A list of all Artquest events that took place in 2005. Select from the menu or scroll down to see the whole list of events.
Further 2 was a 3-month moving image residency opportunity for London-based visual artists interested in developing film based projects, acquiring techniques and learning technical processes. Further took place at no.w.here, in partnership with Artquest and Film London, culminating in a showcase event.
The three selected artists were artist and cinematographer Noski DeVille, Royal College of Art graduate John O'Connell and performance / live art artist Edith Marie Pasquier.
Dispelling the Myth was a one-day seminar run for Creative Skills in Cornwall, the professional development organisation for creative industries practitioners in Cornwall. It served as an introduction to the London art scene for practitioners living and working in Cornwall with talks by marketing professionals, artists and curators.
Speakers included Stephen Beddoe, Artquest Programme Manager, talking about issues of working inside and outside London; Sarah Thelwall, a freelance art market strategist & marketing consultant; Helen Carnac, artist / craftsperson and Forum lead artist in 2006 [link]; artist Barby Asante; Sarah Carrington, one half of the curatorial partnership B+B; artist Simeon Nelson, board member of Elastic residence. After the seminar, the attendees and speakers visited the PILOT:2 launch party.
During September 2005, Artquest and Arts Unwrapped organised three 2-hour long seminars around the marketing and promotional issues facing artists and studio providers living and working in London. Each seminar consisted of a brief introduction to marketing and promotion for artists by Sarah Thelwall, followed by artists' talks highlighting issues around marketing, networking and collaboration, and a 30-minute question and answer session between the audience and speakers.
All seminars were held at the Arts Council England London offices at 2 Pear Tree Court, London EC1R 0DS, and were chaired by Artquest staff with an introduction by Hymie Dunn, Arts Unwrapped project co-ordinator.
Artquest, in partnership with b3 Media presented Digital Shift 2, a series of 8 one-day, new media workshops for visual artists who wished to develop their practice through exploring new technology.
The workshops were run by b3 media at their Electric Avenue Studios in Brixton and cost £15 for a single workshop or £20 for two workshops. Tutors were Fleeta Siegel & Cheyenne Chew
Workshops covered: Introduction to Flash; Final Cut Pro, an Introduction; Advanced Flash, FCP, Web site Compression; Making a Showreel; Web site Creation; Making DVDs.
The 2nd Annual Artquest Jumble Sale was held on Saturday 25 June 2005 at Hoxton Hall, and once again attracted large crowds of bargain-hunters and fun seekers alike. As well as more than 40 stalls crammed with old kitchen equipment, second hand clothes, books, African jewellery and general bric-a-brac, visitors enjoyed the Raffle, Cake Baking Competition and Balloon Sculpture Competition. The top Raffle prize, a £170 digital camera, took longer to go this year than last, with the second prize, a £100 Eurostar voucher, being picked up quite quickly. The winners of the Cake Baking and Balloon Sculpture competitions shared £120 in prize money. As usual, the Café served delicious cakes and teas and the Q&A legal specialists were on hand to answer your legal queries for free. The atmosphere was one of fun and conversation as people made friends whilst haggling over the price of a second hand watch.
Artquest and no.w.here presented Cameraless Film 2, an intensive 2-day workshop for visual artists, exploring film as an artistic medium. The workshop allowed practitioners to gain hands-on experience of making a film without using a camera and was suitable for complete beginners, film artists and artists from any discipline. This weekend intensive course explored and explained the physical nature of film and the artistic possibilities of painting, drawing and scratching directly onto celluloid. Cameraless Film started with looking at films by some of its greatest exponents Stan Brakhage, Len Lye, Oskar Fishinger, Man Ray and moves into practical engagement with the filmic materials concluding with a screening of the films made during the course.
Daytrippers took place on at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. 15 artists from London and 15 from the Northwest met to attend a seminar and network throughout the day. The seminar panel was made up of artists Andrew Cross, Nick Crowe, Olivia Plender and Becky Shaw.
Following the seminar, the artists attended the preview of Andrew Cross' exhibition An English Journey at Castlefield.
Electric Greenhouse was a 3-month, project based digital arts residencies organised by Artquest and b3 media, Brixton. Electric Greenhouse offered the selected artists free, part-time access to Electric Studios, Brixton. In addition, artists received bespoke training and support to realise their projects. An event was organised at the end of the residency to showcase work produced. The selected artists for 2005 were Elkin Calderon, Harold Offeh and susan pui san lok.
The selected projects included a multimedia exploration of 'Englishness', a digital video / web project on national anthems and a series of web-based audio works exploring notions of nostalgia.
Elkin Calderon (b. 1975) studied fine art at the Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, specialising in electronic media. His work is expressed in combining different media: video, painting, animation and text based work. Previous exhibitions include 'Locombia' (selector and participating artist) Space, London, June 2004; 'Way Out', Helena Producciones, Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, London, 29 May 2004; 'V Bienal del Caribe', Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, November 2003
Harold Offeh graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2001 and has previously participated in numerous group exhibitions including 'Life. A User's Manual', the Baltic Sea Arts Centre Gdansk, Poland, 2001; 'New Contemporaries', Camden Arts Centre, London and Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland 2001; 'Juncture', The Granary, Cape Town, South Africa and Studio Voltaire, London; 'Headrush' and 'Beck's Futures' both at the ICA, London in 2000.
susan pui san lok is a London-based artist, writer, and Research Associate in Visual Culture at Middlesex University. Projects include 'Golden' (solo show, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, 2005); 'Cruel/Loving Bodies' (Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai; 798 Gallery, Beijing, 2004); 'The Translator's Notes' (Cafe Gallery Projects, London, 2003)
A series of informal monthly talks for visual artists / curators, exploring contemporary curating as a practice and career.
The New Wave
Adelaide Bannerman, Nav Haq, Helen Hewitt, Emily Pethick and Sara Raza and explored their own status as curators embarking upon their careers, independently and working for institutions, with chair Mark Wilsher.
Three's a Crowd
Deborah Smith led this discussion between three curatorial partnerships: b + b (Sarah Carrington and Sophie Hope), Eggebert and Gould (Anne Eggebert and Polly Gould), Artefact Projects (Brigid Howarth and Ben Coode Adams).
Curating Now
JJ Charlesworth chaired a panel consisting of Paula Roush (msdm), Indra Khanna (Independent curator), Teresa Gleadowe (RCA Curating department) and Polly Staple (Frieze Art Fair Curator). This wide-ranging discussion considered what it was to 'curate' at this point in time and explored the different approaches the panellists have undertaken in their own practices.
An intensive introduction to Super 8 filmaking, this workshop was suitable for complete beginners, video artists and artists from any other discipline. Artists Film, in partnership with no.w.here, was an insight into how to use film as an extension to an established practice. This workshop was an opportunity for artists to explore film as an artistic medium. What are the benefits, limitations and possibilities artists face when wishing to use film technologies?
Day 1 included an introduction to the history of artists working with Super 8, its aesthetic qualities, and its flexibility of shooting. This is followed by a practical masterclass on shooting Super 8 including filmstocks, exposure, light meters, filters, cameras and editing. The afternoon focussed on filming using the camera, and development of ideas.
Day 2 started with finishing off the shooting and preparing to process. Hand processing film in the lab on site at no.w.here was included, and the day finished with a screening of the films made in the workshop.
This Own It event covered the different ways to protect and publicise your visual work online, particularly in the light of initiatives such as Creative Commons and how you can use it to your creative advantage. It was held at Rootstein Hopkins Space, London College of Fashion.
Robert Lands specialist intellectual property lawyer at Finers Stephens Innocent, was the speaker at this event. He acts on behalf of several well-known artists, photographers, PR and design agencies and also works with technology companies such as Yoomedia plc, providers of interactive digital TV services to Sky, Telewest and others.
PPD3 was a revised version of the previous Artquest seminar: 'PPD2: Developing Markets & Audiences for photography projects'. These two half-day workshops were designed for artists working in photography. Facilitated by Helen James, the seminars aimed to improve Professional Development and project management skills and provide networking opportunities for fine art photographers in London. The seminars offered a comprehensive two-part professional development seminar focussing on the development of photographic practice encompassing creating, presenting and selling work, and managing one's career.