What we’re doing

These are long-term activities, projects, ideas and research taking place across a multiplicity of locations and communities to support artistic making and collective action; connecting the past and present with our future.

Artist Projects

A landscape image of a pale brown hand wearing several bracelets and silver rings holds a small red-pink reddish above a table made of dark brown branches. Upon the table there is a variety of plants and fruits such as apples and flowers.

The Growing Project

A collection of objects found digging on the site placed on a wooden plank; below is red-ish soil. The objects are stones, fragments, bones and shells. One shell looks like it has had bites taken out of it as a result of the process of button making.

Research

A video projected onto a custom made screen.

Education

A landscape image of three people standing within an exhibition space. An artwork sits in the middle of the room, that takes the form of a white papier maché sphere with a black model head on top of it. The sphere and the head are decorated with brightly coloured patterns.

Artists in Residence

A landscape image of the Digbeth Branch canal and canal side. The still water of the canal reflects the bright blue of the clear sky. The canal is bordered by dark brick walls and buildings that are covered in bright, scrawling graffiti. The bank of the canalside gently slopes upwards from the path, and holds several bare trees in it's muddy earth.

Field Commissions

A landscape image of a dilapidated industrial space. The large space has a dirty wooden floor, brick walls and exposed wooden rafters. The ceiling is very tall and natural light floods in through the many glass-less windows.

Working with the City

A landscape image of several pink, purple, and blue illustrations on a white background. The illustrations show different elements of Grand Union’s programme, including the Junction Works building, the gallery space, and images of Growing Project participants hugging and working in the gardens.background.

The Collaborative Map