OpenHand OpenSpace: July 2013

Our third year at this great celebration of life in West Reading. We had lots of visitors to our stall including The Mayor of Reading Marian Livingston!

About OHOS

OHOS is an artist-led centre based in Reading that fosters excellence in contemporary art and provides affordable studio and exhibition space for artists. Its education and exhibition program is open to all and promotes public access to visual art and artists. Since its foundation in 1980 in a former military keep, its studios or exhibition spaces have been used by well over 100 artists, including Cornelia Parker and Douglas Gordon. OHOS is an Industrial & Provident Society with charitable status.

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Events and Activities

Please scroll down to see exhibitions, events and upcoming workshops

arjeea21 meeting every other month at OHOS. £1-2 suggested donation. http://www.arjeea21.com/
All artists welcome to talk about art, bring work for friendly crit: actual work, or digital images on disc or stick for projection.
Thur 1 Nov 2018, 7.30pm. Ground Floor, Brock Keep
Thur 3 Jan 2019, 7.30 pm, Ground Floor, Brock Keep

Exhibitions and Events

Reading International: NOVEL Project

Launch and Summer Event

Thursday 14 June 2018

6 - 9 pm

A reproduction of three weeks in May 1970
Organised by NOVEL
May 2018 – May 2019

An introduction to the forthcoming programme of commissioned events alongside a presentation of the NOVEL archive and a video programme of past, present and
future collaborators.
https://readinginternational.org/programme/novel/

Reading International Summer BBQ
Join us to celebrate the mid-point of Reading International’s artistic programme with music provided by Uncle Peanut and food courtesy of Afghan BBQ.

Only The Sunny Hours

Contemporary photography with a KODAK Brownie 127

Curator Cally Trench, invited twenty artists to work with this sixty year-old technology.

Exhibition open:
Wednesday 20: 3pm - 7pm
Thursday 21: 3pm - 7pm
Friday 22 June: 3pm - 7pm.
Saturday 23 June: 12 noon - 6pm
Sunday 24 June: 11am - 5pm

Open Day

Saturday 23rd June, 12 noon - 6pm

Performances, short films, talks, discussions and readings by the artists, plus a Brownie 127 studio where you can be photographed, and an indoor Picnic, where you can sit, eat, drink and chat. All welcome.

Artists: Marco Calí, Alex Dewart, Peter Driver, Barbara Dyrschka, Linda Francis, Judy Goldhill, Jane Grisewood, Hepzibah Hill, Ingrid Jensen, Lydia Julien, Philip Lee, Sophie Loss, John McDowall, Steve Perfect/Jennifer Partridge, Roger Perkins, Ann Rapstoff, Guy Tarrant, Roxana Tohaneanu-Shields, Cally Trench, and Nick Trench.

Kodak Brownie 127 cameras - made between 1952 and 1963 - were used by millions
of families to record outings and picnics on sunny days. The Brownie 127 is a simple camera with a fixed shutter speed, focus and depth of field, and no flash or tripod attachment. The film is loaded in a darkened room and wound on by hand.

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