Due to recent disappointments, WebsterGotts decided that they needed to cheer themselves up. Just the other day they realised that this very blog was 1 year old in April! They were so busy feeling sorry for themselves that they stupidly let this landmark occasion pass them by without a momentous celebration.
This mistake has been put right. WebsterGotts have heroically picked themselves up, dusted themselves down, and, despite their current poverty, partied hard.
Here is a video of this stylish and dignified blog party.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Woe Is WebsterGotts
Once again WebsterGotts' hopes and dreams have been shattered- this time in a particularly mean fashion.
WebsterGotts are currently leading a life of poverty, they have no money or food, and this is the reason for their recent lack of activity.
For a short time there appeared to be a light at the end of the tunnel, as a group called Centrifuge offered a possibility of funding for WebsterGotts to make a new video. With this money, they could have eaten, clothed themselves and maybe even afforded a studio. Certainly, it would have allowed them to make some more truly great art work.
But at the eleventh hour, this flickering glimmer of hope was cruelly extinguished. The money will now go to other, more privileged artists who wish to continue jetsetting and pretending to make art work.
Below is the appeal video that WebsterGotts sent to Centrifuge. See if you could bear the guilt of not making a donation to them. Unless of course (like the Centrifuge group), you think they are just not good enough to get funding.
Sadly, everything in this video is actually true. WebsterGotts do indeed use a cupboard as a studio, they have terrible part-time jobs, and cannot afford coffee.
To top things off, Centrifuge would still like WebsterGotts to contribute to a publication. For free. What do YOU think they should do?
WebsterGotts are currently leading a life of poverty, they have no money or food, and this is the reason for their recent lack of activity.
For a short time there appeared to be a light at the end of the tunnel, as a group called Centrifuge offered a possibility of funding for WebsterGotts to make a new video. With this money, they could have eaten, clothed themselves and maybe even afforded a studio. Certainly, it would have allowed them to make some more truly great art work.
But at the eleventh hour, this flickering glimmer of hope was cruelly extinguished. The money will now go to other, more privileged artists who wish to continue jetsetting and pretending to make art work.
Below is the appeal video that WebsterGotts sent to Centrifuge. See if you could bear the guilt of not making a donation to them. Unless of course (like the Centrifuge group), you think they are just not good enough to get funding.
Sadly, everything in this video is actually true. WebsterGotts do indeed use a cupboard as a studio, they have terrible part-time jobs, and cannot afford coffee.
To top things off, Centrifuge would still like WebsterGotts to contribute to a publication. For free. What do YOU think they should do?
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Happy Birthday Site Gallery!!!
Site Gallery is 300 years old on 18th March 2008! Congratulations, that'll be a hat-trick of letters from His Royal Highness The Queen!
To celebrate this happy event, and thank them for their support, WebsterGotts have commissioned the Let's Have A Look archaeology team to delve into the history of the gallery.
To celebrate this happy event, and thank them for their support, WebsterGotts have commissioned the Let's Have A Look archaeology team to delve into the history of the gallery.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Once Upon A Time In The West (Midlands)
It's been two months since WebsterGotts last posted. So bloody what? They're not machines you know. So, after battling many holidays, jobs and emotional problems, WG bring you their latest adventure in the lonely art world.
If WebsterGotts were builders, they'd be labelled cowboys. But they are not builders (even if they behave like it on occasion). They are construction workers of the metaphysical, if you will. Artisans of the cultural soul, if I may. Rope-swingers of inclusive creation, if they might.
But sometimes art can just create problems, as we will find out....
"There Ain't No Art In Bearwood" was created for the exhibition "Where The Deer And The Antelope Play" by Mandy Rees and WebsterGotts, at Crowd6 Gallery, Bearwood, Birmingham. www.crowd6.org.uk for more details.
If WebsterGotts were builders, they'd be labelled cowboys. But they are not builders (even if they behave like it on occasion). They are construction workers of the metaphysical, if you will. Artisans of the cultural soul, if I may. Rope-swingers of inclusive creation, if they might.
But sometimes art can just create problems, as we will find out....
"There Ain't No Art In Bearwood" was created for the exhibition "Where The Deer And The Antelope Play" by Mandy Rees and WebsterGotts, at Crowd6 Gallery, Bearwood, Birmingham. www.crowd6.org.uk for more details.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Rejection Dejection
This week WebsterGotts' dreams went down in flames. They discovered that they had been turned down for yet another exhibition proposal.
Perhaps this indicates that they should stop making such appalling and childish 'artwork'.
Your comments please....
Perhaps this indicates that they should stop making such appalling and childish 'artwork'.
Your comments please....
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Millenium Galleries Held The Greatest Exhibition Ever
Just the other day, WebsterGotts visited the best exhibition ever, and decided they must show it on their blog.
At Millenium Galleries, they learned that Sheffield is the most important place on earth.
Celebrating 150 years of business and football in Sheffield, this exhibition confirmed some facts that WebsterGotts were unaware of;
* Sheffield INVENTED Football.
* Sheffield is the HOME of all Music.
* Sheffield is the BIRTHPLACE of Business.
* Sheffield is one of the most technologicaly ADVANCED cities in the world.
The exhibition consisted of the most visually informative display boards that depicted these vital legacies Sheffield has given mankind. Visitors were treated to first-hand sensory experiences of music and football, and also a spectacular insight into what the FUTURE of Sheffield will look like.....
The layout of the show was stunning, and over half the gallery was given over to corporate sponsorship and planning information. WebsterGotts learned that a key part of Sheffield's cultural heritage and shopping oasis will be brilliantly wiped clean and replaced by large glass buildings housing the sort of big brand names that simple folk can only dream of. What 'Moor' could Sheffield ask for?
This sets the example for WHAT galleries should show, HOW they should show it and that the most important thing in art (and what people really want to see) is corporate business sponsorship.
At Millenium Galleries, they learned that Sheffield is the most important place on earth.
Celebrating 150 years of business and football in Sheffield, this exhibition confirmed some facts that WebsterGotts were unaware of;
* Sheffield INVENTED Football.
* Sheffield is the HOME of all Music.
* Sheffield is the BIRTHPLACE of Business.
* Sheffield is one of the most technologicaly ADVANCED cities in the world.
The exhibition consisted of the most visually informative display boards that depicted these vital legacies Sheffield has given mankind. Visitors were treated to first-hand sensory experiences of music and football, and also a spectacular insight into what the FUTURE of Sheffield will look like.....
The layout of the show was stunning, and over half the gallery was given over to corporate sponsorship and planning information. WebsterGotts learned that a key part of Sheffield's cultural heritage and shopping oasis will be brilliantly wiped clean and replaced by large glass buildings housing the sort of big brand names that simple folk can only dream of. What 'Moor' could Sheffield ask for?
This sets the example for WHAT galleries should show, HOW they should show it and that the most important thing in art (and what people really want to see) is corporate business sponsorship.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Monitor Badge Project
Monitor are a Leeds based artist group, with whom WebsterGotts have had dealings with a few times. Monitor are currently hosting the Badge Project, where they invite you to explore Leeds and collect a set of nine pin-badges between 14th-27th May. Each badge has been designed in response to a postcode area of Leeds by selected artists: John Hall, Louise Atkinson, Rebecca Strain, Alexander Stephenson, Adam Bridgland, Helen Grundy, Mike Lewis, and Simon Canaway.
(More info on their project at their website HERE).
WebsterGotts were invited to make a new piece of work for The Badge Project launch party.
So here is that piece of work, a video of WebsterGotts taking part in the Badge Project. It was filmed on the day of the launch party, and hastily edited and finished about 10 minutes before it had to be shown. It is entitled 'Let's Do It'.
Monitor would like it to be known that the Badge Project is not really that hard to complete, and that WebsterGotts are "slackers" for only managing to collect 4 of the badges....
(More info on their project at their website HERE).
WebsterGotts were invited to make a new piece of work for The Badge Project launch party.
So here is that piece of work, a video of WebsterGotts taking part in the Badge Project. It was filmed on the day of the launch party, and hastily edited and finished about 10 minutes before it had to be shown. It is entitled 'Let's Do It'.
Monitor would like it to be known that the Badge Project is not really that hard to complete, and that WebsterGotts are "slackers" for only managing to collect 4 of the badges....
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