New ephemeral interventions for Chester
Places I go when I can’t sleep (Explosive plans centring from the periphery), 2023
Commemorate Chester Contemporary by getting inked with an original Ryan Gander tattoo at Stigma Tattoo Studio. The design reproduces ‘action marks’ appropriated from a Tintin cartoon strip by Hergé, isolated from its original context, and depicting a circular self-fulfilling expression of energy.
Sat 23 Sept – Fri 1 Dec, 2023
Stigma Tattoo Studio, 7 Rufus Court, Chester CH1 2JB
Bookings www.stigmatattoo.co.uk
Open Mon-Sat, 10am-5.30pm
Access Stigma Tattoo Studio is up one flight of stairs.
on the Chester Contemporary mapThe Cestrian Ya-Ya, 2023
Sample a cocktail invented by Ryan Gander especially for Chester Contemporary. They’ll be served at The Venetian Cichetti bar in Rufus Court and Metronome Jazz Bar in Godstall Lane, both in Chester city centre.
Just ask for the The Cestrian Ya-Ya and you’ll get a heady mix of white port, brandy, cardamom and orange bitters. The umbrella’s optional.
Sat 23 Sept – Fri 1 Dec, 2023
The Venetian Cichetti bar, Rufus Court, Chester, CH1 2JW
Bookings
Open Tues & Thurs 5-11pm; Fri & Sat noon-11pm; Sun 3-11pm
Access Level access into the venue
on the Chester Contemporary mapCentred on the periphery, 2023
Flying above The Lady Diana boat on the River Dee is a white surrender flag representing the outlines of several flags including the Union of South American Nations; the Flag of Earth; HM Coast Guard; the Principality of Sealand; NASA; Jolly Roger Pirate; United Galactic Federation; the Flag of Animal Farm; Europe; the Progress Pride Flag; the Dune Inspired Choam Flag; Japan; Australia, and Germany.
A conglomerate of optimism and collectivity.
Fri 22 Sept – Fri 1 Dec
The Lady Diana, The Groves, Chester CH1 1SZ
Bookings
Open Can be viewed 24/7 from ground level
Access
on the Chester Contemporary mapRyan Gander OBE RA (b.1976, Chester, UK) is Artist Director of Chester Contemporary 2023, who lives and works in Suffolk. He studied at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL and the Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, NL. Gander has been a Professor of Visual Art at the Universities of Huddersfield and Suffolk and holds an honorary Doctor of the Arts at the Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Suffolk. In 2017 he was awarded an OBE for services to contemporary arts. In 2019 he was awarded the Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University. In 2022, he was made RA for the category of Sculpture.
He has established an international reputation through artworks that materialise in many different forms, ranging from sculpture, apparel and writing, to architecture, painting, typefaces, publications and performance.