The Art of Engagement

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Members

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  • Michela Sorrentino
  • Karen Close
  • Caffyn Kelley
  • Phyllis Reeve
  • Alys williams
  • Lisa Lipsett
  • janana
  • joe rosenblatt
  • Clare Adams
  • daedalus
  • Taiga Ermansons
  • Pam Korza
  • Barrie J Davies
  • Walter Logeman

Upcoming Programs


An invitation to an online exhibit at the Islands Institute


Artists-in-Residence

"What have we gained and what have we lost by being digitally connected? Can the Internet create space for deep connections and rich collaborations?"

These questions are UK artist Justin Allen's starting point as he curates a full year of innovative residencies for the Art of Engagement online network, beginning in August 2009. He writes, "Through the artists I’ve chosen and the questions I’ve posed, this programme invites us to consider what these powerful technologies mean: for our art and for our lives."

For more on the program see the Curator's introductory notes.

The 09-10 residency programme is supported by a research and development grant from Arts Council England.

You are invited to develop your own program or propose something we can work on together. Contact Caffyn to discuss or get technical help.

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Current Programs

Citymine(d) is holding the artist-in-residence position through June and July. Citymine(d) is an international network of individuals and collectives involved with city and local action. By means of arts projects, campaigns and debate, City Mine(d) puts current themes from neighbourhood to the European level on the public and political agenda and offers a framework in which experience, contacts and information can be shared.
Over the past few years Citymine(d) has used the space we call "art" to engage people in interesting and innovative ways. They cross lines, blurring the boundaries between art, life and political action.

The 09-10 residency programme is curated by Justin Allen and supported by a research and development grant from Arts Council England.

Discuss the Future of Residencies on the Network!

Previous residencies:

April-May 2010 Richard DeDomenici.
February - March 2010 Yoko Ishiguro
December 2009-January 2010 Ewelina Kolaczek and Ania Bas
October-November 2009 Clare Adams
August and September 2009 Justin Allen
May-June 2009 Bobby Baker
March-April 2009 John Jordan
January-February 2009 Glas(s) Performance
November-December 2008 Doran George
September-October 2008 Tim Jeeves
July-August 2008 Gwylene Gallimard and Jean-Marie Mauclet
May-June 2008 Rajni Shah Rajni Shah curated the 2008-2009 program.


Other Programs:

Culturing Sustainability: A Cookbook for Artists and Educators
July 2009 Lisa Lipsett
'Art In Nature Challenge' Project

Welcome to the Art of Engagement online network!

Welcome to this online gathering on the Art of Engagement.

Please join us! This network exists as an ongoing open space for international dialogue on the Art of Engagement. It is experimental, co-created and free. Here are some of the questions that draw us together: How do we image and imagine the work of art at this moment in history, when the survival of the planet is threatened? What role can art play in transforming the current cascade of social and environmental crises? Can we develop a way to create culture, to research, learn and teach with/in ecological systems? Where does art intersect with social struggle?

Give others the chance to learn from your own efforts and projects. Share resources and stories. Ask questions. Challenge us. Ask for help. Make new friends and forge new alliances.

Here are some steps for people new to the site (everything is optional and can be done in any order!):

1. Sign in.
2.Edit your profile - add a profile photo to represent you, and tell us something about your practice, your questions and your passions. (There will be a short delay before your page is visible on the site and you are able to post comments. We need to "approve" your membership in order to prevent SPAM attacks. We do not censor who can get on the site - we just check that you are not a spammer. Please give us enough information so that we can do this.)
3. Upload some photos, and/or videos and sounds.
4. Read about other participants by clicking on the "Members" tab. Leave comments for them on their comment wall.
5. Participate in discussions that are underway under the"Forums" tab. Join a Group. Start your own groups and discussions.
6. Use your Blog to keep us updated on what you are doing. Keep uploading photos and sharing projects.

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This network is "better than sex"

Some comments from participants:

Jan Cornall: Here there is the possibility to make deep meaningful connection with like minded artists, thinkers, writers, performers; to collaborate, share ideas, knowledge, develop projects, and to work together to actively make a difference in our street, neighbourhood, world. Here you can be recognised, appreciated and supported as an artist, and arts worker, an activist, a teacher, a thinker, by your fellow artists and arts workers. How valuable is that! How much do we need that! ...Here we can cut through the borders and boundaries that separate us, we can leapfrog the hierarchies and closed shops, the habitual patterns of our own limited thinking and limitations of our own arts communities and burst freely into a new awakened space of possibility. I tell you ....its better than sex, better than myspace almost better than art.

Beverly Naidus: For me, as facilitator [of a discussion on Teaching Art for Social Change], the greatest delight was this sense of our world as activist art practitioners, leaping across borders, time zones, and significant logistical boundaries. To be able to connect with deeply passionate colleagues in Australia, England, Qatar, Vancouver and Pittsburgh - wow, is all I can say. And if folks take a look at where the growing membership of this "engaged art" network comes from, you will be astounded. The countries represented besides those mentioned above include: South Africa, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Norway, Romania, Germany and Sweden. How exciting is that! ...

And I wanted to say that this gathering is so timely. There are so many people everywhere who feel the preciousness of this time and recognize that we must gather our energies to turn the tide. I encourage those of you with larger networks working with art for social change, to connect them with this space. We need to gather all the sparks, and develop more momentum from the margins.

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Clare Adams Looking forward to the coming year :-) Writing up the artist intro's ...
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Hi Phyllis, What you say is very true from my own experience of the residencies. Not having the human contact you get from 'passers-by' in a gallery makes it quite strange for artists initially when beginning their residencies. However as you say,…
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("Artwork on the Anschutz Medical Campus" by Rinaldodsouza) "The Door Of The Law" is a suite in six parts inspired by "A Parable About A Parable" from RAWilson's "Quantum Psychology," itself inspired by Kafka's "Before The Law." (There is also a…
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I am excited when a new residency begins, and look forward to following the artist in progress. Most of you have been willing to engage and involve [Your own residency was amazing], but a few have gone silent almost right away. Perhaps they were dis…
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DONALD JUDD'S LIBRARY online http://library.juddfoundation.org/JUDDlibbrowse/ An exploration of the artist's library - and an example of a website expertly doing what it does best.
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Hi Tom, Thanks for the reply. You're right, there are a lot of possibilities for real-time collaborations. With people going on-line in their everyday lives more and more, there should be further ways to tap into the way people are communicating an…
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All the rest is commentary... presents the Golden Rule from 12 world religions as a core vision of global human relations. This series of printed linen table cloths typographically unifies these translated versions of the Golden Rule as authoritativ…
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Upward (The Idler part 3)

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Informaëlstrom (1000 Radios part 2)

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The Door Of The Law (part 2)

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