This collection showcases a selection of the talent Yuck ‘n Yum have had the pleasure to distribute through their zines and projects.

Yuck ‘n Yum produce a quarterly art zine and hold events that are aimed at distributing art outwith the gallery setting.

To find out more about Yuck ‘n Yum go to www.yucknyum.com.

See the collection here.

(originally published on Central Station V1)

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For more Collections we’ve gathered, take a look here.

In Rennes, artist David Zérah had a concept – to interview five contemporary artists in their cars, asking them questions from French art magazine, Galerie Magazine (1989/90).

David started working on his ‘Artists in their cars’ project as part of the Social Landscape programme for GI 2010. He produced a short film/series of stills within the arts community of Rennes. Then he decided to take the same format to Scotland’s art world and a call went out on Central Station where artist and filmmaker Holger Mohaupt was selected.

During GI 2010, David and Holger produced the work as an online residency on Central Station. This project contains the work produced from both artists during this residency.

For GI 2010, Social Landscape appeared as a one-off event, which included a performance by Muscles of Joy, new animation by Katy Dove created during her residency in Rennes, new work by Sophie Macpherson and performances by sonic artist Damien Marchal created during a three-month residency in Glasgow. Images from the event can be seen here.

See the full Collection here.

(originally published on Central Station V1)

Art/Roc/Doc is a fly on the wall documentary which followed Glasgow band, Isosceles on a road trip to uncover the London art scene during Frieze Art Fair 2009.

Along the way, Isosceles headlined PLUS, a large group exhibition and series of events produced by Kerry Ryan (Neon and Sign-makers), Declan McMullan (artist/independent producer) and Volume (London), with support from Central Station. PLUS was 72 hours of non-stop artists, exhibits and music, featuring Douglas Gordon, Matt Collishow, Sarah Lucas, Gavin Turk and Sam Hasler.

See all three parts of Art/Roc/Doc here.

Members Tom Duncan and Dasha jumped on board to film and photograph the event, designer Ruth Parker was set with the task of creating a cardboard caravan and together they created a short film which premiered at Glasgow Film Festival 2010.

To find out more about the project, read this.

See the full Art/Roc/Doc collection online here.

(originally published on Central Station V1)

Hidden Spaces is a collection of work which draws to the surface forms of art sited in hidden spaces.

Hidden Spaces are real, imagined, impermanent, unbuilt, cut-off from the public, demolished, spiritually significant, filmic, politically sublimated and fraught with tension.

Not only do personal interpretations of hidden spaces vary, but these variations are carried into the cultural and professional production of spaces, so an architect’s perception of Hidden Space might be very different from a public artist’s, an anarchist’s or a film location scout’s, and each of these professionals will in turn come to influence how we navigate the space around us.

From this broad and permeable conception of space, we’ve drawn a few more concrete examples of well-known artists working with hidden spaces, and the conceptual logic built up around them to form a collection of Hidden Spaces.

See the full collection online here.

(originally published on Central Station V1)

On Sunday 15 November 2009 Central Station ventured away from the web and invited the Central Station community to join us in an afternoon of socialising and connecting.

‘This is…’ sessions gave members the chance to talk about their work to an open audience. With just 8 minutes and whatever visual aids they needed, the members presented a summarised history of their practice to an audience.

Get a taste of these sessions with This is Angharad McLaren below:

See the full collection of Artist Talks here.

(originally published on Central Station V1)

I Became Because…  was initiated after Central Stationer, Ryan Thompson, was curious about what makes people choose to go down the path of becoming artists, designers (graphic or otherwise), illustrators, photographers, film-makers … or whatever they like to describe yourself as.

Submission by Genevieve Ryan

So, Central Station put a call out and made it into a bit of a project. We asked our members to show us on a Post-it note why they do what they do. The results can be seen on our flickr gallery here.

(originally published on Central Station V1)

A rare typography manual found in an old bookshop in Prague in 1999 sparked the interest of designer Emlyn Firth. With its beautiful diagrams and notations, Firth ponders the historical context in which it was produced.

From a post-war Czechoslovakia, solid and geometric typefaces are born which “owe a lot to Constructivist principles” and are “satisfyingly slabby, brutal and black.” These typefaces have a structure and presence in written language. Their aesthetic clearly references the regime within which they were created.

To find out more and see the full Collection, visit here.

(originally published on Central Station V1)

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A collection of work by renowned British artist, Chad McCail on the theme of co-operation and collaboration, explored in three of his major bodies of work: Food Shelter Clothing Fuel, 1999-2003; Snake, 2003; and his show at Edinburgh Printmakers, 2008.

Chad McCail has been nominated for the Beck’s Futures prize and exhibited in the British Art Show 5. His images reference the illustrations common to British Ladybird books, and the kind of instructional guides for appliances, maps and airplane passenger safety cards.

To find out more about McCail’s work, the concepts behind it and to see the full collection entitled Progress is Made, please visit here.

(originally published on Central Station V1)

Bobby Niven: Chez Galip, 2010
Courtesy of Sierra Metro & the artist

This collection contains clips and production stills from Chez Galip, an observational documentary set in Cappadocia, Turkey about a potter and his hair collection. Scottish artist, Bobby Niven created the project, which was supported by the Central Station Member Fund.

Potter Galip Körükçü collected women’s hair along with a note displaying the owner’s name and contact details. Every six months women were chosen at random for a free pottery workshop.

See the full collection of Chez Galip.

(originally published on Central Station V1)

Anne Madelen Kos is an emerging artist in Ängelholm, Sweden. She began her first body of work “Self-Portraits” at 17, and continues to produce eclectic and diverse alter-egos.  Her images range from timeless themes of darkness and the occult, to melancholy images from early decades of the 20th century.

See collection of Anne Madelen Kos’ work curated by Tulta Behm here.

(originally published on Central Station V1)