Jorge + Lucy Orta Pattern Book

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ART / ART EDUCATION
Jorge + Lucy Orta
Pattern Book
An Introduction to
Collaborative Practices
architecture art design
fashion history photography
theory and things
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Peter Jenkinson, Paula Orrell,
Janna Graham, Sally Tallant, and
B+B (Sophie Hope and Sarah
Carrington)
ISBN10: 1 904772 75 7
ISBN13: 978 1 904772 75 0
Paperback
160 pages
219 b/w and colour ills
24 × 18.5 cm
Pub date: Jul 2007
£19.95
l Jorge + Lucy Orta Pattern Book: An Introduction to Collaborative Practices
presents projects by renowned artists Jorge and Lucy Orta. Their art melds
fashion, architecture, design with social activism, reflecting how Jorge and
Lucy operate not only as artists, but as campaigners, community mediators and
educators.
l Jorge and Lucy address concerns which are both contemporary and topical —
community and social inclusion, dwellings and mobility, recycling and sustainable
development — but which also tap into primordial traditions and cultures, such as
nomadism.
l Internationally acclaimed, their work has been exhibited worldwide including at
the Louvre Museum, Paris; Deitch Projects, New York; PS1, New York; Museum of
Contemporary Art, Sydney; Hayward Gallery, London; Secession, Vienna; Museum
of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Pitti Imagine, Florence; Design Academy, Eindhoven.
l This book presents six of their latest projects co-produced with community
groups in diverse locations from Australia to South Africa, from grand metropolis
such as New York to deprived industrial towns such as Thiers (France).
l Jorge + Lucy Orta Pattern Book: An Introduction to Collaborative Practices
is also a practical tool the reader can use to set up their own workshops and
education programmes, and includes detachable pattern sheets for the reader to
use to create their own projects.
l This beautifully illustrated book will captivate a diverse audience of artists,
fashion designers, engineers, architects, community workers, and teachers.
architecture art design
fashion history photography
theory and things
DESCRIPTION
Throughout Jorge and Lucy Orta's early career, the artists have engaged and worked
with diverse groups of people. Fusing the respective spaces of architecture and
fashion with art, technology, philosophy and interactivity, resulting in a series of
actions and events that forge special connections between groups and individuals.
This publication intends to explore this significant area of the artists' work. Looking at
distinctive projects where the artists have actively involved people and created new
opportunities for them.
Jorge and Lucy Orta have worked simultaneously in many different situations and
locations, acting as a catalyst for exchange, and exploring contemporary art as a
collective action — "every spectator becomes a potential co-producer". Workshops in
primary schools and higher education, working with the unemployed and homeless,
creating opportunities for migrant labourers to develop new skills in Johannesburg are
a few examples of their diverse undertakings.
Through these multi-layer collaborations Jorge and Lucy Orta wish to address and
challenge the practice of public art as a collective action, making the process a part of
the communities’ lives and pushing the boundaries of public art, to be audience driven
and, above all, relevant. The final sculptural outcome involves the audiences at large
and accesses many individuals and communities involved.
Essays and contributions by Peter Jenkinson, Paula Orrell, Janna Graham and Sally
Tallant provide a full introduction to the process and methodology of each project.
The book also includes a comprehensive Resource/Reference Section designed and
compiled by B+B featuring relevant schools, gallery programmes, institutions, and
courses.
Peter Jenkinson is an arts consultant and is regarded as a pioneer of new arts
practice. Alongside Creative Partnerships he initiated the development of The New Art
Gallery Walsall.
Paula Orrell is a curator at Plymouth Arts Centre developing a specific visual arts
programme on socially engaged practice and human interaction.
Janna Graham is a curator who has developed specialist research into socially
engaged practice and mapping its pedagogical influences. She is currently curating
Academy by Charles Esche and Irit Rogoff at the Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven.
Sally Tallant is Head of Education at the Serpentine Gallery, whose projects include
Dis-assembly, developed with Runa Islam, Faisal Abdu’Alla, Christian Bolkanski and
Yona Friedman with North Westminster Community College London.
B+B is a curatorial partnership between Sophie Hope and Sarah Carrington, which
aims to develop critical frameworks for socially engaged practices through dialogue,
exchange and open discussions.
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