Dec) and on BBC2 The Culture Show ( 18 Nov) During the filming I drew two versions of The Album 'Mystic Brew : The Fat City Sound by Martin Brew. The soundtrack over the film is by

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"I is not only able to hear the music that dreams is making but I is understanding it also the BFG said. It is like a langwitch" I have been drawing the Brian Eno Track 1/1 'Ambient 1: Music for Airports intermittently since July. It is around 17 minutes long and I have drawn it a total of 16 times, 12 on the same day and 6 in the same drawing. It has become something of an obsession. All of

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Current Exhibition An exhibition of my Music Drawings is taking place at The Hive, 47-51 Lever Street, Manchester as part of BLANKMEDIA'S 'BLANKMARKET OPEN ALL HOURS'. Fri 12 - Thurs 18 November    'A one-of-a-kind Art trail for buyers and audiences alike. Take an innovative urban art trail through the city, accessible 24 hours a day, experiencing work by emerging artists in prominent window

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I have just carried out my first workshop for the 'Hands On' Project which focuses on day centers in Knowsley for people with learning disabilities and aims to introduce support staff and their “clients” to new creative activities and give them the confidence and inspiration to continue using their new found skills them selves. This workshop was just for support staff to participate in, and I

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The film maker Mark Morreau and I were commissioned by 'Dada Fest 10 International' to create a film of me drawing music. Mark and I decided to film me, with time lapse, from above, capturing my movements and the drawing as it emerged around me. There was also another camera at 'ground level' to record my facial expressions. Below are photos of the making of the film, which will be shown on BBC

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'Neon Ska Tree' Ska full album music drawing, 134 x173cm Arts Council Funding & Dada Film A bit of good news in a bad climate! The summer of admin and furious drawing seems to have paid off, ACE have accepted my application to develop my practice, with a focus on music drawings. This includes the funds to carry out a participatory Music Drawing event at 'Band on The Wall' in collaboration with

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Twitter Music Drawing request - 'Debaser' by The Pixies I have recently become a tweeter, unsure of having anything useful to say I came up with a way of making use of it, that has now become a new method of participation for music drawing. People send me a tweet, or face book comment with a song or album they would like me to draw. I find the music on spotify, draw it, and if successful tweet

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Thanks to the vibrant creative hub that is Manchester I have been able to see/hear a few things recently, as part of ‘The Manchester Weekender’ that have left me very inspired. The first was ‘Kryso & Kashiwagi…in the mix’ a performance at 'The Whitworth Gallery' in which Artist Naomi Kashiwagi and DJ Matthew Kryso performed an amazing set combining the artist use of wind up gramophones with

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'Speed dating' with sensory questions 'What is Making Conversation?' ‘Making Conversation’ is a series of workshops that I run at ‘Manchester Art Gallery’ roughly three times a year. The workshops take place once a week in three-week blocks. For the first week we visit the current exhibition, discuss our personal responses to it, and the wider issues the work touches on. The participants then

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What is ‘Hands On’? I have been selected to work for ‘Hands On’ a project created by Access to Heritage (part of Liverpool Mencap) Managed by Artist Ticky Lowe, who increase opportunities for people with learning disabilities to create and access art in and around Liverpool. Links to Access to Heritage and other projects I have carried out with Ticky. http://accesstoheritageticky.blogspot.com/

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'Blind Week’ – A chapter from ‘The Unseen Perspective’ B.A Dissertation by Naomi Kendrick, 1999. (Abridged version) ‘Blind Week’ is the loose title I gave to my experiment, my very own temporary insight into ‘not seeing’, this period of time, one Monday through to Sunday was to be a vital part of my research. I was aware that, being temporary, it could never allow a true experience of living

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Henri Michaux, engraving, 1956 ‘Blind Week’ – A chapter from ‘The Unseen Perspective’ B.A Dissertation by Naomi Kendrick, 1999. (Abridged version) On my second day I woke, and did not have time to panic with the realisation that my sight had changed, because my head was full of the dream I had had that night. What stood out the most was it’s vividness and my ability to remember and picture

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I have been running workshops for ten years at galleries, museums, schools and community organisations across the UK. These workshops have been attended by a diverse audience of all ages, including people with learning disabilities and visually impaired and blind people. I have developed multi sensory and self-directed workshop methods that enable as wider audience as possible to engage with

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Drawing music is something that has been with me for a while, since I started doing it during ‘Blind Week’ in the second year of my degree (1999). This was a week in which I wore adapted goggles (then used for training purposes, for professionals working with visually impaired people) these gave me the effect of having severe cataracts. I took the decision to do this, not in anyway as an attempt

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I have just carried out another Second Sight workshop at Fabrica, in response to their current exhibition 77 million paintings by Brian Eno (guest artistic director of The Brighton Festival). I set up Second Sight in 2002, now my longest running workshop, with some of the participants regularly attending since day one. Second Sight offers a multi sensory approach to experiencing each exhibition,

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Why I chose to do it… ‘I somehow felt I owed the installation more - it's meaning and the way in which it has to be handled to be 'known' deserved intimacy with the audience. Therefore the next step was always going to be a setting in which the individual visitor is 'given' the installation along with the time, trust and openness due - to both artwork and audience.

 I wanted to know if this

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 Preview Night 'For me The Family Event Installation is old, I can not see it anymore, though re installing it in the middle room of my house, where it was originally built helped me to get something new from it as it felt so right in that space with it's wooden floors and abandoned attic feel. I had also made some adjustments to the structure, wanting to create something more intimate,

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As visitors entered The Lounge having just experienced my installation in The Middle Room, they will have found a note to them on the coffee table titled 'A Response...' The coffee table note was an option, if the visitor wanted to respond, to participate, then it gave a few suggestions as to how for example, using the basic drawing and making materials I had left in the room, writing or

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I have written out entries from the Exhibition comments book below. This book was one of the options suggested to each visitor as a way of responding to their experience, this use of words, (together with the discussions they had with me with a cup of tea at the end), became the main way people chose to express their feelings about the exhibition. Reading through them I have realised that these

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The exhibition took place over two rooms and a hallway in my house, visitors were first shown to The Middle Room, which contained The Family Event Installation. Each visitor entered this space alone, or in pairs and were told, by me, that they could spend as much time as they liked with the work, and could touch all of it. When they emerged from The Middle Room visitors were shown next door to

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The Family Event Exhibition Feb 2010 from Naomi Kendrick on Vimeo. Filmed by Michael Maydon and Lisa Finch This may take a few minutes to load For all photographs from the exhibition go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/multisensory/collections/72157623091718993/ The Exhibition of The Family Event Installation and documentation from The Family Event July 2009 is over. The Middle Room, in which

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The Family Event An Installation by Naomi Kendrick An Exhibition at The Middle Room Preview on Friday 12th of February 6.30 – 9pm Then view by appointment 13th – 21st of February Contact: 07765 024583 naomikendrick@yahoo.co.uk Open 11am – 6pm, venue directions below The Family Event Installation explores our knowledge of ‘family’. Each individual within this iconic group has memories and

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I have been looking through the feedback from my family from 'The Family Event' in the form of questionnaires I gave out on the day and some post event e-mails and cards I received. I think it is interesting and important to know what the participants thought, so I have put some of their comments here. To see my own reflection on the day see my earlier blog entry 'Dear Family...' What were you

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Cemea, Avignon France, 2005 Some words of wisdom that keep my work and my self going when I need them, most of these are on bits of paper, written, printed out or in the form of a postcard and are covered in multiple drawing pin holes and scraps of blue tack from their time stuck on my various bedroom and studio walls. They are the words of artists and writers, people I admire and some I am

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Drawings ready to be divided up and sold at The Family Event(as an attempt to cover some of my costs)Ideas for The Family Event InstallationGrandma and Cynth check out the cake(a surprise from my mum, who had it made from my drawing of a cake,and presented it to me at The Family Event)To see documentation of The Family Event in the form of; bits from my sketch book, pictures from the day of the

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Auntie Marilyn and her work at The Family Event.After the Family Event had taken place in July I received an e-mail from my Auntie Marilyn, saying how much she had enjoyed the day and that she had been telling her friends about it. Marilyn's friends had asked her what did I get out of it? Without much time for a feedback session at the end of the event, she couldn't tell them. The letter below

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The Family Event, 4th of July 2009, Denmead Hampshire The Family Event is an artwork with two elements, a multi sensory installation and a participatory event in which participants were asked to respond to the installation, in this case through discussion and making in groups. Creating The Family Event began with my choice of participants, my extended family. The desire to involve my family in my

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