Under de Box

20 December, 2008, 7.00 pm, at Alice Yard



Under de Box, an fundraising exhibition showcasing the work of Alixzandar Morle (aMorle) and Jabari Cook (JB), opens at Alice Yard on Saturday 20 December, 2008, at 7.00 pm, and continues until Tuesday 23 December (3.00 to 8.00 pm daily).

"Being an artist in Trinidad and Tobago is a struggle. It's almost as if we are literally placed under a box," says 20-year-old Morle. The show's title is a reference to the ensnaring of animals such as wild rabbits by trapping them under a box. What happens under the box? The exhibition, says Morle, will showcase what the artist creates while he himself is "under de box". The works, inspired by urban street art, are done chiefly on scrap materials such as plywood, galvanise, and cardboard. "No one can hear, see or smell us! We are under de box! But it's about time we lift up dem flaps and climb out!"

Alixzandar Morle is a first-year student at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. He work has been featured in shows at Euphoria and Queen's Royal College and in campaigns for the Heroes Foundation. Jabari Cook is a graphic artist.

For more information, call 739-4386.

A conversation with Brendan Tang

19 December, 2008, 7.30 pm, at Alice Yard



Manga Ormolu version 2.0-f (14.75" high), by Brendan Tang

Brendan Tang was born in Ireland of Trinidadian parents, and is a naturalized citizen of Canada. His work engages with popular/contemporary culture and post-modern philosophy, employing humour, decorative opulence, and craftsmanship as modes of communication. He has exhibited in juried and invitational shows across Canada and the United States. He currently resides in Kamloops, British Columbia.

On Friday 19 December, 2008, at 7.30 pm, Tang will give an artist's talk at Alice Yard, discussing his career and working process, and his current engagement with his Trinidadian roots.

For more information on Tang and his work, visit his website:

http://www.brendantang.com



Manga Ormolu version 2.0-i (13 x 9.5"), by Brendan Tang



Shooting the Messenger (12 x 8"), by Brendan Tang

En Route, by Marlon Darbeau

10 December, 2008, from 7.00 pm, at Alice Yard



En Route ... Of Bridges and Barriers, an installation project by Marlon Darbeau, opens at Alice Yard on Wednesday 10 December, 2008, at 7.00 pm, and continues until Saturday 13 December (3.00 to 7.00 pm daily)

The project "explores the comfort and the coziness of escapism, and the inherent and inescapable value of denial" in contemporary Trinidad and Tobago.

For more information on Darbeau and his work, visit his blog:

http://marlondarbeau.blogspot.com

Neila Ebanks - performance and discussion

Alice Yard this Friday October 17th at 7.30 pm

Jamaican dancer, choreographer and teacher Neila Ebanks will be visiting Trinidad this week to host workshops in both Trinidad and Tobago, perform with the Continuum Dance Project directed by Sonja Dumas, and present her own work at Alice Yard.

The University of Trinidad & Tobago (UTT)-hosted workshop took place on the weekend - October 11 and 12 - at the Caribbean School of Dancing in Port of Spain.
Ms. Ebanks who directs her own dance company - eNKompan.E - is currently an instructor in the School of Dance at the Edna Manley School of the visual & Performing Arts and will be teaching work from her repertoire over a two-day period. On Friday, October 17 she will showcase her work at Alice Yard.

This will be followed by a post-performance discussion facilitated by local choreographer Sonja Dumas. Ms. Ebanks completes her tour of the country with a workshop in Tobago on Saturday October 18th at the Dance Studio on Bacolet Street.

"Water and Me"

Saturday 27th September at 7.00 pm

Ugochukwu Bright Eke and Alice Yard open new project at the YMCA this Saturday



In culminating his Commonwealth Foundation Residency programme at Alice Yard, Nigerian artist "Ugochukwu Bright Eke" will present a series of installations entitled "Water and Me".
Ugochukwu developed these works-in-progress whilst in Trinidad as a continuation of his interest in the negotiations / interrelationships between man and the environment, and will continue these investigations, through these works, as they travel around the world.
The showing of these works will also integrate the choreography of Sonja Dumas's "Continuum Dance Project."

Ugochukwu Bright Eke is Alice Yard's first international artist-in-residence. He is a winner of the Commonwealth Foundation’s Arts and Craft Award for 2007, and has chosen to use his award grant to visit and work in Trinidad.

Venue: YMCA , Benbow Road (off Wrightson Rd) , Port-of-Spain.

Saturday 27th September at 7.00pm

'The Universal Human Experience'

Kishan Munroe of Nassau will speak about his latest project:


"The Universal Human Experience"

THURSDAY 25th SEPTEMBER AT 7.30 PM


Paramount to Munroe's project is the investigation of peoples on opposing sides of various contemporary conflicts which have historically changed modern regional and global socio-cultural interaction. The range of the dialogue shall span a myriad of disputes; by way of example: the Holocaust to the Iraqi war to Haitian/Bahamian relations; the white/black racial divide; gang rivalry; controversial Australian Immigration practices; the war against Terrorism; and the Rwandan Civil War.


Kishan Munroe was born in Nassau Bahamas in 1980. He is the product of a social, cultural and historic continuum of artists in a region where the tradition of art-making is expressed through its many layers of varied and complex histories. In the fall of 1998 Munroe embarked upon his studies at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. He double majored in Painting and Visual effects and completed his undergraduate work with honors in 2003. He went on to pursue graduate work at his alma mater on a graduate fellowship and concluded his studies in Painting in 2005. Munroe's work has been exhibited both in the Caribbean and the United States and is included in many public and private collections. He is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades including: grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Governor's Choice Award (Bahamas), The Nancie Mattice International Award, and The Combined Merit Fellowship at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Kishan Munroe is based in Nassau

Animae Caribe introduces MAX HATTLER

This Tuesday 23rd September at 7.30pm.

Animae Caribe introduces to Alice Yard, German born, London based media artist / animator Max Hattler, as part of the Animation and New Media - Vjaying UK session & Visual Lime.

MAX HATTLER has performed live visuals across Europe & the US, including Tate Britain, the ICA and the Animation Show. His abstract political short film "Collision" won several prizes, including the LUX Award for Best Experimental Film. Dazed and Confused, a pop-culture zine published in the United Kingdom, described him as one of “three of the world’s most exciting young animators”, next to PES and Model Robot. While his films tend to be without dialogue, they explore the relationship between sound, music & the moving image.

see interview here

A conversation with Ugochukwu Bright Eke

11 August, 2008, from 7.30 pm, at Alice Yard



Alice Yard presents its first international artist-in-residence: Ugochukwu Bright Eke from Nigeria. He is a winner of the Commonwealth Foundation’s Arts and Craft Award for 2007, and has chosen to use his award grant to visit and work in Trinidad.

On Monday 11 August, 2008, at 7.30 pm, Eke will discuss his process for developing works and programmes stimulated by his experiences in Trinidad and Tobago. Merging conversation and installation, the evening's event will draw on and explain his interests in the environment, community, and performance.

For more information on Eke and his work, visit his blog:

http://u-bright.blogspot.com/