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20 Hoxton Square Paper | April 2010
Taking Words : a Q+A between Ian Giles and Henry Proctor.
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Published by 20 Hoxton Square Projects
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Spoonfed |14th May 2010 | www.spoonfed.co.uk
The best dinner party ever? ManiFesten at Trolley Gallery
Tom Jeffreys
'For six evenings this June Trolley Gallery is being transformed into a sort of art installation/restaurant. Each night 12 people dine in/on a sculptural construction by Robert Storey that plays with ideas of scale – the chairs are designed for giants and the table comes down from the ceiling. Artist Caroline Hobkinson has conceived the menu, which consists of a medievally-inspired banquet. ... In addition, performances curated by Ian Giles ... See what I mean – amazing, right? '
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Holster Projects Blog | 23th Feburary 2010 www.blog.holsterprojects.com
Architectural Playgrounds at the Barbican
'...All Together Now. Work 2: a, e, i, o, u this consisted of a choir of 32 members dispersed in the gallery each repeating a word when conducted. I thought that this would be incredibly dull but in fact it was fascinating and very very beautiful, it was incredible that he remembered each letter or word (or even noise as there was a bark and a miaow) of each person and by pointing at them he created the most wonderful story or poem about love and loss, it was very touching, funny and different to anything that I have ever seen before.'
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XStream East Radio | The Arts Show | 17th November 2009
The Arts Show with Nikk Quentin Woolf
"Ian Giles is an odd fish: he likes nothing better for his art than forcing himself to dance by having people light the stoves upon which he is standing. Or, as his next project demands of him, to be locked away in the Mojave desert for weeks on end with nothing but his blog for company. This new project is all about recording whatever creative experiences happen to him. It would be easy, I think, to imagine one going a little bit nuts with cabin fever with nothing but the flat horizon and the dull tinned food, nevertheless, Ian seems confident of his quest. I’m hoping we’ll be able to put in a few blogged messages to him during his time there, find out whether the Mojave is treating him well."
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murmurART | 7th October 2009 | www.murmurart.com
"...Thursday...Paradise Row are rolling out their Frieze show, entitled 'Play'. Fresh from popping up in the Istanbul Biennial, this time they are to pop up in the enviable surroundings of central Mayfair - between Grovesnor Square and Park Lane. Play involves both material artworks from artist's including Johanna Billing and Jake & Dinos Chapman and performance for which the gallery is so well known. The performance programme by the Wallis Gallery includes forthcoming murmurART artist Ian Giles, you can see some video recordings of the performances at their Making Mistakes nights online on the artist/curator Edward Fornieles' youtube channel.
While on the subjects of Ian Giles and online, the artist who usually works in performance and video has created a blog under the auspices of a web logging exchange with the artist Rachel Adams, under the name This to Follow That." Donald Eastwood
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Barn | September 2009 | Barn Magazine
'The Immortal ARTHUR CRAVAN' Welsh language article by Dafydd Jones discussing 'After Cravan' and the life of Arthur Cravan.
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Huh Magazine | 7th July 2009 | www.huhmagazine.co.uk
Coverage of 'This To Follow That'
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Hip Walk | 7th July 2009 | www.hipwalk.blogspot.com
On After Cravan '... it is an undeniably striking image...'
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murmurART | 16th February 2009 | www.murmurart.com
'...This young performance artist is one worth watching. Ian has a large body of work behind him already and everything I have seen to date is consistently impressive...' James Honey
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Open Dialogues | 28th May 2008 | www.opendialogues.com
Mary Paterson
East End Collaborations
'...In ‘Heat Feat’, Ian Giles also combined the aesthetic with the physical. Bounding onto stage in bare feet, Giles lit two camping stoves and stood on a metal table above them. Gradually his toes began to curl. His face began to twitch. His shoulders jerked, his legs jumped and his mouth began to scream as the table got hotter and hotter. Beside him was an opera singer who sang scales that rose in pitch and volume along with the temperature of Giles’ ordeal. Eventually he was jumping up and down on the table in what appeared to be considerable pain, but somehow the operatic accompaniment made it look both beautiful and unreal. This aesthetic interpretation of physical hardship made clear how easy it is to distance oneself from spectacle - because the opera singing labeled this ‘art’, I forgot to care that Giles’ feet were burning. What does it mean, ‘Heat Feet’ asked, to engage with a work of art?'
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AnOtherMan Magazine | Issue 6 Spring / Summer 2008 |
Photographed by Gareth McConnell as part of 'Art Versus Fashion' for AnOtherMan Magazine.
'...For too long art has been kept in its place. It's nice to see it getting out of hand.' Glenn O'Brien
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Arts London News| 12th February 2008 |
Harpreet Bains
VAULT | Shoreditch Town Hall
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