Dedicated to Michael Shamberg (1952-2014)

Turtle Salon is a mobile salon drawing from filmmaker and producer Michael Shamberg's sprawling network of artists, friends, projects, and places.

Born in New York in 1952, Michael Shamberg worked at the US head-office for Factory Records, where he formed a working relationship with New Order, who he met in New York in the early 1980s. Shamberg went on to produce a large number of music videos for New Order, including Run (Napoli), Turn, and Everything's Gone Green. Michael wrested with mitochondrial disease for several years, and died on 1st November 2014.

'In Lebanon, at the border with Israel, there is a turtle sanctuary that is the result of being a protected area during the civil war. The almost extinct Mediterranean sea turtle was allowed to flourish. This is something good that came out of the war. I have gone through my own corporeal civil war and TURTLE is my sanctuary and celebration.' Michael Shamberg

Featuring works by:

Romeo Alaeff, Carl Andre, Francis Baudevin, David Blandy, Anna Blessmann & Peter Saville, David Blandy, Robert Breer, Nathan Cash, Nick Cash, Vincent Champier, Susan Chorpenning, Jem Cohen, Ana Corbero, Natalie Curtis, Daniel Devlin, Annabelle D’Huart, Arpad Dobriban, Anna Faroqhi, Joshua Frankel, Jonathan Gilhooly, Liam Gillick, Rob Gretton, Elma Hermann, Tae Hwang, Marie-France Jean, Elyse Jinks, Reece Kennedy, Martina Klien, Leonard Kogan, Barbara Kruger, Chris Marker, Mocksim, Nuans, Jane Nisselson, Ruth Novacek, Melody Owen, Anita Pain, Amos Poe, Gabrielle Porta, Yvonne Rainer, Ned Richardson, Kay Rosen, Michael Shamberg, Ali Smith, Donald Smith, Malin Ståhl, Sofia Stevi, Eiji Suzue, Susanna Thornton, Maki Umehara, Kristen Weiner, Ila Wingen, Yoke and Zoom, Alice Zimmerman

Turtle Salon

ARTicle gallery, Birmingham City University, 2014

 Turtle Salon

Meter Room, Coventry, 2012

Turtle Salon

Grey Area, Brighton, 2012