In January 2008 Southampton based
artist David Dixon was selected for the Go
Make! Community Centre Residency at the Clovelly
Centre in St Marys.
The Go Make! Community Centre
Residency is a collaboration between Dada-South,
John Hansard Gallery, WEA Clovelly
Centre, Graham Road Residents Association
and Southampton City Council. This residency
is part of the Dada-South Go Make! Programme
to support Deaf and disabled Artists to make and show new
work. The residency is supported by Arts Council England
South-East and Awards for All.
Dixon is an installation
artist interested in the nature of perception and the uncertainty
of binary divisions. His work refers to the research of modern
physics and philosophical dialogues of impermanence, drawing
on concepts that harness uncertainty.
During his 10 week residency Dixon
has worked in collaboration with the WEA
learners at the Centre, local residents and Graham
Road Residents Association. Through film, drawing,
photography and installation they have explored experiences
of marginalization, as well as the attitudes and frustrations
resulting from discrimination.
In conversation about the residency
the artist said: ‘I envisage the final outcome to be
a multi-facetted exhibition showing all multiple projects,
and allowing the shared discourses to overlap and build upon
each other.’ The final outcomes of the project are exhibited
with the John Hansard Gallery Education Room
throughout May 2008.
Dada-South is the Disability
Arts Development Agency for the South-East. Dada-South’s
vision is to develop a thriving Disability and Deaf Arts sector
within the region with a profile and reputation for excellence
and innovation through investment in disabled and deaf artists.
WEA Clovelly Community
Centre is the home of the Worker’s Educational Association
for Southampton. Together with its students the Centre
works to widen participation, preserve heritage and develop
the local community.
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