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Artists Residency
Labour Exchange is pleased to announce that we’ve just been awarded funding to host two artists in residence in Earlsdon during Tradesman’s Entrance. We are therefore inviting proposals from artists who are interested in responding directly to this context and the attendant ideas outlined below.
As a critically engaged form of cultural intervention Tradesman’s Entrance sets out to investigate the relationship between art and work in this localized context. Over the past century significant social and technological changes have led to a shift in our understanding of the notion of work (and the time and place it occupies in our lives). The title ‘Tradesman’s Entrance’ deliberately refers to a time when labour was defined as a male occupation and so the premise of the project seeks to actively question the nature of hidden work both historically and in a contemporary setting. The project will consider what role the artist plays in this context? Is the artist a form of public worker and what is the ‘work’ of art in politics and the broader society?
We are inviting proposals for artworks/artistic research projects for this residency that respond to these questions and that address, but are not limited to the following themes:-
· Residents relationships to work/workplace; domestic, industrial, craft, service, intellectual, material and imaterial labour, formal and informal
· Conditions of production/organisation of contemporary work/workers
· Time; occupied and recreational
· Points of contact between personal and political/public and private, space and time
· Different geographical and cultural viewpoints
· A gendered study of work in the context of Earlsdon.
· How can art be produced in this context, where is the place/space for creativity?
· The local and the global context.
· Art and the wellbeing agenda
This residency would suit artists who are curious, flexible and open to fully engaging with the project and who adopt a research or process orientated site/context responsive approach. This can include, but is not limited to interventions, installations, video (projected or screen based), sculpture, drawing, moving image, photography, painting, performance, sound, participatory and collaborative work. We also welcome an inter-disciplinary approach.
Artists will need to be available to undertake the residency from 27th April - 4th May 2015 and to attend a preliminary one-day visit/tour of Earlsdon to discuss your proposal, ask questions and begin initial research on Thurs 23rd or Fri 24th April.
Labour Exchange is pleased to announce that we’ve just been awarded funding to host two artists in residence in Earlsdon during Tradesman’s Entrance. We are therefore inviting proposals from artists who are interested in responding directly to this context and the attendant ideas outlined below.
As a critically engaged form of cultural intervention Tradesman’s Entrance sets out to investigate the relationship between art and work in this localized context. Over the past century significant social and technological changes have led to a shift in our understanding of the notion of work (and the time and place it occupies in our lives). The title ‘Tradesman’s Entrance’ deliberately refers to a time when labour was defined as a male occupation and so the premise of the project seeks to actively question the nature of hidden work both historically and in a contemporary setting. The project will consider what role the artist plays in this context? Is the artist a form of public worker and what is the ‘work’ of art in politics and the broader society?
We are inviting proposals for artworks/artistic research projects for this residency that respond to these questions and that address, but are not limited to the following themes:-
· Residents relationships to work/workplace; domestic, industrial, craft, service, intellectual, material and imaterial labour, formal and informal
· Conditions of production/organisation of contemporary work/workers
· Time; occupied and recreational
· Points of contact between personal and political/public and private, space and time
· Different geographical and cultural viewpoints
· A gendered study of work in the context of Earlsdon.
· How can art be produced in this context, where is the place/space for creativity?
· The local and the global context.
· Art and the wellbeing agenda
This residency would suit artists who are curious, flexible and open to fully engaging with the project and who adopt a research or process orientated site/context responsive approach. This can include, but is not limited to interventions, installations, video (projected or screen based), sculpture, drawing, moving image, photography, painting, performance, sound, participatory and collaborative work. We also welcome an inter-disciplinary approach.
Artists will need to be available to undertake the residency from 27th April - 4th May 2015 and to attend a preliminary one-day visit/tour of Earlsdon to discuss your proposal, ask questions and begin initial research on Thurs 23rd or Fri 24th April.