Spaced Out

One-day conference

Artquest and DACS present Spaced Out - a one-day conference that looked at the changing use of artists’ space in a wider urban context: from new uses for traditional studio spaces to the impact of rising domestic space costs, innovative business space use and how virtual spaces are used to exhibit, make and sell work.

The conference explored the political and economic currents that are changing available spaces, and imagines the impact on future practice, culture and society.

The conference was for delegates from across the arts, design, architecture, development, education and other creative and policy-driven fields.
 

Conference details

Conference Programme

• Gilane Tawadros, Chief Executive, DACS
• Russell Martin, Director, Artquest

• Keynote: Eyal Weizman, Architect, Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures, and Director of Forensic Architecture
• Anthony Gross, Artist and Founder of Enclave
• Nick Hartwright, The Mill Co Project / Green Rooms Hotel
• Chair: Russell Martin, Director of Artquest

• Keynote: Sovay Berriman, Artist and Plumber
• Eduardo Padilha, Artist and Founder Balin House Projects
• Carol Tulloch, UAL Professor of Dress, Diaspora and Transnationalism at Camberwell, Chelsea, Wimbledon
• Chair: Gilane Tawadros, CEO of DACS

• Keynote: Farzana Khan, Platform London / Voices That Shake
• Tom Atkinson, Recent MArch Architecture Graduate, Founder of The Micro-Developments Bureau
• Alistair Hicks, Writer and Curator
• Chair: Sarah Staton, Artist, Senior Tutor in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art

• Keynote: Ruth Catlow, Artist, co-founder Furtherfield
• Tom Elsner, Director, OpenCultu.re and Artrabbit
• Chair: Mark Waugh, Business Development Director, DACS

About the event partners