Andy Votel - 'Diabolical Melodix' Mixtape

Three Man Show, 18 Hewett Street, Protein, London

I am part of a three man show which opens next week on Tuesday 15th October in London at 18 Hewett Street.

Three Man Show

18 Hewett Street - Protein
London, EC2A 3NN

Private View: 15 th October 7 - 9pm
Exhibition runs from 16th - 21st October

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The New End, Common Gallery, Tokyo

NCC Bus currently being shown at The New End Group Show, Common Gallery, Tokyo

Urban Wandering - Barbican

The Barbican has become my new front room recently during the excellent Urban Wandering program which is currently showing focussing on london. On friday Will Self, Lynsey Hanley and Andrea Luka Zimmerman discussed architecture, social housing and psychogeography. Andrea Luka Zimmerman's film Estate was shown which documents the end and of an iconic estate in Haggerston demolished to make way for more luxury flats. The discussion was chaired by film curator Gareth Evans. On Saturday the series continued with Mike Leigh's Naked. The film was projected using Mike Leigh's original 35mm reel and on Monday with a special screening of the filmmaker John Smith's London.

Hotel Therme drawings

Drawings mid travel between Switzerland and Cologne on the train from Hotel Therme envelopes i dug out of the studio recently.

Xerography Exhibition

At the weekend I checked out the Firstsite Gallery in Colchester which is a new contemporary art gallery in Essex. The exhibition 'Xerography' focusses on work made by artists and artists groups that have used the photocopier as the central process in their work(s). The exhibition has an amazing collection of work including really rare original works by Sol Le Witt and Bruno Munari's Xerografia bookwork amongst many others. Here's some images from the show and exhibition entrance. Check more info here: Firstsite

"75 years after the first photocopy was made, firstsite’s autumn exhibition celebrates the role that this technology has played within contemporary art. Featuring over 125 works by 39 artists and artist groups from 10 countries, it is our largest exhibition to date'. Featured selected artists including: Featuring artists: Carl Andre, Nobuyoshi Araki, Anna Banana, BANK, Thomas Bayrle, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Wolfgang Breuer, Ian Burn, Laurie-Rae Chamberlain, Buster Cleveland, Bob Cobbing, Continuous Project, Hanne Darboven, Matias Faldbakken, General Idea, David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Ray Johnson, Gabriel Kuri, Sol LeWitt, Cary Loren, Sarah Lucas, Sara MacKillop, Daido Moriyama, Bruno Munari, Willem Oorebeek, Raymond Pettibon, Steven Pippin, Sigmar Polke, Jim Shaw, Penelope Slinger, Barbara T. Smith, Josh Smith, Wolfgang Tillmans, Rosemarie Trockel, Stan VanDerBeek, Stephen Willats, JD Williams, Christopher Wool."

Tim Peaks Diner - Festival Number 6

I painted this 'Owl Pot' canvas for Tim Peak's Diner at Festival Number 6 last weekend. Good times. Great to see the band Gulp in session at the diner on saturday. Check them out here:

Kids Menu - Artisan

Design: Europa Illustration: Neasden Control Centre

Solution vs Problem - Dalston Roof Party 29.08.13

Solution vs Problem - Dalston Roof Party 29.08.13

The Age of Colour by Gestalten

Neasden Control Centre's work included in a new book released by Gestalten...

The Age of Collage

Contemporary Collage in Modern Art

Spontaneous, irreverent, and personal, collage fits more perfectly into our current world than almost any other artistic technique.

Editors: Dennis Busch, Robert Klanten, Hendrik Hellige

Release Date: August 2013

Format: 24 × 30 cm

Features: 272 pages, full color, hardcover

Language: English

ISBN: 978-3-89955-483-0

About This Book

The Age of Collage is a striking documentation of today’s continued appetite for destructive construction. Showcasing outstanding current artwork and artists, the book also takes an insightful behind-the-scenes look at those working with this interdisciplinary and cross-media approach.

The collages featured in this book are influenced by illustration, painting, and photography and play with elements of abstraction, constructivism, surrealism, and dada. Referencing scientific images, pop culture, and erotica, they reflect humanity’s collective visual memory and context.

Through confident cuts, brushstrokes, mouse clicks, or pasting, the work in The Age of Collage gives the impossible a tangible form. It expands the possibilities of the genre while turning our worldview on its head along the way.

Plus 81 Typography Issue

Neasden Control Centre interview in the current Typography Issue of Plus 81 Magazine - out now !

Alternating Image Series

New work by Stephen Smith for Temporary Whims Exhibition, Fish Factory, Falmouth

Idee x NCC 'Super Nature'

Artisan, Manchester

Time-lapse video taken during the painting of the oven walls at Artisan, Manchester by Neasden Control Centre

Temporary Whims: Falmouth Fish Factory Exhibition

I am in a group show 'Temporary Whims' that opens in Falmouth at the Fish Factory curated by Simon Peplow today.

Artists include:

Abigail Portner, Adam Higton, Arran Gregory, Ben Javens, Ceri Amphlett, Eleni Kalorkoti, Holly Wales, Jethro Haynes, James Edson, Kate Mclauchlan, Marcus Oakley, Nathaniel Russell, Neasden Control Centre Patrick Gildersleeves, Robert Darch, Rob Lowe, Simon Peplow, Stewart Easton, Valerie Phillips, William Edmonds

Show runs till 31st August

Photos from a recent trip and workshop at L.I.E in Cornwall

L.I.E - Summer School

Myself and Holly Wales were invited recently by L.I.E (Library of Independent Exchange) to lead a one day workshop at Plymouth Arts Centre recently - the theme of our day was 'Memory and the Internet' where we posed the question is the internet hindering or helping our ability to remember and store information. The result of our workshop culminated in a small photocopied + stamped publication by each member of the group.

"L.I.E Design School examines the processes and ideas involved in designing, editing and producing published matter. Individual sessions will be led by visiting practitioners and will include talks, seminars, screenings and tutorials.

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Solution vs Problem August

Thursday 8th August
Solution vs Problem
Ridley Road Market Bar, Dalston, London

8pm - Late

Check the blog solutionvsproblem.tumblr.com for new mixes, tunes etc

Artisan Kitchen & Bar Opens in Manchester

After working on this project for nearly a year i'm pleased to share with you photos of the opening night of Artisan Kitchen & Bar in Spinningfields, Manchester Set in a vast 12, 000 square foot, semi-industrial space on the first floor of Tower 12. Working directly with the Artisan interior design team Neasden Control Centre was commissioned to paint and design artwork for the entrance foyer, stairwell and huge open plan pizza oven wall. Alongside graphics for the interior i worked directly with designers Europa on the identity which including menu design, drinks menu, logo and vinyl graphics. Below are photographs from the opening night and work in progress shots of the installation.

To view the full Artisan Project click here: