August 5th 2009

Line-Up Confirmed

All 40 projects have now been confirmed, and the countdown to create the work is well and truly on. Over the next 5 months the artists involved will be thinking, sketching, experimenting, making, doing and everything in between to come up with their final piece for the exhibition in January.

We’ll see installations, sculptures, moving image, books, posters and lots more besides before we start to fill the gallery at the beginning of 2010. From now on, this blog will document how all of the contributors are getting on, giving you a behind the scenes look at how things are coming together for the grand unveiling.

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June 10th 2009

Let Your Freak Flag Fly

Having come across Karl’s work through a flag he created on his own, his proposal with And Beyond is going to continue on a very interesting thread… “A flag is a piece of fabric with a symbolic meaning, used for signaling and identification. The term is also used to refer to the graphic design employed by a flag, or to its depiction in another medium. The flag is a powerful icon with ever-changing connotations. It represents the history, the future, the collective, individuality, hope, terror, peace and war.

The flag is worshipped and burnt, forced upon you and banned. It is a symbol of freedom and identity, it is your good old home, the revolution and it doesn’t belong to you. And still, it’s a piece of fabric. Let your freak flag fly.”

March 18th 2009

Karl Grandin & And Beyond

Karl Grandin is the brains behind the brilliant ‘Animal Sweater’ pictured above, so given the chance to work with another talented creative who knows what he’ll come up with. Choosing to work with the brilliant dutch fashion designers And Beyond can only lead to great things.

Karl Grandin
And Beyond