Live performances and digital art

Join Phoenix and Two Queens on Saturday 22 February to find out more.

This month Leicester’s Phoenix and Two Queens galleries are bringing together local, national and international artists working across a wide range of media in two free events; a live performance and an exhibition of contemporary digital art.

MSHR is a collaborative project by Birch Cooper and Brenna Murphy who have performed at venues across the world including Tate Modern and Venice Biennale. They present an installation and improvised performances immersing the audience in light and sound created by handmade electronic instruments, constructing a truly psychedelic experience.

The live performance, produced by Phoenix and Two Queens takes place at 7pm on Saturday 22 February at Two Queens gallery (2 Queen Street, Leicester, LE1 1QW). Prior to this the pair will talk about their work at a free event at Phoenix on Friday 21 February at 6.30pm.
Site Exploration is an exhibition taking place at Phoenix’s Cube gallery exploring the way technology influences our perception of the natural world and helps us imagine environments that normally lie beyond our realm of experience.
Curated by Phoenix, the exhibition includes work by a range of national and international artists including Benedikt Groβ and Bertrand Clerc, Rob Smith and Charles Danby, Marina Zurkow, Semiconductor and Eric Rosoman. The show closes on 28th February.

For more information regarding these events please visit Phoenix and Two Queens’ websites:
www.phoenix.org.uk
www.2queens.com

Artists’ Profiles

Benedikt Groβ and Bertrand Clerc are German and French designers exploring how map making and new devices such as GPS routing and smartphones influence our perception of a city’s geography.
Charles Danby and Rob Smith have collaborated since 2011. Based in London and Newcastle, Charles Danby is an artist, curator and writer. Rob Smith is a studio artist at Wysing Arts Centre near Cambridge.

Crossing multiple disciplines with her practice, Marina Zurkow builds animations and participatory environments that are centred on humans and their relationship to animals, plants and the weather.

Eric Rosoman is a Leicester-based artist interested in navigation routes, getting lost, and hope. He has previously undertaken live research into the westward migration of Utopia (and other synonyms) and mapped the routes of every North Atlantic hurricane.

Semiconductor is UK artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt. Through sound and moving image works they explore the material nature of our world and how we experience it.