Lets talk a bit about BRISTOL DIVING SCHOOL and Artist Led Activity.
As part of the British Art Show 7, Project Space 11 (an artist led project based in Plymouth) asked for collectives to participate in a live discussion at the finale symposium.
We decided that we wanted to participate and myself and another fellow BDSer travelled to Plymouth on Friday for our two day discussion on the future of Artist led activity and its sustainability.
After an eight hour long discussion on the first day we all came to the conclusion that in fact, we didn’t necessarily want to talk about the future, but to talk about NOW – especially as artist led projects have such distinct life spans.
The group consisted of individuals representing Project Space 11 (Plymouth), Transmission Gallery (Glasgow), Trade Gallery (Nottingham), James Taylor Gallery (London), Come to Ours (Plymouth) and Sovay Berriman. We talked through topics such as, selfishness/selflessness, funding, drive, audience and community, regionality, relationships with institutions – All which we had very similar views and concerns with.
The micro residency and final live discussion was of great importance for us all, I know that for BDS it helped us realise that we are not alone and that what we are doing is important and worth while. It is also fair to say that, as artists we see things differently, beyond the financial wants, to the larger, more important needs – togetherness.
http://www.plymouthartscentre.org/eventsandeducati…
http://www.kurator.org/research/reclaiming-critica…
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BDS would like to take this opportunity to thank all that were involved in the finale symposium this weekend, but also to thank all those who support us – especially those supporting from a far.
