Gold junk – opens friday

An invitation to the private view and opening reception

11-13 June, 2010
Gold junk
Rebecca Locke

Private view
Friday, 11 June 2010
7:30-9:30pm

Bognor Pier Arcade and upstairs at the Conservatory Bar
The Esplanade, Bognor Regis
Sussex PO21 1SY

One hundred pieces of Gold junk, signed by artist Rebecca Locke, can be won from penny pusher slot machines throughout the amusement arcade at Bognor Pier.

This site-specific exhibition is part of Urban Encounters: City to Sea — a partnership between CUCR, Goldsmiths, University of London and Tate Britain.

www.rebeccalocke.com
www.urbanencounters.org

Gold junk
The avant-garde took something of little value — discarded 80s style — and redeemed its value, influencing today’s electroclash-inspired style and culture. This is explored in the series Brooklyn//Bognor. Gold junk toys with this same idea of redemption, and the ascription of value.

Broken cuttlefish washed up on the shore are transformed — gilded Gold junk — to be placed in Bognor Regis’ pier arcade amusement machines and given value.

This June, 100 unique, signed pieces of Gold junk will be placed in the machines throughout the amusement arcade, as prizes available to be won by members of the public alongside traditional amusement arcade prizes.

Private view: Friday, June 11 (details tbc)

Gold junk will be in the machines over the weekend of Friday June 11 to Sunday, June 13 to coincide with the Urban Encounters ‘City to Sea’ symposium and workshop event to be held in Bognor Regis, an event created in partnership with Goldsmiths and Tate Britain.

Tickets for this weekend away at the Seaside are available at:
www.urbanencounters.org

9 April, 2010 14:33

Flying to NY in the morning, then on to Manizales, Columbia for the IX Festival de la Imagen
http://www.festivaldelaimagen.com
will be presenting ‘Brooklyn//Bognor’ and ‘Gold junk’ — already an adventure (!)

Two gold cuttlefish from the series Gold Junk

Gold banana from the series 'Gold Junk'