Artist Statement
Tenneson and Dale's artwork explores the link between the Houses of Parliament (the epitome of order); the Minimalist movement (the ordered, pure art) and the various forms of public information signage (the physical manifestation of order).
THE ORDER ORDER MANIFESTO
The manifesto is the work
The work is the manifesto...
The works are executed in card
The works are executed in clay
The works are executed in cloth
The works are executed in gloss
The works are executed in ink
The works are executed in metal
The works are executed in paint
The works are executed in paper
The works are executed in plastic
The works are executed in vinyl
The works are executed in wood
The works are executed by Tenneson and Dale
The works are determined by governmental statistics
The works are determined by the purity of Minimalism
The works are determined by public information signage
The works are Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative
(After each election, the works will be repeated)
The works are neutral
The works are primary
The works are red, yellow and blue
The works are prohibition, hazard and mandatory
The works are geranium, primrose and blue
The works are determined by their environment
The environment is the institution
The institution is the framework
The framework inspires the works
The framework places the order
The framework orders the work
We will not impose the order, the order is imposed on us
CV & Education
Qualifications and training
2005 - Visual Culture, MIRIAD, Manchester
2004 - Fine Art, MIRIAD, Manchester
Solo exhibitions
2010 - Hung Parliament, Harris Museum, Preston
2007 - Red Tape, Stockport Art Gallery, Stockport
2006 - Order Order, Cornerhouse Projects, Cornerhouse, Manchester
Group exhibitions
2012 - Ahmed & Carpenter present... Fayre, Rogue Project Space, Manchester
2010 - Warehouse Weekend, Bates Mill, Huddersfield
2008 - Alumni, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
2008 - Rogue Open Studios 2008, Rogue Studios, Manchester
2008 - Urban/Ecology, 17 The Colonnades, Albert Dock, Liverpool
Competitions, prizes and awards
2005 - Crosby Homes Prize, Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester
Site specific
2008 - Art Transpennine, Manchester, Transpennine Region