The Future is Self-Organised
The exhibition The Future is Self-Organised engaged with the recent history of artist-run groups and independent spaces to produce an exhibition including artworks, documentation, ephemera, artist-run presentations and collaborative installations. Its aim is to show to the general public how artist-run practice manifests itself, how artist-run spaces are a distinctive and central part of visual art culture, and how they present an necessary alternative to the art institution, museum or commercial gallery. It was the first gallery manifestation of a 4-year research/publication project – Artist-Run Europe – undertaken by Pallas Projects looking into artist-run practice and spaces around Europe.
The exhibition title The Future is Self-Organised comes from the essay ‘There is no Alternative: The Future Is (Self-) Organised, Part 2’ by Anthony Davies, Stephan Dillemuth & Jakob Jakobsen, reprinted in Self Organised, Stine Hebert, Anne Szefer Karlsen (Eds.), Occasional Table/Open Editions, 2013. The text can be distributed freely and printed in non-commercial, no-money contexts without the permission of the authors.
The Artist-led Archive was presented with thanks to the National Irish Visual Arts Library (Nival) at NCAD, Dublin. Special thanks to Clare Lymer and Donna Romano
Spaces: 126, Galway; The Black Mariah, Cork; Catalyst Arts, Belfast; E.S.P. TV, New York; Occupy Space, Limerick; Pallas Projects, Dublin; Suburban Video Lounge, Rotterdam
Projects: The Artist-Led Archive, Real Art Project (RAP)
Artists: Fiona Chambers, Mark Cullen, Niall de Buitléar, Brian Duggan, Blaithin Hughes, Gillian Kane, Gillian Lawler, Breda Lynch, Eimear Jean McCormack, Gavin Murphy, Mark O’Kelly, Jim Ricks, Kathy Tynan, ‘Heavier-than-Air Flying Machines Are Impossible’ artists' film programme
Curated by Gavin Murphy & Mark Cullen
13 November 2015 – 15 January 2016
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