Issue Three of My Name is Ferdinand Update

Issue three of 'Ferdinand' will carry interviews with Scottish figurative painter Ken Currie (Flowers East Gallery, New York and London) and Kathryn Ensall (Jill George Gallery, New York and London). Also many thanks to Debbie Lawson (Nettie Horn Gallery, London) for a thoroughly interesting interview that was printed in the most recent issue.

Airtrade

Richard and Victoria are showing 'The Golden Age of Rare Breed Poultry' (DVD-Film) at Airtrade from the 11th-13th December at the Airspace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent. Along with Paul Rooney, Patrick O'Rourke and many other artists. If you cannot attend the auction, you can also bid for the work online at: http://airspacegallery.org/airtrade/pages/brammerbrown.html. The main Airtrade site can be found at: http://airspacegallery.org/airtrade/airtrade.html.

My Name is Ferdinand - Issue One Launch

Victoria and Richard's new online mag 'My Name is Ferdinand' was launched a week ago. Click here to view the first issue.

Anna Francis Review for AN-Unedited

"...This sense of time standing still is echoed in All the time keep feeling the need to destroy, the video offering from Vikki Brown and Richard Brammer. The video presents us with a mundane world, inhabited by a couple from an unfathomable period. They are engaged in everyday activities around the home, taking tea, reading, building model aeroplanes but generally getting under each others feet, while thinly disguising their disdain for one another. The film had the feeling of a sketch, not yet finished - two-dimensional characters waiting to be fleshed out through purpose or dialogue. As a viewer it was difficult to care about or truly believe in either character, although the proposed notions for investigation are present, it is not yet clear whether we are viewing an art film or a pastiche of a dramatic production."

Click here for Anna's full review

Installation Views from Shortcuts Exhibition

Click here to view three seperate installation views (click the arrows on the left and right of the photographs to scroll through) from 'All the time I keep feeling the need to destroy it', recently shown as part of Airspace Gallery, Shortcuts exhibition.

Short Cuts/Airspace Gallery

Victoria and Richard's film "All the time I keep feeling the need to destroy it" will be shown in an exhibition at Airspace Gallery (see BBC article) called Short Cuts, from 2nd to 7th April. The film is the first to star Milk Rivello and for more on their short but tempestuous relations click here. Stills from this film and others by the artists can be viewed here.

For more information about the Airspace Gallery click here for the official site

From Soup to Nuts

Richard's recent collaboration with musician "Ionesco" - entitled "From Soup to Nuts" is now available to watch online. The clips in the film are culled from the BBC's 'Creative Archive' and are licensed under the Creative Commons licence, the music is by Ionesco. Click here to view.

Songs in the Kiosk of Life 4

Victoria's sound-piece 'The Locked Box' features on 'Songs in the Kiosk of Life 4' along with four other, as yet, unconfirmed artists. 'Songs 4' will be freely available to download as a podcast from both this site and from www.kioskrecords.co.uk. More news on the other artists to follow as we get it.

Kiosk Records 1st Anniversary

It's the twelve-month anniversary of Richard and Victoria's sideline musical project. In the first year, we've worked with 30-plus artists/bands from Stoke-on-Trent to San Francisco and London to Gras in Austria. Thanks to everyone involved. See below for a full roll call of all who have featured on one of the first three compilations:

· Andy's Tea Party ( Birmingham Alabama , USA )
· Antique Doll ( Sheffield , UK )
· Artisan ( London , UK )
· Bocko ( Stoke-on-Trent , UK )
· Catgut ( UK )
· Chords are Dead ( Berkeley , California )
· Cranium Pie ( Bath , UK )
· Dark Captain Light Captain ( London , UK )
· Fulborn Teversham ( London , UK )
· Grain ( Nottingham , UK )
· Happy Band of Japan ( London , UK )
· Horowitz ( Stoke-on-Trent , UK )
· Japhy Ryder and his Band ( UK )
· Juice by Harry ( Norwich , UK )
· Jupiter VI ( Madrid , Spain )
· Letters and Colours ( Sheffield , UK )
· Low Sparks ( London , UK )
· Marissa Nadler ( New York , USA )
· Naos ( Gras , Austria )
· Rich Amino ( UK )
· Riddles ( Bristol , UK )
· Robin Nature Bold ( Manchester , UK )
· Scotch Bonnet (Wynadotte, Wynnewood , USA )
· Stars of Aviation ( London , UK )
· Street Kids ( UK )
· The Black Apples ( Stoke-on-Trent , UK )
· The Bobby McFees ( Brighton , UK )
· The Briganties (Berwick upon Tweed/Edinburgh, UK )
· The Fabulous Nobody ( UK )
· The Lee Makel Orchestra ( UK )
· The Schande ( San Francisco , USA )
· The Yo Yo Contingency ( Seattle , USA )
· Three Day Threshold ( Boston , USA )
· Trilemma ( UK )
· Umbrella Sun ( Stoke-on-Trent , UK )
· William Wilson ( UK )
· Ionesco (UK)
· Ben's Bedroom Band (Glasgow)