PAPER NAUTILUS

Paper Nautilus: 77‐79 Southern Row

The adjoining houses at 77--‐79 Southern Row were acquired in 1979 by two scientists, Alek Groszek and Charles Templer. Since then, they have housed a research and scientific equipment manufacturer, Microscal Ltd, making precision instruments, and a printmaking and papermaking business, the Nautilus Press run by Jane Reese. Once a slum, now a trendy neighbourhood, these Victorian terraces are soon to be demolished. Shorn of their original contents (some sold to form Book Arts Trust in Hackney Wick), their rooms a maze of retro 70's décor and industrial detritus, they

tell a fascinating story

 Alek Groszek's invention, the Microcalorimeter, measures heat exchanges at the surfaces of things. Invented in the 1960’s it is still used in research and development facilities all over the world, and his later research has convinced him of the possibility of creating a new form of energy. Inspired by this dynamic 85 year old, these buildings are now, albeit briefly, a catalyst for artistic exchange generating a new and different form of heat.

Responding to the buildings’ multi--‐layered history, thirty two artists have come together to create a two--‐day event; their individual metiers, moving toward collaboration and mutual interaction, include installation, film, photography, drawing, painting, ceramic, sound and performance.

Paper Nautilus is open on

Thursday Oct 25^th 6--‐9pm & Sunday 28^th 2--‐ 8pm only

 

Entrance. 79 Southern Row, W10 5A L.

Nearest tube. Ladbroke Grove. Kensal Green, Kensal Rise.

Buses. 52, 70, 295, 18

All enquiries:

kitty@kittystirling.com  07950 177 679

magdalena.groszek@yahoo.co.uk 07976 836 687