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The artist as cultural agent: DIY (people, places and spaces)
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Why BOSarts? As a result of getting Invigorated a group of us got together to see if we could grow a wider project linked to Veronica Vickery's Bosigran Residency with the National Trust, involving more artists, testing the ground around an approach to site specific practice where there is a commitment to being research led, 'getting in deep', peeling away the socio-cultural layers... 'making the invisible visible'... the work being sited in relationships and the everyday...
Who are we? Veronica Vickery & three other local artists Rebecca Weeks and Ian Whitford from Art Dept, Andy Whall from Art Surgery; Rob Sperrin, Jon Brookes and Lindsey Butterfield from the National Trust; Blair Todd, Exhibitions Manager, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange. |
A new Visual Arts organisation based in West Penwith.
'bos' = dwelling place (Cornish language)
BOSarts is an artist-led initiative with its roots firmly based in the West Penwith Moor, an area layered with ecological, archaeological and anthropological richness, straddling the coast path under the shadow of Carn Galva. Bosigran is the National Trust’s West Penwith ‘jewel in the crown’ (map ref. OS 370 426).
The focus of BOSarts is on the development of challenging and reflective visual arts practice in West Penwith – work that arises out of and addresses the predominantly rural context, work that is socially engaged and collaborative and has impact beyond its own range.
The curatorial stance is on work that is concerned with issues of context, people & spaces. It is interested in exploring an approach that is research-led and works across disciplines and different ways of knowing, that is multiple layered and has multi points of entry.
BOSarts is a new organisation set up for BOS08 and future work that may arise from it. Bosigran Arts has been set up as a result of two initiatives/discussions over the last six months including Invigorate (ALIAS funded seminar Dec 07 The Exchange Penzance) and the interest of the National Trust locally and nationally in finding a way to engage with contemporary arts practice. The organisation whilst being artist-led also embraces active representation from the National Trust and Newlyn Art Gallery on its committee.
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