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New Grounds: FAKE/MAKE<br />
Sponsored by The Old Market, FAKE/MAKE is an<br />
exhibition of work by young and emerging artists<br />
curated by Idil Bozkurt<br />
The origins of the aphorism ‘fake it till you make<br />
it’ can be traced to the 1970’s and was used<br />
to describe a method where, by imitating<br />
confidence, capability and a hopeful outlook,<br />
a person can realise those qualities in their real life.<br />
‘Acting cheerful’ was seen as a path to cheerfulness<br />
when spontaneous cheerfulness had been lost. Many<br />
disciplines, from psychology to self-care culture,<br />
consider such a mindset to be valuable in enabling an<br />
actual change in a person’s behavior.<br />
The New Grounds programme takes this phrase<br />
as a start point, exploring subjects of ‘making’ and<br />
‘faking’ through speculation and self-reflection using<br />
various art forms. Why do we fake it? What happens<br />
to the intention of ‘making’ in the act of ‘faking’?<br />
Does the by-product lose face value or the original<br />
purpose of the creation? Faking can be seen as being a<br />
fabricator or a charlatan; but can it also be a role-play,<br />
disguising, transforming and perhaps enabling the<br />
artist’s creative act. When faking precedes making,<br />
how does this affect the artistic process? New Grounds<br />
artists will be considering ‘faking/ making’ as a<br />
reflective relationship, disclosing personal experiences<br />
within the artists’ practices via sound performances,<br />
multimedia installations and workshops.<br />
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Sound and performance artists:<br />
Ed Briggs and Rebecca Dyer<br />
Theatrical performance artists:<br />
Daniel Levin<br />
Multimedia installation artists:<br />
Ëpha Roe, Bethan Clarke<br />
and Súhannah Whitton<br />
Workshops:<br />
Kate Kelsall, Claire Patrick<br />
and İdil Bozkurt<br />
Ed Briggs: 2 June, 16.00-17.00<br />
Rebecca Dyer: 1 June, 16.00-17.00<br />
Daniel Levin: TBC<br />
Multimedia installation artists:<br />
from 23 April to end of festival<br />
Workshops: Tuesday 28 <strong>May</strong><br />
Part One: 13.30-16.30<br />
Part Two: 18.00-21.00<br />
(see <strong>AOH</strong> Events page)<br />
The Old Market,<br />
11A Upper Market Street,<br />
Hove BN3 1AS<br />
Mon-Sat: 13.00–17.00<br />
and when venue<br />
is open for performances<br />
Tues 23 April – Sun 26 <strong>May</strong><br />
(Closed 8-13 <strong>May</strong>)
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