BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:804@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160608T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20160608T200000 DTSTAMP:20160605T114613Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-double-act-book-launch- panel-discussion/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Bluecoat: Double Act Book Launch & Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 8 June 2016\, 18.00 - 20.00\nTickets: £4/£3\n\nDoub le Act Book Launch &\; Panel Discussion\n\nArtist Mel Brimfield joins c urators Mark Durden and David Campbell to celebrate the launch of the Doub le Act: Art and Comedy limited edition publication and discuss comedy as a n artistic strategy in their own practice. With performances throughout th e evening by David Sherry.\n\nThe full schedule for the event is as follow s:\n5 - 6pm David Sherry performs 'Total Crap' in the Gallery.\n\n6pm Bar open\, audience take their seats. David Sherry continues his performance i n the bar.\n\n6.30pm Introduction to the evening from Bluecoat curator Ada m Smythe.\n\n6.35pm Mark Durden and David Campbell introduce to their prac tice as members of the artist group Common Culture\, their work as curator s of the exhibition Double Act: Art and Comedy and their new publication.\ n\n6.55pm Artist Mel Brimfield introduces her practice\n\n7.05pm Artist Da vid Sherry introduces his practice.\n\n7.15pm Adam Smythe chairs discussio ns with the panel and the audience.\n\n8 - 9pm Book sales and drinks in th e bar.\n\nDavid Campbell and Mark Durden\n\nDavid Campbell and Mark Durden are the curators of Double Act at Bluecoat and The MAC in Belfast. Campbe ll and Durden also work with artist Ian Brown in the artist group Common C ulture. Common Culture use performance\, video\, sculpture and photography to explore the construction of social identity through the rituals of con sumption in popular culture. Comedy often plays a key part in their work\, which includes collaborations with workers from the entertainment industr y such as stand-up comedians and nightclub bouncers. Common Culture have e xhibited at Manifesta 8\, Spain\, Harris Museum\, Preston\, Tate Liverpool \, New Art Exchange\, Nottingham\, Void\, Derry and Vila de Conde\, Portug al. Durden and Campbell also curated the exhibition Variable Capital at Bl uecoat in 2008. Works by Common Culture are included at The MAC in Belfast and Bluecoat as part of Double Act.\n\nMel Brimfield\n\nMel Brimfield wor ks in film\, performance and photography. Her work often draws on complex histories within performance art\, using humour as a means to engage with significant moments and figures from art history. Brimfield’s work inclu des ambitious interdisciplinary projects\, working with a diverse range of performers including the 30-piece Dinnington Colliery Band\, Italian Olym pic gymnast Alice Capitani and songwriter Gwyneth Herbert. Brimfield has e xhibited and performed her work at galleries such as Camden Arts Centre\, Whitechapel Gallery and Void Gallery\, Derry. Her work is included at both The MAC in Belfast and Bluecoat as part of Double Act.\n\nDavid Sherry\n\ nDavid Sherry produces drawings\, performances and video works that often subvert or disrupt the mundane and everyday. Sherry uses satire\, wit\, ob servation and visual humour in his work to critically address the world ar ound him\, from the ordinary rituals of everyday life to global politics. Sherry has exhibited and performed at galleries including CCA\, Derry\, Gl asgow Museum of Modern Art\, Glasgow and Villa Concordia\, Germany. In 200 3 Sherry was selected to represent Scotland at the 50th Venice Biennale. S herry’s work is included in the exhibition Double Act at Bluecoat. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2016/06/7_Red_sauce_Brown_Sauce_Mania_video_screengrab_2014_2_MED.jpg LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K ingdom GEO:53.404542;-2.984173 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=School Lane\, Liverpool\, L 1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bluecoat:geo :53.404542,-2.984173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20160327T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR