MULBERRY TREE PRESS

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Artists include:

ANTEPRESS, RUTH BEALE, BECKY BEASLEY, SEAN BORODALE, ELEANOR VONNE BROWN, RODERICK BUCHANAN, BEN CAIN, RICHARD DYER, DOUG FISHBONE, HOLLIS FRAMPTON, ALEX FROST, KATIE GUGGENHEIM, EMMA HART, MIKE HARTE, GARY HILL, GEORGE HENRY LONGLY, MARIA MARSHALL, ANTHONY MCCALL, JEREMY MILLAR, ST PIERRE & MIQUELON, GARY O'CONNOR, KATE OWEN, GEORGE QUASHA, MARTHA ROSLER, JAMIE SHOVLIN, JOHN SMITH, MATTHEW SMITH, ANDREW TYNDALL

Film screenings and monitor films curated by Gilly Fox.
Cabinets 2 exhibit curated by Laura McLean-Ferris.
Ruth Beale selected by Fleur van Muiswinkel.

The Mulberry Tree Press is a fictitious publishing house created specifically for this exhibition. The name is inspired by the last remaining tree from a garden in Deptford designed by the diarist John Evelyn.

This exhibition reflects on the relationship between space, object and text, how they exist one in the other, side-by-side, and separate. The focus on liminality, the boundary or threshold between different locations and states of production lie at the heart of the exhibition. It is concerned with the translation or transcription that takes place in order to facilitate this passage from one place to another, from the studio and the gallery to the printed page.

Over two months, the exhibition attempts a transformation, turning spatial artworks situated in the gallery into a form that might function as a publication. It is not intended that this take the shape of a standard catalogue, in which, appearance, structure and content are largely known from the outset. Instead, the publication will bring together artworks, events and writings generated by the project�s process of research, dialogue and display: from one physical state to the next, from space, action, and thing, to text.

The gallery will be turned into a production office that generates and disseminates content on a daily basis. The space is divided into a number of different zones, typified by simple display devices: a table, a set of shelves, two pinboards, a plinth, three cabinets, a monitor. Each of these marks out a territory, a way of showing, indeed, an idea of specific presentation. The table is a place for writing, reading and the centrepiece of a discussion-series with curators, writers and artists. Shelves provide browsing material through a pamphlet library. Two facing wall-spaces are given over to different artists during the project; their activities will be subsequently gathered and inventoried on a palimpsest in the shape of a pinboard. Adjacent glass cabinets are organised by different curators, while a monitor shows a curated programme of artists� films. A number of live performances and events complement the exhibition. Following the conclusion of the project, the exhibition�s inventory will be published as the final exhibit.

PRIVATE VIEW #2
11 JUNE 6-9PM
Exhibition runs 7 May - 11 July

Cabinets 2 - Kate Owens, Alex Frost, George Henry Longly,Matthew Smith, Becky Beasley,
Mike Harte (curated by Laura McLean Ferris)
Pinboards - Jamie Shovlin
Shelves - Ruth Beale
Archive cabinet - (curated by Nicola Oxley)
Monitor ' Maria Marshall

Over the next month there will also be performances, events, readings and a round table discussion and film screening (see dates below). Artists presenting events include St Pierre & Miquelon, Hollis Frampton, Katie Guggenheim, Sean Borodale, Gary O'Connor, Richard Dyer, Antepress and Geopolyhonies.

4th June - EMMA HART projects the future, Performance #1 - 8pm (no admittance during the performance)

4th June - 6th June - Last chance to see Jeremy Millar, Ben Cain and Martha Rosler.

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE (Please check the website for times)

11th June - Private view 2 ' 6-9pm
Cabinets - Kate Owens, Alex Frost, George Henry Longly,
Matthew Smith, Becky Beasley, Mike Harte
Pinboards - Jamie Shovlin
Shelves - Ruth Beale
Archive cabinet ' Nicola Oxley
Monitor ' Maria Marshall

19th June
Film screening - 'Zorn's Lemma' - Hollis Frampton
Round table discussion 2: Nicolas de Oliveira (chair), Gilly Fox and guests

25th June
Event 5: St Pierre & Miquelon
Event 6: Katie Guggenheim

2nd July
Event 7: Readings from Sean Borodale, Richard Dyer and Gary O'Connor

9th July
Event 8: Antepress
Event 9: Geopolyphonies

Monitor films:
4-6 June - Martha Rosler
11-13 June - Maria Marshall
18-20 June - John Smith
25-27 June - Gary Hill
2-4 July - Gary Hill
9-11 July - Roderick Buchanan

Mulberry Tree Press is a multiplatfrom exhibition curated by Jonathan Houlding, Nicola Oxley and Nicolas de Oliveira which includes weekly performances, round table discussions and film screenings.

Film screenings and monitor films curated by Gilly Fox.
Cabinets 2 exhibit curated by Laura McLean-Ferris.
Ruth Beale selected by Fleur van Muiswinkel.