Natalie Curtis’ (& more) exhibition, in collaboration with Michael Shamberg

Between March and April 2012 Turtle Salon will be hosted by Meter Room (Coventry, UK) and Grey Area (Brighton, UK). A salon in two-parts, the project draws from Shamberg’s sprawling network of artists, friends, projects, & places.

Featuring works by Romeo Alaeff, Michael Bartlett, Francis Baudevin, David Blandy, Anna Blessmann & Peter Saville, David Blandy, Robert Breer, Nick Cash, Vincent Champier, Susan Chorpenning, Jem Cohen, Ana Corbero, Natalie Curtis, Daniel Devlin, Annabelle D’Huart, Arpad Dobriban, Anna Faroqhi, Joshua Frankel, Liam Gillick, Rob Gretton, Elma Hermann, Tae Hwang, Derek Jarman, Marie-France Jean, Martina Klien, Leonard Kogan, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Arnaud LeFebvre, Lau Mun Leng, Chris Marker, Mocksim, Paul Morley, Simon Morse, Jane Nisselson, Ruth Novacek, Melody Owen, Anita Pain, Paige Perkins, Amos Poe, Gabrielle Porta, Yvonne Rainer, Ned Richardson, Kay Rosen, Michael Shamberg, Ali Smith, Donald Smith, Malin Ståhl, Sofia Stevi, Eiji Suzue, Susanna Thornton, Maki Umehara, Kristen Weiner, Lawrence Weiner, Ila Wingen, Alice Zimmerman

‘In Lebanon, at the border with Israel, there is a turtle sanctuary that is the result of being a protected area during the civil war. The almost extinct Mediterranean sea turtle was allowed to flourish.This is something good that came out of the war. I have gone through my own corporeal civil war and TURTLE is my sanctuary and celebration.’ Michael Shamberg

Screening details
All screenings in the project space are FREE and commence at 7pm
15/03/12 Empire II (2007), Amos Poe, DVD, 180 min
16/03/12 Souvenir (1996), Michael Shamberg, DVD, 72 min
18/03/12 Blue (1993), Derek Jarman, 79mins
23/03/12 After Many a Summer Dies the Swan: Hybrid (2002),
Yvonne Rainer, 31 min
Rainer Variations (2002), Charles Atlas, DVD, b/w, 41 min
25/03/12 NYC Weights and Measures (2006), Jem Cohen,
16mm on DVD, 6 min
Short films incl Beluga Whale (2006) and Crossing out Explosions (2005), Melody Owen, DVD, 25 min
30/03/12 Radio (2004-2011), Ruth Novacek, text by Chris Kraus,
DVD, 22 min
Once… and Believe (1996), Romeo Alaeff, DVD, 49min
01/04/12 New Order Story (1993), Paul Morley, DVD, 140 min

Michael Shamberg bio
Born in New York in 1952, Michael Shamberg is a screenwriter, film-maker and producer. Shamberg worked at the US head-office for Factory Records where he formed a working relationship with Joy Division, who he met in New York in the early 1980s. He went went on to produce a large number of music videos for New Order including Run (Napoli), Turn, and Everything’s Gone Green.

Turtle Salon @ Meter Room is dedicated to the memory of Hercules Bellville

Full details here http://www.meterroom.org/index.php?/future/turtle-salon/

by Ilaria Rebecchi

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