The Flash Residency Project

The Flash Residency Project is a series of 1 hour residencies where artists of diverse disciplines inhabit a two meter square transparent gallery space, and have only one hour to create a new piece of work, while being watched by the public.

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Short Film Night # 2 Hosted by ArtPlace

It was great seeing the film we made of our Flash Residency Project in The Ridings Shopping Centre Wakefield shown in ArtPlaces' Short Film Night they curated for last nights Wakefield Artwalk!

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The Flash Residency Project #1

Riding Shopping Centre, Wakefield

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A MASSIVE congratulations to Helen Thomas, an artist who took part in our last Flash Residency Project in Wakefield. With the work sure created during her one our in the space, she auctioned the individual pieces off, raising a total of £280 for Wakefield Hospice Charity. 

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Helen Thomas Whilst on her Flash Residency, Wakefield artist Helen Thomas created 9 individual panels to auction off for Charity, raising funds for Wakefield Hospice. 

The fundraising Art Auction began on Monday, and so far she has sold 6 of her 9 paintings, raising £200 !

Each piece is painted in acrylic on 18 x 24cm ply board (unframed). 

There is a reserve price of £20 on each piece although any greater donation would be gratefully received. 

If you would like to reserve a piece please contact Fiona Day at Wakefield Hospice [email protected] Tel: [phone] quoting the title (e.g. 11.12am) to reserve paintings and make payment arrangements. 

Please visit Helen Thomas' website for more images and information - 

http://www.toastedorange.co.uk/Toasted_Orange/Galleries/Pages/Flash_Residency_fundraiser.html#1

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The Flash Residency Project #1

That's it, our very first Flash Residency project is over! Firstly we would like to give a massive thanks to Beam, Wakefield for funding the project and giving us the opportunity as part of the Playful City's commissions.  Also a huge thanks to our fantastic artists Helen Thomas, Zara Noble, Chris Singleton and Becca Hoy, and to all of the staff at The Ridings Shopping Centre for being so supportive.  We had a fantastic response from the public and the artists, and plan to continue growing The Flash Residency Project very soon... Until next time!

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Timid Elk

Whilst in the Flash Residency Space, local emerging artist Timid Elk (Becca Hoy) recycled used Train tickets to create a intricate wall hanging. Usually spending hours and days on her paper pieces to create lampshades and wall hangings, Becca had to use the 1 hour in the cube to fold and piece together as many train tickets as she could.

About Timid Elk

Timid Elk is a Wakefield based designer/maker. Originally trained in ceramics but found more joy in creating the paper test pieces. 

As a result, primarily works in paper

Currently exploring the theme of repetition in the curious commodities collection. See more of her work on her website: http://www.timidelk.com/

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Chris Singleton

Chris Singleton was our poet/spoken word artist in residency for our Flash Residency Project. We put out an open call for a spoken word artist and was thrilled when crowd sourcing poet Chris Singleton replied. In his one hour residency Chris utilized the cube, creating temporary walls to hang the poems he would create on. He invited the audience to request poems, writing them on the spot and then performing.

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Zara Noble

Amazing what one girl with a piece of card and an imagination can do in an hour! Zara noble in the Flash Residency cube on her 1 hour long residency. Zara used her residency to create a test piece she hopes to enlarge for a piece she will create for a Gallery.  About Zara

Zara Noble is a paper artist and illustrator based in Leeds, England. She studied Art & Design (Interdisciplinary) at Leeds College of Art. Her work explores the notion of repetition, monotony and geometry through intricate hand-generated paper cuttings and hand-rendered illustrations; often focussing on process as well as outcome. Zara has produced work for various installations and exhibitions throughout the UK. Content and themes of her work may alter; however the processes and techniques used will remain; challenging the notion of hand paper cutting, exploring the philosophies of ultimate monotony and incessant duplication; immersing oneself in illustration and cutting paper. 

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Helen Thomas

Artist Helen Thomas painting 9 5x8 panels on her 1 hours Flash Residency in the cube on the 18th October. The 9 paintings she created during her residency wil be auctioned off to raise money for Wakefield Hospice. More information coming soon...

About Helen

Helen Thomas is a visual artist based in Yorkshire. Helen creates drawings and paintings influenced by her surroundings, sometimes working with time based and sequential themes. Helen also works on arts projects in schools and communities.

www.toastedorange.co.uk 

Twitter @ToastedOrange

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Setting up of The Flash Residency Cube in The Ridings Shopping centre, Wakefield.

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Is it really almost over? It went by so fast?

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Timid elk - our last artist in residence- finishing up her piece

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Our last artist in residence (for this installment anyway) is sculptor timid elk

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Poem from third artist in residence - chris singleton

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Third artist in residence- poet chris singleton

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Residency sound track - part 3- chris singleton playlist

Do I wanna know her - arctic monkeys La ritournelke. Sebastian teller Montanita - ratatat Pompeii- Bastille Lex - ratatat Circles - digitalism Gettysburg - ratatat Wildcat - ratatat Work - the 2 bears Tropicana ratata

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Our third artist in residence - performance poet chris singleton - showcases "crowd Versing" his crowd sourced poetry practice