Collective Gallery/Studio Voltaire
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Starts
15 October 2011 at 00:00
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Ends
15 October 2011 at 00:00
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Host
Collective Gallery and Studio Voltaire
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Location
Studio Voltaire, Clapham, London
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Phone
+44 (0)20 7622 1294
Starting 03/09/2001
and Ending 18/09/2011
This project's involves assisting the Collective Gallery in Edinburgh with rebuilding or modifying its New Work Scotland Programme, a part of which involves the exchange with Studio Voltaire in London. Unlike previous years the Collective Gallery have asked the participants of this programme to play a more active role in its development. This would involve working not only as artists producing exhibitions within the space but exploring ways in which the framework of the programme can grow organically and become more responsible for itself as a group rather than just by individually driven shows simply hosted by a gallery. This process, in addition to the Studio Voltaire exchange geared at the continuation of a strong dialogue with artists between Scotland and the UK's cultural hub, London, is engaging with workshops held and attended by a wealth of artists and other cultural professionals. Those of us participating in the New Work Scotland Programme's communal expansion also attend monthly meetings to discuss and reconcile issues surrounding its new directions practical to its agenda. The administration at Collective Gallery are interested this year in allowing its participants opportunities to govern and create a new model that incorporates more democratic input, and additionally have stipulated this year that anyone interested in being involved must be willing to engage with the other creators and discuss art but also to take responsibility for what will become the prototype for succeeding years. The exchange at Studio Voltaire is the culmination of most of these ideas is the one element of the programme allowing us to meet new associates and contacts in London but to impart a unique model for institutions promoting young artists in the UK, one that is self-organising as opposed to administrated, and one that is pedagogically invested in how artists how learn from one another and not just in expanding professional networks.