Here is the list of tracks that will be at the A.V.A tomorrow. Podcasts to follow soon.



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STUDIO VISIT with CONVERSATION

opening at 6 pm
 
Monday, 25 May 2009
 
Exhibition closes on Friday 12 June 2009 at 1 pm
 
Studio Visit the exhibition embraces an open ended curatorial engagement.
The curators Bianca Baldi and Kirsty Cockerill visited as many studios as time and geographical constraints allowed over a three day period selecting artworks.
 

ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN THE EXHIBITION
 
Barend de Wet, Pierre Fouché, Jonathan Garnham, Douglas Gimberg, Georgina Gratrix, Rebecca Haysom, Vivien K...
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In the last few weeks whilst preparing for my project Conversation I revisited the idea of your First Love in relation to artistic practice. I liked the idea of describing the first time an artist gained an awareness of art in love terms. I kept describing this as the moment or the first encounter with art, I asked participants to describe this to me. For some this first encounter was pointed and specific for others not so much.

Later on twitter I saw a post by Bridget Mcnulty heralding the In...
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My conversation project is well on the way. I have sat down with twelve artists thus far and have more scheduled for the coming weeks.
Although I have tried not to guide the conversation in any particular way there has had to be a catalyst in order to start the process.

I'm quite intrigued by two things when looking at my own practice, these two things have become the catalysts for my conversations.The first is that moment you first encounter art and locating when or where that was. Was it a wo...
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