The Beautiful Game

3 August – 30 October 2009
Opening reception 31 July 6pm – 9pm

Simon Fildes – Dundee, UK; Kevin Henderson – Perth, UK; Matthew Mark Roberts – London, UK; Angela Ellsworth – Phoenix, USA; RAEchel Running – Arizona, USA; Kim Walker – Glasgow, UK

The worlds of sport and art are inextricably linked by a number of deep rooted commonalities; through the conventions which we unconsciously adhere to when judging them; through the aesthetic appreciation we hold for each discipline; through each fields demand for a public arena to showcase talent; and through the athletes personal somatic experiences.

The exhibition The Beautiful Game will seek to explore the relational aesthetics of sport, athletics, art and game play, along with its theory and psychology, mark making and movement, modes of athletic performance, temporal and spatial dissonance. By employing a wide variety of artistic practice The Beautiful Game brings sports into a visual arts context exposing the active aesthetic.

Create and exhibit your own motion-generated artwork

The University of Abertay’s Hannah Maclure Centre is looking for people to take part in creating motion based art works.

For the exhibition The Beautiful Game Angela Ellsworth, a multidisciplinary artist from Phoenix, USA, will be staging Training an on going mark making collaboration.

Training is an exploration of where art and exercise overlap. By engaging bodies in motion Ellsworth explores the ‘training’ process required in order to excel in the disciplines of both art and exercise.

For two-weeks exercise equipment in the University’s gym and the moving bodies of volunteers will form a collaboration and function as finely sharpened drawing tools. The atmosphere of the gym will shift as bodies generate drawings by way of moving on (and with) exercise equipment in the gym.

Training has been on going since 2002 and the project at the University of Abertay Dundee will be the first time it has been produced with community volunteers. The outcomes (drawings) of these Training sessions will be exhibited in the Hannah Maclure Centre’s gallery.

To get involved contact us on T: 01382 308324 or email us at exhibitions@abertay.ac.uk

Dates Training will be taking place (times to be arranged with volunteers): 20 – 31 July excluding Sundays.

No previous drawing or exercise experience necessary, everyone welcome. For more information about the project, the exhibition and images of past sessions visit www.abertay.ac.uk/exhibitions or http://aellsworth.com

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due to the unexpected we have had to come home! ........... travels may resume at a later date????

what a picture!

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in Nova Scotia .......

extreme!

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Quebec City

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In Chinatown

In Chinatown,
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the man in Chinatown says everyting ok ! I have a head like a coconut and a shovel chin, but I shouldn't eat Japanese food or go in the ocean by myself .... oh and I will live until I am 107 if I do a few simple Bruce Lee leg movments to improve circulation...

Montreal Grand Pix

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Richard does the Montreal Grand Pix! He got quite excited on this day!

Downtown Toronto

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back in Toronto

Its that spider again !

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Downtown Ottawa, Louise Bourgeois plans an attack on Parliment.

super hero

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your friendly neighbourhood superhero! or was he planning his next bank raid?

rich with fish

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Richard became hypnotised by the fish!

Film Buff

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this smells nice

Film Buff 2

Checking out the free Canadian Film stuff ........ but Richard got scared by the man in the next booth

Indie

Just a reminder of the best dog in the world .... 'aren't I doing well'


"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself."

Funny Sheep

True Story

When CalMac, the ferry company in the Western Isles, charged reduced rates for vehicles transporting sheep, some customers took advantage of this and took a sheep in the back seat of their car when going to the mainland (and had the same sheep on the way back). Eventually, the company had to change the rules.