We’re open 10am to 3pm today. It’s your last chance to see the exhibition.
The Turbine House,
part of the Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock,
off Kenavon Drive, Reading, RG1 3DH
10:00 to 15:00 Saturday 1 October
This is one of Rosemary’s oil pastel drawings made during the exhibition period, showing some of the objects that accumulate in the water.
Our exhibition only has two days left, now – tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday. At 3 o’clock on Saturday, we will start taking the exhibition down, although a few of the sold works are due to be collected before that time. Don’t worry – we have a couple of reserve pieces that will fill the gaps, so if you can’t make it until later on on Saturday, you won’t find the walls empty!
The Turbine House,
part of the Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock,
off Kenavon Drive, Reading, RG1 3DH
10:00 to 18:00 on 30 September; 10:00 to 15:00 on 1 October
Duncan Lawrey reads his poem, Texture, written in response to Adeliza’s Intelligent Congress, part of our exhibition at The Turbine House, Blake’s Lock, Reading.
Just Thursday, Friday and a short Saturday left of Artikinesis at Blake’s Lock.
Today’s picture is a sketch, made during the exhibition’s run, of some of that handsome Victorian machinery that I mentioned yesterday.
I’ve been spending so much time at the Turbine House recently, and it’s such a great location, that I think I shall miss it after we close our exhibition at 3 pm on Saturday. (I won’t miss the traffic in Reading, though.) Water all around (and under our feet), exceptional views, handsome historic engineering, and a splendid exhibition to show…
Much of my contribution to that exhibition is about the surface of the water. Today, during a quiet spell, I used nearly every media that I had to hand to try and portray the energy of the rushing wave patterns generated by the weir. The resulting sketch is shown above, but you can see my other (more considered) studies of the river’s ever-changing surface as part of the Artikinesis at Blake’s Lock exhibition.
The Turbine House,
part of the Riverside Museum at Blake’s Lock,
off Kenavon Drive, Reading, RG1 3DH
10:00 to 18:00 until 30 September; 10:00 to 15:00 on the final day, 1 October
If you missed hearing us on the radio, you can listen here:
Artikinesis on the radio – BBC Radio Berkshire with Debbie McGee (iPlayer)
Artikinesis appear 17 minutes in (and resume 36 minutes in, after news, weather, travel and sport), ending at 39 minutes.
BBC Radio Berkshire rang us today and invited us to speak to Debbie McGee on Sunday morning. Listen to BBC Radio Berkshire from 9am on Sunday 25 September to catch us…
BBC Radio Berkshire – 95.4 FM, 104.1 FM
This is a photograph taken from the Turbine House’s entrance lobby.
The space is modest, but appealing; walking out over the water, hearing the sound of the river, seeing contrasting views of urban life to the right, tree-lined waterway to the left, with the massive, caged remains of Victorian power transmission embedded within the room … and you encounter an exhibition of artistic vision and poetic words designed specifically for this space, to evoke this space.
This is Artkinesis at Blake’s Lock.
It needs to be seen.
Artikinesis at Blake’s Lock opened today. What with museum visitors, restaurant clientelle, members of the wedding party and art lovers (none of which are mutually exclusive), we had good footfall and an interesting day.
Please note that if you are thinking of visiting us at Blake’s Lock, you are allowed to park your car in the restaurant car park.
The post code for the Turbine House gallery at Blake’s Lock is RG1 3DH
Detailed directions can be found here.
The exhibition will be open everyday, 10 am to 6 pm, until the end of September. On the final day, 1 October, it opens at 10 am but closes at 3 pm.