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Come on down to the Arches Studio open weekend on Sat 14th & Sun 15th Aug 12-5pm: a chance to nose around the studios, see artists at work and buy work for sale from the pop-up Arches boutique. All welcome!

Big day is Saturday when print studio Red Hot Press will be holding their annual Wayzgoose fete with music, stalls and the Southampton Butchers hog roast & barbecue.
Blog here:
http://thearchesstudios.blogspot.com
Event info at Southampton Online’s events page
http://here

On Monday I installed two new large-scale drawings made onto external awnings at brilliant arts centre The Point in Eastleigh, near Southampton, as part of their recent phase3 redevelopment.

One covers the new roof terrace, a memorial garden for dancer Charlotte Kirkpatrick…

And the other signifies when events are to take place on the garden stage.

Many thanks to Alistair Chaplin of Quantum Sails GBR who designed and made the awnings, and to all at The Point for their help with installation.

More pics to come from tomorrow’s official launch…

I’m thrilled to say that Crying & Wanking was screened as part of the Frauen Film Festival in Dortmund & Cologne earlier this month. It was shown in the Queer Animation programme curated by Dr Karin Wehn.

www.frauenfilmfestival.eu

I’m just about to start on a new pair of large scale drawings for The Point arts centre in Eastleigh, Hampshire. They are to be on awnings for the new roof terrace and outdoor stage, part of The Point’s recent phase3 developments. www.thepoint-online.co.uk

I had the fantastic opportunity to observe the BalletBoyz’ new show ‘The Talent’ in rehearsal and performance, for my research. It’s a brilliant show, and now on tour around the country. Catch it while you can:
www.balletboyz.com/store/danceschedule.asp

I’ve just learnt that Hysteria was awarded the prize for Best Film at the Compass of Desire Festival in Bristol on Sat 24th October. Great news!

http://compassfestival.blogspot.com

This is the animatic (the filmed storyboard with working soundtrack) for ‘Word of Mouth’, a one minute film for distribution via mobile phones, as well as for screening online and at events, made with Bunny Schendler, Magda Segal and Syd Anstee of Claptrap Productions.

Informed by the ideas of young people from the Thornhill area of Southampton, the film uses graphic images to communicate the potential health risks of only putting a condom on for the end of sex or taking a condom off halfway through.

Many thanks to Thornhill Plus You for helping with funding to get the project off the ground and also to all the young people in Thornhill who took part. This project is now looking for completion funding.

N.B. Please be aware that you may find some of the images in this film shocking. Not suitable for under 16s.

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Here’s a glimpse of the show in its current location at the Hartley Library until Monday 28th September. See below for details.

Images courtesy of Jane Birkin & Laura Joy.

Having got married to Ben in June, I now have a new name: Alys Scott-Hawkins.

I’d be very grateful if you could update your address books please. Thanks!

Mysterious Histories, the show for which I was invited to make a selection of items from the Southampton Museum of Archaeology’s archive, has been invited to continue at the Southampton University library.

With a selection of objects from the collection and the addition of a new series of photographs and site-specific drawings, the exhibition takes on a new and different flavour in its new setting.

If you missed it at the museum, or would like to see it again, please come along to the private view on Friday 24th July, 5-7pm. All welcome!

Hartley Library, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
023 8059 5000

Map here: http://www.multimap.com/s/hvN0Vl3I

The show has now been granted an extended run and will be open for a number of additional weeks. If you get a chance to see it, let me know what you think…

Last night a show of my new drawings opened at the Archaeology Museum in Winkle Street, Southampton. I have been given the privileged opportunity to access the Museum’s Collection, and have selected some weird and wonderful artefacts to exhibit, alongside a series of large-scale drawings. Please come along and have a look…

Here’s the lowdown:

This selection of artefacts from the Museum of Archaeology’s collection has been curated by artist and award-winning film-maker Alys Hawkins, to run in parallel with Grayson Perry-curated Unpopular Culture at Southampton City Art Gallery.

Responding to objects in the archive whose origin is unknown the artist has produced a series of large-scale drawings which explore and interpret the items; attempting to divine what lives these artefacts might have had, and asking visitors to imagine what stories they might tell us if only they could speak…

Call 023 8091 5732 for details of a family workshop and an artist’s talk.

Access: stairs to first floor. No toilets. Museum entrance fee: adults £1.95, children & concessions £1, under 7s free.

Winkle Street, Southampton SO14 2NY

Tues-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1-4pm. Closed on Mondays. Last admission at 3.30pm.

www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/localhistoryandheritage/museums-galleries

My residency at the Southampton branch of international accountancy firm BDO Stoy Hayward is now well underway. Please follow the ‘artist-in-residence blog’ link from the home page to follow my progress…

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‘You Never Listen’ will be shown as part of a programme of shorts during this weekend’s Southampton Shows Off event at City Art Gallery, Southampton on Sat 15th March. Screenings at 11:30am, 1pm & 3pm. Admission Free!

www.discoversouthampton.co.uk/showsoff/

City Art Gallery
Civic Centre
Commerical Road
Southampton
SO14 7LP
Telephone 023 8083 2730

Thanks to City Eye.

I have now begun my residency at BDO Southampton, an accountancy firm overlooking the marina at Ocean Village. Watch this space for updates…

If you’re in the area check this out:23 Feb 2008 19:30 West Hill hall, BrightonPTHHHH (1st gig in 4 yrs, with live video stream performance from member in Australia)BLOOD STEREO (with members of Bolide Awkwardstra, Polly Shang Kuan band, Lepoard Leg & Pthhhh, playing shriek n scrape soundtrack to brilliant 80s slasher movie mash-up TERROR! by Award Winning Film-Maker BEN RIVERS)PETER MOYSE (NOT a second rate football player)Short Films ‘HYSTERIA’, ‘YOU NEVER LISTEN’ and ‘CRYING and WANKING’ by Award Winning Film-Maker: ALYS HAWKINSA bring and buy sale – jumble, cakes (incl. vegan treats) etc..A raffle and more…http://www.myspace.com/lizzycarey

‘You Never Listen’ will be screened at the 15th International Children’s Film Festival, Hyderabad, India from November 14 – 20 2007.

More info at www.cfsindia.org/festival

‘Hysteria’ & ‘Crying & Wanking’ are now available to buy on ‘Desire & Sexuality: Animating the Unconscious vol. 2′ a region-free DVD, for £17.99 +P&P from www.britishanimationawards.com

This compilation was released at Annecy in June of this year, and includes 10 films in total.

Hysteria will be screened as part of the Film Festival within Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, August 5th-10th 2007, Walhalla MI, U.S.A.

As part of the Sexuality & Desire programme, curated by Jayne Pilling ‘Crying & Wanking’ & ‘Hysteria’ are showing at Annecy International Animated Film Festival, 11-16 June, France.

I’ll be there Monday-Thursday, getting stuck in to the tartiflette!

www.annecy.org