Gigs, performances, screenings and readings to bring down the curtain on Studio Jamming
Published On Mon 14 Jul 2014 by Roddy Isles
A fortnight into the ‘Studio Jamming: Artists’ Collaborations in Scotland’ exhibition at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD), attention has turned to the 12-hour Jamming Symposium that will bring the series to a close later this month.
The major new exhibition at the Cooper Gallery takes its cue from the live improvised excitement of musical jamming to celebrate artists’ collaborations. Artists and writers who have taken part in ‘Studio Jamming’ will come together with speakers and members of the public on Friday, 25th July for the marathon event jammed with gigs, performances, screenings and readings.
Studio Jamming adopts a diverse curatorial approach, comprising an exhibition, critical writing residency, and a month-long event series. Studio Jamming is part of GENERATION; 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland and the Glasgow 2014 Culture Programme.
It will culminate with the symposium, providing a forum for discussions of contemporary art and culture in Scotland to investigate the notion of collaboration and the ideas, artworks and writings produced throughout Studio Jamming.
International keynote speakers include Maria Lind, Francis McKee, Stine Hebert, and Markus Miessen. David Harding, the inaugural Head of the pivotal Environmental Art Programme at GSA that nurtured many artists who went on to gain international acclaim, will introduce declarations from artists’ groups from across Scotland.
The participating artists’ groups are Graham Eatough & Graham Fagen, Full Eye, GANGHUT, and Henry VIII’s Wives. Also part of Studio Jamming is a Group Critical Writing Residency edited by Maria Fusco enabling emerging writers in Scotland to develop their critical writing practice. Their writing is now published at https://groupcriticalwriting.dundee.ac.uk/.
Curator Sophia Hao said, “Studio Jamming culminates in a rousing 12-hour Jamming Symposium, which will forge a vital platform for discursive interrogations and speculations upon the phenomena of collaboration.
“Collaboration as a theme is important at this specific moment in time and there are many books and conferences on the subject internationally, but Studio Jamming is the first survey to foreground the grassroots character of artists’ collaboration that has contributed to the remarkable achievements of contemporary art in Scotland.
“Developing as a live critical discourse, the Studio Jamming Hub acts as a collaborative site where artists, writers, architects, educators, researchers, performers, cultural thinkers and participants present, reflect upon and elaborate the possibilities and histories embedded in artists’ collaborations.”
Henry VIII's Wives' have reassembled their archive of works and are exhibiting their 11 meter pipe organ ‘The Lowest Note of an Organ’ for the first time in the UK. GANGHUT have taken the jam theme to the next level by collaborating to make jam, a reference to one of Dundee’s traditional industries.
Full Eye are a new collaboration formed of Katy Dove, Anne-Marie Copestake and Ariki Porteous are displaying new works including their debut performance on 19th July. They previously collaborated as Muscles of Joy and gigged at venues such as CCA, Glasgow and Transmission Gallery.
Graham Fagen & Graham Eatough are exhibiting their film ‘Killing Time’ in a new configuration alongside preparatory drawings for the project which are being exhibited for the first time. Graham Fagen, a Senior Lecturer at DJCAD, will represent Scotland at the 2015 Venice Biennale.
DJCAD has played a vital role in the development of contemporary art in Scotland. A number of significant artists in Scotland, with graduates including Turner Prize-winner Susan Philipsz, Turner nominee Luke Fowler, Katy Dove and Scott Myles.
Cooper Gallery is internationally recognised as a platform for exhibiting innovative practices, with previous exhibitions including major projects by the likes of Bruce McLean, Paul Noble and Georgina Starr.
More information is available at http://www.dundee.ac.uk/djcad/exhibitions/exhibitions/studio-jamming/
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