OUR PRACTICE

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​Workshop 24 creates artistic situations in which people, places and more-than-human worlds come into correspondence.

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Our practice grows through curiosity, collaboration and creative enquiry. We work with communities, organisations, landscapes and ecologies to create situations that invite people to tune in, ponder, make, share and imagine together. Each artwork is unique, yet all are connected through a shared commitment to attentiveness, creativity and correspondence.

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The ideas below offer a way into our practice. They are not stages or methods, but interconnected ways of working that continue to evolve.

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​SITUATIONS

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Every artwork begins by creating a situation.

A situation might be a walk, a gathering, a temporary installation, a performance, a broadcast, a workshop or a shared conversation. It creates opportunities for encounters, discoveries and exchanges that cannot be fully planned in advance.

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By creating situations rather than predetermined outcomes, we leave space for curiosity, imagination and unexpected connections to emerge.

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We create situations that welcome different ways of participating. Some invite quiet observation, others conversation, making or shared exploration. We recognise that people engage in different ways and at different paces, and we value this diversity as an essential part of our artistic practice.

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CORRESPONDING

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Corresponding lies at the heart of our practice.

We correspond with people, places and more-than-human worlds through conversation, listening, making, walking and shared experience. We also correspond with histories, memories, materials and ideas, recognising that each has something to contribute.

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For us, correspondence is not simply communication. It is an ongoing process of paying attention, responding, learning and creating with. Through correspondence, artworks develop their own character and continue to evolve over time.

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TUNING IN

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All our artworks involve paying attention.

We tune in by walking, listening, looking, spending time and coming to know places and communities. We notice rhythms, relationships and small details that might otherwise pass unnoticed.

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Tuning in invites a slower pace of working. It creates opportunities for deeper understanding and often reveals new possibilities for artistic inquiry.

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PONDERING

Pondering creates space for ideas to develop.

We value curiosity, attentiveness, reflection and open-ended thinking. Rather than searching for quick answers, we allow questions to remain alive, trusting that understanding often grows through conversation, making and shared experience.

Pondering encourages us to remain open to uncertainty, surprise and change.

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GATHERING

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Our work gathers people, stories, sounds, materials, objects, memories and experiences.

Sometimes these gatherings become installations or events. Sometimes they become conversations, publications, performances or broadcasts. Gathering brings different perspectives together and creates opportunities for new relationships and shared understanding.

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MAKING

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Making is how ideas take shape.

We work across sound, assemblage, installation, walking, performance, participation, drawing, writing and digital media, choosing forms that grow naturally from each situation.

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Making is a way of exploring, discovering and corresponding. Through creative practice, ideas, materials and relationships continually shape one another.

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REVISITING

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Our artworks continue through revisiting.

We revisit places, conversations, artworks and collaborations, discovering how they have changed and what new possibilities have emerged. Revisiting deepens relationships, strengthens understanding and often opens entirely new directions for creative enquiry.

Each revisit adds another layer to an evolving body of work.

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EXCHANGE

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Exchange is woven throughout our practice. We exchange ideas, stories, skills, experiences and ways of knowing through conversation, making and shared enquiry. Our artworks create opportunities for mutual learning, where everyone involved has something to contribute and something to discover.

We continue these exchanges through exhibitions, events, publications, broadcasts and digital platforms, extending conversations and inviting new correspondences to emerge.

DIFFERENT WAYS OF TAKING PART

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No two artworks are the same.

Some develop through sustained collaboration over several years. Others arise through a brief encounter or a single conversation. Some involve many participants, while others bring together a small group in close correspondence. Occasionally we work with individuals, one to one.

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We value these different durations, scales of participation and depths of engagement equally, recognising that each creates its own opportunities for creativity, learning and connection.​

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We welcome people from all walks of life to take part in our artworks. We are particularly committed to creating welcoming, accessible opportunities for people who may experience barriers to participating in cultural life, including those who identify as neurodivergent, disabled, socially isolated, lonely or marginalised.​​

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