Experiment of disappearance of the British Pub

14th June 2018

For the Artcore residency, I am working on a project surrounding the pub culture and the issue of the disappearing of the public houses in the UK.

I am concerned with the disappearance of the British Pub, as it functions as a social forum where different generations meet and socialise. By losing Pubs within the cities, we lose focal points for our communities and places of a unique tradition and character.

With this project, I want to create an awareness about the problems and changes that affect our coexistence within urban space in order to initiate a discussion about the future of our cities and the cohesion of society within it.

For the realisation of the project I have chosen to work with the object of the metal beer keg. I am intrested in the keg as it is moved around the city between the pubs creating connecting points between them, creating an invisible infrastructure within the city.

During the residency, I will be creating a series of moulds from a used metal keg and cast terracotta sculptures from them.

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Re-Imagine the city residency Artist selected announcement

6th June 2018

Re-Imagine the city residency

Artist selected announcement

Artcore is delighted to announce Katharina Fitz and Jess Price as the two artists selected for Re-imagine the City, a two months residency focusing on learning from the city and use of public space. The project aims to explore the issues that shape the city. The artists selected will work with local communities to map, re-imagine and influence the places where we live and work. Katharina Fitz is a Nottigham based artist whose work focuses mainly on conceptual photography as well as sculpture. Since 2016 she has introduced different mediums such as casting, mould making, woodwork and ceramics into her practice. She is concerned with subjects surrounding urban sociology showing the structures, processes, phenomenon, and problems that are part of urban life and human interactions with a special interest in shared memory and social and cultural aspects of life. she classifies objects into groups in order to appreciate their characteristics and reflect upon their narratives. Therefore repetition and the interconnections between object and subject play an important role in her practice. Her work is characterized by an objective and conceptual line following clear structures. To find out more about Katharina Fitz, please visit: www.katharinafitz.com Jess Price is a Derby based artist whose practice gravitates towards addressing political themes more and more. She is especially interested in how politics is portrayed in art. When looking at political artists she has found their views have been shown either aggressively obvious

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Meet the artist: Katharina Fitz

1st June 2018

Meet the artist: Katharina Fitz

Katharina Fitz is a Nottingham based artist. She has recently taken part in a group show at Nottingham Contemporary called Aftermath.The Aftermath exhibition is an annual collaboration where students on the MFA course at Nottingham Trent University respond critically to the winter exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary. The show offers insights into the influence that exhibitions can have on an artist’s creative process and challenges viewers to meticulously observe this process. Katharina’s practice is focused mainly on conceptual photography as well as sculpture. Since 2016 she has introduced different mediums such as casting, mould making, woodwork, and ceramics into her practice. Within her practice, she is concerned with subjects surrounding urban sociology showing the structures, processes, phenomenon, and problems that are part of urban life and human interactions with a special interest in shared memory and social and cultural aspects of life. She is one of the two artists selected for the Re-imagine the City residency, first of 4 artist residencies organized and curated by Artcore between 2018/2019. We visited her in the artist studio, where we discovered some interesting aspects of her research concerning the British Pub culture as a forum where different generations meet and socialise. Have a read of what she says!

Katharna Fitz, ECHOES, 2018 (Ph. Katharina Fitz)

Where are you based? I am currently based in Nottingham. How would you like to use this residency to develop your current research and how do you think the

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Meet the artist: Jess Price

29th May 2018

Meet the artist: Jess Price

“Jess Price is going to graduate in Fine Arts at Derby University on the 1st of June. She is one of the two artists selected for Re-imagine the City residency, first of 4 artists residencies organized and curated by Artcore between 2018/2019.
We visited her in the artist studio, where we went through her current research in term of productions, experimentation with materials and cross media with a particular interest on how she will use this residency to develop her career and artist research.

Have a look of what she says!”

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20 Apr

Artcore Craft Shop – Artist and Makers Callout

Artcore Craft Shop

Artist and Makers Callout

Venue: Artcore Craft Shop, Artcore, 3 Charnwood Street, Derby DE1 2GT

Deadline extended for applying: 23 April 2018

Who: Artists/Makers

We are offering makers and artists the opportunity to sell work in our brand new Artcore Craft shop.

Whether you are an artist, maker, or just an enthusiast Artcore Craft Shop would love to hear from you.

With a professional programme of activities and events, regular weekly workshops and a programme of thought provoking exhibitions, Artcore is a vibrant arts venue in the heart of Derby.

Our Craft Shop is a new initiative to share a range of handmade contemporary crafts by designer-makers from across the UK. We are looking for new and innovative work in different mediums.

We seek work on a sale or return basis, charging 30% commission (inclusive of VAT).

If you would like your work to be considered, please send a short statement (about 200 words) and 5 images (with price, quantity and dimensions) to donna@artcoreuk.com

We look forward to hearing from you!

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20 Apr

Re-imagine the city Residency

Re-imagine the city Residency
Deadline to apply: Midnight 24th April 2018 Artcore invites emerging artists to apply to Re-imagine the City, a two months residency focusing on learning from the city and use of public space.The project aims to explore the issues that shape the city. The artists are called to work with local communities to map, re-imagine and influence the places where we live and work. Moreover the residency aims to examine the way in which we transform our surroundings to reflect the displacement of our dreams. Through the artwork produced by artists selected we will investigate the meaning of contemporary ‘utopia’, as an element which can provoke the social imagination by resonating with the themes of hope and desire. This residency will critically play with ideas and practices of city planning, regeneration, gentrification and ‘place-making’ and will investigate two central themes: Imagination – how artists in collaboration with local communities can re-imagine the city? Action – how artists can generate projects that interrupt, activate and re-imagine the neighbourhood, using play, art and design processes in public space? We welcome applicants working in any discipline and with a cross disciplinary approach to their practice, to occupy Artcore studios. Specifically, Artcore is looking for :

Artists with a commitment to developing their practice, and who seek dialogue and engagement with the local communities and the wider international contemporary arts and cultural sector.

Artists with an interest in how sharing space and collaborative working can inform
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