Delicate Situations

2008-01-15T14:22:00.000-08:00

Like the artworks that made up this project Delicate Situations has now passed. But the blog will remain online. Thank you to all those who have visited the site and all the participants.

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Delicate Situations lasted from 15th January 2007 until 15th January 2008. The one common factor to all the works in the exhibition is that they were left in a place (for as long as they lasted).

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a sequence of delicate situations
showing ourselves

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Delicate Situations shows the implications of the struggle with circumstance and the contrasting strategies and choices that face us. It does this by creating a condition for the exhibition of the art work by which its fragility or resistance to circumstance is radically exposed. It exposes not only the vulnerability of a finished art object but also the often vulnerable circumstances of the process and production of art work. The nature of the way in which the work in Delicate Situations is shown allows a chance to dwell on the nature of display and varying ways in which an individual artist reacts to showing their work. By providing no specific venue for the work it provides an extreme situation to dwell on the value of publicity and privacy and the significance of the ephemeral and disappearing artwork. This leads us to think about the ways in which artists develop strategies for being seen and not seen and the ways of merging or keeping seperated the making of the work and the making the work public. Finally, by dissolving the boundary between the practice of art and the practice of life it allows for a critical and reflective space to open up at the centre of the everyday.

For more information contact Joe Schneider

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Urban Foxhole 2 - Bridge Walkway

2008-01-15T13:12:00.000-08:00

Artist: Charlene Lam

Location: New York, USA

Entrance to the Manhattan Bridge's pedestrian walkway.
A quiet observer.

By evening, the fox has been thrown to the ground.
And disemboweled.

Urban Foxhole 1 - Subway Platform

2008-01-15T13:07:00.000-08:00

Artist: Charlene Lam

Location: New York, USA

Hiding out on the platform at the Grand Street station.
Staying safe as the train arrives.
By morning, the fox is gone, but the train arrives all the same.

17th Hole [QUERCUS ROBUR]

2008-01-11T03:51:00.001-08:00

Artist: Anonymous

QUERCUS ROBUR 1 - This shows the golf course hole the day before our intervention.

QUERCUS ROBUR 2 - This shows our intervention 'artwork' piece. Three English Oak trees (Native to the area) planted around the 17th hole of the golf course.

QUERCUS ROBUR 3 - This shows that our trees have been removed and the ground patched up with new turf. The hole & flag was subsequently also moved to another more 'flat' area probably to let the new turf re-grow. I must stress that this image was taken about 2-3 months after the intervention, mainly because we didnt want to be caught as our element of surprise had been lost. Although we did do a covert walk past the day after our intervention, only to find that the piece had already been removed.

Sugar Cube

2008-01-04T20:00:00.000-08:00

Artist: Adriana Grant
Location: Seattle, Washington (3rd Avenue and South Washington Street)

A seven inch sugar cube, weighing nearly ten pounds, was installed in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood on January 1, 2008, at approximately 5 p.m.

At 9 a.m. the next morning, the Sugar Cube has been removed, leaving only traces of white in the gravel.

Photos by Adriana Grant

In Rainbows

2008-01-04T12:09:00.000-08:00

Artist: Morgana Suppo

Location: Shopping Centre, Turin, Italy

Sugar Cube

2008-01-04T12:00:00.000-08:00

Artist: Adriana Grant

Location: Seattle, Washington (3rd Avenue and South Washington Street)

A seven inch sugar cube, weighing nearly ten pounds, was installed in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood on January 1, 2008. The piece is solid sugar, composed of 1331 sugar cubes.

Photos by Peter Mumford

Untitled

2007-12-18T05:10:00.001-08:00

Artist: Mark Salvatus
Location: Seoul, South Korea

Erosion(a block of white chalk collected from the foot of Beachy Head used to create a single block of colour left exposed to all elements - Day 312)

2007-12-06T05:23:00.000-08:00

Artist: Steve Smith
Location: Kentish Town Road, Camden, London, England

View from Home - Bird Print

2007-12-06T05:00:00.000-08:00

Artist: Jonathan Lockwood
Location: This is the residue (November 2007) from an exhibition I did in June this year on the windows of a recently closed down community video store. For the exhibition I did not have permission, I was surprised the following day to see if the comics (Image 1&2) had survived the elements. I am amazed the smaller flyers are still attached 5 months on. Bird print (Image 2&3): I took these photos on a Sunday (October 2007) when setting up for a exhibition. I heard a loud bang then investigated to find a dead pigeon by the door. Then I found these prints on the windows. The last moment.

Migratory bird, 2007 - 16 October, 17 October, 19 October, 23 October, 24 October, 2 November (from the series "found birds, 2000 to the present")

2007-12-02T03:57:00.000-08:00

Artist: Susan Silas
Location: Migratory bird that collided with the Chase Manhattan's building at One Chase Manhattan Plaza on 16 October 2007.

Journey 2

2007-12-01T04:08:00.000-08:00

Artist: Brian Holdcroft
Location: Completed one late afternoon the fragile journey extended from a window across the front of a building which is situated in the busy town centre of Stoke-on-Trent.

Gilded Tree

2007-11-05T15:33:00.001-08:00

Artist: Jane Rainwater
Location: Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Storytree July 2nd 2007

2007-10-28T16:43:00.001-07:00

Artist: Jane Ponsford

During the year I have been working on a project, 'Papertrails' looking at
different ways of mark making on the landscape in the Surrey Commons in
Elmbridge. In one of the strands of work I have been collecting stories,
which seem to have a connection to the woods (either these specific woods or
the idea of woods), from Elmbridge people. Some are factual accounts, some
are reminiscences and some are fairy stories. I have then been installing
the stories back into the landscape. This is one of the storytrees. It was
put there in July.

Untitled

2007-10-13T12:06:00.000-07:00

Artist: Eduardo dos Santos França
Location: Linhares, Brazil

Erosion(a block of white chalk collected from the foot of Beachy Head used to create a single block of colour left exposed to all elements - Day 250)

2007-10-13T06:35:00.001-07:00

Artist: Steve Smith
Location: Kentish Town Road, Camden, London, England

Secret Diary

2007-09-10T02:21:00.000-07:00

Artist: Stacey Williams
Location: Unknown

Expectations

2007-09-03T14:36:00.000-07:00

Artist: Accidental Artists

Location: Jerusalem

Boudicca - queue here - things happen

2007-08-27T15:17:00.000-07:00

Artist: Mary Partridge
Locations: Boudicca at Kenilworth Library - queue here Willes Rd in Leamington - things happen, outside the Police Station, Holly Walk, Leamington.

Erosion(a block of white chalk collected from the foot of Beachy Head used to create a single block of colour left exposed to all elements - Day 187)

2007-08-08T05:12:00.001-07:00

Artist: Steve Smith
Location: Kentish Town Road, Camden, London, England

Public Catwalks

2007-07-24T12:49:00.000-07:00

Artist: Rosie Emerson
Location: Hackney and Whitechapel, London

Cannibal Figger - Drowning Figger - Sad Man

2007-07-18T08:04:00.000-07:00

Artist: Lulu Allison
Location: Marsh Mills, Plymouth, Devon

Lapalissade

2007-07-08T04:40:00.000-07:00

Artist: Jacques Chabannes & Bernard Monnoye
Location: Corner of Durant St & Wellington Row, Bethnal Green, London, England

in situ

2007-06-16T09:10:00.000-07:00

Artist: Evi Grigoropoulou

(Fig. 1) in situ; Kalamata, Messinia , Greece , 2006

Pebbles from Edale, Derbyshire , UK were painted to look like other pebbles picked up from Kalamata.

(Fig. 2) in situ; Alnmouth , Northumbria , UK , 2006

Pebbles from Kalamata and Cryoritsi, Chalkidiki , Greece were painted to look like sea-coal picked up from Alnmouth.

Erosion(a block of white chalk collected from the foot of Beachy Head used to create a single block of colour left exposed to all elements - Day 130)

2007-06-12T10:58:00.000-07:00

Artist: Steve Smith
Location: Kentish Town Road, Camden, London, England

King of Cards

2007-06-10T11:24:00.000-07:00

Artist: Joe Schneider
Location: London, England

Delicate Structures

2007-06-03T11:41:00.000-07:00

Artist: Sharon Haward
Location: Hastings, East Sussex, England

Mirror, Mirror - Words, hanging in the air - Openings - A man needs a maid (after Neil Young) - Cradle - Untitled

2007-05-05T04:14:00.001-07:00

Artist: Karen D'Amico
Location: London, England

Paid Bird (29 days later)

2007-04-24T02:44:00.000-07:00

Artist: Nicola Zammit
Location: Kiara Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Custard Cream Sofa

2007-04-24T02:06:00.000-07:00

Artist: Leah Dollimore
Location: Chester City Centre, Cheshire, England

Untitled

2007-04-19T08:48:00.000-07:00

Artist: Nora Adwan

Medium and Location: Glass and porcelain, On the windowsill of a condemed building in Friedrichshein, Berlin, Germany

Monster

2007-04-19T03:04:00.000-07:00

Artist: Newton Group

Location: Sennen Cove, England, Sunday, April 8th 2007

Medium: Sand and beach drift

Delicate Square

2007-04-17T02:02:00.000-07:00

Artist: Julia Bonn
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Medium: Cherry Blossom

Balloon

2007-04-13T19:04:00.000-07:00

Artist: Hayley Harrison
Location: London, England

I hate my job

2007-04-13T18:54:00.000-07:00

Artist: Georgina Vinsun

Location: England

Temporary Reality

2007-04-10T17:14:00.000-07:00

Artist: Anita Doornhein
Location: Erasmuspark, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Sunrise, 7.08am, 7th April 2007)

HandGrass

2007-04-10T17:03:00.000-07:00

Artist: Ruth Schreiber

Location: They are on a table in my studio in Jerusalem. When I remember to water the clay and the seeds, the seeds sprout and the clay stays moist. When I forget, or am away for a few days, the seedlings wither and the clay dries up. Then I try to revive them with more water, with limited success.

Sun Set Figures

2007-04-10T16:54:00.000-07:00

Artist: Diana Ali
Location: Blyde River Canyon, South Africa

Erosion(a block of white chalk collected from the foot of Beachy Head used to create a single block of colour left exposed to all elements - Day 67)

2007-04-02T22:33:00.000-07:00

Artist: Steve Smith
Location: Kentish Town Road, Camden, London, England

Dunes of Erg Chebbi

2007-03-29T15:18:00.000-07:00

Artist: Alexander de Cadenet
Location: Erg Chebbi, Merzouga, Morocco

Paid Bird

2007-03-29T00:19:00.000-07:00

Artist: Nicola Zammit
Location: Kiara Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Poured Paint Cube (2005)

2007-03-08T15:01:00.000-08:00

Artist: Piers Secunda
Location: London, England
Medium: Cast industrial floor paint and household paints.
Status: Left outside for an indefinite period of time (from 1st March 2007).

Collaboration (snail-trail)

2007-03-07T00:38:00.000-08:00

Artist: Rupert White
Location: Cornwall, England
Additional Links: ArtCornwall

Delicate Structures

2007-03-06T03:03:00.000-08:00

Artist: Sharon Haward
Location: Hastings, East Sussex, England

Delicate Structures

2007-03-06T02:56:00.000-08:00

Artist: Sharon Haward
Location: Garden, East Sussex, England

Swifties Ope

2007-03-04T17:59:00.000-08:00

Artist: Swiftie
Installed: 02:54 on the 01.01.07

Location: Slate mounted onto wood in the alley that links River St to The Leats, Truro, Cornwall, England

Status: in place

The naming of an unnamed Ope (2. a. Eng. regional (south-west.). An opening; spec. a narrow, usually covered, passage between houses; = OPEWAY n.)

Next Chapter

2007-02-21T13:17:00.000-08:00

Artist: Eva Rudlinger
Location: London, England

A paper object set on a stone slab is exposed to the elements. Over time the printed-paper will fade away and the construction disintegrates. Other unpredictable events manipulating the work in the near future form an integral part of its history as an artwork in transformation. The piece explores the poetic idea of enclosure and the changing topography of porous surfaces.

Disused Farm Buildings

2007-02-21T03:33:00.000-08:00

Artist: Jo Austin
Location: Disused Farm Buildings, St Albans, Herts, England

Spider Web

2007-02-18T03:50:00.000-08:00

Artist: Vérène Lack-Grieshaber
Location: The Abbey Art Centre, 89 Park Road, New Barnet, EN4 9QX

Der Vogel Strauss

2007-02-08T10:39:00.000-08:00

Artist: Catalina Niculescu
Location: Chalkwell, Essex, England

Der Vogel Strauss

Untitled

2007-02-07T12:37:00.000-08:00

Artist: Vicky Foster
Location: Whitstable, Kent and Portland, Dorset, England

Westminster@Parrog

2007-02-03T03:06:00.000-08:00

Artist: Mary Partridge
Location: Parrog, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Medium: Salt on Sand

Chinelo

2007-02-01T15:19:00.000-08:00

Artist: Flávia Fernandes
Location: Florianópolis, Brasil and Edinburgh, Scotland

Delicate Structures

2007-01-30T02:40:00.000-08:00

Artist: Sharon Haward
Location: Garden, East Sussex, England

Erosion (a block of white chalk collected from the foot of Beachy Head transferred to a wall to be left exposed to all elements).

2007-01-23T00:30:00.000-08:00

Artist: Steve Smith
Location: Kentish Town Road, Camden, London, England

Lapalissade

2007-01-18T15:48:00.000-08:00

Artist: Jacques Chabannes & Bernard Monnoye
Location: Corner of Durant St & Wellington Row, Bethnal Green, London, England

Shards - Battle Pictures - Figure - Lost Baby - Photospiral - Wood Replacement

2007-01-16T14:42:00.000-08:00

Artist: Anna Marya-Tompa
Locations: Various, Europe

Public Presents

2007-01-15T13:02:00.000-08:00

Artist: Astra Howard
Location: Sydney, Australia

Untitled

2007-01-15T12:47:00.000-08:00

Artist: Joe Schneider
Location: London, England

I am a celebrity.... and I've blown my cool

2007-01-15T07:05:00.000-08:00

Artist: Giacomo Picca
Location: London, England

I am a celebrity.... and I've blown my cool

The Billie Melo Show

2007-01-15T06:43:00.000-08:00

Artist: Gabrielle le Bayon
Location: London, England

The Billie Melo Show

Shelf Life

2007-01-15T04:54:00.000-08:00

Artist: David Porter
Location: London, England

9 + 1 Whistles

2007-01-15T02:38:00.000-08:00

Artist: Giacomo Picca
Location: London, England

9 + 1 Whistles