The Woodmill talk, Adam Art Gallery, Wednesday 4 May at 6pm

The Woodmill
Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi
Wednesday 4 May, 6pm

Please join us as three members of London collective The Woodmill, Naomi Pearce, Stuart Middleton and Richard Sides, discuss their recent curatorial projects, individual practices and collaborative work. The discussion will approach current debates about the role of artists within cities and their relationship to processes of gentrification, as well as the politics of authorship, visibility and professionalism.

The Woodmill is an artist-led curatorial collective established in Bermondsey, London in 2009. It has since shifted through various incarnations, from initially managing a 40,000 square foot complex for artists studios from 2009 - 2011, to becoming increasingly active as a producer of exhibitions, workshops, events and site specific projects. Their activities have focused upon exploring how context shapes creative acts, nurturing a way of working that views collaboration less as consensus and more as a negotiation of conflict.

Their recent projects include 'The Mechanical Garden and Other Long Encores' (2014), a site specific immersive installation and audio guide inspired by a diagram drawn by the late pyrotechnic sculptor Stephen Cripps. This project invited artists, writers and musicians to channel the spirit of Cripps' antagonistic, spontaneous practice by creating a sensory experience that contemplated the politics of ephemeral practices, the nature of creative influence and the city as artists muse. For further information visit: http://woodmill.org/mgoe/

This artists' visit to New Zealand has been organised by Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Auckland and is supported by the Arts Council England.

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