21 Artists: London Deep East

Creation | Collaboration | Exploration

Artistic Interventions in Alternative Spaces

Artist Application
21 Artists, an international, site-specific project featuring twenty-one artists from diverse
backgrounds and disciplines who create artistic interventions in alternative spaces and broaden access to the arts, is holding its third project, 21 Artists: London Deep East, taking place at Canning Town Caravanserai, an open, outdoor community space in East Londons Canning Town community. Studio Weekend: All featured artists will come to the Caravanserai space during the weekend of Saturday, November 30th and Sunday, December 1st to create some or all of their contribution for the project. Performance artists such as poets and musicians will take part in whatever way they see fit, whether its talking with other artists or practicing, performing or working through ideas in spaces in or around Canning Town. Exhibition Weekend: The private view, complete with performances and events will be held on Friday, December 5th with the space open to the public for workshops and events on Saturday, December 6th and Sunday, December 7th. Theme: Regeneration: People, Public Spaces & Identity The concentration of 21 Artists: London Deep East is on urban regeneration and its greater impact, particularly as it relates to East London. Artists can either use the area around the project space for inspiration or work with the overall theme of development and regeneration and its social, physical, political, economic and/or personal impact. Priority in this instance will be given to artists from the Newham or wider East London area. Location: Studio Weekend: Exhibition Weekend: Application Deadline: Canning Town Caravanserai November 30th & December 1st December 5th, 6th & 7th Friday, November 1st, 2013

About 21 Artists: Past projects, 21 Artists: Chicago Loop and 21 Artists: London Blackfriars, have featured an incredible mix of artists from around the world, from hip hop MCs and architects to performance artists and experimental dance groups, all around this general philosophy: 21 Artists features artists from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, implementing artistic interventions in alternative spaces to celebrate the creative process, collaborate and explore ways that artists, communities and visionaries can work together to revitalise communities and under-utilised spaces. About Canning Town Caravanserai: The partner for 21 Artists: London Deep East is an outdoor, community space operating under this premise: Canning Town Caravanserai is a welcoming oasis hosted by locals, open to all visitors. It is a locally-driven public space bringing together trade, training, performance, a community garden, and a place to eat, drink and play. Mixing caf with art workshops, food stalls with performance spaces, and enterprise units with allotments, it will be hosted by locals and open to all. In short, a community space run by the community.

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Application Form Artist/Group Name: Artistic Discipline: Email: Links:
1. Describe yourself or your group in 75 words or less.

2. Describe your work in 75 words or less.

3. In what area(s) of London do you live and work?

4. In 300 words of less, describe a brief proposal of how your work addresses the theme of Regeneration: People, Public Spaces & Identity. Please include: Who could benefit from exposure to your work? What issue(s) does your work address? What materials and/or space do you need? Would you like to create work outside the space?

5. What time, space or materials requirements, if any, would you need for your project?

Please send your completed application with links and/or attachments by

Friday, November 1st, 2013 to Meg Peterson at twentyoneartists@gmail.com.