YAMI-ICHI and Exotero are thrilled to announce the launch of our new programme Traversing Borders!
Traversing Borders is a participatory, digital programme to help emerging and underrepresented artists find their footing in the art industry.
As part of the programme, we are hosting a series of online events, which culminate in our non-monetary art auction in May!
FULL PROGRAMME
April 22, 18:00pm – BEYOND THE PRICE TAG Webinar Panel Discussion
April 24, 12:00pm – Studio Tour with Shani Haquin (IGTV LIVE at @yamiichi_art)
April 24, 17:30pm – Work Mud, Play Bingo with Rebecca Tucker
April 24, 19:00pm – What We Do At Parties with Henry Blackwell
Digital content by artist Mernywernz
FINALE May 8, 15:00pm : Non-Monetary Art Auction
Here are four amazing participating artists!
You can see their artworks and examples of their ideal offers.
What would you offer in exchange for your favourite piece?
REBECCA TUCKER
I’m a sculptor living and working in Glasgow. My practice revolves around finding ways to represent duality and paradox with recurring themes of body, character, object, indulgence and guilt. I explore these themes through recurring motifs and symbols. I work in a variety of different media including drawing and moving image but at the moment my primary focus is working with ceramic. I throw on the wheel and hand build – any excuse to play with mud!
Becky is hosting a virtual event on April 24, 17:30pm. The event starts with Becky’s demo of ceramic processes, and end with a fun game of Symbol Bingo!
Sign up for the event (free): Work Mud, Play Bingo with Rebecca Tucker
The artwork up for offer
Snake & Hand Vase from Dual
35 x 28 x 28cm, Glazed Stoneware. 2020
Double Snake Vase from Slough series
28 x 18 x 18cm, Glazed Stoneware. 2020
Exciting Offers for BECKY
Exhibition opportunity
Unusual space to install/photograph work
Assistance in photographing work in future projects
Collaborative projects
I love motorbikes, food and horses so anything to do with those!
HENRY BLACKWELL
I’m 21. I’m 900,000 years old. I’m an artist. I’m a brother. I’m a comedian. I’m a worker. I’m an eater. I’m a drinker. I’m a chef. I’m a painter. I’m a son. I’m a sleeper. I’m a writer. I’m not an Everyman, I am every man. I work largely with performative interventions in public spaces. Subtle reimagining’s of what is possible on and in the land that surrounds me; can one party in a building site or play on a dance machine in the garden? My work deals with local history, invented history, labour, overwhelm, gesture, leisure and how we spend our free time, the commodification of this ‘leisure time’ and recontextualising the actions associated with fun and freedom and joy. It's a choreographed party and my body is the only guest. Central to most of this work though is an exploration of narrative, place and time, language/communication and movement (of objects and people).
WATCH HENRY’S PERFORMANCES FROM HERE
Henry is hosting a virtual event on April 24, 19:00pm BST. This is a highly choreographed party and your body is invited!
Sign up for the event (free): WHAT WE DO AT PARTIES with Henry Blackwell
The artwork up for offer
Becoming prehistoric
video, 10 mins 39 secs
I can offer this piece either as a video, a transcript of the text bound into a book, or a live performance
This Hole Is A Hell Hole
acrylic on canvas, 65cm x 80 cm
Exciting Offers for HENRY
Access to a choir to perform a piece of work for me
Studio space in a foreign city – allowing access to new spaces and histories to inform new work
A network rail pass – in order to travel easily to new places to make and perform work
Access to dancers to perform and choreograph work with me
SHANI HAQUIN
I am a painter and artist working and living in London. I take my inspiration from human experiences, currently focusing on images I took in different protests taking place in my home country, Israel. My work explores the material aspect of painting as physical, intellectual, and emotional labour. I try to create paintings that are colorful, semi-figurative yet with abstract elements, featuring crowds of people engaging in a shared powerful experience.
Instagram: @haquinshani
Shani is hosting a virtual studio tour on April 24, 12:00pm BST.
Shani will be sharing insights into her unique practice, including her selection of reference images from protests in her home country of Israel to technical elements of her practice such as preliminary drawings, paint layering and colour.
How to join: This event will be hosted at YAMI-ICHI Instagram account. Visit @yamiichi_art on the day!
The artwork for offer:
Was It All
70cm X 100cm, oil painting, vanished, 2021
Exciting Offers for SHANI
Free studio space for the summer (June/ July/ August).
Art Materials (Oil colours, canvases, mediums and brushes.)
One and a half month rent-free room.
A solo show
A press and social media management with followers.
MERNYWERNZ
I am documenting an ongoing artistic exploration of the emergent post truth, post internet age of technology we are living through and its potential side effects. My images are informed by the veracity of online meme culture, a cynical world view and a love of technical illustrations and diagrams. My style is vibrant and frenetic. It may appear naive, but contains intricate details and pertinent critiques of our times. My portfolio of cryptic diagrams, nonsensical cutaways and frenzied murals aim to embrace imperfection and encourage a sense of creative and technical nonchalance.
Most recent work produced since early 2020 deals with the unavoidable presence of our friend, covid19, and the absence of certainty and abundance of hopelessness. Of particular interest to me is the rise of online conspiracies and misinformation. The impression that people no longer know what is real and are becoming increasingly divided by their ideological commitments. A growing crisis, which is being facilitated by tech corporations and dreaded “algorithms”.
Website: https://mernywernz.com/
Instagram: @mernywernz
Merny has written a journal about the Traversing Borders programme. READ THE ARTICLE
The artwork up for offer
Tips For Nice Life Part No1
A4, Watercolour & Gouache, 2021
Friendly Priest
A3, Watercolour & Gouache, 2021
TBC (We will update the information soon, so stay tuned!)
Exciting Offers for MERNY
A stay on a boat or another interesting location to get inspired by
Help getting my work into shops, gallery or reach a wider audience
Opportunities to paint a large wall or produce further projects
Sponsorship for materials
An unusual experience or activity
