Being Dominic from Luton..presents..
Saturday 16 March 2013, 4.30pm

Artist Mark Titchner will be talking about Bedfordshire, his diverse practice and all things Luton at Departure Lounge, 61 George Street Luton LU1 2AL. 

Free but booking advised:
studio@dominicfromluton.com
http://www.marktitchnerstudio.com
www.dominicfromluton.com

http://departure-lounge.org.uk/news/

Being Dominic from Luton..

Saturday 9 March 2013, 1pm.
Sarfraz Manzoor, writer, broadcaster and Lutonian, will be showing and discussing his BBC Commissioned Film, 'Luton Actually' at Departure Lounge, 61 George Street Luton LU1 2AL. 


Free but booking advised:
studio@dominicfromluton.com
http://sarfrazmanzoor.co.uk/index.php/tv_video/luton_actually/
http://departure-lounge.org.uk/news/
www.dominicfromluton.com

My Dad's Pants at Saatchi HQ

The Saatchi Collection yesterday purchased C-type Print, 'My Dad's Pants' 2013. Thankyou Dad, Charles and BHS.

Being Dominic from Luton

Being Dominic from Luton

Arts Council England supported Research & Development 

21 January - 13 April 2013

Departure Lounge

King Street

Luton

1. Commission four artists to undertake research & development (resulting in artwork; text, audio, live art) about Luton in Luton, resulting in a living archive and presentation at Departure Lounge in April 2013.

2. Commissioned artists:

S Mark Gubb

David Kefford

Nicola Naismith

Damien Good.

3. Invite Sarfraz Manzoor (writer, broadcaster, fellow Lutonian) to discuss, dissect and present BBC commissioned documentary, 'Luton, Actually' at Departure Lounge, March 2013.

4. Work with SNAP (social needs awareness project) to re-produce murals about Luton in Luton. Collaboration.

5. Work with BCA, Bedford. Cafe Alamanac, 23rd February. Artists talks about locality, artists local to Bedfordshire. Place / home. Aaron Head, Andy Holden, me. Me as Paul Young from Luton in rare live appearance. Venue - Studio One Social Club, Alexandra Road. Big hair, big balloons. 

6. Andrew Hunt of Focal Point Gallery to chair panel discussion at Departure Lounge, Saturday 6 April at 1pm around the ACE research & development undertaken in my studio here. Artist talks. Research findings, Luton; Luton post-Vauxhall, London-Luton, Kenilworth Road (a town reflecting it's football club-reflecting it's town). Being Britain's 2nd biggest town. The problem being Luton. Poundland galore. Why did Hamley's leave?

7. University of Bedfordshire. Engagement. Undergraduate & Post-graduate. What's the future for the visual arts here? Where are the opportunitie's? How can we create them? And legacies. Start now.

8. Caroline Wallace / Luton Culture. Ongoing disicussions. Artist Network Bedfordshire at Departure Lounge. My studio.

S Mark Gubb's 'Hold the Front Page'

Hold the Front Page

featuring Paul Young from Luton

www.smarkgubb.com

My time.

January '13.

1. Arts Council Award for Research and Development into 'Being Dominic from Luton' from 22 January to 12 April at Departure Lounge, King Street, Luton. Big studio. Big idea's. An old bank.

2. 'Modern Cadaver' at Fort, London. Alana Lake presents / curates. A bonkers show awaits. Thoughts from the 'in your face turn' to the silent scream. The latter prevail. *more than one weaponary in one's arsenal. Dumb dumb it down. Cough, spit. Then more tattoo's. 

3. Tattooing (dead) rats at Into You. Duncan X & Dominic from Luton collaborate. Killed ethically via a taxidermist. So don't come looking.

4. Flags, more of, hand embroidered. In oak. Big statements in black on black. Needle, thread, tube, thread, slight of beautiful hand.

5. Norwich (away) this coming Saturday. Scarf.

6. Maggie in burberry. Fitted for yours truly. On-its-way.

7. Transatlantic dreams come true. I'm curating a project involving the very fabulous Laura White, Peter Lamb and Gavin Turk with Kling & Bang in Reykjavik this July until August. Collaborate.

8. I pick up my half a season season ticket for Luton Town tomorrow. £100 not £400.

9. Eric Rosoman and the Great Central in Leicester want me. A solo later this year (excellent). 

10. A lot of artwork isn't working.

11. Stuff around me is the work. 

12. It's all in the iPhone. 

13. Aid & Abet in the Autumn. A one-dayer. Mic and pa plus Luton van. Impact. Performance. Artists. Documented. Gone.

14. Watch these spaces.

Shoes Off!