Artist Residencies, Ginkgo Projects Ltd

Two opportunities for artists to work within the context of the Riverside Valley Park in Exeter over the next 12 months on socially engaged and action research led projects.

Opportunity 1: West Exeter Riverside Artist Residency

East Devon District Council is seeking an artist or artist collective with a background in
socially-engaged practice to develop research and new work in response to the river Exe
and the Exe Riverside Valley Park in 2017, following a period of time spent with and around
the communities of Exwick and St Thomas.

The project will result in a series of action research during the Spring and Summer/Autumn
of 2017 leading to a physical creative intervention in the public realm at the end of Summer
2017.

Project budget: £18,000 ex vat

Opportunity 2: Living with the River Exe – Artist Research
This project will use art and an artist’s response to raise awareness and
understanding, and stimulate local discussion and debate about flooding in Exeter. Through this project, the artist will explore the myriad of issues around flooding and water
management, past and present, with a particular focus on the catchment of the river Exe and
the Exe Riverside Valley Park. The intention is for the artist to investigate and respond to
the politics, policies, impacts and potential solutions that surround this complex, long term
problem in Exeter. The artist will generate a wider conversation in the city, sharing their
findings through a seminar event in 2017 developed with the University of Exeter, and
creating a new piece of work that either enables and supports the artist’s research (such as a
blog) or documents their thinking and conclusions (such as a film, book, performance or
physical installation).

Project budget: £18,000 ex vat

Submissions to be sent in electronic format only to Suzanne Heath (suzanne@ginkgoprojects.co.uk) by 9am on Wednesday 7th December 2016

Brief can downloaded at www.ginkgoprojects.co.uk/opportunities