Venice as Social Practice; Making Sense

Who am I? 'Venice loves me back- Performance 2015 I am an artist, art consultant, project manager and PhD candidate in creative pedagogies at Arts University Bournemouth. This year, I was lucky enough to receive a  Venice Biennale British Council Research Fellowship  through a-space arts,  Southampton. I will be heading to Venice on the 31st of July, staying untill the 30th of August,(returning just in time to celebrate our wedding anniversary). https://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/fellowship/about http://aspacearts.org.uk/news/venice-art-biennale-a-space-fellowship-artists-announced Why go to Venice at the hottest time of the year? As a French native born on the ocean seaside, I am a definite sun worshiper and cannot resist an opportunity to live near water. I also currently teach at the Salisbury 6th form College and decided to dedicate my summer break to researching the arts in the grand setting of Venice. What kind of art do ...

Laboratory of Dissent- Collective residency with CAS at Winchester Gallery In my response to the curator's call ' May we live in interesting times' , I will explore the use of unconventional art process and radical interventions to challenge the notion of engagement, hoping to reveal the 'true' value of art in a time of deep political and environmental anxiety. When receiving the fellowship, I was faced with a  dilemma presented by the  multiple facets of my identity as an artist; a researcher,French native (going to represent and support the British at the time of Brexit) , and of course also as a mother abandoning ship for the full length of the summer holiday.  I realised that these facets, although multiple,  defined one identity and therefore could and should not be left behind. I seized this as an opportunity. Who is in it? In this research, I will move part of my family to Venice for some of the residency, to e...