BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1479@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20161126T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170115T180000 DTSTAMP:20161114T160008Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/bluecoat-auto-agents/ SUMMARY:Bluecoat: Bluecoat: Auto Agents DESCRIPTION:Auto Agents\n\nSat 26 Nov 2016 – Sun 15 Jan 2017\n\nOpen dail y in the Vide\, 10am - 6pm. Free.\n\nAuto Agents is an art exhibition cura ted by a group of five artists with learning disabilities\; Hannah Bellass \, Tony Carroll\, Diana Disley\, Leah Jones and Eddie Rauer.\n\nLed by PhD candidate Jade French\, the exhibition forms part of the AHRC funded PhD study Art as Advocacy at the University of Leeds\, in collaboration with self advocacy group Halton Speak Out and Bluecoat's own inclusive arts pro ject Blue Room.\n\nJade said\; “Reimagining the curatorial process to ma ke it accessible for learning disabled people has had fascinating implicat ions on how the work in Auto Agents has developed. What has emerged is a p articipatory approach to curatorship based on shared experience rather tha n a prerequisite knowledge about the arts.”\n\nAuto Agents broadly explo res what it means to be independent by making your own decisions\, which c omes from the curators’ personal knowledge and experiences around the co ntinued lack of choice and control many people with learning disabilities face.  The exhibition breaks new ground in enabling learning disabled art ists to develop a curatorial practice\, but also to take on a commissionin g role. With support from Arts Council England\, the curators have commiss ioned new work by The Royal Standard artists James Harper and Mark Simmond s.\n\nJames said\; “The work I have made for Auto Agents is the product of a merging of several aspects of my practice. The production process has been aided in no small part by being able to work so closely with the cur ators and Jade French. The project as a whole has been a joy to be part of . 'Meet At The Tree' is interactive on a very base level. When growing up\ , friendship groups always have a landmark at which to regularly convene\, a meeting point. For me this was The Tree”\n\nMark said\; “I was comm issioned to make a publication. Developed over a series of workshops with the curators\, the book explores the inherent constraints and possibilitie s of the printed page\, the book as a tangible space\, and the materiality of printed text and image. It seemed appropriate to title the publication ‘Book’”\n\nAs well as these new commissions\, Auto Agents also feat ures the work of London-based artist Alaena Turnerfor the first time in Li verpool.\n\nAlaena said\; “The 'Secret Action Painting' series (2008-pre sent) uses oil-paint as glue to create an abstract composition that sugges ts change and incorporates accidental marks. It demonstrates the act of ma king a painting\, asking whether a painting can perhaps make itself\, and how far this should be edited and controlled.”\n\nAdam Smythe\, Bluecoat ’s curator said\; “The curators of Auto Agents have worked closely wit h three artists to produce an exhibition that interrogates how we make\, t hink about and experience art with varying degrees of independence and col laboration. The issues explored in the exhibition resonate with the person al experiences of the curators in relation to self-advocacy\, but also mir ror wider societal issues of how we might enable independence through coll ective support. The curators have taken apart standard models of curating and rebuilt a model that works for them. In the process they have develope d pioneering approaches to working with artists and engaging audiences tha t will no doubt have wider implication for the discipline of curating.” ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2016/11/AutoAgents.jpg LOCATION:Bluecoat\, School Lane\, Liverpool\, L1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United K ingdom GEO:53.404542;-2.984173 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=School Lane\, Liverpool\, L 1 3BX\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bluecoat:geo :53.404542,-2.984173 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20161030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR