During the last week in January 2009, a group of final year BA (Hons) Fine Art students at University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, move their practice from the studio to Dover's public realm.

CARGO will open to the public on 07 February, giving visitors the opportunity to meet with these young artists and discover their responses to parking levels 5 and 6.

The car park is a challenging space – a mass of concrete and steel, punctuated by views of Dover's built environment and the artists' propose to respond to this through their own unique perspectives.

work from the Exhibition: CARGO The artists and their work on display

Sonsoles Marquez normally incorporates printmaking and collage on a small scale but here she will work with the idea of isolation as a place-specific work.
Patrick Mifsud has introduced new elements which give an alternative aesthetic to the site
Gavin Macgillvray has created a single photographic image referencing missed opportunities
Matt Bush produces paintings of the car park and place them in close proximity to the actual location, offering the viewer a new reading of the site.
Joe Love sees the car park as a 'car grave' and has introduced floral tributes, reminding the viewer that the space and world we inhabit is dominated by the temporal.
James Jarrett introduces Dover's indigenous chalk to the car park to create a large drawing informed by the site's spatial dynamics
Marilena Melissinou's installation combines photographs, painting and stories to create a personal narrative and imaginary world.
Sam Blown's experiments with sculpture, illustration and animation are integrated through and around the car park
Michael Philpott has created a large-scale structure referenced by the surrounding architecture allowing the viewer to access and interact with the work.
Lauren Page is inspired by fairy-tale and folk traditions; she has appropriated charity shop objects from Dover residents to create a colourful and theatrical narrative projected on the car park walls
Hannah Lunt has used discarded car park tickets to build canopy-like structures which reference waste, regeneration and recycling
Jonathan Betts' large scale painting bestows a sense of isolation and insignificance, echoing his own initial response to parking levels 5 and 6.
Andriani Matheou's colourful abstract paintings become delicate intrusions amongst the car park's structure
Nastassja Simensky's work has been inspired by the proximity of the River Dour, reminding us of Dover's hidden waterway connecting the town to the sea.

CARGO is supported by The University for the Creative Arts Canterbury, Targetfollow and The Charlton Shopping Centre Management.

For further information: tel 01304 372 414, 0788 144 1120, c.gist@btinternet.com

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