Japanese Street Style Invitation

Japanese Street Style

Japanese Street Style - an exhibition of photography and moving image

Preview Thursday 3^rd March at 18.00 -2100

The Museum of Club Culture, 10 Humber Street, Hull HU1 1TG

A photographic and moving image exhibition chronicling and documenting the lesser known urban streetstyles and eclectic underground sub cultures of Japanese clubland.

The exhibition features photographs capturing emerging trends and the numerous styles of dress found in underground clubs in cities throughout Japan from the economic boom of the 1980s to the present day.

There are no limitations to Japanese streetstyle and the photographs document a strange world of theatrical mixing and creative matching of styles, genres and historical influences.The highly individualistic and avant-garde styles and looks range from Victorian era influenced Gothic Lolitas , Bosozuku biker gangs, tanned Ganguro Gals to punks, preppys, hip hop b boys and jazz loving beatniks.

Immersed in the weird and wonderful world of Japanese nightlife since 1988, artist Mark Wigan has photographed and filmed these club kids, fashion aficionados, party animals, deejays and artists in the vibrant Harajuku district of Tokyo, within the neon saturated throbbing DJ Bars and drinking dens of Osaka and Nagoya and the concrete and steel subterranean nightspots of Shibuya and Shinjuku in Tokyo.

Exhibition runs until April 7. Open weekends 11-5pm or by appointment during the week. Free entry.

Screening of One Minute Volume 4 (artists moving image)

Screening of One Minute volume 4 on Saturday 5th February, 12pm - 5pm.

The programme lasts approx. one hour but will be playing continuously all afternoon in The Projection Room at The Museum of Club Culture

One Minute volume 4 is a programme of artists' moving image, curated by artist Kerry Baldry. The programme includes an eclectic range of techniques, media and processes e.g. stop frame, video, film, Super8 and 16mm, split screen, superimposition, animation, digital and live action all constrained by a time limited of 60 seconds.

One Minute volume 4 includes work by:

Katharine Meynell, Jonathan Moss, Eva Rudlinger, Chris Meigh Andrews, Martin Pickles, Gordon Dawson, Sam Renseiw and Philip Sanderson, Tony Hill, Laure Prouvost, Stuart Moore and Kayla Parker, Kerry Baldry, Alex Pearl, Steven Ball, Anahita Razmi, Kate Jessop, Bob Levene, Erica Scourti, Elizabeth Hobbs, Liam Wells, Claire Morales, Michael Cousin, Tina Keane, Virginia Hilyard, Riccardo Iacono, Fil Ieropoulos, Marty St. James, James Snazell, Stuart Pound, Richard Tuohy, Simon Payne, Tansy Spinks, Louisa Minkin, Zhel Vukicevic, Leister/Harris, Nicki Rolls, Nick Herbert, Daniela Butsch, Michael Szpakowski, David Kefford, Cate Elwes.

image by Richard Tuohy

For more info: www.kerrybaldry.com

We had a great day yesterday with the Unravel team. Thanks to everyone that came along to help create Britians longest hand painted film!

Unravel - the longest hand painted film in Britain: Next up...Hull and London

Unravel - the longest hand painted film in Britain: Next up...Hull and London: "Saturday 15th January will see us visit the Museum of Club Culture in Hull curated by artists Kerry Baldry and Mark Wigan where we..."

Unravel - creating the longest hand painted film in Britain!

Come along and help to create the longest hand painted film in Britain!

Unravel comes to Hull Saturday 15th January 11 - 4pm at The Museum of Club Culture, 10 Humber Street, Fruitmarket, Hull.

Winner of the Deutsche Bank Award for Art at the Royal College of Art 2010, Unravel is an epic project that will create a hand painted film that correlates in length with the 874 miles between John O'Groats and Land's End - taking each metre between these two edges of mainland Britain as a ratio to equal one frame of 16mm film.

In collaboration with over twenty national and international film festivals across England, Scotland and Wales Unravel are holding touring workshops aiming to amass an epic sixteen hour film that will be created and manipulated by hand, by a diverse demographic of the people of Britain.

Free of charge and open to all, the Unravel team are looking to involve as many local communities as possible - from young children and families to experienced film veterans!

Unravel aims to turn the viewer into the maker of the work in a literal 'hands-on' way.

We hope that these events will be as entertaining, informative and inspiring introduction to film making, providing an informal setting for people to interact with each other as much as the project.

Formed by Maria Anastassiou and Chris Paul Daniels whilst studying at the Royal College of Art, Unravel is also comprised of OKO Lab of Leeds (Mark Pickles and Jo Byrne) and, Manchester based, Kelvin Brown.

'Keeping The Faith' Northern Soul photography exhibition

'Keeping The Faith' an exhibition of Northern Soul photography by John Barrett is now on show at The Museum of Club Culture and is open to the public on Thursdays 6-9pm and Saturdays and Sundays 11am-5.30pm (or by appointment) and will run until the end of January. Free entry.

Hull Daily Mail says 'its a must' and we do too!