Madi Acharya-Baskerville | Work in Common
22 July - 23 August 2024
Work in Common is an annual short residency series that encourages artists to experiment with different ways of working – either testing out a speculative idea or developing new collaborations. New Art Exchange Open 2023 prize winner Madi Acharya-Baskerville will undertake a 4-week residency this Summer. Madi works predominantly with pre-existing materials which have been discarded. She has become increasing concerned by the effect of obsolete matter in our environment.
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Work In Common Residencies 2023
28 August – 24 September 2023
Work in Common is a series of short residencies that encourage artists to experiment with different ways of working – either testing out a speculative idea or developing new collaborations. Each artist will use the spaces at Primary to produce and present work to the public, through screenings, rehearsals, performances, workshops, and meals.
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Ruth Angel Edwards & Chloée Maugile | THE WALL & Hyperopia
7 October - 9 December 2023
A new multi-media installation featuring two experimental films. THE WALL is a surreal and absurdist take on housing inequality and its psychological effects. Hyperopia is a psychedelic two channel video installation which uses script, disorientating film and editing techniques.
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Landedness Podcasts: with Nare Mokgotho and Zethu Maseko
Nare Mokgotho of MADEYOULOOK collective and artist Zethu Maseko came together at Primary in the Edjardini structure to have a conversation about their overlapping practices. The artists discuss how they understand the place of nature and land in their work.
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Connected at the root by Zethu Maseko
Landedness is a commissioning, co-creation, and engagement programme running throughout 2022, that explores topics such as land access, custodianship, and intimacy. Through the programme Zethu Maseko has developed a large-scale quilted banner created from natural dyes.
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Landedness
Groups in South Africa and the UK will get the opportunity to explore the idea of “landedness” in both cultural contexts.
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Residency: Angela YT Chan
Angela YT Chan is an independent researcher, curator and artist. Her work reconfigures power in relation to the inequity of climate change, through self-archiving, rethinking geographies and speculative fiction.
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Nourishment: A Cyclical Programme
The spring season is here! Our spring programme is focused around sharing seeds and sharing knowledge.
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MADEYOULOOK | Ejaradini
Ejaradini is an art installation and garden created by South African artist collaborative MADEYOULOOK (Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho). The exhibition features archival images, plants, and text on the façade of Primary. Ejaradini reflects on Black urban gardening, land, and plant life in South Africa and Britain through visual and nature-based storytelling.
April - September 2022
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When We Worked At Raleigh: Contemporary Art Commission
Building on When We Worked At Raleigh, we are pleased to announce that artist Maybelle Peters has been commissioned for a period of research and development, working towards the creation of a new moving image artwork in response to the archive.
February - May 2021
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Re-Framing Dance Producer Residency
We are pleased to announce that curator, producer and writer Nora-Swantje Almes will undertake a three week residency at Primary, where she will develop skills in producing new work as part of Re-Framing Dance.
February - May 2021
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Work in Common | Summer Residencies 2019
A series of short residencies that encourage artists to experiment with different ways of working – either testing out a speculative idea, or developing new collaborations. This year, we're working with Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro, Richard John Jones, Roy Claire Potter, and Voices That Shake!
July 2019
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Work in Common | Summer Residencies 2018
A series of short residencies that encourage artists to experiment with different ways of working – either testing out a speculative idea, or developing new collaborations. This year, we're working with Libita Clayton, Amir George, Jasleen Kaur, Hardeep Pandhal, Nathalie Wuerth.
August - September 2018
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Object Performance
A series of new commissions in collaboration with TG, combining residencies, exhibitions, and performances, aiming to consider what an expanded form of sculpture might be today.
May 2017 - February 2018
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