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Tracing the Tacit

Silence, Chance, Disorientation and Entropy

Escalator Retreat: 13-17 May 2013

Co-curated with MA students at the Royal College of Art, London.

Participants: Rebecca Bligh, Terry Bond, Edward Clive, Ruth Hoflich, Jack James, Emily Speed, Margrethe Troensegaard, Miloslav Vorlicek, Ritz Wu and Paula L Zambrano.

Invited speakers: Mete Atature, Lizzie Fisher, Paul Goodwin, Marysia Lewandowska, Katie Paterson, and Kate Cooper and Marianne Forrest from Auto Italia.

Venue:

Wysing Arts Centre Fox Road
Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TX

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Artists, art-writers and curators explored underlying ideas, influences and concepts, which inform their practice but are not immediately apparent in their finished work. The retreat was organised around four key themes: Silence, Chance, Disorientation and Entropy: subliminal systems that govern creative decision-making and create tacit forms of experience and knowledge. We invited proposals for a workshop centred around one of the four topics, at a duration of one hour. During five immersive and reflective days selected participants led their own workshop, took part in the activities led by others and joined in talks by invited speakers as a means of exploring their practice, sharing ideas, and approaching their work from other perspectives. Tracing the Tacit was suited to practitioners interested in multidisciplinary exercises, both led and self-initiated, including contributions from experts in diverse fields. 

Special thanks to Gareth Bell-Jones and Donna Lynas.