Spacex

Spacex
45 Preston Street
Exeter
Devon
EX1 1DF
England

Website

www.spacex.org.uk

E-mail

Telephone

01392 431 786

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Spacex is a public funded contemporary art space and registered educational charity. It encourages public engagement with the latest developments in contemporary art through commissioned projects, exhibitions, events and activities for all ages.

Spacex is close to the historic quayside in Exeter and is situated in a 19th Century warehouse building with interesting architectural features.

Venue Type:

Gallery

Opening hours

10am - 5pm Tuesday to Saturday

Closed: Sundays and some Bank Holidays

Admission charges

Free

Getting there

Exeter is 2 hours from London by rail (London Paddington to Exeter St. Davids) or 1 hour from Bristol Parkway. Spacex is 20 minutes walk from Exeter St. Davids and just 5 minutes walk from Exeter High Street. By car, follow signs to Exeter city centre, nearest parking is Smythen Street Car Park.

General services and facilities

Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Guided tours
Pre-booking service for groups

Children and families

Activities for pre-school children
Events and resources for children and families

Disability access

Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
Toilets for disabled
Wheelchair access to all public areas

Schools services and facilities

Direct teaching services for schools
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Primary school education service available
Secondary school education service available
Education facilities available

Research and adult learning

Academic publications and resources available
Adult lectures and courses held
Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students

Commercial and hire services

Facilities for private functions and events

Spacex
45 Preston Street
Exeter
Devon
EX1 1DF
England

Website

www.spacex.org.uk

E-mail

Main Contact

mail@spacex.org.uk

Press and Marketing

rowan@spacex.org.uk

Education & Outreach

education@spacex.org.uk

Telephone

01392 431 786

Collections services

General guide to collections available
Public access available to collections information
Specialist publications on collections available

Spacex
45 Preston Street
Exeter
Devon
EX1 1DF
England

Website

www.spacex.org.uk

E-mail

Main Contact

mail@spacex.org.uk

Press and Marketing

rowan@spacex.org.uk

Education & Outreach

education@spacex.org.uk

Telephone

01392 431 786

Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Topophobia

12 May — 7 July 2012

The fear of place and the manifestation of this in contemporary art is the territory for TOPOPHOBIA. As an anxiety disorder, this phobia is understood as an irrational dread of certain places or situations, yet, considered as a cultural phenomenon topophobia connects us to the existential human question of how each of us finds our place in the world. The exhibition and related publication take a look at the representation of place and space as threatened or threatening.

TOPOPHOBIA is a group show featuring the work of ten UK and international artists. The range of media and approaches is wide. Anne Eggebert makes detailed drawings derived from images on Google Earth; Matthias Einhoff uses high-end corporate video techniques to make a spectacle of an urban wasteland; David Ferrando Giraut creates a state of anxiety with his filmic pan of the aftermath of a car accident; Polly Gould constructs distorted topographical watercolours reflected in the surface of a globe; Marja Helander depicts herself out of place between her two cultures of contemporary Finland and Sami nomadic heritage; Uta Kogelsberger reveals uncanny night visions of urban and desert America in her photographs; Almut Rink appropriates the 3D software used by architects to take the viewer on an imaginary journey in a virtual space; Abigail Reynolds exposes disjointed time and place in her use of old book illustrations in collages and assemblage. Emily Speed houses her body in a fortress made from shutters; and Louise K Wilson uses sound derived from her work at a previously top secret Cold War testing site.