Not displaying well?

UPCOMING PROJECT:

KATHRIN BÖHM : I AM SHOP – COSTUMES FOR SELLING THINGS AND GIVING THEM AWAY

20–22 June, opening hours: Thurs–Sat, 12–6pm
Preview and discussion event: Wednesday 19 June, 6.30–8.30pm

In autumn 2012 The Showroom invited Kathrin Böhm to develop a project within the Communal Knowledge programme.

I am a shop began a new five-month collaboration with PIP. The work developed during the project will be presented in a four day programme at The Showroom. Events will include the launch of a printed sketchbook compiling ideas and outcomes from the workshops, the testing of a new mobile dispenser on Church Street Market, and an evening discussion with invited speakers to address the possibility of models of trading and shops within contemporary art practice.

The production and distribution of things as a social, cultural and public realm often begins and informs Böhm's practice. The starting point with PIP was the idea of a customised and wearable trading outfit, as a space, image and interface, from where you can trade in your own way

Events:

Wednesday 19 June, 6.30–8.30pm
Talking Shop
With presentations by Kathrin Böhm, Gavin Wade (Eastside Projects) and Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad (designer)
Shops and forms of trade are commonly used in arts projects. The event will look at a number of different examples introduced by the speakers and discuss the motivations and different contexts involved.

Friday 20 June, 10am–2pm
PIP on Church Street Market
The PIP group will run a stall on nearby Church Street Market, featuring and using some of the outcomes from the workshops.

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