IMPLICATE
Region: Devon | City: Exeter
IMPLICATE consists of professional artists, emerging practitioners and specialists in other fields, who all have a strong interest in contemporary art practice. As a collective that works collaboratively, we offer less experienced art practitioners the chance to learn from experienced artists how to translate ideas into conceptually innovative practice; we also enable established practitioners to work in partnership with those whose specialisms or experience lie in other fields.
The aim of the group is to challenge the hierarchies that exist within the art work that divide ‘artist’ from ‘non-artist’, ‘professional’ from ‘non-professional’. We believe that these seemingly solid boundaries stymie the creative dialogue and radical practice that can be the result of bringing a very diverse range of experience, knowledge and artistic practice to bear upon a large collaborative artwork. We believe that our democratic way of working, which places value on this diversity of experience, knowledge and practice, fosters a breadth of thinking that can challenge the orthodoxies of contemporary art practice. This enriches the personal and artistic development of individual members of the collective, whilst simultaneously marking a step forward in the production of large-scale collaborative artworks.
IMPLICATE meets at least once a month to discuss individual work, forthcoming group projects and to work collaboratively. Our meetings increase in frequency in the run up to exhibitions and during collaborative projects.
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