Mistaken Presence

Mistaken Presence Contemporary art space housed in 13th Century Friary

Mistaken Presence is a 12-month curated project in a 13th century friary, widely regarded as one of the earliest surviving Franciscan friary churches in Europe. Exploring the history of the Greyfriars building and it’s surrounding province, a programme of five new commissions and a series of film screenings will examine the notion of archives and how time, as well as personal accounts alter historial accuracies.

Sound check/ last preparations  for todays performance by Emma Smith. Join us at the friary from 1pm today.
09/02/2013

Sound check/ last preparations for todays performance by Emma Smith. Join us at the friary from 1pm today.

A glimpse of our new publication, which you can pick up at our closing event tomorrow. Join us at 1pm till 4pm for perfo...
08/02/2013

A glimpse of our new publication, which you can pick up at our closing event tomorrow. Join us at 1pm till 4pm for performances by Marcia Farquhar and Emma Smith in our friary.

A' Denouement rehearsals take place TONIGHT at Lincoln's Greyfriars building, 7.30pm. Join Emma Smith for a practice per...
07/02/2013

A' Denouement rehearsals take place TONIGHT at Lincoln's Greyfriars building, 7.30pm. Join Emma Smith for a practice performance of new song, A Greaât Stitheram!

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___________________________________________NEXT: A'DENOUEMENT 24 January - 9 February ___________________________________________ Mistaken Presence’s 12 month presence at Lincoln Greyfriars building draws to a end with A’ Denouement. Drawing upon the activities that have taken place throughout the p...

The new publication has arrived! and looks great; pick up a copy at our closing event on Saturday, between 1-4pm and see...
05/02/2013

The new publication has arrived! and looks great; pick up a copy at our closing event on Saturday, between 1-4pm and see new performances by Emma Smith and Marcia Farquhar.

Mistaken Presence’s 12 month presence at Lincoln Greyfriars building draws to a end with A’ Denouement. Drawing upon the activities that have taken place throughout the project, A’ Denouement takes the form of an active archive displayed throughout the building, through the form of archive material,...

Emma Smith talks on BBC Radio Lincoln about her project A Call for a Song, here at Greyfriars. She's looking for people ...
24/01/2013

Emma Smith talks on BBC Radio Lincoln about her project A Call for a Song, here at Greyfriars. She's looking for people to sing her song as part of our closing event. Have a listen! (from 2:49:26 to 2:57:00)

City of Lincoln council has to save a further 3 million pounds over the next 4 to 5 years.

23/01/2013

Tune into BBC Radio Lincoln TONIGHT at 6.45 / 6.50 to hear Emma Smith on Tom Lane's show talking about A' Denouement!

As part of 'A’ Denouement', artist Marcia Farquhar will be performing a re-adaptation of the sermon-esque 'Mind Your Hea...
23/01/2013

As part of 'A’ Denouement', artist Marcia Farquhar will be performing a re-adaptation of the sermon-esque 'Mind Your Heads' on Saturday February 9th.

Working in photography, performance, video and object-making, Farquhar’s works are often site-specific, and have been staged in locations as varied as kitchen showrooms, parks, pubs and leisure centres.

Check out these videos for a taste of what's to come from Farquhar in February.....

Farquhar’s ‘Live Art Tour’ for the Louis Vuitton Young Arts Project Summer Academy 2012, based on the 50th anniversary of the Festival of Britain and locations along London’s Southbank.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Li90TEcsUw

Damp Squib Show, March 2012.
http://vimeo.com/43481990

To the Shelter, February 2012. An outdoor performance in Margate, with the reading and referencing of T.S. Eliot.
http://youtu.be/xfWGmfRVyJM

Marcia Farquhar is an established artist who works in performance, sound and video. For the Louis Vuitton Young Arts Project Summer Academy Marcia organised ...

16/01/2013

Are you in a choir? Or do you just love to sing? Then Lincoln-based art project Mistaken Presence want you! For their final exhibition, A’ Denouement, artist Emma Smith will be performing a song written especially for the Greyfriars building in the city and she is looking for as many talented voices as possible to join her!

There will be rehearsals on Thursday 7th February at 7.30pm and Saturday 9th February at 2.30pm leading straight in to the final singing of the work at 3.30pm on 9th February. A lunch of specialist local food will be available for free for all contributors. Rehearsals and performance will be at Greyfriars, Broadgate, Lincoln.

If you’re interested, please contact [email protected]

13/12/2012

It is the last week of the 'Crating' Exhibition, there's only 3 days left to come down to The Greyfriars, Lincoln...
We are open today, Friday and Saturday 12pm - 5pm

Manchester based artist, Lincoln University lecturer and serial exhibition blogger Andrew Bracey has shared his thoughts...
12/11/2012

Manchester based artist, Lincoln University lecturer and serial exhibition blogger Andrew Bracey has shared his thoughts on 'Crating'. Have a read...

Crating – Mistaken Presence Crating is a curatorial experiment of an exhibition, which itself is housed within a gallery acting as a curatorial experiment over one year. Mistaken Presense is located...

Pinky's Presence by Nicholas Pope, showing at Crating, we are open today 12-5pm. Come and have a look.
09/11/2012

Pinky's Presence by Nicholas Pope, showing at Crating, we are open today 12-5pm. Come and have a look.

All the best instructions have been written on the back of napkins right? Here's Braco Dimitrijevic's instructions for h...
06/11/2012

All the best instructions have been written on the back of napkins right? Here's Braco Dimitrijevic's instructions for his work for CRATING, any ideas? You can see his work at the private view on Thursday 6-8pm.

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Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm

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