an urban ecology of chance

An urban ecology of chance was a month-long residency project with Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, completed in April 2009.

An exploration of the architecture, inhabitants and ecology of what may become one of the most culturally significant metropolises in the decades to come, employed chance in the creative process, in order to avoid total conscious control of the product.

Seven works, along with a blog and UK exhibition comprise the project. Live video from my Beijing studio was also streamed, and is available to view here.

Works

Exhibition

Blog

This project was supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and The Confucius Institute at The University of Manchester.

The UK exhibition was supported by Interval and hosted by easa010.

Please visit the organisations supporting this project using the links on the right.

News:

October 18th 2009

Photos from the exhibition online here.

September 22nd

Download the e-flyer for the an urban ecology of chance exhibition:

September 6th

The UK exhibition resulting from the residency in Beijing will run 17 - 23 October 2009, with a preview on Friday 16th October. The exhibition will be at easaHQ in Manchester. Check back soon for more details and e-flyer.

May 5th

Keep your eyes peeled for details of a UK Solo Show of work made during the residency.

April 30th

Open Studio Stream

To watch some of the video recorded during the open studio show, click here.

Open Studio Show

Open Studios Flyer.pdf for those in Beijing.

On April 29th I will be presenting some of the outcomes of my residency as part of an open studio show with other residents of Red Gate Gallery’s AIR program.

My open studio will be streamed live here.

Time of broadcast:

UK 08:00 (GMT + 1 BST)

China 15:00 (GMT + 8)

April 1st

I have started blogging from my studio space in Beijing.