SLICE: THE EVENT 2011
21 – 30 October 2011
B42
(The Guttenberg Bible (also known as the B42) was the first publication produced in 15th century Europe
to engage with a form of movable type that enabled commercial mass–production of printed material.)
Birmingham Contemporary Art Forum is delighted to announce it will be hosting The Event’s third bi-
annual visual art festival from 21 – 30 October 2011. As part of The Event 2011, SLICE presents B42 the first of a series of ongoing commissioned print works from a diverse range of national and international
artists, responding to the politically charged domain of secularism and religion.
Each contributor is producing new work for dissemination as posters, leaflets and pamphlets.
The content of the commission’s, present subjective commentary, which adopt a variety of delivery
strategies including moralistic narratives, parables, laws, prophetic text and images etc. The work
potentially proffers humour, cynicism, irreverence, zealous and utopian perspectives within its content
and stylistic tendencies. B42, as a collection of printed and disseminated materials, is influenced by and
comments on such concepts as political, societal and moral modes of existence within a digital, cyber
networked and on-demand global society.
The print collection will be hand distributed throughout Eastside during The Event echoing the street
leafleting of religious groups. The work can also be seen at the SLICE distribution centre.
Artists include: Mona Casey, Jeffrey Charles/ Henry Peacock, Heike Heilig-Finn, Paul McAree, Ryan McClelland, Ross Sinclair and Niall Singh
SLICE Distribution, Unit 12 Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, B5 5RT
SLICE Private View - 21st October, 5 – 9 PM
Opening/ Distribution Times – 12 – 5 PM daily
SLICE is a project founded by Mona Casey, artist/curator and lecturer. SLICE aims to present and critically
reflect on a range of contemporary cultural production, including Art, Art criticism, Curatorial practice and
Design. SLICE curates project’s, commissions work and collaborates with a variety of individuals and groups and
seeks to work with students, artists, critical arts writers, theorists, practitioners and social commentators
from diverse fields of expertise. SLICE disseminates its work through various means including exhibition,
publication and on-line formats.
SLICE announces its launch as a new project initiative. The first intervention will occur as part of The
Event 2011. www.sliceprojects.org
Artists presenting works in The Event 2011 are: AAS, An Endless Supply, Companis, Crowd 6, Eastside
Projects, Grand Union, The Lombard Method, SLICE and TROVE
The Event – www.the-event.org
