For over 10 years Rhubaba has supported early career artists to create, develop and present new artworks in a supportive environment that makes space for conversation and promotes research based practices. During the 2020 lockdown the committee were keen to find new ways of continuing to support artists. As well as online public programming, Rhubaba recorded a mini-series of podcasts from the homes of the committee and artists, embracing the DIY ethos that is at the crux of Rhubaba and other artist-run initiatives. Each episode, as summarised below, is centred around reflective conversations with invited artists whose research themes aligned with the programming interests of the committee.
The Rhubaba committee were interested in considering the value of artistic research and the many forms in which it can be presented. In contemporary research based practices, artists often drift into the study of history, politics and social science (or get swept into the art sphere from these fields). Artists who have a research based practice sometimes produce film, performance and works that can be artistically invisible or that take the forms of other disciplines such as sharing reading lists or presenting lectures in non-academic settings.
For over 10 years Rhubaba has supported early career artists to create, develop and present new artworks in a supportive environment that makes space for conversation and promotes research based practices. During the 2020 lockdown the committee were keen to find new ways of continuing to support artists. As well as online public programming, Rhubaba recorded a mini-series of podcasts from the homes of the committee and artists, embracing the DIY ethos that is at the crux of Rhubaba and other artist-run initiatives. Each episode, as summarised below, is centred around reflective conversations with invited artists whose research themes aligned with the programming interests of the committee.
The Rhubaba committee were interested in considering the value of artistic research and the many forms in which it can be presented. In contemporary research based practices, artists often drift into the study of history, politics and social science (or get swept into the art sphere from these fields). Artists who have a research based practice sometimes produce film, performance and works that can be artistically invisible or that take the forms of other disciplines such as sharing reading lists or presenting lectures in non-academic settings.
