Open: 19 June - 04 July 2010
Preview: Saturday 19 June 2010
Preview: Saturday 19 June 2010
Curated by Emma Leach & Gemma Sharpe
A series of performances, events and talks take place each of the three weekends of the Whitstable Biennale, 19/20 June, 26/27 June and 3/4 July 2010. The performance programme takes place in a variety of indoor and outdoor venues, folding itself into Whitstable.
Gemma Sharpe is a writer and critic with a background in Art History and English. She has worked for Afterall Publishing, the ICA, Gasworks and the Triangle Arts Trust. Currently completing an MFA in 'Art Writing' from Goldsmiths, she has written for Nukta, Art India, Shifter, MAP, Afterall Online and Untitled. She has contributed various essays to exhibition catalogues and printed publications and has given talks at the ICA and The A Foundation in London, at Weld in Stockholm, the Indus Valley University in Karachi, and at 1Shanthi Road, Bangalore. She is a founder member of art writing platform 'antepress' and is a member of the 'Other Asias' research circle.
Emma Leach is an artist working in performance, writing and installation. She graduated from Kent Institute of Art & Design in 2005 and has since worked on projects in a wide variety of art contexts, including for Turner Contemporary, Tate Modern, Artsadmin and - since 2006 - the Whitstable Biennale. Collaboration and artist support are important elements in Leach's practice: she often performs in works by other people and has mentored early-career artists with the peer mentoring group, Junto. Leach is currently living in London and works for Bobby Baker's Daily Life Ltd, as well as pursuing freelance projects.
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