The coming of industry, scientific inventions, man and machine and unsung art heroes comprise this fragmented film collage that plays with notions of linear time lines and a prescribed canon of art history.

Glitch art was key to the social media campaign in the build up to the Whitworth reopening. Using archive imagery of the gallery and the artworks themselves, I have been experimenting with different approaches to glitching imagery, from online apps to playing around with code. Here is one of the videos we used that included pictures of young people on an outreach photography day in Manchester, pieces from the textile collection and Whitworth park.

Exploring macro photography and darkroom environments to create sonic visual photographs. The perspective is warped as the viewer looks immediately and beyond the carved paper.

First pilot event for Whitworth Young Contemporaries. View event here!

Plotting sound samples from the grid cities of Venice, Chandigarh and New York using Ableton, I transposed these into 3D paper shapes by plotting a 4 x 4 grid area with each section correlating to a different sound, When the participant/composer selects a combination of 4 sounds to create a unique soundscape on the Ableton session window, these correlating physical areas were cut out of the material paper grids. Thereby seeing the the 3D shape of the soundscape.

These forms were created using simple cutting techniques, beginning with a continuous line drawing and then creating space for movement by removing sections with a cutting knife. Shining a simple light through them produces interesting and a little haunting shadows and feeling.

Circuit is a new national project led by Tate transforming how young people 15-25 interact with and think about art galleries!

Whitworth Art Gallery asked me to project manage the first stage and digital strand of this journey, to creatively consult Mancunian young people through the question ‘How do you connect with art?’. We worked with 8 different youth groups in Manchester, some who were and some who weren’t already engaged in the arts

Each workshop included an arts activity that they may not have tried before,  highlighted ways they could get involved with Circuit and consultation activities to find out…

• What are the young people in to right now – culturally or social
• How they communicate and share tastes + information
• What their ambitions and hopes for the future are
• What they thought about art galleries

Circuit Manchester Film

We created a film that responded to this question that gave us a picture of young peoples views in the city.

Circuit Blog

I documented the project through a dedicated blog that had a post for each youth group we worked with. The blog contains short videos and images of the sessions and outlines the key findings and opinions from each group. click on the link here…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workshops and approaches

I was keen to offer a wide range of artistics mediums, we delivered session in

• screenprinting at the skatepark
• musical theatre + visual art connections
• beatboxing and soundscapes
• wire sculpture
• photomontage
• photography and fashion
• cyanatype photography

Human Bar Chart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the very start of a four year project that will culminate in a youth festival right here in Manchester. Its going to be interesting!

is one of eight participating galleries, setting out on a journey to engage young people to arts and galleries by offering a programme of exciting arts opportunities,  talent & creative skills development, links to artists and industry and leadership opportunities.

Vicky Clarke

Circuit Digital Strand Project Manager, Whitworth Art Gallery