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| Hive 3# had two covers, one by myself (pictured) & one by Nina Gronw-Lewis |
The Summer Solstice on Monday 20th June saw
the publication of Hive3# visual arts zine; editied and collated by myself and
Nina Gronw-Lewis. ‘Hive’, now in its 3rd outing since the project
idea was first conceived by Frank Edmunds and Stuart Rosamond in 2014, continues to
grow; this edition of the zine featuring the work of 14 artists. They are; Rico
Ajao, Frank Edmunds, Jon England, Nina Gronw-Lewis, Kevin Hawker, James
Marsden, Tim Martin, Natalie Parsley, Eileen Rosamond, Stuart Rosamond, Ruby
Rowswell, Chris Taylor, Rob Watts and Deborah Westmancoat.
“With the ambition
of publishing twice throughout the year each issue of ‘Hive’ is guest edited by
(a) different artist(s) who sets the theme (previous themes include; ‘Track 6’
and ‘The Wrong Side of 15 Minutes’) for the issue. Every Hive has a different theme set to provide new sources of inspiration and possible outcomes for each individual issue as well as giving artists the opportunity to 'do something different' outside their normal practice if they desire. The editor will also collate the work, bind it and produce
the cover plus any supporting content (no mean feat, I can tell you). Each participating
artist produces a response to the theme on an A3 sheet of paper/surface in any medium
of their choosing, making as many copies as artists taking part + 1 or originals of their work and
send to said editor. As a result each participating artist receives a completed copy of
‘Hive’ featuring their page and that of the other artists. Part of the appeal is their limited edition and variation in style created by different editors for each issue. To date Hive has been Spiral bound, encased in its own bespoke box and in Hive 3# it is book bolted with two opposing covers."
Our theme for this latest issue was ‘Out of Line’ and true to its nature the artists were invited to collect their copy in person with Hive 3# being revealed, for the first time, publically (to
an audience of semi-bemused on lookers) during the opening evening Private View
of ‘The Remarkable Everyday’ exhibition at The Old Brick Workshop in
Wellington. Remarkable it was too to have the pleasure of being able to hand so
many of them out in person, and made for a very un-everyday special occasion.
“We cross an
unploughed field (a plane traversed by lines), then thick woods. One of us loses
his way, explores, and on one occasion even goes through the motions of a hound
following scent.
Lines of the most
various kinds, spots, dabs, smooth planes, dotted planes, lined planes, wavy
lines, obstructed and articulated movement, counter-movement, plaitings,
weavings, bricklike elements, scale-like elements, simple and polyphonic
motifs, lines that fade and lines that gain strength (dynamism).” -Klee
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| Hive 3# 'Out of Line' |
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| Hive 2# 'The Wrong Side of 15 Minutes' |
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| Hive 1# 'Track 6' |
Hive will return.... In a fabulous Fourth Issue!
Previous info of Hive 1# & 2# can be found on the
following posts:
