Neal White: Context is half the work

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Wed 29 9:00 PM
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APG- Socially engaged practice in contemporary art is based on models that for years have pushed the responsibilities of artist out into the world beyond galleries and into the exhibition circuit. With their emphasis on topics such as value, exchange and sharing of knowledge, organisations like APG (Artist Placement Group) provide models and implemented processes from which an open-networked culture can learn. What might be drawn from these examples for new forms of intervention through media, and what can be changed, based on the lessons learned?
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Neal White
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APG- Socially engaged practice in contemporary art is based on models that for years have pushed the responsibilities of artist out into the world beyond galleries and into the exhibition circuit. With their emphasis on topics such as value, exchange and sharing of knowledge, organisations like APG (Artist Placement Group) provide models and implemented processes from which an open-networked culture can learn. What might be drawn from these examples for new forms of intervention through media, and what can be changed, based on the lessons learned?

Biography: 

Neal White is an artist and Senior Lecturer in Critical Practice, Post-Graduate Department at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication. He has exhibited widely, most recently with work last year at Henry Moore Institute, Barbican Gallery, ICA/Goldsmiths, International 3 MAnchester. He is currently working in collaboration with N55 on a commission for Arts Catalyst, and with the Max Planck Institute, Berlin. He has recently given talks at Tate and written for 'Contemporary' Magazine. He is an advisor to the board of O+I (formerly APG) and was a co-founder of art/ technology group - Soda.