Firstly, my good Artist pals Seleena Laverne Daye, Kandy Diamond and I have formed an arts collective!!!
We are Yiiikes! hear us roaaarrr!!!
A little about Yiiikes!
'Yiiikes! is an artists' collective, brought together by an appreciation of gross-out, curios and our dreamlike state. Making vibrant multi-dimensional art that incorporates sculpture, paint and performance, we aim to engage and entertain the viewer with escapism into a parallel universe'
Check out our website www.yiiikescollective.co.uk for information on our manifesto and latest news.
SECONDLY...we have an exhibition coming up at Islington Mill!!! BE THERE!
Are you afraid of the dark? Coz this i going to give you goosebumps!!!!
Exhibition Launch: Thursday 16th May 6pm FREE
The debut installation by Yiiikes collective. Imagine the enchanted forests from your dreams and nightmares, where what lurks could be friend or foe, your eyes play tricks on you and things are not quite what they seem…this is the world of Snotboobs and the severed toe..This is a glow in the dark exhibition, involving a level of audience participation.
This exhibition will be a melting pot of the visual delights, sensations and physicality that *Yiiikes! draw inspiration from. Storytelling, folklore and fairytales are traditions passed down from generation to generation, like the processes used in creating the installation artworks. Yiiikes! have created a new world which Snotboobs inhabits, with imagery heavily influenced by a mix of traditional literal illustrations, early theatrical stage sets, nostalgic motif references from their youth, and more contemporary art installation experiences, playing on the senses with light and scale.
Yiiikes! believe it’s DIY or die, from teaching themselves new craft skills, to sourcing materials to work on, their DIY ethos has made this exhibition a reality. Brought together by an appreciation of gross-out, curios and their dreamlike state they make vibrant multi-dimensional art that incorporates sculpture, paint and performance.
Yiiikes! like 90s cartoons, goo, anatomy, comic art, book illustrations, outsized things, miniature things, the dark arts, villains, creepy stuff, DIY, crafting, collecting stuff, 70s colour palettes and nature.
GOOD VIBES AND EXCITEMENT ALL ROUND XX
