Three Points of
Contact residency
3-14 December
2012
Mackintosh
Museum
Stuart Gurden, Hrafnhildur Halldorsdottir, Michelle Hannah,
Rachel MacLean, TAaP, Mark Vernon, von Calhau!, Megan
Wellington
A new UK-wide collaborative residency project sees Portuguese
artistsvon Calhau! work alongside artists in York, Glasgow and
Cornwall this Autumn. From 1-14 Dec, the Mackintosh Museum will
become an open studio for the artists to work in.
Three Points of Contactis a new experimental form of residency
for international artists to develop new ideas and collaborate with
artists across UK regions. This collaborative project is curated by
Judit Bodor, Jenny Brownrigg and Blair Todd and involves York St
John University, The New School House Gallery, The Glasgow School
of Art, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange.
Following curatorial research in Portugal supported by the
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,Three Points of Contactinvitesvon
Calhau!to be resident artists across the three regional hosts
sharing their creative process in public. The residency will begin
in November 2012 and finish in January 2013.
Three Points of Contact is a collaboration based on shared
resources between curators and hosts that creates a network for
artistic and cultural exchange. The conceptual starting point was
the 'theory of three points of contact', borrowed from climbing and
Health & Safety good practice. It refers to the minimum three
points of contact that should be maintained to prevent falling.
Three Points of Contactuses this analogy to build secure, long-term
cultural networks, which develop sustained relationships with the
place, community and audience. The project website (www.threepointsofcontact.info)
will launch October 2012 offering live updates and opportunities to
participate throughout the project.
von Calhau! brings together musical and visual projects of
Portuguese duo, Marta Ângela and João Alves, who have worked
together since 2006. Their work often explores rituals, myths,
landscapes and sound. They work across music, performance, film and
graphics.They have shown their work across Portugal and Europe in
places like NetMage Festival (Bologna), Riam Festival (Marseille),
MUSAC (Leon), Cristina Guerra Gallery (Lisbon) and Serralves Museum
(Porto). Calhau! means stone or pebble in Portuguese. It was taken
from the popular saying 'Stupid like a stone!'and was also informed
conceptually by the wordEINSTEIN = EIN STEIN = ONE STONE. The
regional artists selected from Glasgow, York and Cornwall will have
things in common with their practice to discuss and build on.
