GROUND FLOOR LEFT

GROUND FLOOR LEFT IS NOW CLOSED

groundfloorleft — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:45:45 +0000

Dear Friends,

As some of you already know the death knell has been rung & on Monday 16th July we will be leaving the space that was Ground Floor Left once & for all.
Ground Floor Left has been our life for the best part of three years. Initially a collective project to take over & convert an old textiles factory into a home/studio, GFL quickly became a multi purpose living, exhibiting & project space. We lived without hot water for over a year & went from being unable to hang a shelf to DIY cowboy extraordinaire’s. Three years on & we have hosted too many wonderful events & exhibitions to mention.

Although GFL was never a money making venture, its aim was to be self sustainable, whilst offering an affordable platform for emerging artists to showcase their work. It has been a journey & rarely dull but as we speak, due to the insatiable greed of our landlord we are being edged along the proverbial plank into the shiny new olympic pool of creative corpses. The proposed rent increase is so colossal, we are forced to pack up shop & close our doors with immediate effect.
Rather than seeing it as the end, we are trying to see it as an opportunity for expansion & growth. With this in mind we’re currently considering our options and will hopefully do something in one form or another in the not too distant future. We will keep you all updated.

This process has made us realise more than ever that GFL is more than the crumbling concrete that encases it, it’s our ethos that is at it’s heart. Giving emerging artists & creative’s of all fields somewhere to meet & showcase their work outside of the stuffy commercial gallery setting.

Finally an overwhelming thank you to everyone who has supported us in any way over the years. If we said our thanks forever, it would not be long enough. We are anchored, delighted & pale with gratitude.

Contact details will remain the same so please stay in touch & don’t hesitate to get in contact about future projects/collaborations etc.

www.groundfloorleft.co.ukinfo@groundfloorleft.co.uk
Chris Mowbray – 07999430794

We’ll also keep the facebook page open as a document of the space so if anyone has any photos or anything else to send us please post it here.

COLOUR MINING BLUE // TIDE PV : FRIDAY 24TH JUNE

groundfloorleft — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:13:49 +0000

Ground Floor Left

presents

PRIVATE VIEW
Friday 22 June 2012
6.00-9.00pm

EXHIBITION CONTINUES
Saturday 23 – Sunday 24 June 2012

12.00-5.00pm

COLOUR MINING BLUE / Lucy Steggals

Colour Mining Blue is the first in a new series of works created by artist Lucy Steggals. The purpose of colour mining is to explore the local people through colour, their place. This process will create an alternative archive & devise ways to re-distribute the colour within the environment.

www.colourmining.co.uk

TIDE / Luce Choules

Louce Choules’ explored physical & emotional geography, locating experiences of landscapes through transformative cartography. She records journeys on the land & water – the marks of pathway & the wash of shoreline; the movement of people on the land & sea.

www.travelnotion.com / www.howthewindblows.co.uk

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AGGLOMERATE P:V

groundfloorleft — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:42:26 +0000

Sons of Satyr // The First Enterprise

groundfloorleft — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:49:24 +0000

CINÉ REAL FILM NIGHT PRESENTS : THURS 31ST MAY

groundfloorleft — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:18:33 +0000

Doors open at 7pm for pre-film drinks

Film begins at 8pm sharp after a brief introduction & maybe an obscure trailer or two from Umit if we are lucky!

Monthly membership to Ciné-Real is £5

Tickets are limited so please RSVP/Book ASAP to avoid disappointment!

RSVP/TICKETS:

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Ciné Real

Ground Floor Left

AGGLOMERATE PV : THURSDAY 24TH MAY

groundfloorleft — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:15:39 +0000

Ground Floor Left

presents

PRIVATE VIEW
Thursday 24th May 2012
7.00-10.00pm

EXHIBITION CONTINUES
Friday 25 May-Sunday 27 May 2012

12.00-5.00pm

‘Agglomerate’ presents a group of UCA Fine Art students engaging with their studio practice.

This exhibition showcases work that is developing towards a professional practice, exploring new concepts within their subject matter in a collaborative range of sculpture, painting, image-based practice, drawing, moving image and sound. These works are indulged in the relationship between the medium and the concept, the seduction of an idea.

Agglomerate embraces the accumulation of artists, a confluence of ideas.

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First Enterprise supperclub : 19th May

groundfloorleft — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:36:32 +0000

Ground Floor Left

in collaboration with

SONS OF SATYR

presents

Ladies and Gentlemen the Sons of Satyr would like to present our first open event, the First Enterprise supper club will be happening at Enterprise House, Tudor Grove E9 7QL at 20:00 on the 19th of May.

Stav B will be tantalising our tastebuds and soothing our souls with her array of tailor made cocktails specifically crafted to go with the menu. You can see a full description of the menu on the Sons of Satyr FB wall.

Dinner is untill 23:00 Djs to help you digest until late!

For tickets e-mail your name, address and number of tickets you wish to purchase to

sonsofsatyr@gmail.com

CINÉ-REAL FILM NIGHT PRESENTS

groundfloorleft — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:25:19 +0000

Doors open at 7pm for pre-film drinks

Film begins at 8pm sharp after a brief introduction & maybe an obscure trailer or two from Umit if we are lucky!

Monthly membership to Ciné-Real is £5

There are only a limited amount of tickets available so please RSVP/Book ASAP to avoid disappointment!

RSVP/TICKETS

For more info please visit:

www.cine-real.com

UEL BUDGET ART AUCTION 2012

groundfloorleft — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:12:39 +0000

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‘CINÉ-REAL’ Monthly Film Club

groundfloorleft — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:39:30 +0000

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CINÉ-REAL is a not-for-profit film club with the aim of bringing together film makers, actors, writers, directors, producers, photographers, cinefiles etc, to enjoy classic films as film and share a passion for the moving image.

For more info please visit