Motorcade/FlashParade: 12/01/2012

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Motorcade/FlashParade in a-n

Jack Hutchinson writes in a-n: http://new.a-n.co.uk/news/single/winners-of-motorcadeflashparade-national-open-2012-announced/3

Motorcade/FlashParade National Open Winners Announced

A big thank you to everyone who came to the preview and party on Friday - you made it a really great evening!

And thanks once again to Emma Cocker, David Trigg and Brian Griffiths for making such a superb selection of work from this year's incredibly high standard submissions. The range and number of selected works presented a challenging curatorial task but Julie McCalden has created an excitingly dynamic show praised by the judges as having a real sense of cohesion and full of unexpected connections.

This year we were delighted to be able to offer £1500 in prize money. This included a £500 bursary sponsored by The Robinson Building - the huge, Victorian warehouse converted into apartments by Urbis, which in a previous existence was artist's studios, and where the original idea for BV Studios and Motorcade/FlashParade first arose! The Bursary also offers the opportunity to exhibit at The Robinson Building throughout the coming year.

We were very pleased that most of the artists were able to attend the peer critique session, prior to the opening of the show, led by the excellent James Mark Whittet - the session was described as very rewarding, and Emma Cocker and David Trigg made their final decisions as to the prize winners.

The First Prize of £500 and a solo show at Motorcade/FlashParade, sponsored by Tobacco Factory and Accommodation Unlimited, was presented by George Ferguson to David Theobald for his computer generated video work 'Walking Holiday in Grindelwald'.

The Second Prize of £500, sponsored by The Robinson Building, was presented to Ellen Wilkinson for her three pieces 'Eidolon (silver)', 'Eidolon (orange)' and 'Eidolon (black).

The Robinson Building Bursary was presented by Steve Nightingale of Urbis, to Tom Bayliss for his piece 'TRIBECA'.

We hope the prize money will impact positively on the artists and their individual practices. We also look forward to David Theobald's solo show which offers him the opportunity to work towards developing an exciting and ambitious exhibition in what can be a challenging space.

It was a fantastic evening and a great pleasure to meet so many of the artists... we look forward to working with many of them in the future and, with excitement, to David Theobald's solo show in due course.