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THE DEN PROJECT is an ongoing scheme of site-specific works where the artists use all the objects in a room to build a den. The character of the room and its inhabitants informing the personality and character of the construction.
PROJECTS INCLUDE:
WE HAVE THE MIRRORS, WE HAVE THE PLANS
MOSTYN, LLANDUDNO, 2010
EN RESIDENCIA, ASTURIAS, SPAIN, 2009
SCULPTURE STUDIO RESIDENCY, CHAPTER, CARDIFF, 2008
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WE HAVE THE MIRRORS, WE HAVE THE PLANS
MOSTYN, LLANDUDNO, 2010
Forming
the centrepiece of the Galleries new programme, We Have The Mirrors, We Have The
Plans is the first installment of a new and bold initiative to make an
ongoing assessment of the very best developments in contemporary art in
Wales with the participating artists nominated by six regional advisers.
The Den (Mausoleum) for this exhibition was constructed from the galleries archive.
EN RESIDENCIA, ASTURIAS, SPAIN, 2009
En Residencia was a site responsive project
commissioned by and sited at La Laboral, Ciudad de la Cultura,
Asturias, Spain. The exhibition
featured works by 20 artists from both Wales and Asturias who were
invited to respond to the unique site — a former orphanage and now
Culture 'city'.
The artistic interventions draw their inspiration from the unique
environment, the archive material, abandoned artefacts and
extraordinary history of the location. The spaces in which En Residencia
takes place remain unrenovated and many of them (classrooms,
stairwells, offices, antechambers and landings) are strewn with
discarded objects and hundreds of pieces of furniture found in various
configurations, both ordered and scattered.
En Residencia was conceived and curated by Marc Rees in collaboration
with Benedict Anderson, and was produced by Sian Thomas, creative
producer at mes:a.
Click here to read extract from en residencia catalogue
SCULPTURE STUDIO RESIDENCY, CHAPTER, CARDIFF, 2008
Sculpture
Studio was a space created by Cardiff-based artist Cecile Johnson
Soliz designed to host a series of residencies, events, workshops and
discussion forums that focus on the 'sculptural object'.
The
space has been designed as a flexible working space with custom-made
furniture plus equipment and tools that give artist-sculptors an open,
practical and contemplative space in which to think about and make
sculpture.
As part of the programme of Chapter Gallery Off-site Projects,
Johnson Soliz invited a number of artists to undertake short
residencies, and to host public seminars and film screenings that all
broadly focus on sculpture. Recent Resident artists included
Claude Heath, Melanie Counsell, Irena Kalodera, Louise Short, Bermingham and Robinson, Brighid Lowe,
Sophie Michael, Richard Wentworth, Tina Schmeucker and Phyllida Barlow.
Click on images to enlarge En Residencia photos by Warren Orchard
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