Exhibitions
Correspondence 01
Correspondence 01 is one of a pair of simultaneous, group exhibitions organised in partnership with Broadway Gallery in Letchworth, Herts.
Savinder Bual | Andy Cluer | Anna Fairchild | Tobias Francis | Abi Freckleton | Adam Garratt | Magdalena Gluszak – Holeksa | Liz Harrington | Gabrielle Hoad | Oliver Kirkham | Will Lutz | Helena McGrath | Maria Meyer | Freya Pocklington | Molly Rooke | Janet Sainsbury | Alexis Soul-Gray | Jackson Sprague | Jack Anthony Taylor | Jessica Wetherly
Originally conceived during lockdown, as a project that was designed to be flexible and adaptable to the changing Covid environment, the artworks on show have all been created to fit inside a standard A4 ‘Jiffy’ envelope and exchanged by post from each place. With a focus on physical, rather than digital outcomes, and invoking the spirit of mail art and pen pal schemes, the artists, who hadn’t previously known each other, were initially paired up by the partner venues. They were offered the opportunity to meet (remotely), exchange ideas and collaborate where appropriate before making and exchanging their work.
Correspondence 01 aims to nurture localised communities of contemporary artists, while bringing them together with practitioners from a different regional arts scene, in a spirit of collaboration and exchange. It consciously aims to bypass the established opportunities available to artists in large metropolitan centres and seeks to focus on the exciting things happening in our vibrant regional networks. With the implicit proposition for future exchanges, between other places, its model of physical, digital and social outcomes has already allowed artists to forge new links and to grow new networks for the exchange of ideas, audiences and artworks.
These creative networks will be further extended as both venues feature a spotlight on one artist on their social media channels every day of the twenty-day long exhibition.
Originally conceived during lockdown, as a project that was designed to be flexible and adaptable to the changing Covid environment, the artworks on show have all been created to fit inside a standard A4 ‘Jiffy’ envelope and exchanged by post from each place. With a focus on physical, rather than digital outcomes, and invoking the spirit of mail art and pen pal schemes, the artists, who hadn’t previously known each other, were initially paired up by the partner venues. They were offered the opportunity to meet (remotely), exchange ideas and collaborate where appropriate before making and exchanging their work.
Correspondence 01 aims to nurture localised communities of contemporary artists, while bringing them together with practitioners from a different regional arts scene, in a spirit of collaboration and exchange. It consciously aims to bypass the established opportunities available to artists in large metropolitan centres and seeks to focus on the exciting things happening in our vibrant regional networks. With the implicit proposition for future exchanges, between other places, its model of physical, digital and social outcomes has already allowed artists to forge new links and to grow new networks for the exchange of ideas, audiences and artworks.
These creative networks will be further extended as both venues feature a spotlight on one artist on their social media channels every day of the twenty-day long exhibition.
