Screw you Billy you Fuck, 2009 (After Fuck You Billy You Fuck, 2007)

An IKEA Billy bookcase is chopped with a circular saw to reveal a cross-sections of the most-popular flat-packed generic book shelf, and to create an alternate shelving solution.

Toby Huddlestone is a practicing contemporary artist based in Bristol. Now concentrating on his individual practice he has previously been involved in curatorial projects. From April 2005 until August 2008 he was co-director of Plan 9 and has worked collaboratively and independently on a range of contemporary art projects.

He has undertaken residencies with exhibition at Hotel MariaKapel, Holland (2006) and HIAP, Finland (2007). Recent solo projects include a first large solo show at Plan 9 (2008) and In Focus space at Oriel Davies in Newtown, Wales (2008). Group exhibitions include Coalesce: Happenstance, curated by Paul O’Neill at Smart Project space, Amsterdam (2009), A Line, A Road, Abridged at Hold and Freight, London (2009), Sale at The Royal Standard in Liverpool (2009) and Far West at Arnolfini, Bristol (2008).

Curated projects include I AM COMEDY, a multi-locational screening, residency, exhibition and event-based project touring to Worm (Rotterdam), W139 (Amsterdam), HMK (Hoorn) and Arnolfini (Bristol), BRSLAXVAA (2005) and UTSTÄLLRUMM at Plan 9, Bristol (2007) alongside co-ordinating Plan ‘s programme and the re-interpretation of Curating Degree Zero at Spike Island (2005).

www.tobyhuddlestone.net

Exocet's Curatorial Approach: Trade City

The work presented by exocet, for TradeCity, deals with re-evaluation and ­progression through modification. The transformation of an existing object, image or design alludes to dormant potential and presents a new set of possibilities. The work questions physical and conceptual boundaries, and in the context of TradeCity, comments on what can be achieved by operating inside, outside and in between them.
Haroon Mirza’s Fairy Pump 2009 is composed of a variety of objects that normally do not co exist, such as water and electricity, vintage furniture and electronic equipment. When combined the objects merge into an assemblage that defies categorisation and provides an audio pulse to the space. Fairy Pump 2009 is an adapted component from the larger installation A Sleek Dry Yell, 2008.

Screw You Billy You Fuck, 2009 ­­(after Fuck You Billy You Fuck, 2007) by Toby Huddlestone is also an adaptation of previous work. An IKEA Billy bookcase has been cut into sections to provide a series of alternative storage solutions within the space.
In a more refined approach to modification Ruth Claxton’s postcards, each carefully doctored, provide a series of strikingly beautiful compositions that sit upon the boundary between two and three dimensions.

Artist collaboration jack of none provide the physical manifestation of a boundary. Palisade is based on a 16th Century design for a defensive wall. This design has been manipulated to respond to the interior of the exhibition space and is composed of found material.
This selection of work highlights the different possible outcomes that can be found through experimenting with creative processes. The augmentation of objects and imagery offers a doorway into a world of hidden possibility and questions.