Horse Hospital
Encyclopedia
The Horse Hospital is an art
s venue in central London
, England, which caters for literary and spoken word
events, underground film
and avantgarde media screenings, and visual art exhibitions. Founded in 1992 by Roger Burton the venue opened with Vive Le Punk! a retrospective of Vivienne Westwood
s punk
designs in 1993.
Programmed by Roger Burton and Ian White the venue became increasingly important to London and beyond. James.B.L. Hollands later replaced White as curator. Throughout its existence a variety of guest curates have worked with the venue.
In 1998 the Horse Hospital hosted the debut British exhibition by outsider artist / painter Joe Coleman
which attracted a new audience. Subsequently the venue played host to a variety of performers, musicians, artists and writers, including Dame Darcy
, Anita Pallenberg
, Iain Aitch
, Jack Sargeant
, Chris Carter
, David Tibet
, Stewart Home
, and others.
It has also been used by various record labels, publishing houses including Soft Skull Press
and Clear Cut Press
. and journals such as Strange Attractor for special events, as well as a screening space for numerous film festivals including the Fashion in Film Festival, and London International Animation Festival amongst others .
The building itself was originally used as a horse hospital, and is notable for its unique stone tiled floor. It can be found at Colonnade, Bloomsbury
, London
.
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
s venue in central London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England, which caters for literary and spoken word
Spoken word
Spoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....
events, underground film
Underground film
An underground film is a film that is out of the mainstream either in its style, genre, or financing.-Definition and history:The first use of the term "underground film" occurs in a 1957 essay by American film critic Manny Farber, "Underground Films." Farber uses it to refer to the work of...
and avantgarde media screenings, and visual art exhibitions. Founded in 1992 by Roger Burton the venue opened with Vive Le Punk! a retrospective of Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood
Dame Vivienne Westwood, DBE, RDI is a British fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream.-Early life:...
s punk
Punk visual art
Punk visual art is artwork which often graces punk rock album covers, flyers for punk shows, and punk zines. It is characterised by deliberate violation, such as the use of letters cut out from newspapers and magazines, a device previously associated with kidnap and ransom notes, so the sender's...
designs in 1993.
Programmed by Roger Burton and Ian White the venue became increasingly important to London and beyond. James.B.L. Hollands later replaced White as curator. Throughout its existence a variety of guest curates have worked with the venue.
In 1998 the Horse Hospital hosted the debut British exhibition by outsider artist / painter Joe Coleman
Joe Coleman (painter)
Joe Coleman is an American painter, illustrator and performance artist.-Biography:He was born Joseph Coleman, Jr. in Norwalk, Connecticut to a World War II-veteran father and the daughter of a professional prizefighter.-Work:...
which attracted a new audience. Subsequently the venue played host to a variety of performers, musicians, artists and writers, including Dame Darcy
Dame Darcy
Dame Darcy is an alternative cartoonist. Her comic book, Meatcake, has been published by Fantagraphics since 1993. Darcy has also released several graphic novels, Frightful Fairytales, Dame Darcy's Meatcake Compilation, The Illustrated Jane Eyre, Dollerium , Comic Book Tattoo, and Gasoline .-...
, Anita Pallenberg
Anita Pallenberg
Anita Pallenberg is an Italian-born actress, model, and fashion designer. She was the romantic partner of Rolling Stones multi-instrumentalist and guitarist Brian Jones and later the partner of the guitarist of the same band Keith Richards, from 1967 to 1979, by whom she has two surviving...
, Iain Aitch
Iain Aitch
Iain Aitch is an English writer and journalist who was born in Margate and who now lives in London. He is the author of the travel book A Fete Worse Than Death, which is a humorous first person journey through an English summer. He is also author of We're British, Innit, which is a humorous lexicon...
, Jack Sargeant
Jack Sargeant
Jack Sargeant is a writer specialising in cult film, underground film, and independent film, as well as subcultures, true crime, and other aspects of the unusual. In addition he is a film programmer and an academic...
, Chris Carter
Chris Carter (musician)
Chris Carter was born on January 28, 1953 in London, England and educated at the Friern Barnet Grammar School. He is best known for being a synthesist and member of Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey...
, David Tibet
David Tibet
David Tibet is a British poet and artist who founded the music group Current 93, of which he is the only full-time member. He had earlier collaborated with Psychic TV and 23 Skidoo...
, Stewart Home
Stewart Home
Stewart Home is an English artist, filmmaker, writer, pamphleteer, art historian, and activist. He is best known for his novels such as the non-narrative 69 Things To Do With A Dead Princess , his re-imagining of the 1960s in Tainted Love , and earlier parodistic pulp fictions Pure Mania, Red...
, and others.
It has also been used by various record labels, publishing houses including Soft Skull Press
Soft Skull Press
Soft Skull Press is an independent publisher founded by Sander Hicks in 1992, and run by Richard Eoin Nash from 2001 to 2009. In 2007, Nash sold Soft Skull to Counterpoint LLC, where it continues to function as a division of the press...
and Clear Cut Press
Clear Cut Press
- About :Clear Cut Press was founded by novelist Matthew Stadler and Up Records co-founder Rich Jensen in 2002. Jensen began talking to Stadler while taking a poetry class in 1997. Their mutual interest in cultural movements and the role of books lead to a discussion resulting in the press...
. and journals such as Strange Attractor for special events, as well as a screening space for numerous film festivals including the Fashion in Film Festival, and London International Animation Festival amongst others .
The building itself was originally used as a horse hospital, and is notable for its unique stone tiled floor. It can be found at Colonnade, Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury
-Places:* Bloomsbury is an area in central London.* Bloomsbury , related local government unit* Bloomsbury, New Jersey, New Jersey, USA* Bloomsbury , listed on the NRHP in Maryland...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Major Exhibitions
- 1993 Vive Le Punk! Vivienne Westwood
- 1998 Original Sin, Joe Coleman
- 1998 Remote Control, Laurie Lipton
- 1998 Meet, Brian GriffinBrian GriffinBrian Griffin is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. He is voiced by Seth MacFarlane and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family, in a 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Brian was created and designed by MacFarlane himself...
- 1999 Car, Photographs by Peter Anderson
- 2000 Oh Lover Boy, Franko BFranko BFranko B is a London-based performance artist. He studied fine art in London at Camberwell College of Arts and Chelsea College of Art . His work was originally based on the bloody and ritualised violation of his own body...
- 2000 The Situation At This Address Has Changed, Sculpture, Drawing, Painting Harry Forbes
- 2000 Transromantik, Cathy Ward and Eric WrightEric WrightEric Wright is the name of:* Eric Wright , American football cornerback* Eric Wright , American football cornerback* Eric Wright , Canadian writer of mystery novels...
- 2001 Two Es And A Viagra, Peter RigbyPeter RigbySir Peter Rigby is a British Entrepreneur, owner of IT company SCC and one of Britain's richest people.-Specialist Computer Centres:...
- 2001 Beat 13!, Lucy MclauchlanLucy MclauchlanLucy Mclauchlan is a contemporary artist from Birmingham, England. She is part of the "Beat 13!" collective and editions of her work sell on eBay, where she is a featured artist....
, Tim Watkins, Al Murphy - 2001 Hospital Brut, The Toxic art of Le Dernier Cri
- 2002 David Tibet and Steven StapletonSteven StapletonSteven Peter Stapleton is a British musician and the only constant member of experimental improv outfit Nurse with Wound...
- 2003 The Bogside Artists
- 2003 Unquiet Voices, English and American Visionary Art 1903 - 2003
- 2004 Heralding the Apocalypse, Barry Hale
- 2005 THE 45TH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE MIDDLEMAN AND THE CHERRY BRIGADE - Tai Shani
- 2006 Some Bizzare Exhibition, Stevo PearceStevo PearceStephen John Pearce, commonly known as Stevo, is the owner of British record label, Some Bizzare Records.-Biography:Pearce was born in 1962 and came from Haverhill. He left school at sixteen without any qualifications and entered a work training placement with ‘Phonogram Records’...
- 2007 Visual Athletics Club, Edward BarberEdward BarberEdward Barber VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
- 2007 The Other Side of the Island David J SmithGuapo (band)Guapo is a British experimental rock/art rock band formed in the mid 1990s by drummer/percussionist Dave Smith and guitarist/vocalist Matt Thompson...
- 2008 Miron Zownir - Radical Eye
- 2008 Sandow Birk - Dante's Inferno
- 2008 Sacred Pastures - Cathy Ward, Eric Wright and Norbert Kox
- 2008 Instead of wives, they shall have toads, Stephen Fowler
- 2008 From Fear to Sanity - CND and the Art of Protest from 1958-1963
- 2009 The Impossible World of Stu Mead
- 2010 HOLOGRAPHY for Beginners, Ole Hagen
- 2010 DRAG AND CINEMA, CINEMA IN DRAG – BRICE DELLSPERGER
- 2010 FAKE FOOD & FAST CARS: THE POP COUTURE OF KATE FORBES