Site specific enquiry
Enquiries about buildings fascinate me for all of their complexity. Buildings are an emotive subjects; one person’s inspiring ruin is another person’s maddening dilapidation. There are often many varied stakeholders concerned with buildings- a mixture of personal and professional, pragmatic and sentimental. Buildings are canvases onto which people map their ideas, values and memories, which is why enquiries around buildings require real open-mindedness and sensitivity. I have worked on several projects that focus specifically on buildings and their inhabitants/neighbourhoods. Creativity helps to open channels of productive discussion, and creates space for multiple perspectives.
Example projects
2016- The Wedgwood Institute- Winstanley
2017- Stoke-on-Trent Artist at Work- Winstanley
A residency at the new ACAVA Spode Studios in Stoke-on-Trent, where I collaborated with site users to look into the the labour of local artists, how they spent their time, and what the results were. I launched an artists census in which hundreds of local artists contributed, and which was taken on by artists in Margate in the following year. An exhibition at Spode captured a snapshot of the creative culture of Stoke-on-Trent at a time that felt vital for the redevelopment of the city, as it vied for the UK City of Culture title. https://www.a-n.co.uk/reviews/stoke-on-trent-artists-at-work/
2022- The Ballroom- Winstanley