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Pat Grindey
Vexations at Chichester
Outstanding…
"This outstanding work was clearly different
from the other works in the exhibition with a
totally contemporary quality.”
Maurice Cockerill, Chair of judges,
National Open Art competition
Final year art student wins National Open Art Rare performance of Vexations
Competition
The University organised a major online performance
Pat Grindey, a mature student in her final year of a Fine Art event inspired by a unique composition for solo piano by
degree at the University, won the prestigious National the eccentric avant garde French composer Erik Satie,
Open Art Competition in November 2008. entitled ‘Vexations’.
Pat’s painting '3 Peasant Girls, after Malevich' was chosen The music consists of one short passage repeated
from a record 1,200 submissions by artists from across exactly 840 times and the event lasted for approximately
the UK, and she was presented with a £10,000 first prize. 18 hours. It was directed by Jonathan Plowright,
The works of three previous Fine Art students from the
international pianist and Head of Piano Studies at the
University were also recognised. Graduate Jo Wilbraham
University.
BA Hons was 3rd in the 'Young Artists' category and Jess In addition to piano students performing the music, there
Loseby MA BA Hons and Lucy Tidbury BA Hons were were art and dance students, tutors and local artists
both 'Highly Commended'. taking their turn to perform their art in response to each
The competition was open to amateur and professional
unique repetition of the 840 identical musical phrases.
artists and was formerly known as the Chichester Open Originally composed around 1893, the work was not
Art Exhibition. It was re-launched to encourage entries played in public in its entirety until 1963, by a team of
from all over the country. pianists in New York. Although the piece is performed
Chair of the judges Maurice Cockerill, RA, said: "This
nowadays on average two or three times a year around
outstanding work was clearly different from the other
the world, up until now these have always been a
works in the exhibition with a totally contemporary
straightforward musical performance.
quality. The painting has a very strong visual language The Vexations event was the first to be broadcast live to
and combines this with critical complexity and an international audience over the internet for the entire
historical dimensions." 18 hours performance.
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