March - May 2010 Diary (PDF, 1950Kb)
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Christine + Irene Hohenbuchler, Bau-Stelle 2007
Photo: Courtesy Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna
Photo: Courtesy Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna
Craftivism
Exhibitions
Sat 12 Dec 09 - Sun 14 Feb 2010 10am - 6pm (exc Mondays)
Free
Kayle Brandon + Heath Bunting, Rhiannon Chaloner + Manuel Vason, glorious ninth, GOTO10, Rui Guerra, Household, Christine + Irene Hohenbüchler, JODI, Mandy McIntosh, Gloria Ojulari Sule, Trevor Pitt + Kate Pemberton, Janek Simon, Stephanie Syjuco, Clare Thornton and projects produced with local residents.
Craftivism is a participative exhibition responding to the resurgent interest in craft as it relates to socially-engaged art practice. It involves 14 projects developed by artists and collectives that work with craft-based traditions and activist practices, and who employ the tactics of 'craftivism' (combining crafting & activism) to question the prevailing codes of mass consumerism.
The artists involved engage with craft-based traditions through diverse practices including art, technology and fashion. Craftivism has been developed in relation to a range of contexts and includes nine artist-led participatory projects developed with local communities, shown as part of the exhibition; online and in free software-related projects with workshops, talks and the uncurated satellite event unCraftivism.
Events also take place at Brandon Hill Park, Colston Hall, Full Circle St Paul’s Youth and Family Centre, Knowle West Media Centre and The Mall Bristol. It looks to encourage wider communities to embrace the freedom to create, modify and distribute products and demonstrates the possibilities for people to modify
their own lives.
The Anti-Factory workshop is open Thursday - Sunday 12 - 6pm
For details of Craftivism events and workshops at Arnolfini and around Bristol link here.
Craftivism is an Arnolfini / Relational project curated by Zoë Shearman (Director, Relational), Geoff Cox (Associate Curator of Online Projects, Arnolfini) and Ann Coxon (Assistant Curator, Tate Modern).
Craftivism has been developed with the support of a Crafts Council Spark Plug Curator Award and funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England; The Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture; Bristol City Council - Single Project Fund; The Crafts Council; The Adam Mickiewicz Foundation; and The Mondriaan Foundation.
Additional support and partnership from Arnolfini Café Bar; Bradley Stoke Library; Bristol City Council Park’s Department; Bristol Rope & Twine; Cameron Lee Carpets; CLIC Sargent Cancer Care for Children; Colston Hall; The Cookery School at Bordeaux Quay; CSF Wrestling; Craftspace; Full Circle St. Paul’s Youth and Family Project; Galsworthy Graphics; Knowle West Media Centre; Labour Behind the Label; Mad Eli; The Mall Bristol; Naturepaint.com, POD Projects; John Short; West Country Knotters and Wicklea Youth & Community Centre, Brislington.
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