WHEN: On Saturday 18th October 12pm onwards

WHAT: Westside Story‚ A social networking and performance day to encourage new collaborations between UK artists both north and south

WHO: Kangaroo Kourt (artist network and curating group)

WHERE:@WINDOWS 204 , 204 Gloucester Rd, nr Bishop rd, Bristol

WEB: www.kangarookourtart.com/

Featuring so far:

"Good Evening Here to All Things Below" - collaborative collage and art play

145 Collective (from Manchester and Leeds) will be setting up a mixed media collage installation based on a flash animation/narrative in the windows and throughout the space (which will be showing through until 23rd). During that day artists will be invited to contribute to the installation, show films and perform. The aim is to connect some more like minds and discuss what exchanges/collaborations can take place in 2009 between gathered artists.

Including slam champion Pete Hunter, Pat Reid‚s band the Great Admirers and Barry the Badger (starred in BBC3 program Upstaged creaturemag.com/seven/kangaroo-kourt.html)

And a mobile van gallery will be there on the Saturday. The van gallery is
putting the call out to artists wishing to develop site specific work for
a Luton van, or display existing work, develop the outside of the van with
murals and such or just take the Luton to a festival with a sound system
and 8 pots of paint!? Our van is yours . . . Go to www.minigallery.info
for full details

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Even More info:

204

A space for contemporary art in the windows of a vacant shop in the busy Gloucester road area of Bristol. 204 is steadily establishing itself as an exciting venue for contemporary art in Bristol.

It is a venue for artists to use for work that may not suit the commercial gallery set-up, often using the space in innovative and experimental ways.

Their aim is to bring art to all members of the community through display in the window and a continuing dialogue with the public about what art can be. The interior of the shop has now also been made available for use by artists. (http://art204.tripod.com)

145 collective

A group of friends led by Mike Powell based mainly in Leeds, Bristol and London who work anonymously under the title and produce books and group shows. Formed in Manchester in 2005 and open to anyone to collaborate and join. 145 is an ever expanding collective of artists who work under this title anonymously. The collective was formed upon the idea that art should be based upon community and collaboration rather than the search for audience and applause. This allows us to produce work for the pure enjoyment of making/drawing/painting/doing.

(http://creaturemag.com/seven/mike-powell.html)

Kangaroo Kourt

Kangaroo Kourt is an artist-led networking and curating organisation developed from a residential art space in 2002 and a peculiar sense of humour. It is open to all forms of collaboration and has worked on filmed residencies in the northeast, made artwork with cats, projected Pong onto the building ruins of Stokes Croft (Bristol) and created live shows for BBC3 with a mysterious man-sized badger (called Barry if you didn‚t already know) www.kangarookourtart.com