SELF ORGANISING SYSTEM: Formulation of a concept by negotiation - MAY

Far from being just an exhibition, How We Live will be the culmination of a lengthy period of experimentation and collaboration between four artists who share an underlying connection of sustainable working practices and methodologies. HWL goes to either extreme of the spectrum. Taking as it's starting points the nature of collective activity and individual practice an unusual body of work will be formed at the confluence of these areas of work. Four people working with each others strengths and weaknesses will realise new work that may take the individual out of their comfort zone.

In being so multi directed, the nature of the exhibition rides upon the concept of its very happening, its build up, duration, aftermath and all-encompassing structure. What makes this work is the reliance that each artist has on the other, and the integrity of their own knowledge base. Thus by emalgamating individual formulae there is a collected force that strengthens particular elements to ascertain others within an artistic organism. A sort of osmosis happens as layered influences imbue the original creating a new built from fragments of each other. The result, which may remain elusive even after the end point, will exemplify a course of collaborative production combining four practices that will repeatedly fold / unfold around themselves and each other as threads of individual practice are connected.

Through the act of openess and the collaborative spirit that has emerged partly as a by product of the internet interaction between the four artists, an enriching development of new skills is being established. Over the coming months we will be exploring ideas surrounding how we live on a day to day basis and where we take ourselves when we step outside of our normal patterns of behaviour and daily routine. Ultimately HWL is about opposites: the individual - the group, the repetitive - the different, strength - weakness, agreement - disagreement.

SD, BD, EJ, RT. May 2010

CONTINENTAL DRIFT / CONSTANT DÉRIVE #1

Continental Drift is the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other. Constant Dérive - "The swift passage through varied environments"

The Following photographs and Texts were all produced around 12:45 on Wed 21st April by people in Leeds, Wirral, Tokyo, London and one on a train heading somewhere else . . . .

12.45
To show exactly what it was
it had to be un-composed
I set my alarm,
of course I forgot
no time to think
put it down
shit
fumble with the lens
minute nearly over
beep
click
cant even see my head
lost in a blue screen, woven together with twine
digital lines
and whirring sounds
It was to show the emptiness and the futility
of being absorbed
in something that you dont understand
struggling for the meaning
of every day
and this
a book
an image
a drawing
Only I wish that my feet were cleaner
only I wish that my head was sharper
that my toes were longer
in the end it doesn't matter so long as it gets done
12.55

Kimbal

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SELF ORGANISING SYSTEM: Formulation of a concept by negotiation #4

THE JAM POT OF IDEAS
An unusual body of work will be collaboratively produced for the exhibition that confluences and contains four different artists. Four people make six variations in possible collaboration but what is inherent in this group experiment-exhibition, is that all four people have worked together in some way shape or form before. Therein How We Live is an extension on this, a conserve of ideas, working patterns and enjoyed developments. In turn this ‘jam pot’ of ideas is also a resource for each artist to dip in to.

OSMOSIS OF PARTICULARITY
In being so multi-directed the nature of the exhibition rides upon the concept of its very happening, its build up, duration, aftermath and all-encompassing structure. What makes this work is the reliance that each artist has on the other, and the integrity of their own knowledge-base. Thus, by amalgamating individual formulae, therein is a collected force that strengthens particular elements to ascertain others within an artistic-organism. A sort of osmosis happens as each individual takes their turn to stand on the shoulders of the others (particularly Bruce’s, he’s very tall) to produce different levels of definition.

THE TRAVEL GAME THAT MAKES A FICTION/SENSE
Essentially it is a game, perhaps, played with loose rules and four different colours / characters / artisans. There are stages to the game play, the confliction and construction of a travel diary that each part takes a turn in writing. Hidden notes are to be made throughout – to reach the end game. The end game is the ‘exhibition’, something that could well be the end point, the winning centre. It is hard to define and that’s what makes it novel as we also create it to be fictitious in design. In some instances the definition may have to be read in reverse, out loud, for it to be understood.

SEVLESRUO/EKAT/EW/EREHW-&-EVIL/EW/WOH
RT

SELF ORGANISING SYSTEM: formulation of a concept by negotiation #3

Through distortion and adaptation, a layering of influence imbues the original, at once dislocating what was before. We create a new, built from fragments of each other to then be further adapted and distorted.

We revisit and make alterations as pathways emerge, representing and re-presenting what is formed along the way.

To make sense of this constant revision, we reconfigure our findings by continually questioning how we live and where we take ourselves; this serves to ground a flux of discoveries, in turn creating and combining new and old ideas.

The result, which may remain elusive even after the end-point, will exemplify a course of collaborative production, combining four practices that will repeatedly fold/unfold around themselves and each other.

By connecting the threads of individual practice, a web of entwined ideas will transpire to form a framework, a framework to be fragmented and reformed; a repeated process of re/de-construction.


EF

SELF ORGANISING SYSTEM: Formulation of a concept by negotiation #2

Far from being just an exhibition How We Live will also be the culmination of a lengthy period of experimentation and collaboration between four artists. What began in November 2009 as a small collection of work by three artists whose practice seemed to have a natural confluence has, over the course of three months, become a different beast altogether.

Whilst the initial concept looked at instances of repetition / difference / order / disorder in both the man-made and natural environment we now seek through various processes, and one extra collaborator, to examine how such things impact upon the systems that support, or possibly contain, us. Over the coming months we will be exploring ideas surrounding How We Live on a day to day basis and Where We Take Ourselves when we step out of our normal patterns of behaviour and daily routines.

The exhibition that served as the genesis of this idea saw the artist’s involved commissioning work from each other and adding to each others pieces. The follow up exhibition will look at work that has been produced individually alongside that which has been influenced by input of each other. Whilst the idea of duos operating collaboratively are fairly common place in the art world, groups of four working so closely are not and this will most likely result in a unique and unusual body of work.

BD

SELF ORGANISING SYSTEM: Formulation of a concept by negotiation #1

As four individuals with an underlying connection of having sustainable working practices and methodologies, this small collective will work with each other’s strengths and weakness in realising new work which may take the individual out of their comfort zone. Through the act of openness and collaborative spirit that is emerging, partly as a by product of the internet interaction going on between the four artists this will enrich their experience of collaboration and the development of new skills.
SD
Sarah’s work explores repetitive gestures created by organic natural forms highlighting the subjective impact on our emotions. This is explored through a range of media based on its tactile qualities. The work also invites the viewer to re-examine and re-consider how the use of these materials / media can be seen out of it’s usual context.