Neck of the Woods

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Rhiannon Hunter | Productofboy | Ima-Abasi Okon | Taneesha Ahmed & Alex Moore | Renee Rhodes | Fivethreefive Project | Branka Vidovic-Butler | Lynne Heller | Ryan Campbell | Edwyn Butler | John Leyland & Annette Cookson Neck of the Woods is a group exhibition investigating artists' responses into the concept of community and how this is evolving. Artists and practitioners join from throughout the UK and Internationally to challenge the audience's preconceptions of community and how this can be explored within their own personal artistic practice. Highlights of the exhibition include the work of Canadian artist, Lynne Heller. Within the online community of ‘Second Life', Heller and her intrepid avatar, Nar Duell, will ‘wear' an alternative avatar costume, a ‘walking' snow globe. Whilst exploring her own virtual community she will also be available for online web-chats with visitors to the café. Manchester-based artist Taneesha Ahmed collaborating with Alex Moore present their alternative community, The Denmasons, a secret society enticing viewers into a Denmasonic life-style. Whether you're young or not so young you'll remember those Sunday afternoons building a Den in the back garden — this is the moment to re-live those memories… Neck of the Woods launches on Thursday 11 February with a public preview (6-9pm) including a live performance from Manchester-based Edwyn Butler replicating an old-fashioned Country and Western knees-up around the piano. Alongside this John Leyland and Annette Cookson will be collaborating on a one-off performance of works inspired by the exhibition. Neck of the Woods is an exhibition curated by up and coming Blank Media Collective at Nexus Art Café opening with a public preview on 11 February (6-9pm) until 11 April.