Call for residencies is open for 2010. We are looking to fund 4 residencies a year. Maximum sum £450. We are primarily interested in dissent, financial transparency, homemade aesthetics and critiques of consumer capitalism. When applying (on no more than one A4 + CV), please outline how your residency would relate to any of those themes. For more information see our past residencies. The deadline is February 22 2010.
RESIDENCIES 2010
Branka Cvjeticanin will be returning to the Institute in late May to continue her work as an Artist/Au Pair.
RESIDENCIES 2009
Cathy Butterworth's residency Miss Julie's Brief Return to the Institute 'with' her Nan involved her reminiscing on last year's Institute project Miss Julie in Utopia through a conversation with her one time Everton-based grandmother. Additonally, Cathy was looking after Engels, a working collie puppy, our latest family member who is yet to be fully house-trained. Cathy suggested a great first walk for him, one that takes in the streets her grandmother used to play on. A transcript of Cathy's conversation with her nan and other members of her family is available in DOCUMENTS.
Sam Vardy's residency entitled A Spatial Study of Shifting Meaning at the Institute got us all into drawing, playing, measuring, remembering and conversing. Sam was concerned to remap the Institute and its social and spatial relations. He brought Paula McCloskey and Fionn - who played with Neal and Gabriel non stop for two whole days. Magic.
Abi Lake took up a residency in July. She was concerned to explore different notions of family and alternative family trees, as a part of her larger research into family structures. Her report is available in DOCUMENTS.
PLATFORM and Virtual Migrants took up a day residency in March to talk about financial transparency regarding the forthcoming project C Words: Carbon, Climate, Capital, Culture at Arnolfini in Bristol. The day began with the usual introductions but also with £175 strewn about the floor of the Institute. This kicked off a really exciting debate re: finances and its un/ethical operations. We all agreed that the discussion must continue.
RESIDENCIES 2008
A number of Residencies were accepted and ran in 2008. We were inundated with proposals and would like to thank everyone who was in touch, and especially our resident artists in 2008:
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| PLATFORM and Remember Saro-Wiwa (April) |
Anna Francis (May) | Pete Hindle (June) |
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Michael Pinchbeck Julian Hughes (June/Dec) |
Branka Cvjeticanin (July) |
Tom Robinson (July) |
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| Ruth Beale (July) | Simon Bowes (September) | Ania Bas (September) |
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| Nicola Kirkham (November) | the very cooperative (November) |
Our first residency for 2008 PLATFORM took place in the period from 22nd to 26th April, which coincided with the tour of Remember Saro-Wiwa in Liverpool.
On Wednesday 23rd April The Institute for the Art and Practice of Dissent at Home staged ‘A Conversation with PLATFORM’ round the themes of labour, family, finances and art – notes and impressions, as transcribed by Gary and Lena, are available as a PDF document in DOCUMENTS. For more images please link to Martin LeSanto-Smith’s site.
Photo by Martin LeSanto-Smith
Anna Francis residency took place from 9 – 11 May. Please see her residency write-up under DOCUMENTS.
Photo by Anna Francis
Pete Hindle was with us from 23-26 June. He came from Newcastle. He made us laugh a lot and he interviewed us. He also interviewed some other people who have to do with Liverpool08. Watch this space.
Michael Pinchbeck and Julian Hughes came from Nottingham on a day trip. This was Monday 30 June. They brought with them a wooden gun and an oak tree. They took the gun back home and left us an oak tree. They are thinking our stairs, an installation with found objects, something to do with and High Brow and Low Brow. We went for a walk to Everton Brow – we thought about trees and land there. We thought about Bright Street and how we (don’t) fit. They are coming back in November for bonfire night.
Photo by Julian Hughes
Michael and Julian completed their residency on 15 December. This was called Blind Summit. This was a connection between Mount Everest and Everton Brow. This was a durational performance where two mountaineers climbed our stairs 380 times! Each stair stood in for a meter of Mount Everest. This was all done blindfolded, with headtorches, ropes and snow as well as boots rucsacs and plenty of stamina. A fan blew gently at the top of the stairs next to a video projection. Downstairs in the front room basecamp was set up next to Union Jacks and toffee. The soundtrack included the Sound of Music... What an event! Check it out on their blog.
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Tom Robinson came for a day. He came from London. This was Saturday, 5 July. He brought cameras and tripods. He brought loads of lego and building blocks. He worked with the children. They built things together. We, the adults (Mum, Dad and Artist/Au Pair Branka), left them to it. Then we heard big crashing sounds, destruction, demolition upstairs in the Institute. The film and artist's letter are available in DOCUMENTS.
Branka Cvjeticanin was with us from Tuesday 1 July to Tuesday 14 July. She came from Zagreb, Croatia. She has been looking after kids and experiencing culture in Liverpool! She has been doing domestic and anthropological research. We talked about unpaid/underpaid labour; we wrote timetables for workloads and thought about daydreams.
Her Workload is available to download under DOCUMENTS.
Ruth Beale and Karen Breneman cycled all the way from London to Liverpool. This took them four days. This was Clarion Epic. Incredibly, they arrived in good spirits and full of energy. We held a Roundtable Discussion on Sunday over some veggie Shepard’s Pie. We talked about freedom, protest, cycling, men, hospitality, kindness of strangers, women and the working class.
Simon Bowes came to Liverpool in search for his family history…
Ania Bas brought us some Vodka with Honey, brightness and fun. She had 15 CVs entitled ‘A Polish Artist at Your Workplace for £5.52 per hour’. She distributed these to cultural institutions, arts venues, bars, shops and leisure centre around Liverpool. She is looking for a job. We hope she gets one and comes back to the Institute as a lodger! Check out her blog and download her CV under DOCUMENTS.
Nicola Kirkham took up a writing residency at the Institute 9-16 November to write about the groundbreaking protest in London known as J18. Watch this space for more!
the very cooperative took up residency on 27-28 November to empower the Institute in the dark arts of web design and updating this website. the very cooperative was very cooperative and helped us video the derelict streets around LFC Anfield to the dulcet tones of Geoff Caddick's version of You'll Never Walk Alone. Watch this space for video (when the very cooperative empowers us to upload video!)
