Potential images for degree show catalog.
"For Bishop, art can become legitimately “political” only indirectly, by exposing the limits and contradictions of political discourse itself (the violent exclusions implicit in democratic consensus, for example) from the quasi-detached perspective of the artist. In this view, artists who choose to work in alliance with specific collectives, social movements, or political struggles will inevitably be consigned to decorating floats for the annual May Day parade. Without the detachment and autonomy of conventional art to insulate them, they are doomed to “represent,” in the most naïve and facile manner possible, a given political issue or constituency."
— From Grant Kester’s response to Claire Bishop’s ‘Another Turn’
(Source: couldyoubemorespecific.com)
Week 7 of Gorton Community Art Project
We are making real progress on the piece! Two finished, two very nearly finished. We are considering adding a panel at the bottom that reads ‘Rooted in Faith’ which is the new catch phrase for the Parish. The team are really taking possession of the task now. It was particularly good this week as we ironed on the details for the gardening and cafe scene and you get a much better sense of the piece now.
Lynn Setterington’s ‘Remembering Emily’
Manchester School of Art, Thursday 2nd May
Participatory project to get 100 sewed signatures as part of 100 Deeds.
http://www.100deeds.co.uk/#http://www.100deeds.co.uk/portfolio/remembering-emil/?fp=2
Scouting for chairs for my final degree show project.
