Friday nights opening of the Carbon & Chemicals show in Nottingham was fantastic, we had a great turn out and it all went off without a hitch (despite a flood during the set-up!)

We’d like to thank everyone who came to check out the show and everyone involved in the whole thing, as it wouldnt be possible without you!

Here’s a few select snaps of the night but you can see all the photo’s in our Flickr pool @ www.flickr.com/groups/xyncarbonchemicals/pool/, on SPT’s blog, on Boardroom Daves blog, my blog and a couple of videos on Pones Vimeo

The show is up until the end of this week so if you couldnt make it down on the night, be sure to check it out this week!

That’s right folks, just one day to go until the Nottingham show! Im currently sitting in my room in Bristol, surrounded by artwork and stuff to take back, as in an hours time I make the journey to Notts to meet up with Waste, Klingatron & Pone to start hanging the work!

I really hope you can make it down, we’re going to be working as hard as we can to put on a great show - so from the work on the walls to the live art, you can be sure we’re giving it our all!

The goodie bags are being prepped too, I’ve burnt off just 10 copies of the hand-made / super8 film by Robbie Keast & Danny Wainwright onto DVD and popped them in a random selection of goodie bags, and Ive also put an all-black one-of-two production sample of my vinyl toy ‘Droplet‘ in one random bag too!! (I only received 2 black samples, the first prototypes I ever got to see so it’s pretty special!)

If that isn’t enough to entice you, well then I guess I’d better mention the free drinks then hadn’t i… They’ll be beer & wine available at the show* and then if you’re carrying on to the Orange Tree with us for the after party, show off your xynthetic logo hand-stamp and you’ll get another free drink or two** plus happy-hour price cocktails!

It’s bank holiday Friday, what else are you going to do with your night?

Friday 21st March 6.00 - 10.00pm
The Art Organization,
21 Station Street, Nottingham (literally opposite the train station)
Click here for a Google Map

After party @ Orange Tree
38 Shakespeare Street, NG1 4FQ
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Hope to see you there!

* Until it runs out
** Until the barman tells you you can’t have anymore freebies

That’s just, just 7 days remaining until the 2nd installment of the Carbon & Chemicals trilogy!! Things are heating up now, ‘to do’ lists are getting longer, feelings of panic are getting stronger, excitement is building… you get where we’re going with this!

Not only are we displaying the work we’ve already created (which consists of painted boards, screenprints, photography and a projection), we’re busy adding MORE things for you to peruse… more boards, more prints, more photos!

So we’ve established there’s more work for you to see, but that isn’t the end of it!

To tickle your earholes we’ve got beats supremo ED209 on the ones & two’s, providing the soundtrack for the evening and to titillate your eyeballs we’ve got live art from myself, WASTE, Klingatron, Pone AND Mr Jago painting prints for you there and then, which will be available to purchase as soon as he’s finished them, how’s that for a slice of fried gold!?

We’ve got free Goodie Bags for the first 30 people that come and grab them - packed with stickers, badges and stuff you need in your life! Don’t worry if you miss out though, we’ll all have some Xyn badges to dish out to you, so just ask us for one!

All in all we’re working really hard to make this Nottingham show as enjoyable as possible so if you’re around, please do come down and check it out! Here’s the details…

Xynthetic presents Carbon & Chemicals : Show #2
Friday 21st March 2008 (Good Friday)
6.00pm - 10.00pm @ The Art Organization
21 Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3AJ
Opposite the train station, click here for a map

There’s an official after-party at The Orange Tree in Notts City Centre so be sure to join us for that too!!

Right then, that’s that, put the date in the diary and we’ll see you next week!

It’s no surprise that Klingatron absolutely KILLED IT with the opening night of his solo show @ The Arches in Glasgow last week, here’s a few snaps taken from his blog to prove it…

Check out Lee Simpsons flickr stream for more dope snaps too!

The troublesome two-some of WHAT-fame, Richt & 45RPM have got a show @ the Centre Fold Gallery in Guernsey next week on Friday 21st March, so if you’re on the rock, go check it out!

That’s right folks, just 2 weeks to go now until the 2nd Carbon & Chemicals show in Nottingham!!

We’re all real busy creating new, fresh pieces of work to add to what we’ve already got, so there’s going to be plenty to feast your eyes on!

So, to recap, there’s going to be boards, prints & lomo photography, plus a hand-created animation by Robbie Keast and a Super8 film by Danny Wainwright. They’ll be 30 free goodie bags to give away to the first people that snag them, oh yeah, and free drinks too!!

As if that wasn’t enough, we’ve got mr ED209 on the decks providing the musical delights all night and a spot of live art from us that’ll be there (Looking like WASTE, Pone, Klingatron, Mr Jago, maybe Danny Wainwright and then myself).

Then, once you’ve had enough art, we’ve got an official after party at The Orange tree in Notts City Centre, where you’ll get cheap drinks when you show your Xynthetic stamp on your hand (come see us to get yours!)

So let’s make a night of it shall we!? Add Friday March 21st to your diaries! The show is on 6 - 10pm and then we’ll go Orange Tree afterwards, hope to see you there!

That’s right y’all, Klingatrons second solo show at The Arches in Glasgow is having it’s opening night THIS FRIDAY!

You know it’s going to be ridiculous and full of mind-blowingly detailed stencils, so go check it out!

Helly y’all, thought I’d drop a quick update of what we’re upto…

We’re all busy preparing the the 2nd Xynthetic show in Nottingham, which is coming up in just under 3 weeks on Friday 21st Feb (good Friday)

This one’s going to be a banger, the space is huge and we’re all busy creating fresh new work to add to what we’ve already done! The night will feature DJing from the one & only ED209, 30 goodie bags to give away and a bit of Live art too!

If that isn’t enough, we’ve got an official after party happening at The Orange tree in Notts where they’ll be cheap drinks on offer for all those who rock a Xynthetic stamp on their hand, so make sure you’re out for the night so you can come party with us!!

Doors open on the at 6pm until 10pm, and then we’ll mosey on over to the Orange Tree, so put the date in your diaries and I hope to see you on the night!

Our boy Kling’ has been super hard at work crafting some insanely detailed works of art for his forthcoming 2nd solo show happening at The Arches in Glasgow in 2 weeks time, opening on Friday 7th March…

As you can see, the boy means business! Make sure you get down to the arches to check it out!

Well, it’s been a long-time coming but it’s officially kicked off, the Carbon & Chemicals mini arts tour started with the opening night @ the Kitch-en Gallery in Middlesbrough on Friday night!

Dan, Norm, Jonny, Pone & Myself went up to set-up the show on the Thursday, you can peep some of the photos below and see all the snaps on the flickr pool here and on my blog aswell!

A massive thank you to all of the Xyn family and everyone that came along, we’re going to do even more work for the Nottingham show so there’s going to be plenty more stuff to see!

We hope you like what you see and look forward to seeing you in Notts / Bristol!

Here’s a sneak peak of a special title sequence that the hyper-talented Mr Robbie ‘WheatFree‘ Keast is producing for the Carbon & Chemicals super8 film projection. It’ll all be done by hand, using nothing more than lights and stencils…

You know they’ll only be one (well, three) places to come check it out…

The stencil-master Klingatron has got his 2nd solo exhibition coming up in his home town of Glasgow, at The Arches, in March!

The opening night is the 8th March, with the show running until April 9th, so be sure to check it out. You know it’ll be filled with ridiciously detailed and mind-boggling work so put the dates in your diaries!

It’s with sadness that I tell y’all that our first Carbon & Chemicals exhibition @ Kitch-en Gallery in Middlesbrough on the 1st Feb is going to be Kitch-ens very last!

The Kitch-en fellas have decided to take the gallery & name online rather than be tied to physical premises, so that means we want them to go out with a bang - if you’re up north then please do try and make it down for the opening night next Friday 1st!

As you can see, we’ve been collecting together lots of sweet bits & bobs from the Xyn family to put inside the goodie bags for the Carbon & Chemicals shows…

Remember, there’s just 30 goodie bags to give away at each show, on a first come-first served basis so don’t miss out!!

With just 2 weeks to go until our very first Carbon & Chemicals show, we’re all hard at work doing our thing, getting paintings painted, skateboards finished, edits edited and things sorted!

Word is spreading too, thanks to the kind folk who have been posting about it on various places: Lomography events website, Haxed forum, Modart Magazine, Kitch-en’s website and the Computer Arts magazine diary page…

(Come join us on Friday the 1st for the opening night though!)

So I’ll leave you with a few more sneak peak lomo’s from Laura, Waste & the gang…