about alias
alias is a platform built by artists for artists for the development of artist led groups in the South West of England.
We aim to nurture artist led activity by providing a critical context, resources and advice to artist led groups through an advisory service and by fostering the creation of an organic community where cooperative and collaborative projects can thrive.
News!
What is the future for artist-led activity? We want your opinions!
alias have commissioned artist, curator and writer, Gordon Dalton, to write a text examining the future of artist-led activity in the current climate of funding cuts and policy changes.
You can read Gordon's essay here
To have your say about the future of artist-led activity or to respond to Gordon's essay,start a discussion in the alias forum here.
Gordon Dalton is an artist , co-director of commerical art agency Mermaid& Monster and is currently curating a major public art commissions programme for Situations in Bristol.
www.gordondalton.co.uk
www.mermaidandmonster.com
Artist as cultural agent: DIY (people, places and spaces)
BOS08, Bosigran Farm, Zennor, West Penwith
25th – 28th September 2008
Event cost: £Free
Places available: 50
Deadlime for applications: September 14th. To book your place, please e-mailadmin@aliasarts.org
A 3-day event, camping on site, BBQs, film screenings, talks, spare time for exploring cliffs and coves (bring your kit!)
Taking place at Bosigran Farm, courtesy of the National Trust. Bosigran is set in the West Penwith Moor, an area layered with ecological, archaeological and anthropological richness, straddling the coast path under the shadow of Carn Galva. Bos igran is the National Trust’s West Penwith ‘jewel in the crown’ (map ref. OS 370 426). The seminar will ask questions relating to how artists approach creating contexts for making work, both in terms of places and spaces, but also developing relationships across a range of dialogues and partnerships. Click here for more information.
Tend Open Day - An alias partnership commission.
Sat 16th August 2008 10am - 4pm. Trewidden Garden , nr Newlyn, Cornwall.
TEND is an ongoing project by artists Jane Ansell & David Patont that began in 2007 as a yearlong research residency at Trewidden Garden near Penzance in Cornwall. The garden is an important example of the links between industrial expansion and horticultural research witnessed in the South West of England throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Over the course of the residency the two sheds, that we sited in the garden, evolved to become studio, archival space and artwork.
The open day is an opportunity to network and discuss the project with the artists.Come along at any time from 10.30am for an informal discussion with the artists and visit the gardens.
Picnic & Conversation [drinks and light snacks] 2pm
This will be an opportunity for a group conversation in the Walled Garden about the processes and issues raised during the TEND project. Some of the points to covered include:
Establishing a relationship with a location.What are the benefits and disadvantages of working with a single location for a sustained timescale? Generating work for the gallery from site based projects.Exchange.Participate in an ongoing project.People and Plants : Tracing the social and geographical history of plants.
Follow Up
Documentation and a synopsis of the event will be available on the Alias website and the TEND blog. We encourage further contact and dialogue with individuals and groups.
Please contact Jane or David to confirm your interest or if you require further information :
Telephone : 07779244953
Email : tendansellpaton@hotmail.co.uk [Please leave a contact telephone number]
For further information on the TEND project please visit:
www.tend-trewidden.blogspot.com or www.ansellandpaton.com
Alias receives Arts Council Grants for the Arts Award of £ 54,000 for its activity in 2008
Alias is delighted to announce that their application to receive funding to support the advisory service, web presence and seminars in 2008 was successful.
Alias' Winter E-Newsletter is out now. Please click here to download it.
Periodically, aliasarts.org invites a guest editor to contribute with texts and images, and generate and moderate discussions.
Our first guest editor is Dominic Thomas
Read his editorial about The Rise of the Artist Led Group
and take part in the discussions about artist led culture at his forum
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Image: Transnational Breakfast Club, by Dominic Thomas
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