Thursday 25 February 2010

Vane: new exhibition previews Friday 5 March 7-9pm

Café Carbon

The Gluts

5-14 March 2010

Preview: Friday 5 March 7-9pm

Opening hours:
5-14 March: every day 12-5pm



It is our pleasure to invite you as our guest to the preview reception for our new exhibition, 'Café Carbon', from 7-9pm on Friday 5 March as part of AV Late & Live, a special evening of AV Festival 10 exhibition previews and performances across NewcastleGateshead. Refreshments will be served.

'Café Carbon' is a musical performance that considers the consumption and production of food from pre-historic times to the present day. Gina Birch, Kaffe Matthews and Hayley Newman, aka The Gluts, performed 'Café Carbon' in the streets, bars and restaurants of Copenhagen during the 2009 Climate Summit. Wearing strangely fashionable up-cycled carbon-coloured costumes, the group invited the public to select songs from an indulgent menu including; starter (Stone Cold Soup); main (A Grand Buffet); and dessert (Sanity or Madness). At Vane, a video installation will tell the story of their extraordinary journey.

To find out more about AV Late & Live see: www.avfestival.co.uk/programme/10/highlights/late-and-live-newcastlegateshead <http://www.avfestival.co.uk/programme/10/highlights/late-and-live-newcastlegateshead>

The Gluts perform 'Café Carbon' live at Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle, on Saturday 13 March as part of the Nothing is New, Everything is Permitted night. Doors 9pm, £6/£5, advance tickets online from www.avfestival.co.uk <http://www.avfestival.co.uk>

Exhibition produced by AV Festival 10 and Vane. Supported by Arts Council England.

Part of AV Festival 10: Energy
International festival of electronic arts featuring visual art, music and moving image
5-14 March 2010
NewcastleGateshead, Middlesbrough, Sunderland
www.avfestival.co.uk <http://www.avfestival.co.uk>