11 September 11am-4pm
Bruce Davies: ‘Space Hopper 2010′ takes place around the site – wear suitable clothing for active sports
Patrick Lowry: Hidden Agenda, installation in the Happidrome
Kate Ogley: Sound installation within the Happidrome
Sara Bowler: ‘Goonhilly Taskscape’, installation in the Happidrome and ‘Piskey Farm of Croft Noweth’, installation at an abandoned farm on Goonhilly Downs – wear suitable clothing if walking on the Downs
11 September 4pm-5pm
Sovay Berriman: Reading Two: The Wasteland (T.S.Elliot) takes place in a building close to the car park – bring rugs, seats and blankets
12 September 11am-5pm
Bruce Davies: ‘Space Hopper 2010′ takes place around the site – wear suitable clothing for active sports
Patrick Lowry: Hidden Agenda, installation in the Happidrome
Kate Ogley: Sound installation within the Happidrome
Sara Bowler: ‘Goonhilly Taskscape’, installation in the Happidrome and ‘Piskey Farm of Croft Noweth’, installation at an abandoned farm on Goonhilly Downs – wear suitable clothing if walking on the Downs
Happidrome Four presents the work of five artists – Sovay Berriman, Sara Bowler, Bruce Davies, Patrick Lowry and Kate Ogley. Each has responded in their own unique way to the site, drawing on its history and location to generate new work. Getting you, the audience, involved has been a major focus. Come prepared to walk, bounce, listen and see!
We’ll be adding more information in the coming weeks – so check back regularly. Each artist will upload images of their work as it progresses and we welcome comments and feedback.
Happidrome Four is part-funded by Arts Council England,FEAST and Natural England and powered by Kraft Maus. Thanks guys.
Filed under: Dispatches, Elizabeth Masterton, Gazetteer, Happidrome 4 | Tags: buildings, decay, Drytree, Elizabeth Masterton, heritage, radar, research, writing, WW2
Elizabeth Masterton has been working with researcher Benjamin Oldcorn to unravel the mysteries of some of the derelict buildings on the RAF Drytree site. The RAF Dry Tree/Goonhilly NNR Building Identification Project report was commissioned by Natural England to form the basis of new interpretative material for visitors to the site. The report includes the buildings earmarked for inclusion on a new walking route around the site, and doesn’t cover everything, but it’s a good start. Please do get in touch if you have any information regarding RAF Drytree or identifications for any of the buildings we’ve missed.
Photos by Benjamin Oldcorn.
HAPPIDROME THREE took place across the Summer of 2009 and encompassed animation, film, video, sculpture, sound, installation, performance, participation, flooding, raving, perambulating and er..shouting. Some of the events were open to the public, others were private events, or for invited audiences, in order for artists to experiment with emerging ideas. Artists were given access to the blog to present research and musings, as well as documentation of the works in situ. Read on for artist’s blogs, or peruse by name…
Filed under: Catherine Bagg, Dispatches, Happidrome 3, The17 | Tags: Catherine Bagg, events, Film, happ(i)nings, radar
Yes October is upon us already, and HAPPIDROME 3 finishes up with two events. Cat Bagg will present a site-specific video installation on Saturday 3 October in the R-Block. Its an open event and you can visit between 12-6pm.
Eagle eyed readers may have noted that The17 event scheduled for August 22 never took place, due to holidays and such like. It will now take place on Saturday 10 October and as before, if you have a burning urge to join us, then drop us a line. Its not an event strictly open to an audience (check out The17 website to find out why) but if you are on the Downs is quite possible you may bump into us.
Catherine Bagg, Video still from 'Here We Stand', 2009
Filed under: Dispatches, Happidrome 3 | Tags: Animation, Elizabeth Masterton, events, Film, happ(i)nings, Paul Carter & Alexandra Zierle, Paul Ridout, performance, Sara Bowler
September events at HAPPIDROME continue on Saturday 26th September with two open events. Sara Bowler, Elizabeth Masterton and Paul Ridout will be showing documentary work of some of their experiments this season, plus some new offerings. Paul Carter and Alexandra Zierle will be performing their new work ‘In Search For The Other’ around the site.
Opening times
Performance 9am-4pm around the HAPPDROME site, finale at the R-Block
Open event in the R-Block 11am-3pm
For directions, see the Visit Us page.
Filed under: Dispatches, Happidrome 3, Nicholas Wootton, Sara Bowler | Tags: events, happ(i)nings, Nicholas Wootton, Sara Bowler
After a brief summer break, HAPPIDROME 3 continues with work by Sara Bowler and Nick Wootton.
Both are open events, so come see:
Sara Bowler
‘Pool’ Saturday 29th August to Monday 31 August
Exhibition open 2-4pm each day
Nick Wootton
Friday 4th September-Sunday 6th September
Exhibition open 1-6:30pm Friday, 10:30am-5 pm Sat/Sun
For directions to the site, see the Visit Us page of this blog.
Follow signs/main path from car park to R-Block
Portrait of Teresa Flew, Steel Acro-prop (construction industry device for supporting structures) drilled with 22,738 holes, nickel
‘Teresa’ refers to Mother Teresa, whose letters, discovered after her death, revealed that she had increasingly doubted the existence of God for the last four decades of her life. ‘Flew’ refers to Sir Anthony Flew, regarded for the last 40 years by many scholars throughout the world as the father of modern and militant atheism. Flew at the age of 81, announced to an incredulous and global atheist audience that ha had come to believe that a deity did in fact exist after all.
From 4th-6th September I’ll be showing 16 pieces at HAPPIDROME THREE concerning the metaphysical human condition, population growth and autobiographical memory. The work is made from a wide range of media including furniture flatpacks, books, lead and radioactive isotopes. Much of the work is experimental so I’ll be welcoming any views and coments.
Viewing times
September 4th 1pm-6:30pm
September 5th/6th 10:30am-5pm
For directions to the site, see the Visit Us page of this blog.
Filed under: Dispatches, Happidrome 3 | Tags: Acoustics, computing, Electricity, pixelh8, sound
HAPPIDROME is super excited to announce that internationally renowned chip tune musician and artist Matthew C Applegate, also known as Pixelh8, will be visiting us to make recordings for a new work, ‘Call and Response’.
Matthew makes his music from reprogramming vintage computer systems. His most recent project, ‘Obsolete?’ used computers from the archive of the National Museum of Computing to create an original work. The track above, ’200320092000′ is a segment of the larger piece. Visit the pixelh8 website to find out more.
Filed under: Dispatches, Happidrome 3 | Tags: Acoustics, buildings, dark, events, Memory, participation, performance, sound
Elizabeth Masterton and Sara Bowler kick off proceedings for HAPPIDROME 3 this weekend with performances and participation in the R-Block. For more information on each work, visit the Artist’s Blog section of the site. These events are invite only but if you’d like to invite yourself then email Happidrome
Filed under: Dispatches, Happidrome 3 | Tags: buildings, decay, heritage, research
WAAFs tending to the Colossus codebreaking computer
Happidromers Lizzy and Caitlin are off on an expedition next week to Bletchley Park, home of WW2 codebreaking, as part of Ecologies of Modern Heritage, an interdisciplinary research investigation looking at interpretation and presentation of modern heritage sites. Of course we can’t tell you about it…it’s all hush hush don’t you know…
The magnificent machine pictured is Colossus. Designed by Tommy Flowers to break the Lorenz Cipher of the German High Command, it was the first truly programmable computer. Read about Colossus and Tony Sales’ incredible Colossus Rebuild Project here
Filed under: Dispatches, The17 | Tags: events, happ(i)nings, participation, performance, sound, The17
This summer, HAPPIDROME is host to Bill Drummond’s project The17. HAPPIDROME’s The17 will be comprised of people with a connection to the HAPPIDROME site. If you have a connection, however tenuous, and want to join us on Saturday 22 August, send us an email telling us what your connection is.The most fabulous/mundane get a place.
For more information on The17, visit http://the17.org
