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.

ContentsMayVary

Apartment presents...

ContentsMayVary

Contents May Vary are a Manchester based artist collective co-founded in 2004, who together and individually look for challenging ways to exhibit in alternative situations. This group of recent MMU Fine Art graduates: Ed Payne, Jon Turner, Alice Bradshaw, Liz Murphy, Martha Webster and Richard Shields exhibit a series of new works made specifically for Apartment.

This show has now finished. There is currently no show on at Apartment, the next show will be announced soon.

Alice Bradshaw

Alice Bradshaw creates a sense of curiosity through the manipulation of everyday mass produced objects which are often rendered dysfunctional caricatures of themselves. Her intention is to blur distinctions between the absurd and the mundane by creating or accentuating subtleties, whilst addressing concepts of purpose and futility. Alice’s work; ‘Kitchen Roll’ and ‘Toilet Roll’ are positioned in the kitchen and bathroom

Liz Murphy

Liz Murphy invites the spectator to create narratives drawn from suggestions laid within her work involving the audience in the creative process, giving the viewer ownership of the finished piece; thus bridging the gap between the alienation of the artist and their practice within society. ‘84 Steps’ as shown above was installed in the stairwell of Lamport Court.