NEWS September 08
July 08 NEW PROJECT + OPEN SUBMISSIONS: click stuff+things for details. Laurie's animation film 'International Politics' for Ctrl+Alt+shift and Christian Aid can now be seen on their website and is absolutley brilliant. We implore you to have a peek. Emily has been working with Grafik and YCN at the New Designers exhibition in Angel, London, drawing people's portraits and trying not to offend them. Also this month, Sophia and Emily were invited to take part in a Becks Fusion project by YCN. They popped into the office to record their pieces - which can be seen here. Hello, just to let you know that Nadja Bournonville, Luts-Rainer Muller and Declan Clarke open their show at Pierogi, Leipzig Saturday 12th of July at 18.00. The show runs for a month, and from what we have heard is going to be spectacular and should not be missed! Work by Nadja can also be seen this summer in group shows at the Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn, at the Daniel Weinberg gallery in Los Angeles and at the Gabriel Rolt Gallery in Amsterdam. Leipzig was wonderful. We were all very productive and manic and happy. It's not often that many members of Plats are able to be working together in the same place. Thank you thank you to Anna and LIA for being such lovely hosts. Thank you also to Leif of Pierogi for leading lots of curators to us and for happily lending us many many things. We now have a Plats Collaborations section on this site, where you can see some of the hundreds of pictures from Plats Leipzig as well as any other projects we work on together. June 08 April 08 First and foremost a few thank you's need to be said to everyone that has joined our Facebook group, we appreciate it very very much. And Emily would like to say a huge thank you to Krista Blake of Hitherto and Poketo for the launch of the Glasgow Series of wallets on the 17th april. Much fun and frolics was had by all, and if you missed out you can see it all here. We are all still busy getting ready for our exhibition in June but new work from Laurie and Emily has been put up to keep you sated. Meanwhile Emily is currently residing in a placement for YCN and will be doing a little illustration project for them shortly. March 08 Oooh, its March already and we have some exciting news for you lovely people>> we will be having our first group show in Leipzig on June 21st, thanks to LIA. It's going to be PLATS-tastic, so we shall keep you updated here. Please, please, pretty please become a friend of our group on facebook. Do it now and we'll be your BF forever and ever. Ta. Shielagh has been learning to weave in America, see her beautiful creations in her portfolio or get down to Hitherto to purchase one now!! And has also recently launched her own site of splendid unique handwoven crafts, which you can have a gander at here. POKETO WALLET LAUNCH! Krista Blake from Hitherto got together artists Emily Robertson/ Becca Davies/ Stuart White/ Marc Baines/ Annabel Wright and Rob Churm to create a Glasgow series of wallets. For info about the amaaazing launch click here. January/February 08 Emily has been invited by El Bosque, a new editorial company in Latin America, to submit illustrations for two new books they are publishing. You can see some examples in her commission portfolio. Pierogi is taking Nadja as one of their artists to exhibit at Rotterdam Artfair 7-10 Feb and if you are then go say hello at stand 18. "But the work has to have a life outwith the place. I like the idea of it being a worldwide thing - but an intimate worldwide thing." Nicola Atkinson Does Fly. Sophia's work with Nadfly gets a mention in The Herald, January 18th <<< click on the link to read the whole article. //HAPPY PLATS NEW YEAR// Welcome to another new year. We hope you all had a merry festive time. For one reason or another we haven't updated the site in a while but here now for your delectation is new work and a brief run down on what has been happening: 1//Sophia has been very busy in New York and has new commissioned work for Match Fine Print, illustrations for adult fiction 'Mushroom Caves' and Luke Warren's children's book 'The What If..'. She has also been chosen to be represented by VIGLIANO ASSOCIATES in N.Y! 2//A very very big (and long awaited) HELLO to Katherine, who has now joined us all. She has recently moved to London and is working for the Observer as a photography intern. We are very excited about having her and her beautiful work. 3//Nadja has just moved back to Germany and is part of LIA - the Leipzig International Artist in residency programme - for nine months. more news/work from this wonderful lady soon. 4//Emily has been procrastinating for a while but up now is new work she has been beavering away on, illustrations for the beautifully designed bearded magazine, re-useable bags for hitherto, plain surface to name but a few to get your peepers round. So have a look around the site and we wish you all the best for 2008, and if you are interested in contacting us do not hesitate to e-mail us your questions/comments/requests/wishes..... thank you for visiting! OCTOBER 07 Channel 4Talent have interviewed Emily about PLATS, see what she has to say about things here. //NEWSFLASH// Laurie's Good Shoes video is out now and can be seen in all its glory in his portfolio -go now! Welcome to the delecatable Shielagh. Check out her beautiful work and strange creatures. 21st-28th Graham and Dan are exhibiting at Artpharm, Glasgow.Go and see these two collaborating Hurray for Laurie and Joel who finally finished the new 'Small Town Girl' video for Good Shoes after many sleepless nights rendering. Nadja is showing work in 'Bare Words' - curated by Leif Magne Tangen at the Lautom Contemporary, Oslo, Norway from 20th Oct. Laurie is scribbling away for Good Shoes, who have commissioned him to make some animations for their new video 'Small Town Girl'and they are looking mighty fine. Sophia has been busy hanging her drawing shop in Soho, N.Y, as part of her work on R.A.D.A.R projects with Nadfly. The work is based on the antiquated products crammed into the K+K shop in Fife. So if you are in the area keep your peepers peeled. Work completed for FLIM magazine - coming soon!! SEPTEMBER 07 Emily and Stu are represented by YCN - get involved!! PLats tips its hat off to its nice that for their little profile...ta. //Newsflash// Channel four extras will be profiling plats in the very near future...so keep your peepers peeled.... Ta very very much to manystuff for the profile. Nadja's photography will be with the Pierogi Gallery at the Art Forum, Berlin artfair from 29th sept - 3rd oct. so if you happen to be over in the deutsche capital go have a peek at her beautiful work. Sophia is currently working on a R.A.D.A.R project for Nicola Atkinson Davidson's for Fife, collaborating with Vernacular Press in N.Y and also starting work on a website for Artlink, Edinburgh called 'Odd Things', all while looking for a flat in the Big Apple... Have a gander at Spoiled Milk's site to see Emily's involvement in the project 'Being Abroad'. Stu and Emily contribute work to YCN 'Show Off' exhibition at the RCA. Welcome new plats members Graham and Nadja! Sophia has moved again...to head up plats new york offices. New version of seeplats.com launches to showcase the talents of creatives and promote collaborative work. AUGUST 07 Emily, Stu and Sophia design wallets for Poketo to be sold at Hitherto. JULY 07 Emily and Stu in new YCN publication promoting new illustrators coming soon... New issue of FLIM. See illustrations by Sophia, Stu and Emily. Emily and Stu chosen for Cafe Royal magazine. Stu in If You Could Magazine issue 2. Laurie graduates LCC, Sophia moves to Sweden and Emily moves to London. Laurie at New Designers, London. GTF commission Emily for new M&S Home store illustrations. Stuart commissioned by Hitherto for the Royal We and 1990s single cover. Emily commissioned by YCN to illustrate the certificate of commendation for their annual awards. |