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Category Archives: Exhibitions
A Radical Redemption @Bloc Projects
From what began as a good opportunity to exhibit at a decent gallery in the region, A Radical Redemption became a meticulously obsessed-over project. Having had to initially cancel, when things got a little too much, I got a new opportunity for the exhibition to go ahead in the May 2022. I’ve been producing workContinue reading “A Radical Redemption @Bloc Projects”
A Radical Redemption, new dates
I’m really glad to say that my ‘A Radical Redemption’ at Bloc Projects, Sheffield, a show I felt I had to cancel in January, is happening again; now with the dates 21 – 28 May. Thanks so much to everybody who participated to some of the earlier stages of this project, I’m pleased to sayContinue reading “A Radical Redemption, new dates”
Wall, i
Precursor: I developed ‘Wall, i’ as a film intended for exhibitions, and independent screenings, but was encouraged to make it accessible online. The work covers a series of complex contemporary issues, so whilst the film is available to share, I just politely ask people not to share clips of it out of context, as, outContinue reading “Wall, i”
Upcoming exhibition: A eulogy for a ‘lost’ decade.
A eulogy for a ‘lost’ decade. The New Fringe, Doncaster. 11th January 2020. Hope of The Nihilized (2016) Through a series of carefully chosen works produced over the past ten years by the artist John Ledger, we are asked to reflect on the decade we have just passed through What was it? Did it evenContinue reading “Upcoming exhibition: A eulogy for a ‘lost’ decade.”
Becoming After MA Degree show
This blog page has become far less frequented, and seems to represent a different stage in my (artistic/philosophical) life – a time when I wasn’t so bogged down in the affect of words, not only on others but on how they rebounded onto me. I retain deep core ideals, yet also a muscle memory ofContinue reading “Becoming After MA Degree show”
Our next major event…
What is your experience of 21st century life….? https://tellonym.me/RetroBar For any further details don’t hesitate to contact us on retrobaruniverse@gmail.com
#GE18 (The General Election of Governing Emotions)
Over the course of the year, I’ve had to ask myself a lot of questions, for numerous reasons. Part of the outcome is that I largely class the work I do as part of the collective I am part of (https://retrobarattheendofuniverse.wordpress.com). Here is the first event I am putting on since this deep point ofContinue reading “#GE18 (The General Election of Governing Emotions)”
The Mental Health Strike 22nd January 2018
The Mental Health Strike 22nd January 2018 The Mental Health Strike is part of a project I am building as part of the Retro Bar at the End of the Universe collective. The project is based on actions and moments that deposit social and political actions within the contemporary cultural landscape that would be seen asContinue reading “The Mental Health Strike 22nd January 2018”
Don’t Look Back in Grandeur
Don’t Look Back in Grandeur (title by DS Jarvis) was a videowork quickly thought up for the introductory section to the ‘exhibition space’ in ‘Will The Last Person To Leave The 20th Century Please Turn out The Lights?‘ – an event staged by the collective ‘the Retro Bar at the End of the Universe, inContinue reading “Don’t Look Back in Grandeur”
John B Ledger 