Location : WCML
Start date : 13th July 2011
End date : 17th September 2011
Versuche, an exhibition of new work and research by artist Amy Feneck, takes place at the Library from July to September 2011.
The title of the show refers to the German word for ‘tests, tries, trials, efforts, attempts & experiments' and is also the title of a journal edited by political playwright and theorist Bertolt Brecht in which he published drafts of his scripts and poetry.
This presentation of new work and work in progress, alongside a selection of objects, photographs and books from the Library's collection, is shown here in this spirit of ‘Versuche'.
Amy has been visiting the Library since January this year and is fascinated not only by the content of the Library itself but also its day to day running, the history of its collections and the physical environment in which it is housed. She is interested in how the Library provides an important context in which to investigate and discuss the current political climate.
As a continuation of her research process, Amy is keen for this exhibition to be seen as an extension of her studio and the reading room, creating a space in which links between her work and material from the Library can be made, and creating starting points for discussion.
On Wednesday 13 July at 2pm Amy Feneck will give a short talk about her work and an introduction to the exhibition. The exhibition is then open Wednesday 13th 2pm to 5pm, Thursday 14th and Friday 15th 10am to 5pm, and Saturday 16th 10am to 2pm. Admission is free.
Amy Feneck (b.1980) works with film, video, performance, photography, drawing and writing. Recent exhibitions include The School Looks Around, Whitechapel Gallery, London, Random Acts of Art, Spacex, Exeter, and BURST international and national festival of live art and performance, Battersea Arts Centre, London. For further information - www.amyfeneck.net