An exploration of the connections between remembering and the senses, performance and painting, live and the archived.

The installation offers opportunities to recall early memories of processing the things we see, sense, taste, smell and hear, with large scale paintings made using a dynamic mix of materials: Brasso, calamine lotion and Windowlene – products vividly evoking the artist’s childhood.

A changing display of photographs, film, writing, and a relaxing viewing space all invite visitors to consider their own experiences of memory and creativity.

The exhibition is the culmination of The Artworks Fellowship – The Organisational Perspective.

Waiting for Something to Happen – a programme of performance and events

A pop-up programme of performance and events by Christine Egan-Fowler will take place every Saturday in September 2016, including:

Saturday 17 September, 12.00-14.00
Wait HEAR
A live sound mix performance with Ruairi McGuinness, sound artist and entrepreneur. A remix of artists in conversations. There will be an additional performance of Wait HEAR on Thursday 15 September at 19.00.

Every Saturday in September
Waiting Room
Sit and wait to read a zine by Sam Telford from Greyscale, featuring new poems considering waiting. The work is revealed for handling only on Saturdays at 11.00 and 12.00.

The artist would like to thank: Adam Goodwin, Alexandra Hughes, Bex Harvey, Corinne Felgate, Da Thirst, Darren Richardson, Eddy Dorrian, Elizabeth Booth, Kevin Egan-Fowler, Hannah Egan-Fowler, Iona Inglesby, James Dale, James Hollingsworth, Jane Arnfield, Jessica Johnson, Jon Swords, Jose Martins, Kate V Robertson, Kevin Egan-Fowler Maddie Woodburn, Margaret Frayne, Mike Jeffries, Mohammad Namazi, Olivia Turner, Ottilie Stephenson, Paula Penman, Peter Houghton, Phil Brown, Rebecca Parry, Rob Sloan, Ruairi McGuinness, Ruth Tippett, Sam Telford, Sebastian Messer, Suzanne Burns, Toby Lloyd….

Christine, who works as an artist and teaches Art at Newcastle’s Royal Grammar School, was awarded The Artworks Fellowship in October 2015 and has created an exhibition for BALTIC’s Quay Gallery called Playing the Waiting Game, on show from 5 September until 27 September 2016.

 

Christine explained: “The last year has been a really rich experience for me and has taught me to be brave and see myself as an artist in my own right.

“I’ve collaborated with other artists to create the pieces which people will see on show at BALTIC and the exhibition really brings together everything I’ve learnt and experienced during the year.” 

Christine has created a series of paintings, sound recordings, photographs, film and performances which all explore early experiences of memory and creativity. The paintings are made with materials including calamine lotion, Brasso and Windowlene, which evoke the artist’s memories of 1970s childhood.

The ArtWorks Fellowship is funded by The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Three UK artists, each paired with an arts organisation, were selected by Artworks London to be awarded the fellowship.

Christine added: “My application for the fellowship was really inspired by seeing my 17 year old daughter Hannah complete a work experience placement at Fenwick department store in Newcastle. She got so much out of it and it made me realise that opportunities to learn and develop like this are important for adults too.

A series of pop-up events and performances will take place every Saturday in September, as part of Christine’s installation.

Playing the Waiting Game builds on a previous body of work called Memory Folds which Christine produced as the recipient of the 2013 BALTIC Artist Teacher Award and which was also shown in BALTIC’s Quay Gallery.

Full details are available at www.balticmill.com/eganfowler.