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Project Space for Gayle Chong Kwan and Stephanie Douet

WHISPER RESIDENCY
Project Space for Gayle Chong Kwan and Stephanie Douet
12 January – 29 January 2011
Open Studio Thursday 27 - 29 January

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As part of a major three year project, set up with curator Eliza Gluckman and developed in conjunction with the National Trust and the V&A, Gayle Chong Kwan and Stephanie Douet will be using the residency space to work through ideas for a new collaborative work. The residency period will allow the pair to develop plans for a new large-scale pavilion, which forms part of the major project SINOPTICON: Contemporary Chinoiserie in Contemporary Art. The pavilion will tour to different galleries, venues and grounds throughout the project.

Reflecting upon research which begun at various National Trust properties and at the V&A, the artists will be developing their project as well as meeting academics and architects. In parallel with this, the artists are also each evolving a number of individual new works for the project. The residency will culminate in an open studio, with both artists available to discuss their project to the public on 27 January.

Image: Bicycle - Thames-Town (series), Gayle-Chong-Kwan, 2008