As part of our art practice we participate in a range of talks and lectures that touch upon our interests and our works.
These vary from presentations of our work and approach to Art schools or Universities, to participation in workshops and conferences.
2011
- Collaborative art practice in the public realm, presentation of the development of a collaborative art practice and its place as creative actor in the urban realm.
Part of the Art + Design Now series, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary
- An artist and an architect collaboration, presentation of the processes and the development of a cross-discplinary practice in the field of art.
Manchester School of Architecture
- Pecha Kutcha Night, presentation of Watershed+, introducing creative practices at the heart a Municipal Water Services Department and Resources as valid actors in design teams.
For Pecha Kutcha Night Calgary.
- The Oxford experiment, workshop session exploring the importance of personal memories of objects and places, for
Human creativity: ecologies and practices of invention, international seminar exploring the idea and practice of human creativity through discussions deriving from objects
in the Pitt Rivers Museum collection, University of Oxford. A Mellon Foundation funded Sawyer seminar.
2010
- Pluridisciplinarité et multiculturalité dans la conception des espaces publics, intervention in the Seminar for the multi-disciplinary Master
Espace Public, at the
Biennale Internationale du Design 2010, Saint Etienne, France
- Artist Architect collaboration, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
- Practice profile, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
- Art and infrastructure, a sustainable relationship, presentation of the role and place of art in thinking about infrastructures,
focusing on water and sustainability. Presentation and resource guest for session. For the
Canadian Water Innovation Lab 2010, a collaborative "unconference" event designed to cultivate informed leaders, influence policy, and strengthen the Canadian water
stewardship network.
Ralph Klein Legacy Park, Calgary
- Limelight: Saturday night, public presentation of Limelight: Saturday night project
for Artisphere.
Arlington, Virginia
- Public art, architecture and the making of places, for
Experimenting with Geography: See-hear-make-do, international workshop and seminar on experimental audio,
visual and site specific methods for research in geography.
University of Edinburgh
- Engagement and collaboration in the public realm, presentation of our art practice to the MA Arts and Policy Management course,
focusing on engagement and collaboration for our works in the public realm.
Birkbeck College, University of London
2009
- Artist + Architect = Sans façon, presentation of our art practice, for
Art through Architecture (AtA), a partnership program of
Charlotte Street Foundation and the
American Institute of Architects-Kansas City.
Gallery La Esquina, Kansas City, Missouri
- A meaningful role for the artist in the public realm, for A place for Creativity?-the 2nd annual art and urban design conference. .
Other speakers: David West, Urban Designer, Planner and Partner, Studio Egret West;
Bridget Sawyers, Chief Executive, Architecture Centre Network;
Charles Quick, Artist, Researcher and Curator in the Public Realm and Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire;
Andy Thompson, Partner, BCA Landscapes and Smiling Wolf, designer.
Organised by Rudi
in partnership with Places Matter!
Salford
- Changing Artist's/People's Perception of what Artists can do, for the Fly Eric Symposia No 2,
Expanding possibilities for artists professional practice and opportunities for artists in the creative industries.
Fly Eric is a developmental network of artist focused organisations in the North West of England, led by
Art Gene,
Castlefield Gallery and
Storey Gallery
Its mission is to support visual artists to infiltrate, inhabit and contribute to society.
Other speakers: Linder Sterling and Olivia Plender.
Lancaster
- Artist Architect collaboration, presentation of our art practice to the MA Design LAB,
a multi-disciplinary MA at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Manchester
2008
- What's art got to do with it?, a one day conference critically examining art's role in place shaping.
Organised by Bolton at home percent for art
service.
Other speakers: Wayne Hemingway, Office of Subversive Architecture, Laurie Peak - Head of Public Art at the Liverpool Biennial.
Bolton
- Future Research on Art and Greenspace, workshop with artists, geographers and forestry commission leaders, looking at the potential of such
collaborations to generate new projects and commissionning opportunities.
Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh/Forestry Commission
Other speakers: Marcus Sangster, Forestry Commission, about commissioning art projects; Divya Tolia Kelly on cultural geographers collaborating with artists;
and David Pritchard on current greenspace and art activity.
Edinburgh
- An artist practice within the planning process, an artist's perspective where collaboration has taken place at the start of the planning process;
in Public art and the planning process, Placing public art within the context of national, regional and local planning, seminar organised by the
Cultural Services of Nottinghamshire County Council.
Other speaker: Jonathan Banks, Chief Executive, Ixia
Nottingham -
- Els altres paisatges del vi, Presentation of Sans façon art practice within the context of
Històries i Llocs, with a round table moderated by anthropologist Octavi Rofes
Falset, Spain
- An art and architecture collaborative practice, Architecture department, The Bartlett, UCL
part of the series Making buildings, Architects talking about making buildings, from the doorstep to the city a series of talks from architects and engineers to discuss
their experience of the building process.
Other speakers in the series: Heatherwick Studio, Make Architects, Knight Architects, Arups, MJP Architects, Allison Brookes Architects
London-
- Fine Art Department, presentation of Sans façon art practice, University of Cumbria, School of Art and Design
Carlisle -
- Sans façon, presentation of our art practice as part of a series of artists' talks to RMJM Architects, Glasgow. Organised by Deborah Kell
Glasgow
2007
- Negotiating an art practice in the public realm, presenataion of our practice and the collaborative/confrontational process of some of our
work in public settings. For the National Public art conference, organised by Art and Architecture Journal.
Other speakers: Lewis Biggs, Director, Liverpool Biennial; Cameron Cartiere, Birkbeck, University of London; Sophie Hope, Curator, B+B; David Bickle, Architect, Hawkins/Brown;
John Newling, Professor of Installation Sculpture, Nottingham Trent University; Alberto Duman, Artist
Nottingham -
- A collaborative art practice, presentation of a collaborative approach within a city's department as part of an art project; for Calgary City's Park
department and the Planning department
Calgary, Canada
- Critical Debate, presentation of an art's practice, supported by A-N's 'Networking Artists Networks' programme
Durham
- Art and the Built Environment, Symposium presenting radical developments in the context of art and urban spaces,
offering artists, architects, planners and developers a critical insight into key projects around the UK that are using professional artists as an integral
part of redevelopment. Organised by Art Gene.
Other speakers: Alastair Snow, Charles Quick, Adam Sutherland
Barrow in Furness
- Fine Art Department, presentation of Sans façon art practice, Newcastle University
2006
- Sans façon and Becky Shaw in conversation: "Forgotten places", presentation of curation as an art project, and discussion around
Sidekick; for Sideshow
Nottingham
- Northern Nights, a presentation on the potential of commissioning artists works in relation to Peterhead's geographical location and the
involvement of an artist as part of the new BP power station. For BP Scotland
Peterhead
- Art and places, presentation of the project behind the organisation of
this conference, and introducing the idea of the artist as an essential actor in the fabric of the built environment, looking at the wider role of the artist
as part of a process through its participation in the debate.
in Perception, people, place, the art of regeneration.
Other speakers: Richard Wentworth; Michael Schwarze-Rodrian, presenting the presented the Emscher Landschaftspark 2010; Alastair Snow, Scheme
Manager of PROJECT; Charlie McKeith, from Research Design Architecture Ltd; Jonathan Banks, Chief Executive, Ixia; Chris White, Aberdeenshire Council
Peterhead
- First year Architecture, Design and Fine Art, Glasgow school of Art, part of a series of talks to create discussion and debate across the
different schools and disciplines within the Glasgow Art School. Organised by Christina McBride
2005
- Visual Arts and Gallery Association VAGA, REALISE your right to art launch. Presentation of Sans façon as part of the long term to raise the
profile of the visual arts and place them at the heart of society. Street Level Gallery
Glasgow
- The distance between us, Presentation of the project Distance between us as part of
Architecture week
Birmingham
- People and places, expanding the notion of community, Engage, Arts practices in community contexts, Aberdeen Art Gallery
- Sans façon, Series of talks, Peacock Visual Arts Gallery,
Aberdeen
- Collaborative art practice in the public realm, presentation of the development of a collaborative art practice and its place as creative actor in the urban realm. Part of the Art + Design Now series, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary
- An artist and an architect collaboration, presentation of the processes and the development of a cross-discplinary practice in the field of art.
Manchester School of Architecture - Pecha Kutcha Night, presentation of Watershed+, introducing creative practices at the heart a Municipal Water Services Department and Resources as valid actors in design teams. For Pecha Kutcha Night Calgary.
- The Oxford experiment, workshop session exploring the importance of personal memories of objects and places, for Human creativity: ecologies and practices of invention, international seminar exploring the idea and practice of human creativity through discussions deriving from objects in the Pitt Rivers Museum collection, University of Oxford. A Mellon Foundation funded Sawyer seminar.
2010
- Pluridisciplinarité et multiculturalité dans la conception des espaces publics, intervention in the Seminar for the multi-disciplinary Master
Espace Public, at the
Biennale Internationale du Design 2010, Saint Etienne, France
- Artist Architect collaboration, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
- Practice profile, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
- Art and infrastructure, a sustainable relationship, presentation of the role and place of art in thinking about infrastructures,
focusing on water and sustainability. Presentation and resource guest for session. For the
Canadian Water Innovation Lab 2010, a collaborative "unconference" event designed to cultivate informed leaders, influence policy, and strengthen the Canadian water
stewardship network.
Ralph Klein Legacy Park, Calgary
- Limelight: Saturday night, public presentation of Limelight: Saturday night project
for Artisphere.
Arlington, Virginia
- Public art, architecture and the making of places, for
Experimenting with Geography: See-hear-make-do, international workshop and seminar on experimental audio,
visual and site specific methods for research in geography.
University of Edinburgh
- Engagement and collaboration in the public realm, presentation of our art practice to the MA Arts and Policy Management course,
focusing on engagement and collaboration for our works in the public realm.
Birkbeck College, University of London
2009
- Artist + Architect = Sans façon, presentation of our art practice, for
Art through Architecture (AtA), a partnership program of
Charlotte Street Foundation and the
American Institute of Architects-Kansas City.
Gallery La Esquina, Kansas City, Missouri
- A meaningful role for the artist in the public realm, for A place for Creativity?-the 2nd annual art and urban design conference. .
Other speakers: David West, Urban Designer, Planner and Partner, Studio Egret West;
Bridget Sawyers, Chief Executive, Architecture Centre Network;
Charles Quick, Artist, Researcher and Curator in the Public Realm and Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire;
Andy Thompson, Partner, BCA Landscapes and Smiling Wolf, designer.
Organised by Rudi
in partnership with Places Matter!
Salford
- Changing Artist's/People's Perception of what Artists can do, for the Fly Eric Symposia No 2,
Expanding possibilities for artists professional practice and opportunities for artists in the creative industries.
Fly Eric is a developmental network of artist focused organisations in the North West of England, led by
Art Gene,
Castlefield Gallery and
Storey Gallery
Its mission is to support visual artists to infiltrate, inhabit and contribute to society.
Other speakers: Linder Sterling and Olivia Plender.
Lancaster
- Artist Architect collaboration, presentation of our art practice to the MA Design LAB,
a multi-disciplinary MA at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Manchester
2008
- What's art got to do with it?, a one day conference critically examining art's role in place shaping.
Organised by Bolton at home percent for art
service.
Other speakers: Wayne Hemingway, Office of Subversive Architecture, Laurie Peak - Head of Public Art at the Liverpool Biennial.
Bolton
- Future Research on Art and Greenspace, workshop with artists, geographers and forestry commission leaders, looking at the potential of such
collaborations to generate new projects and commissionning opportunities.
Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh/Forestry Commission
Other speakers: Marcus Sangster, Forestry Commission, about commissioning art projects; Divya Tolia Kelly on cultural geographers collaborating with artists;
and David Pritchard on current greenspace and art activity.
Edinburgh
- An artist practice within the planning process, an artist's perspective where collaboration has taken place at the start of the planning process;
in Public art and the planning process, Placing public art within the context of national, regional and local planning, seminar organised by the
Cultural Services of Nottinghamshire County Council.
Other speaker: Jonathan Banks, Chief Executive, Ixia
Nottingham -
- Els altres paisatges del vi, Presentation of Sans façon art practice within the context of
Històries i Llocs, with a round table moderated by anthropologist Octavi Rofes
Falset, Spain
- An art and architecture collaborative practice, Architecture department, The Bartlett, UCL
part of the series Making buildings, Architects talking about making buildings, from the doorstep to the city a series of talks from architects and engineers to discuss
their experience of the building process.
Other speakers in the series: Heatherwick Studio, Make Architects, Knight Architects, Arups, MJP Architects, Allison Brookes Architects
London-
- Fine Art Department, presentation of Sans façon art practice, University of Cumbria, School of Art and Design
Carlisle -
- Sans façon, presentation of our art practice as part of a series of artists' talks to RMJM Architects, Glasgow. Organised by Deborah Kell
Glasgow
2007
- Negotiating an art practice in the public realm, presenataion of our practice and the collaborative/confrontational process of some of our
work in public settings. For the National Public art conference, organised by Art and Architecture Journal.
Other speakers: Lewis Biggs, Director, Liverpool Biennial; Cameron Cartiere, Birkbeck, University of London; Sophie Hope, Curator, B+B; David Bickle, Architect, Hawkins/Brown;
John Newling, Professor of Installation Sculpture, Nottingham Trent University; Alberto Duman, Artist
Nottingham -
- A collaborative art practice, presentation of a collaborative approach within a city's department as part of an art project; for Calgary City's Park
department and the Planning department
Calgary, Canada
- Critical Debate, presentation of an art's practice, supported by A-N's 'Networking Artists Networks' programme
Durham
- Art and the Built Environment, Symposium presenting radical developments in the context of art and urban spaces,
offering artists, architects, planners and developers a critical insight into key projects around the UK that are using professional artists as an integral
part of redevelopment. Organised by Art Gene.
Other speakers: Alastair Snow, Charles Quick, Adam Sutherland
Barrow in Furness
- Fine Art Department, presentation of Sans façon art practice, Newcastle University
2006
- Sans façon and Becky Shaw in conversation: "Forgotten places", presentation of curation as an art project, and discussion around
Sidekick; for Sideshow
Nottingham
- Northern Nights, a presentation on the potential of commissioning artists works in relation to Peterhead's geographical location and the
involvement of an artist as part of the new BP power station. For BP Scotland
Peterhead
- Art and places, presentation of the project behind the organisation of
this conference, and introducing the idea of the artist as an essential actor in the fabric of the built environment, looking at the wider role of the artist
as part of a process through its participation in the debate.
in Perception, people, place, the art of regeneration.
Other speakers: Richard Wentworth; Michael Schwarze-Rodrian, presenting the presented the Emscher Landschaftspark 2010; Alastair Snow, Scheme
Manager of PROJECT; Charlie McKeith, from Research Design Architecture Ltd; Jonathan Banks, Chief Executive, Ixia; Chris White, Aberdeenshire Council
Peterhead
- First year Architecture, Design and Fine Art, Glasgow school of Art, part of a series of talks to create discussion and debate across the
different schools and disciplines within the Glasgow Art School. Organised by Christina McBride
2005
- Visual Arts and Gallery Association VAGA, REALISE your right to art launch. Presentation of Sans façon as part of the long term to raise the
profile of the visual arts and place them at the heart of society. Street Level Gallery
Glasgow
- The distance between us, Presentation of the project Distance between us as part of
Architecture week
Birmingham
- People and places, expanding the notion of community, Engage, Arts practices in community contexts, Aberdeen Art Gallery
- Sans façon, Series of talks, Peacock Visual Arts Gallery,
Aberdeen
Ralph Klein Legacy Park, Calgary
Arlington, Virginia
University of Edinburgh
Birkbeck College, University of London
- Artist + Architect = Sans façon, presentation of our art practice, for
Art through Architecture (AtA), a partnership program of
Charlotte Street Foundation and the
American Institute of Architects-Kansas City.
Gallery La Esquina, Kansas City, Missouri - A meaningful role for the artist in the public realm, for A place for Creativity?-the 2nd annual art and urban design conference. .
Other speakers: David West, Urban Designer, Planner and Partner, Studio Egret West; Bridget Sawyers, Chief Executive, Architecture Centre Network; Charles Quick, Artist, Researcher and Curator in the Public Realm and Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire; Andy Thompson, Partner, BCA Landscapes and Smiling Wolf, designer.
Organised by Rudi in partnership with Places Matter!
Salford - Changing Artist's/People's Perception of what Artists can do, for the Fly Eric Symposia No 2,
Expanding possibilities for artists professional practice and opportunities for artists in the creative industries.
Fly Eric is a developmental network of artist focused organisations in the North West of England, led by
Art Gene,
Castlefield Gallery and
Storey Gallery
Its mission is to support visual artists to infiltrate, inhabit and contribute to society.
Other speakers: Linder Sterling and Olivia Plender.
Lancaster - Artist Architect collaboration, presentation of our art practice to the MA Design LAB,
a multi-disciplinary MA at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Manchester
2008
- What's art got to do with it?, a one day conference critically examining art's role in place shaping.
Organised by Bolton at home percent for art
service.
Other speakers: Wayne Hemingway, Office of Subversive Architecture, Laurie Peak - Head of Public Art at the Liverpool Biennial.
Bolton
- Future Research on Art and Greenspace, workshop with artists, geographers and forestry commission leaders, looking at the potential of such
collaborations to generate new projects and commissionning opportunities.
Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh/Forestry Commission
Other speakers: Marcus Sangster, Forestry Commission, about commissioning art projects; Divya Tolia Kelly on cultural geographers collaborating with artists;
and David Pritchard on current greenspace and art activity.
Edinburgh
- An artist practice within the planning process, an artist's perspective where collaboration has taken place at the start of the planning process;
in Public art and the planning process, Placing public art within the context of national, regional and local planning, seminar organised by the
Cultural Services of Nottinghamshire County Council.
Other speaker: Jonathan Banks, Chief Executive, Ixia
Nottingham -
- Els altres paisatges del vi, Presentation of Sans façon art practice within the context of
Històries i Llocs, with a round table moderated by anthropologist Octavi Rofes
Falset, Spain
- An art and architecture collaborative practice, Architecture department, The Bartlett, UCL
part of the series Making buildings, Architects talking about making buildings, from the doorstep to the city a series of talks from architects and engineers to discuss
their experience of the building process.
Other speakers in the series: Heatherwick Studio, Make Architects, Knight Architects, Arups, MJP Architects, Allison Brookes Architects
London-
- Fine Art Department, presentation of Sans façon art practice, University of Cumbria, School of Art and Design
Carlisle -
- Sans façon, presentation of our art practice as part of a series of artists' talks to RMJM Architects, Glasgow. Organised by Deborah Kell
Glasgow
2007
- Negotiating an art practice in the public realm, presenataion of our practice and the collaborative/confrontational process of some of our
work in public settings. For the National Public art conference, organised by Art and Architecture Journal.
Other speakers: Lewis Biggs, Director, Liverpool Biennial; Cameron Cartiere, Birkbeck, University of London; Sophie Hope, Curator, B+B; David Bickle, Architect, Hawkins/Brown;
John Newling, Professor of Installation Sculpture, Nottingham Trent University; Alberto Duman, Artist
Nottingham -
- A collaborative art practice, presentation of a collaborative approach within a city's department as part of an art project; for Calgary City's Park
department and the Planning department
Calgary, Canada
- Critical Debate, presentation of an art's practice, supported by A-N's 'Networking Artists Networks' programme
Durham
- Art and the Built Environment, Symposium presenting radical developments in the context of art and urban spaces,
offering artists, architects, planners and developers a critical insight into key projects around the UK that are using professional artists as an integral
part of redevelopment. Organised by Art Gene.
Other speakers: Alastair Snow, Charles Quick, Adam Sutherland
Barrow in Furness
- Fine Art Department, presentation of Sans façon art practice, Newcastle University
2006
- Sans façon and Becky Shaw in conversation: "Forgotten places", presentation of curation as an art project, and discussion around
Sidekick; for Sideshow
Nottingham
- Northern Nights, a presentation on the potential of commissioning artists works in relation to Peterhead's geographical location and the
involvement of an artist as part of the new BP power station. For BP Scotland
Peterhead
- Art and places, presentation of the project behind the organisation of
this conference, and introducing the idea of the artist as an essential actor in the fabric of the built environment, looking at the wider role of the artist
as part of a process through its participation in the debate.
in Perception, people, place, the art of regeneration.
Other speakers: Richard Wentworth; Michael Schwarze-Rodrian, presenting the presented the Emscher Landschaftspark 2010; Alastair Snow, Scheme
Manager of PROJECT; Charlie McKeith, from Research Design Architecture Ltd; Jonathan Banks, Chief Executive, Ixia; Chris White, Aberdeenshire Council
Peterhead
- First year Architecture, Design and Fine Art, Glasgow school of Art, part of a series of talks to create discussion and debate across the
different schools and disciplines within the Glasgow Art School. Organised by Christina McBride
2005
- Visual Arts and Gallery Association VAGA, REALISE your right to art launch. Presentation of Sans façon as part of the long term to raise the
profile of the visual arts and place them at the heart of society. Street Level Gallery
Glasgow
- The distance between us, Presentation of the project Distance between us as part of
Architecture week
Birmingham
- People and places, expanding the notion of community, Engage, Arts practices in community contexts, Aberdeen Art Gallery
- Sans façon, Series of talks, Peacock Visual Arts Gallery,
Aberdeen
Organised by Bolton at home percent for art service.
Other speakers: Wayne Hemingway, Office of Subversive Architecture, Laurie Peak - Head of Public Art at the Liverpool Biennial.
Bolton
Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh/Forestry Commission
Other speakers: Marcus Sangster, Forestry Commission, about commissioning art projects; Divya Tolia Kelly on cultural geographers collaborating with artists; and David Pritchard on current greenspace and art activity.
Edinburgh
Other speaker: Jonathan Banks, Chief Executive, Ixia
Nottingham
Falset, Spain
Other speakers in the series: Heatherwick Studio, Make Architects, Knight Architects, Arups, MJP Architects, Allison Brookes Architects
London
Carlisle
Glasgow
Other speakers: Lewis Biggs, Director, Liverpool Biennial; Cameron Cartiere, Birkbeck, University of London; Sophie Hope, Curator, B+B; David Bickle, Architect, Hawkins/Brown; John Newling, Professor of Installation Sculpture, Nottingham Trent University; Alberto Duman, Artist
Nottingham
Calgary, Canada
Durham
Other speakers: Alastair Snow, Charles Quick, Adam Sutherland
Barrow in Furness
Nottingham
Peterhead
in Perception, people, place, the art of regeneration.
Other speakers: Richard Wentworth; Michael Schwarze-Rodrian, presenting the presented the Emscher Landschaftspark 2010; Alastair Snow, Scheme Manager of PROJECT; Charlie McKeith, from Research Design Architecture Ltd; Jonathan Banks, Chief Executive, Ixia; Chris White, Aberdeenshire Council
Peterhead
Glasgow
Birmingham
Aberdeen