LuckyPDF
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LuckyPDF is an artist group based in South-East London, UK that has been running since 2008. LuckyPDF is made up of the artists James Early, John Hill, Ollie Hogan and Yuri Pattison primarily, with an extended network . They create internet video programs typically showcasing other artists work. Their website is similar in that their homepage also displays work by other up-and-coming artists. Most of the work they show is video art
or performance art
with many of the artists from London and of their generation.
One of their more well-known projects is the sale of their mailing list or 'luckypages,' which is a directory of all of their email and Facebook contacts still on sale for 249.99 GBP.Though it was only sold to those already on the list, their aim being to cement those people together and highlight the group of people. Their personal aim was to shed themselves of 'who they knew' and to be judged on the quality of their content.
In late 2010 they collaborated with Auto Italia South East
to realise the project From LuckyPDF TV: This is Auto Italia Live, consisting of five, one hour long TV episodes performed and broadcast live over the internet and to a studio audience.
LuckyPDF have had residencies at SPACE Studios Peckham and the Woodmill, both in London, UK.
In 2011 they exhibited at the Internet Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
and were commissioned as part of Frieze Projects at the Frieze Art Fair
2011 alongside artists Bik Van der Pol, Pierre Huyghe
, Christian Jankowski
, Oliver Laric, Peles Empire, Laure Prouvost and Cara Tolmie.
Video art
Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or audio data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations...
or performance art
Performance art
In art, performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or...
with many of the artists from London and of their generation.
One of their more well-known projects is the sale of their mailing list or 'luckypages,' which is a directory of all of their email and Facebook contacts still on sale for 249.99 GBP.Though it was only sold to those already on the list, their aim being to cement those people together and highlight the group of people. Their personal aim was to shed themselves of 'who they knew' and to be judged on the quality of their content.
In late 2010 they collaborated with Auto Italia South East
Auto Italia South East
Auto Italia South East is an non-profit Artist-run space, founded in 2007 and co-run by Kate Cooper, Amanda Dennis and Richard John Jones. Currently located on the Old Kent Road Peckham, South London in a donated used car showroom, Auto Italia is both an artist-run project space and a site for...
to realise the project From LuckyPDF TV: This is Auto Italia Live, consisting of five, one hour long TV episodes performed and broadcast live over the internet and to a studio audience.
LuckyPDF have had residencies at SPACE Studios Peckham and the Woodmill, both in London, UK.
In 2011 they exhibited at the Internet Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
and were commissioned as part of Frieze Projects at the Frieze Art Fair
Frieze Art Fair
Frieze Art Fair is an international contemporary art fair that takes place every October in London's Regent's Park. The fair is staged by Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, the publishers of frieze magazine...
2011 alongside artists Bik Van der Pol, Pierre Huyghe
Pierre Huyghe
Pierre Huyghe is a French artist who works in a variety of media from film and video to public interventions. He won the Hugo Boss Prize from the Guggenheim Museum in 2002.-Biography:...
, Christian Jankowski
Christian Jankowski
Christian Jankowski is a contemporary multimedia artist who largely works with video, installation and photography.He has created a number of television interventions...
, Oliver Laric, Peles Empire, Laure Prouvost and Cara Tolmie.
Activity
- Bold Tendencies, Peckham Multiplex Car Park, London, UK
- Mill24 - LuckyPDF at Mill24, Manchester, UK
- LuckyPDF at Yes Way Festival, Yes Way Festival, Auto Italia, London, UK
- From LuckyPDF TV this is Auto Italia Live, Auto Italia, London UK
- Youth@Holborn, Tedx part of TED (conference)TED (conference)TED is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, formed to disseminate "ideas worth spreading"....
Talks, London, UK - LuckyPDF TV, Nottingham ContemporaryNottingham ContemporaryNottingham Contemporary is a contemporary art centre in the Lace Market area of Nottingham...
, Nottingham, UK - Woodmill Residency, the Woodmill, Bermondsey, London, UK
- 'Sleep Faster', February 2011, Arcadia_Missa, Peckham London, UK
- LuckyPDF on location at the Barbican CentreBarbican CentreThe Barbican Centre is the largest performing arts centre in Europe. Located in the City of London, England, the Centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory...
, Barbican CentreBarbican CentreThe Barbican Centre is the largest performing arts centre in Europe. Located in the City of London, England, the Centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory...
, London, UK - Tetragram for a gathering, Detroit, Stockholm, Sweden
- Padiglione Internet, Venice BiennaleVenice BiennaleThe Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
, Venice, Italy - Late at Tate, Tate BritainTate BritainTate Britain is an art gallery situated on Millbank in London, and part of the Tate gallery network in Britain, with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It is the oldest gallery in the network, opening in 1897. It houses a substantial collection of the works of J. M. W. Turner.-History:It...
, London, UK - No Soul For Sale, Tate ModernTate ModernTate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...
, London, UK - BYOB London, London, UK
- 28 November - Luckypages, Bricks, Area 10, London, UK