Pete McKee's Pub Scrawl leaves an impression on Sheffield

This is a new addition to the Sheffield cultural calendar no doubt for the foreseeable future. Sheffielder Pete McKee (of Month of Sundays gallery in Sharrowvale) launched an art extravaganza of a simple but as yet untried format; assigning 10 artists to 10 pubs, and letting them takeover. Creatively re-thinking and communicating ideas and each of their artistic identities in relation to the social space/boozer they're assigned. One night only.

I went along to see the majority and wrote about it for Culture Vulture! 

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Dada bar ! Thornbridge Brewery Sheffield opens / 'Do you best...' exhibition by Jane Faram & Geo Law

Dada Bar! The latest Thornbridge Brewery project...

Exhibition 'Do your best / Do your worst' by Jane Faram & Geo Law

 And here's a glimpse of their industrial metal basket lights! Amidst the mismatched industrial chairs and stools...

It's great for Sheffield to have a bar which has taken risks and the mixed reaction says much about this. The future of Dada is open, these are just their foundations - they're aiming to host workshops, screenings and will call-out for independant creatives to bring their skills to the table for others to pick-up at events! Along with devouring a delectable cheese / meat board...

Tada! Dada opening

 

Unfortunately I was on holiday in Brittany thus missing the opening of Dada bar in Sheffield on 25 October! (but fortunate in the sense that Brittany is having a beatiful autumn, and knitting, cycling and chesnut roasting cannot be complained about).

Here are some snaps I've snatched from others who were able to attend. 

Documentation of the exhibition by George Law and I, and Dada on the whole coming soon!

Thornbridge of Sheffield opening Dada bar - Exhibition opening - Jane Faram & Geo Law 'Do your best / Do your worst'

Thornbridge Brewery are just about to offer Sheffield a new (and much needed) social destination, rethinking what has become somewhat standard form in city centre bars/pubs. A new venue for enjoying their much loved ales but this time from the keg - a bar rather than a pub. This grants them more license to experiment, attracting an audience who are inclined to be creative, meet and plan ideas, enjoy a live performance/music and take in artwork, which will on the whole celebrate what Sheffield has constantly brewing under the surface.

Another place for the actively creative and ambitious is definitely a goer. In the attractive corner building that was once Trippets on Trippet Lane, Dada will open next Tuesday and I'm pleased to say the dedicated art space inside Dada will house a body of work I made in collaboration with George Law 2 years ago. A shared process of collage, drawing and painting. It will be so nice to start things off for Thornbridge in their first dedicated exhibition space, Dada will accumulate more input from Sheffield artists and musicians over the coming year including projects in association with Martyn Ware of the Human League. A programme of events and shows which are (loosely!) dada in the sense of providing a catalyst for making, doing and speaking about it- just close to the city centre, but off the beaten track enough to feel like an alternative to the norm. 


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