2 March – 2 April 2023
Longsight Art Space, 89 Northmoor Road, Longsight, Manchester, M12 5RT
The touring exhibition Abundance opened in Manchester for the next stage in the x3 collaboration between ActionSpace, Project Ability and Venture Arts.
The exhibition showcased the work of three artists: Erin Keogh (Project Ability), Chandrakant Patel (ActionSpace) and Kathy Wilmott (Venture Arts), with audio descriptive poetry by Sally Hirst (Venture Arts). All three artists have significant bodies of work, shown for the first time on a larger scale in Abundance, with the aim to connect audiences to the immediacy and energy seen in each artists’ practice. Having launched in Glasgow in 2022, this was the second iteration of the exhibition which will open for its third and final viewing in London later in 2023.
The preview event on Thursday 2 March saw audio/visual artist Joe Beedles and dancer and choreographer Hannah Buckley present new performances in response to the work on show.
Press
Laura Biddle reviewed the exhibition for Corridor 8. Read the review
About x3
x3 is a collaborative project between ActionSpace, Project Ability and Venture Arts which began in the Covid19 lockdown, as a way of connecting these three organisations and showcasing their artists’ work through digital exhibitions. The first physical exhibition opened at Project Ability in 2022. View the previous x3 digital exhibitions: ‘Electric Dreams‘, ‘Altered Space‘ and ‘Ritual Patterns‘.
About Explorers
The touring exhibition Abundance is part of the Explorers Project. Explorers is a dynamic collaborative programme of art and action that opens up routes into artistic practice for neurominorities, dismantling attitudinal and systemic barriers to representation and rights in art and society. Explorers is led by Project Art Works, in conjunction with eight key partners: ActionSpace, Autograph, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Intoart, MK Gallery, Outside In, Photoworks and Venture Arts. The Explorers Project is supported by Arts Council England and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
www.explorersproject.org
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Photo credit: Rachel Bywater
