ONE
The Working Social

Fowler+Sumner are developing a programme of events for emerging and established new media artists to come together and enjoy a day of creative exchange. The Working Social is an opportunity to create new work, experiment with new ideas, and share inspiration with a group of peers.

Originally called the Obstructions Network Event, after evaluating our pilot event we have shaped the project as a Working Social, with less emphasis on networking for networking sake, and more on sharing in a creative process.

The events will be an opportunity for media artists to come together, and work in a creative environment for a day, responding to a set of instructions, or obstructions, to create new work. Each participant will produce their own piece.

Participation in ONE is free.

Participants will receive their obstructions at the beginning of the day, and not before. At the end of the day there will be a screening or showcase of the produced work, and a vote for the winning piece.

ONE-beta: Pilot events

Sunday 24 February 2008

Eleven artists took part in the first pilot event, ONE-beta. Seven artists were from Shrewsbury. One Shrewsbury artist, Laura Cooper, participated via live internet from Bangkok, where she is based for a six-months artist residency in an English school.

Two artists travelled from Hereford for the event, and one from Coventry.

A pilot screening of the work made, along with an evaluation film of the day and a presentation of our development for the ONE project was held at the Old Market Hall on Saturday 15 March.

The evaluation film can be viewed here.

Sunday 19 October 2008

Thanks to support from Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council, we were funded to run an event at The Hive Music & Media Centre, in Shrewsbury, where five particpants completed works.

ONE participant Habib reflected on his experience at the Shrewsbury event on his blog, here

Friday 24 October 2008

The Working Social was at Hereford College of Arts as part of the Hello Digital Festival. Four artists took part in this event.

Two films from the beta events can be viewed here

Hello Digital website

Eligibility

ONE is a new media production event, but does not exclude artists who usually work in other media, as long as they are technically self-sufficient. Although a sharing and collaborative day, all artists need to be able to work independently as there is no technical support.

The event is open to any practising artist but not students. Artists do not have to be based in the West Midlands, although there is no support for travel or accommodation. Similarly, ONE is aimed at emerging artists, but open to established artists as well.

We are asking artists interested in participating to contact us via email, with a brief statement of your practice.