Heavy Pencil
Live Art • Live Music
Pick Me Up
Somerset House, WC2R 1LA,
25th April, 6pm-10pm Live music: The Dead Pirates and
Owen and the Eyeballs Live art: Andrew Rae, Jim Stoten, Nick White, Irene Fuga,
Owen Gildersleeve, McBess, Anna Lomax,
Jess Bonham, Chrissie Macdonald, Luke Best,
and special guests from New York Mike Perry, and Josh Cochran
• Party tunes from DJ’s Miles Donovan & Disco bits.
£8 Entry, £6 Concessions, £15 Festival pass
available from www.somersethouse.org.uk
Description:
In 2012, artists Mike Perry and Josh Cochran put a call out on the internet requesting people to pose in the nude for a marathon drawing session. The result was two 12-hour days spent drawing more than 40 models, followed by a one-night-only exhibition. The duo are reprising the idea for a weekend- long drawing and art-gazing extravaganza over two days this month (1/25 and 1/26) at Kinfolk Studios in Williamsburg. Eight artists, 36 models and 16 hours of drawing will culminate in a one-night only exhibition. All works will be for sale and available for takeaway on the spot. If last year’s event is any indication, this will be a one-of-a-kind experience, not to be missed.”
Schedule:
Friday 25th:
4pm-12am Drawing (8 artists, 8 hours of drawing, 16 models with each model posing for 30 minutes at a time)
Wandering Around Wondering is a free three-month community exhibition and series of events that will coincide with the launch of my monograph, published by Rizzoli. The event space will host workshops, screenings, gatherings, open discussions, and much more — conducted by me and a select group of design and illustration professionals. The space will become a dynamic environment for continuous creation, where visitors will be able to explore freely and create their own unique experiences.
WAW will be a 3 month free community exhibition and event space where I will be conducting workshops, screenings, gatherings, open discussions, and much more. The space will be a living / evolving environment where visitors will be able to freely explore and create their own unique experience. Read more about my goals on my Kick Starter project page.
Initially curated in book form by Brooklyn based artist and designer Mike Perry, the art has has traveled to shows in LA, Brooklyn, Portland and Cincinnati, and includes prints by Ashkan, Deanne Cheuk, Maya Hayuk, Cody Hudson, Seripop, Sonnenzimmer and Marcroy Smith.