welcome to site festival 2010
The site festival 2010 now in it’s 14th year, presents the work of over 470 artists in 76 sites across the Stroud Valleys during the whole month of June. The site festival creates a platform for artists and artist collectives to show new work, to initiate new projects, and work collaboratively with other artists.
Stroud Valleys Artspace (SVA), the festival host organisation, will be opening its doors to invite you to a month long programme of exhibitions, open studios, film screenings, talks and performance. SVA is continuing to develop international connections this year as we welcome Japanese artist, Ryota Sato as an artist in residence for site festival 2010.
Team Artists Possessed will be arriving in Stroud, hot
on the heels of their Possession show at the Exchange, Penzance to show
a new body of collaborative posters and collages. Artists will be taking
the initiative by making creative use of empty shops in Stroud for exhibitions
and workshops including Squidsoup,an international digital
arts group specialising in interactive installations
and Stand & Stare
Collective who will be using projections, wit and inspiration from their
latest show to create phantom scenes and performance events.
Inspired by Pablo Picasso’s “Art is a lie that tells
the truth” statement, Michelle Ohlson and Kerry
Phippen have invited artists whose work reflects on this concept
through the medium of drawing for the site festival 2010 drawing
show at the Subscription Rooms. This years Open Studios
exhibitionwill be a showcase of selected work that is currently
being made by artists based in the Stroud District and who are participating
in Open Studios for the site festival. There will be
two weekends of
Open Studios with 92 artists inviting you to see their work
within their working environment, buy directly from them and to talk
about their practice. Pick up the Open Studios Directory for
all the information you need to plan your studio visits, or check our
digital Directory or PDF versions below.
Taking place off-grid and close
to the earth in Westley Farm’s 75
acres of ancient woods and grassland, Camp 0 will bring
together artists, cultural workers, social activists, community groups
and citizens to explore the ideas, symbols and images of change in an
uncertain future. “As I walked out………” is
an eight week epic journey with four donkeys, chickens, carts, children,
young people and artists walking across the six districts of our county. Fairgame
Theatre are inviting people from all walks of life to join
the journey, public camps and workshops.
site festival 2010 also brings you an eclectic mix of cross
disciplinary performance nights ranging with special curated experimental
music and live art events including the Mezz performance
event with Mikhail Karikis, Portico Quartet, Falmouth
based group- the Fate of Neutral Norway, Wupadupa Collective,
Bollywood and Beyond, The Birds Nest and Tequila Bossa Nova featuring Luxury
Condo.
We hope you enjoy the festival
• click below to see the digital catalogues
• click below to download PDF versions
Archive
• click below to visit our archive:
• site09 festival programme
• site09 open studio directory
• site08 festival programme
• site08 open studio
directory
• site07 festival
programme
• site07
open studio directory
