From Thursday 15th August the Bench Self Made Gallery hosts Design Manchester’s 10 x 10, a collaborative exhibition produced by Manchester’s creative community to launch the first annual creative festival Design Manchester, sponsored by the Manchester School of Art, part of Manchester Metropolitan University, which is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year.
10 x 10, is an exhibition of ten collaborative works on the theme of longevity produced by local artists and designers including infamous mosaicist Mark Kennedy and performance poet John Cooper Clarke.
Featuring: Mark Kennedy, John Cooper Clarke, Helen Musselwhite, Matt Booth, Liam Hopkins (Lazerian), Owt Creative, Tim Denton, Loz Ives (Fieldwork), John Owens (Instruct Studio), Percy Dean, Daren Newman, Katherine Beefheart, Jon Bland (Music), Mike Ash (Music), Zelig Sound, David Sedgwick (Designbydave), David Arnott.
The collection is a platform to showcase Manchester’s homegrown talent and personality on a national and international scale, as the work and its creators’ profiles will be showcased via all Design Manchester’s channels with a home on the website (www.designmcr.com), plus the work will be displayed in Manchester’s Town Hall during the festival.
10 x 10 – a selection
1 x 10
Pub of the Week, Forever. ( Mark Kennedy and David Arnott)
Mark Kennedy is collaborating with local pub the Smithfield Hotel to produce a mosaic work ‘Pub of the Week, Forever’ in which he’ll immortalise its prized Pub of the Week Award from the MEN in thousands of pieces of stone.
2 x 10
Things are gonna get worse (John Cooper Clarke and John Owens)
John Cooper Clarke is working with local designer John Owens (Instruct Studio) to laser etch a uniquely penned poem into Perspex, detailing the woes of growing old.
3 x 10
‘Don’t sit still. Keep going.’ (David Sedgwick and Tim Denton)
David Sedgwick (designer) and Tim Denton (maker) have come together to create an exhibition of work which asks the question, ‘What is the secret to a long and happy life?’ collaborating with a community group of older Mancunians, called Chorlton Good Neighbours. Dave and Tim have used the group’s interesting and honest answers to produce a series of typographic rubber stamps and hand held wooden devices which people can use in the gallery to make their own postcards to be sent to those they think may benefit from the pearls of wisdom imparted to us by the older generation.
4 x 10
Save Yourself (Helen Musselwhite and Loz Ives)
Paper artist Helen Musselwhite and designer and maker Loz Ives (Fieldwork) ask:
‘Have you broken your heart or lost an eye? Perhaps just a fingertip?’ Have no fear we have replacements to aid your longevity. The pair have created different organs and appendages out of paper and other materials, playing on the idea of longevity in our lives and what it might be like if you could replace old with new.
The festival
Design Manchester, is an originative two-day festival, celebrating creativity, collaboration and inclusivity in the worlds of art, design, illustration, animation and photography.
Working closely with lead sponsor the Manchester School of Art, Design Manchester will bring UK and internationally renowned speakers to the city and showcase Manchester’s own talented creative community.
The festival, curated with ambassador Malcolm Garrett, is a series of inspirational talks, interactive workshops and evening events, on the theme of longevity, held in Manchester Town Hall and venues across the city.
Design Manchester’s first speakers will be announced at the end of August with early bird ticket sales available from then.
For further information and updates on Design Manchester please visit:
www.designmcr.com
@designmcr / facebook.com/designmanchester #DM13
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