FAD OFFICE / The Other Art Fair 2012

Curated by Kay Roberts and Chantelle Purcelle

P.V. Thursday 10th May 2012 then Fri/Sat/Sun

Westminster University Euston Road

FAD OFFICE is a four day event curated by Kay Roberts and Chantelle Purcelle,  which presents performances and talks from established artists and curators alongside emerging artists; Terry Smith, Silvia Ziranek, Michael Petry, Kay Roberts, Douglas Park, Zeitgeist Arts Projects, Will Corwin, Jack Catling, Vanessa Mitter, Arcadia Missa, Ladies of the Press, Vitrine Gallery, Francesca Goodwin from Fabilist, Victory Press, Phil Nutley, Ilona Szalay and Jennifer Cluskey.

FAD OFFICE PARTY - 3pm, 13th May 2012 With Douglas Park, Silvia Ziranek, Kay Roberts, Ladies of the Press

FAD OFFICE presents a fictional construct of a 1970’s magazine in this year’s The Other Art Fair (2012). FAD looks to the past to re-imagine the role of the publisher in the future, using the office as a testing site to research and critique ideas that are not openly discussed today. To comment on the shifting values in art both politically and socially. FAD asks; do we need to look back in order to move forward? And what will the future hold for art?

In a hope to bridge the gap between the online and physical incarnations of FAD, FAD OFFICE will present  cratd programme with invited artists and curators from 2pm on Friday & Saturday, and 1pm Sunday: FAD will also run a series of interviews with The Other Art Fair artists 2012, all of which will be documented and available online. The responsive staging of the office will take place over the four days for the public to watch -0 welcoming critical and collaborative discourse and exchange.

(From 11am to 1pm the space will be an open forum and working office space, visitors will be free to add their comments or be interviewed. Throughout the days FAD office staff will be re-enacting performances from the seventies whilst documenting the evolving staging throughout the four days).

Artists included:

TERRY SMITH : …. Will discuss art education…….

article Artscribe magazine BA MEANS GOODBYE

series of seen and unseen projects

MICHAEL PETRY

TALK : Making Work in Times of Depression

SILVIA ZIRANEK

Will be preforming ‘SOVIET SENSATION 1977’

KAY ROBERTS

Is back in London after 10 years on Paris, discussing the research behind the forthcoming book that delves into the gallery scene in London from 1977 -2008 using neca as an archive.