Please email openemptyspaces@hotmail.com to book a place on our forthcoming seminar. Information below.
 
 
Why are artists attracted to markets? What are the benefits and drawbacks of working in public spaces such as these? What types of projects are successful in these settings? What role do artists play in the gentrification of markets and other public spaces? 

Come and join us on Saturday 3rd December from 12.00 - 15.00 upstairs in Buffalo Bar, Cardiff to discuss issues such as these, meet artists and curators who make work in the public realm and hear our fabulous speakers as detailed below.

Inga Burrows is an artist/ film-maker based in Cardiff. She will be discussing her recent 12 month residency in Cardiff Central Market in which she made a new body of work in collaboration with stallholders. This work will be on display in the Old Library, Cardiff from the 1stDecember 2011.

Trevor Pitt is an artist/ curator based in Birmingham who is interested in showing socially engaged work in galleries and the public realm. In 2003 he curated 'Art Market' where a number of artists were invited to produce work in markets in the West Midlands. Trevor will be discussing how his practice has been influenced by his curatorial work in the public realm and how he has brought aspects of this side of his practice into a gallery setting.
www.podprojects.org 

Ania Bas is an artist whose practice is socially engaged and is both research and production based. She will be leading an intervention and discussing her residency in Ridley Road Market, Hackney, London in which she created an A-Z of the market based on objects, stories, conversations and events in the area. This work culminated in tours of Ridley Road and will soon be made into a downloadable guided walk. Ania has also previously made work in Petticoat Lane Market and Plymouth Market.
www.aniabas.com 

Ania's residency was part of Open Empty Spaces' project Stalls & Traders which took place during April and May 2011. As part of this, artists Jeff Pigott and Julia Warin (collectively known as ArtSpark) were also commissioned to create an installation entitled 'Kiosk' in an empty stall in Newport Indoor Market, South Wales.
www.openemptyspaces.co.uk 

Please email openemptyspaces@hotmail.com to book a place on this free seminar.
Buffet lunch provided. 

This seminar is supported by Elbow Room with financial assistance from the Arts Council Wales.

 

Please browse the buttons on the left or follow the links below to see documentation of past works commissioned by Open Empty Spaces.
 
  
 
For more information about Stalls & Traders as a whole please see Stalls & Traders About. For documentation of Ania Bas' project on Ridley Road please see Stalls & Traders London. For documentation of Jeff Pigott & Julia Warin's installation at Newport Indoor Market please see Stalls & Traders Newport.
 
A huge thank you to all those who made the project such a success.
 
If you have any queries please contact us on openemptyspaces@hotmail.com.  

Open Empty Spaces' 2011 programme is supported by Elbow Room with financial assistance from the Arts Council of Wales.