Diary, News, Politics, Talk, Writing / Posted by Rich
Text from my talk at AIR Salon at Core Gallery on 13.06.11.
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Some of the text has already appeared in Modes Of Practice.
It was a very good night with lots of stimulating conversation.
News, Talk, Writing / Posted by Rich
My text for ‘Modes of Practice in an Age of Austerity’. A talk and workshop looking at what artists can do to survive the cuts.
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How do we survive the cuts without sacrificing or compromising our practice, ethics and professionalism?
Talk and discussion delivered by Artists Emily Speed, Rich White and Anna Francis on 12 March, 13:30-16:30 at The Exchange, Stoke-on-Trent.
Modes of Practice in an Age of Austerity is an event for artists and other creative practitioners to explore and discuss strategies for survival in a time where cuts threaten to obliterate the art world in the U.K. and beyond.
Artist Emily Speed will talk about her practice and approach to ‘Getting Paid’ as discussed in her a-n blog.
Artist Rich White will discuss how he assesses opportunities not just on how much money they bring in, but in terms of other benefits as well, and how a practitioner whose work is not saleable in the traditional sense survives in these difficult times.
The event will culminate in a group discussion activity which will aim to create a dialogue and explore the issues that artists face in light of the cuts, we will then come up with strategies for avoiding bad practice. We will aim to set out ideals and a set of rules which will form the manifesto: Modes of Practice in an Age of Austerity, which will be turned into a working document designed by Rich White, Emily Speed and Anna Francis - and will form a petition for artists to sign up to after the event.
Be part of something important. Please see The Exchange for more info.
News, Talk, Writing / Posted by Rich
Essay about my practice and art in general during the ‘age of austerity’.
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It was delivered as a talk at INTERROGATION: West Bromwich - a month-long project exploring the impact that artists can make using short, sharp interventions in the public realm.
UPDATE: An edited excerpt was published in a-n magazine in November 2010.
Following the success of INTERROGATION: WALSALL September will see INTERROGATION: WEST BROMWICH. I will be acting as guest artist/mentor on the Site-specific mission.
Anna Francis’ INTERROGATION projects ‘explore how… art… can connect with public realm space.’
From the brief:
The concern this year will be to investigate how artists are bridging gaps - gaps in infrastructure, regeneration and consultation processes, and bridging gaps between people and cultural activity. This will be done through four interrogation days using four different methodologies:
INTERROGATION: ACTION RESEARCH (08 September 2010)
INTERROGATION: PARTICIPATION (15 September 2010)
INTERROGATION: SITE SPECIFIC (22 September 2010)
INTERROGATION: INTERVENTION (29 September 3010)
Each ‘interrogation’ will last a full day and will see around 20 artists (5 per day) becoming secret agents - learning about different approaches to each of the methods and then planning their own approach, supported by the guest artist and Anna, and going in to the town centre, to put theory into practice, interacting with the public of West Bromwich.
Each ‘interrogation’ will produce a set of evidence and information which will be displayed, to build up a picture of West Bromwich and the role the artist can play in ‘bridging the gap’.
The findings of each interrogation day will be displayed in the town in an empty shop space which we will be using as or HQ for the duration of the project. There will also be a symposium event to disseminate the findings of the programme and to share our approach with other artists and regeneration professional alike at the start of October 2010.
See Longhouse for more info.