As part of our commitment to make artistic research a public process, we also support a growing archive of research that documents and responds to our programme and wider work. You can browse our online archive by category or by using the search box below.
Jade Foster speaks with Rebecca Lee and Ian Nesbitt about the origins of Primary’s informal talk series Tell Me Something I Don’t Know, its trajectory since Ian’s initial event during Intersections, and its continuation as a long-term programme of regular events, as part of Making Place.
Read MoreA book by Melanie Jackson and Esther Leslie, available to download for free. Prepare to be taken on a journey of lactic abstractions, through the webs of bio-invasion and collective fantasy that interconnect various life forms through milk, its technologies and representations.
Read MoreAida Amoaka responds to Larry Achimapong's Divid̶e̶d̶nation, giving insight into the methods of divination and their implications.
Read MoreDean Kissick responds to Parker Ito’s PII.
Read MoreKate Watson writes up the day’s discussions at the Arts and Place Regional Conversation, an event organised by Primary and the national Arts and Place Working Group.
Read MoreLianne Mol reflects on the sixth session of the discussion group ART as/is SOCIAL, which focused on the Commons and responded to the question, “How can art and art institutions contribute to the Commons and take on practices of commoning?”
Read MoreSumona Chakravarty reflects on Art in Public Space: A Critical Reimagining, a four-day intensive lab which brought together collectives from across India to share practice and discuss the politics of arts practice in public space.
Read MoreRebecca Beinart speaks with Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad about beginning the research process for Making Place, and about some of the ideas behind the project.
Read MoreHair Consultation took place at Primary in December 2014 as part of Richard Houguez & Rachael Young’s Intersections commission. In this blog post, Richard reflects on the event.
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