News!

Apartment is mentioned in an article written by Lucinda Adam on the 24 hour museum website, it's been up for ages we've only just noticed, follow this link to see the article exploring the new artist led spaces across the country.

There is also a review of the current show on the AN website in the reviews unetided section, follow this link to see more. It's always great to get some critical input to the space!

Willy Mason / House Concert Tour

Above Willy Mason

Apartment was delighted to host a special acoustic gig by Willy Mason as part of his House Concert Tour. What a lovely evening it was, a huge thank you to all of the people that were able to come; you were a wonderful audience and a massive thanks to Willy Mason. What a joy he was! This was the second gig we've hosted at Apartment; LoneLady played last year; that too was great. There is something quite magical about these intimate small scale gigs, we might do another soon so keep an eye on the blog for information.

Below an image of the gig which better captures the atmosphere

Martine Myrup / Domestic Disturbances

Martine Myrup's Domestic Disturbances is the current show and will be open til early March, to view the exhibition e-mail or call to arrange an appointment; contact details below.

Above - milk spill in the shape of Antarctica in the kitchen - Untitled

Apartment is delighted to present Martine Myrup’s Domestic Disturbances; Martine Myrup was selected from over eighty international artists that applied for a one person exhibition at Apartment during our recent call for submissions. Martine Myrup is a Danish artist who graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2002. Her recent shows include In Ruins in Melbourne, Sidekick in Nottingham and Maid of Corinth in Market Gallery, Glasgow. Peculiar Flight; her first artist book was published in April; she is currently working on an animation for the Centre for Contemporary Art in Glasgow. For more information on this artist please visit www.myrup.co.uk

Martine Myrup’s work strives to reflect her interest in the fleeting moment, and in the idea that in order to build, something must be destroyed.

Myrup’s focus is on natural history and literature concerned with polar explorations. In her search for geographical metaphors, she reveals the moments between the scientific and the personal descriptions of mans’ often futile attempt to fill the void. Her starting point is often a wish to react to a specific location; the white walls of a gallery transformed into a vast snowy background, the interior of an old mansion house becomes the site for an unfolding hidden narrative. While striving to incorporate what is already present; small signs of decay, flaws and traces of other events, she adds another layer which hints at an alternative narrative.

Domestic Disturbances utilizes Apartment as a backdrop for small interventions. Rather than adding more “stuff” to the world, Myrup merely re-works what is already there. By using everyday, non precious materials, she appropriates what is to hand in an attempt to bring the void closer and domesticate it, by doing so her discreet interventions turn the mundane into
the epic.

Below a closer view.

Martine Myrup

The image above is the untitled collection of books on exploration positioned on the top of the book shelves in the bedroom. The books are specifically placed to create an image of a mountain range out of the mountains featured on the spine of each book.

Martine Myrup Press

The pictured article featured in The Metro on Friday 26th January; click on image to read the article. Martine Myrup and Paul Harfleet also appeared BBC Manchester's 'Studio 6' radio show on Thursday, we will post the piece on the site soon.