Artsbomb - 28th July

"Artsbomb" was a collaboration between Rhubarb Bomb and The Art House in Wakefield. We teamed up two musicians with two artists and the aim was to create a unique, one-off gig experiance that combined experimental soundscaping with visual arts. And that was pretty much the entire remit for the participants; if you pardon the pun, they effectively had 'blank canvas' to create something engaging and exciting. The event took place as part of the Wakefield Artwalk, more of which can be found here - www.artwalk.org.uk and was a great success in that it brought people from Wakefields thriving music and art scenes together.

Carrie Scott Huby and Rob Fisher aka Salvage My Dream paired up to create a series of performance pieces, each around 15 minutes long, using a series of loops Rob built up using a plethora of pedals and effects. Here is a video excerpt that was filmed and editted by Dave Hanvey

- apologies, problems with the video, will be up shortly -

Bruce Rimell and Tim Metcalfe / Harry Rhodes aka St Gregory Orange paired up and performed a live art performance during which Bruce created, over the course of 4 half hour sets, a huge design on the wall of the performance space. Tim and Harry were largely improvising and Bruce was using this as inspiration for his work, pictures of which can be seen below. Fingers crossed for some video soon

1.3 Artwork

For Issue 1.3 we had some artwork created for us by a couple of excellent artists. They really added an extra element to the design of the issue and I wanted to display them here in their natural form - before we editted them and stuck loads of words over the top. The cover illustration (above) was by John Chamberlain who also contributed some images for our David Tattersall appreciation (below), inspired by the lyrics. You can see more of his work at www.johnchamberlainishere.blogspot.com




Also, Bruce Rimell created some images for our The Pains of Being Pure At Heart interview, again, inspired directly by the music. He created them in a similar style to the work he created at the ARTSBOMB event with St Gregory Orange, which was also excellent (and which will be on the Blog shortly). His website is www.biroz.net





We are always looking for new contributors, and that includes illustrators, whether it be complex computer graphics stuff, abstract painting or just simple doodles - anything really. If you want to get involved, get in touch - therhubarbbomb@googlemail.com

ArtsBomb

On July 28th we are hosting an exciting Music / Arts event at The Art House, Wakefield. For a while i have been trying to think up new venues to host gigs, interesting unique places that would feel more 'special' for the audience, as well as the bands involved. I came upon The Art House and devloped the idea for the evening we are now presenting.

We have teamed up 2 of our favourite 'bands', though in reality they are, in terms of recording at least, one man projects, with two artists. The artists have a space within The Art House studios to do with as they please. The musicians will then perform within the space. It's a pretty simple but effective way to bring together musicians and artists, and im sure will make for a interesting and engaging experiance. There's nothing wrong with gigs in pubs and bars - in some cases you cant beat it - but there is so much scope for different ways of doing these things, and hopefully this will be a positive example of that.

St Gregory Orange and Bruce Rimell will perform a number of sets throughout the evening. St Gregory Orange will take a more improvisational approach whilst Bruce will create and develop the space in reaction to the music, using the walls as a canvas.

Salvage My Dream and Carrie Scott-Huby will perform 10/15 minute sets on the hour, every hour incorporating live loops and instrumentation along with audience activated sensors.

The whole event co-insides with the Wakefield Art Walk which takes place on the last Wednesday of the month, every other month. That means The Art House opens its doors to the public who are free to wander round. The doors will be open from 17:00 til 21:00. No tickets are required, just come on down, follow the sounds and come and see whats happening. The Art House is in the centre of Wakefield, next door to Drury Lane Library.

(further details on times of performance will likely appear on the facebook event - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127536330621759&ref=ts )

www.the-arthouse.org.uk
www.myspace.com/bleechindustries - (st greg orange)
www.myspace.com/salvagemydream - (salvage my dream)
www.biroz.net - Bruce Rimmel
www.pinkmooninspires.co.uk - Carrie Scott-Huby