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Chris Petit
Talk & Radio On Screening
11 June 2009
Chris Petit, film-maker and critic, will be giving a talk in the gallery about his work followed by a screening of his seminal film, Radio On at the Showroom Cinema at 4pm, with an introduction by Petit.
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard
Performer. Audience. Fuck Off.
26 March 2009
Artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard are best known for their re-enactments of significant moments from the history of art and pop culture, such as their re-staging of David Bowie’s final performance as Ziggy Stardust 25 years to the day after the original event.
Guido van der Werve
Minor Pieces
21 March - 30 May 2009
Guido van der Werve constructs possible scenarios and imaginary realities where various geographies collide in order to generate momentary sensations of unusual, dream-like intensity. Trained as a pianist, the artist aims to create a visual and conceptual language that manifests a similar directness to the one that is typical in [...]
Paul Etienne Lincoln
Hyperbaric Hypobaric
5 March 2009
New York-based artist Paul Etienne Lincoln, who is known for his complex, allegorical installations inspired by historical figures, memory, and sensorial perception, will be undertaking a production residency at Site to work on a new element of the ongoing project ‘Hyperbaric Hypobaric’ and presenting work in progress.
Artprojx
Still Film Screening
4-5 March 2009
During the day of Paul Etienne Lincoln’s talk and on the preceding day, there will be a rolling screening in the gallery of the screening programme Still-Film.
Tim Etchells
Sight is the Sense that Dying People Tend to Lose First
6 February 2009
Sight is the sense that dying people tend to lose first is a long free-associating monologue that tumbles from topic to topic to create a vast, failing iteration and explanation of the world, the things, forces, experiences, people and landscapes in it – what they are and how they work.
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story
Group Exhibition
22 November 2008 - 31 January 2009
An exhibition which explores the tension between language and image through a selection of film and video works including seminal work from the 1970s produced by John Smith and Hollis Frampton and more recent work by Stuart Croft, Ryan Gander, and Wilhelm Sasnal, presented in a viewing environment designed by artist Matthew Harrison.
Transmission Series
Host
8 October 2009 - 25 March 2009
A series of artists’ talks organised by Sheffield Hallam University in association with Site Gallery and Showroom Cinema. Changing format this Autumn, each week a host from Sheffield selects and introduces a guest artist to speak about their work.
Site Platform Symposium
Just In Time
22 October - 23 October 2008
Exploring the gallery as a site of ‘in progress’ and experimental practice. Just in Time is a symposium exploring the gallery as a site of ‘in progress’ and experimental practice.