Art and Research Invitation
Lydia Catterall
You are invited to take part in East Street Arts' current conversations around the importance of research.
Art and Research: What role does research play in supporting artists?
Friday 10th July 2015
Live Art Bistro, Regent Street, Leeds, LS2 7QA
11am-3pm
(Arrival from 10am. Optional Tour of Patrick Studios at 3.30pm)
Light refreshments will be provided, but please feel free to bring a packed lunch with you
Please let us know if you plan to attend the event at LAB and whether you would like to stay for a tour of Patrick Studios after the event.
'Art and Research' is an event questioning:
What is research in the broadest sense?
What are the current research areas and what's the impact of them?
How do we use research to support artists?
How can Leeds utilise some international research outcomes?
How do we share research genuinely and productively?
What are the gaps?
The day includes contributions from:
Julie Crawshaw - Julie is a researcher working between planning, anthropology and art. She has undertaken fieldwork in UK urban and rural development contexts at the intersections of practice and policy. Her PhD Planning thesis (2013), Beyond Targets: Articulating the role of art in regeneration (Manchester Architecture Research Centre) is an ethnographic study of the making of public art. Julie is currently a co-researcher of 'Stretched' at Valand Academy, Gothenburg exploring the nature of artist-led practice
Susan Jones - Su is a writer, commentator and researcher on visual arts and artists' practice, and mentor and consultant on and for visual artists and artist-led initiatives. She writes for The Guardian, Arts Professional and online platforms. Whilst Director of a-n The Artists Information Company 1999-2014 she led development through AIR (Artists' Interaction and Representation, which is theUK's largest industry body for visual artists, of the Paying artists campaign www.payingartists.org.uk.
Matias Zarlenga - Matías has a PhD in Sociology from University of Barcelona and graduated in Sociology from the University of Buenos Aires. His research interests are Sociological Theory and Sociology of Art and Culture. He participated as a researcher in various accredited projects related to the sociology of culture in the Gino Germani Research Institute at University of Buenos Aires and has taught several subjects: ‘Sociology of Culture’, ‘Contemporary Culture’ and ‘History of Culture’. Currently he has a postdoctoral researcher position in the European Project ‘CulturalBase’ in the University of Barcelona, focussing on the analysis of cultural creativity processes in an urban context.
Friederike Landau - Friederike is a political theorist and urban researcher. She holds an MA in Political Science with a specialisation in Political Philosophy from Brock University, Canada. She has co-authored an article on artist networks in Berlin and a national study on contemporary art galleries in Germany. In her dissertation at the Department for Urban Sociology at the Technical University of Berlin, Friederike analyses formations of political mobilisation and articulation amongst Berlin-based artists and their interventions into cultural policy-making processes.
Lloyd&Wilson - Working together since 2012, artists Toby Lloyd and Andrew Wilson build environments that encourage others to communicate and collaborate with one another in order to open up shared and conflicting experiences of everyday life. In January 2015, Lloyd&Wilson relocated from Newcastle upon Tyne to be the first occupants of Artist House 45; a long term live/work artist residency within a traditional two bedroom, back to back home in Beeston, South Leeds.
Patrick Studios - East Street Arts was founded by Karen Watson and Jon Wakeman in 1993. It took reference and inspiration from the history and developments within the artist-led movement. Studios were developed alongside professional support programmes for artists. In 2000, East Street Arts moved to Patrick Studios, the site of St. Patrick’s Social Club – a former boxing club on St.Mary’s Lane in Mabgate. With a capital grant, it renovated the building with Leeds architects Baumann Lyons to create 34 custom designed artists studios and facilities. It has become a place for artists who endeavour to be professional in their chosen discipline and fosters a culture where by new relationships and collaborations are established and careers can flourish. The Project Space hosts a range of events and residencies aimed at offering artists opportunities to generate new ideas and develop new work; and audiences’ opportunities to meet artists and engage with work in progress.