UCA Canterbury Presents: The Other Workplace - an exhibition in parts

The Herbert Read Gallery at UCA Canterbury welcomes seven high profile artists in a fluid exhibition using sculpture, film, performance and text to explore the role of collaborative and dissenting processes in defining space.

Ben Cain will begin the exhibition on March 5th with a new set of works, including large modular architectural intervention, handmade objects, texts and presentation platforms, with the IVIVI Dance Company interpreting workshop actions.

On March 21st, two more works will be accommodated around Ben’s existing displays, as Arnout Mik’s Glutinosity (is it just a riot?) and Jamie Shovlin’s Mike Hart – Make Art collection of funny observations giving us a portrait of the would-be artist Mike.

A collaborative performance from Laure Prouvost and Francsco Pedraglio will take place on April 1st at 2pm – “a shaggy dog story, where the meaning (or punchline) is under fire from mistakes, mistranslations and competing exterior voices” – a good day for it!

Sally O’Reilly, Whitechapel Gallery’s writer in residence, will be holding a sitcom writing workshop, exploring (mis)representations of the art world and the intersections between live performance and writing. This will be at 2pm on April 2nd and booking is advisable – contact Matthew de Pulford on 01227 817456 or email: mdepulford.t1@ucreative.ac.uk)

Finally, Cally Spooner will give a performative lecture at 5pm on April 8th, translating other people’s texts, existing artworks, historic events and notations into live productions, while showing the difficulties in staying true to the originals.

At the core of this exhibition lies the question,

“What is it that differentiates this gallery space from the other spaces within the University for The Creative Arts building, and how stable is that differentiation?”

As such it explores notions of work, education, dissent and description, and aims to articulate the viewer’s position in relation to these factors.

Aernout Mik’s Glutinosity will appear courtesy of carlier | gebauer and the artist.

Jamie Shovlin’s Mike Harte – Make Art will appear courtesy of V22 and the artist.

With thanks to IVIVI dance company, 10 George Roche Road, Canterbury CT1 3FG

Event timings can be found here.