BasementArtsProject

BasementArtsProject is an artist-led initiative, located in a pre-war, mid-terrace house in South Leeds, facilitating and promoting the activities of artists nationally and internationally whilst maintaining a broad and varied programme within the city of Leeds.

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On The Corner

Keith Ackerman | Dominic Hopkinson | Phill Hopkins | Jadene Imbusch

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INDEX FESTIVAL KICKSTARTER

Index are currently fundraising for this arts festival over the summer months this year. Read about it, and if you feel donate here . . . . https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/indexfestival/index-leeds-festival-2019?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=INDEX%20FESTIVAL

Recent and ongoing work at BasementArtsProject . . . .

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NEWSLETTER JAN 2018 https://www.basementartsproject.com/studio-journal/2018/1/19/newsletter

NEWSLETTER JUL 2018 https://www.basementartsproject.com/studio-journal/2018/7/3/newsletter-july-2018

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RT @paulwrayuk: After some delay, the community noticeboards are going up around the ward. Myself, Cllr @iqballeeds and Nash are pa… https://t.co/BUntiXXSvq
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RT @_indexfestival: See if you can spot us on Look North this evening, featuring the Leeds Index Hub😃
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#BasementArtsProject has its first visitor this morning as we install #AHouseWithinAHome by @Phill_Hopkins it is cu… https://t.co/ytaU3S9sXS
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RT @DrRebeccaWade: One more day to see 'Parallel Architectures IIIII' by James Thompson & Annabel Taylor-Munt in the former Bridewell… https://t.co/krz5ft57Ax
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RT @CASartists: CONTAGION IS OPEN 10-4pm, Tues to Sat, right in the heart of Andover, come and see Jade Montserrat's powerful work… https://t.co/oTnQmajXbd
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Alongside our two previously mentioned #publicsculptures for #Beeston #SouthLeeds as part of #onthecornerbeeston be… https://t.co/28JZYvJo53
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This @ExtinctionR protest in Leeds doesn’t seem to be causing any extra traffic or congestion. In fact it is rathe… https://t.co/DcMT8LrkHS
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Also as part of #onthecornerbeeston #BasementArtsProject is aiming to site another sculpture as part of… https://t.co/qnwGY3iyb1
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#BasementFM Tommy Genesis: I’m Yours Another sunny morning for a walk b4 work
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Elsewhere #onthecornerbeeston Dominic Hopkinson will be having a sculpture entitled ‘Nature of Balance’ sited here on Dewsbury Road
Hopkinson has exhibited twice at #basementartsproject, is a member of @royal_sculptors and last year exhibited work begun at BasementArtsProject @venice.architecture.biennale
#directcarving #sculpture #art #mathematics #science #aperiodictiling #henrymooregrants

The original Jacob’s Ladder (Ledmore Marble 2014) by Keith Ackerman is on view at Yorkshire House, East Parade, Leeds city centre as part of @_indexfestival @ysi_2019
#basementartsproject is currently working with Ackerman on an 8ft version of this sculpture for #onthecornerbeeston
The sculpture is to be sited at the corner of Dewsbury and Tunstall Road #southleeds
#publicsculpture #publicart #directcarving #sculpture

Work begins on the installation of #ahousewithinahome exhibition by @phill_hopkins presented as part of @_indexfestival @ysi_2019 here at the gateway between #wakefield #leeds @southleedslife

What is it that makes a house a home? A house can be pile of bricks or a canvas dome, but what changes it and makes it into a place that a person would want to live?
Two solo exhibitions side by side by Phill Hopkins and Jadene Imbusch look at different aspects of this question. #ahousewithinahome #pitched #homeless #tentlife

View from the corner. Pools of light in the glowing embers of a Yorkshire day #onthecornerbeeston #publicsculpture #publicart

$Reflecting and refracting Kimsooja in the Chapel @yspsculpture as part of @ysi_2019$

David Smith under turbulent roiling skies @yspsculpture @ysi_2019

Earlier on today looking at the meditative work of Wolfgang Laib @hepworthwakefield as part of @ysi_2019

Afternoon @yspsculpture looking at the work of David Smith as part of @ysi_2019

Something of a day out to try and learn a bit about what is happening outside of @henrymooreinstitute in regards to @ysi_2019
The work of Tau Lewis @HepworthGallery as part of @YSI_2019
A story of people lost at sea during the middle passage and a transformed race of aquatic beings to emerge, newly formed, from the wreckage of civilisations on the move

Q. No Adults (2019) is the last of eight collaborative pieces by @phill_hopkins & Jadene Imbusch

Produced with support from @_indexfestival as part of a parallel programme to @ysi_2019
The full set of images are on display at #basementartsproject until 29th September. They can also be viewed online at https://www.basementartsproject.com/collaborations-on-the-corner

#collaborationsonthecorner
#ahousewithinahome
#pitched
#visualart #sculpture #exhibition

Last week I gave a talk, performance, sound art type of thing at the Williamson Art Gallery. Here is the moment of the reveal for the object that I came to visit, and reminisce over #wirral #art #nostalgia #1970s

Phill Hopkins is working on a project commissioned by #basementartsproject and supported by @_indexfestival which runs alongside @ysi_2019 throughout the summer months of 2019 #ahousewithinahome #art #artist #onthecornerbeeston @southleedslife @leedslistcom @leedslive

Digging yr own groove #onthecornerbeeston #publicart #publicsculpture #directcarving #jacobsladder #summer #project #art #artists #henrymooregrants

Carving begins in earnest as Keith Ackerman lays the groundwork cutting a flat channel through the rock
#onthecornerbeeston
#jacobsladder #directcarving #publicsculpture #publicart #art

‘Smeg’ one of eight collaborative works by @phill_hopkins & Jadene Imbusch is now on display at #basementartsproject
#collaborationsonthecorner is part of #onthecornerbeeston
This project has been supported by @_indexfestival which is a grassroots and fiercely independent project running alongside @ysi_2019
#sculpture #visualart #leeds #publicsculpture #exhibitions #homelessness

#collaborationsonthecorner -eight new collaborative works by PhillHopkins and Jadene Imbusch are now on display at #basementartsproject as part of #onthecornerbeeston
This project has been supported by @_indexfestival which is a grassroots and fiercely independent project running alongside @ysi_2019
#sculpture #visualart #leeds #publicsculpture #exhibitions #homelessness

Messages from beyond the #darkarches #leeds
When I moved to this city it was a network of independent shops. Since the Tories moved in to no 10 it has been home to many individuals
#ahousewithinahome #environment #socialjustice

More collaborative work from @phill_hopkins and @jadenefine_art as part of @_indexfestival @ysi_2019
#pitched #ahousewithinahome #onthecornerbeeston #contemporaryart #drawing #collaboration #sculpture

#fathersday trip to @leedsbeckett this afternoon as I missed the opening. Enjoyed the work on display this afternoon. #degreeshow2019