As part of the E17 Arts Trail 2014 Artquest programmed this talk on collaborative working with a presentation by Andreas Lang of Public works. Public works is an interdisciplinary initiative between artists and architects, running socially engaged project that actively invite public participation. The presentation considered the approaches, challenges and rewards of involving others in the creative process.

Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/4639590640/

No Lone Ranger : A take on collaboration

Artists' Union England London Launch 14/04/2014 at The Showroom gallery. Opening statements by chair Angela Kennedy & Chris Biddlecombe from Scottish Artists Union. 

AUE London Launch Opening Statements Angela Kennedy & Chris Biddlecombe

Artists' Union England London launch panel discussion with: Claudia and Karen from precarious workers brigade; AUE Chair Angela Kennedy; BECTU trade unionist and Creative Works London's Christopher Mathews; Chris Biddlecomb from Scottish Artists Union; Katriona Beales from AUE; Russell Martin from Artquest. 

Artists' Union England London Launch Panel Discussion

Artists' Union England London Launch 14/05/2014 Q&A. 

AUE London Launch Q&A

A- - -Z presents ‘16-bit’, an installation by David Blandy. Blandy’s work interrogates facets of post-millenial identity through the lens of globally influential pop cultural forms such as arcade games, hip hop and manga.

The project is set at Four Quarters in Peckham (187 Rye Lane, SE15 4NF), a bar which has built its reputation hosting arcade games and consoles. Two works by David Blandy will be presented. 
The 2015 Workweek Prize has been awarded to David Blandy and A—Z for 16-Bit.
http://www.artquest.org.uk/articles/view/workweek_prize

One is an arcade game made by the artist, the other will be a film screened on the opening night of Art Licks Weekend.

- ‘Duels And Dualities: Battle Of The Soul’ (2011) enters the realm of the 90’s arcade games with Blandy’s alter-egos facing each other in a never ending battle 

- the game will be installed from the 30th of September to the 7th of October 

- ‘Backgrounds’ (2013) will be screened on the 1st of October at 7pm and on the 7th of October at 8pm. This 16-bit aesthetic film looks at the artist and his father’s virtual identities - both represented as their alter-egos, they walk through lo-res landscapes and discuss their respective practices. 

The choice of these two works reflects the artist’s play on identities, the retro-virtual, and the question of art and boundaries - operating outside of the classic parameters. 

This project is part of A—Z’s ongoing research project around the display and dissemination of artwork and adds to the morphic and viral forms of the platform.

www.davidblandy.co.uk

David Blandy Interview at Four Quarters + A---ZMix

This panel discussion, chaired by Artquest and hosted by Shipment, brought together new and established artist-led spaces to consider the financial pressures of this precarious way of working, asking whether the changing economic context of London brings new ethical opportunities to sustainability. The panel consisted of Daniel Kelley of DKUK, Jennifer Lewandowski of French Riviera, Roland Fischer of SET.

Adaptation strategies of artist led spaces

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