Project for future alternatives

Project for Future Alternatives was a curatorial and residency project where contemporary visual artists were invited to reimagine the use of the gallery space and the possible directions of artist-run practice. Building on recent collaborative curatorial projects with local, national and international artist-run spaces, which considered the provocation that ‘small acts of resistance can create change’ – this project focused on future imaginings of artist-run activity. From April – July 2017, artists Joseph Breikers, Erika Scott, Archie Moore and Simone Hine produced new works while in-residence at Boxcopy Contemporary Art Space, Brisbane, Australia - culminating in a series of public exhibitions and events. This project forms part of an investigation of collaborative, process-based and speculative working methods within the context of artist-run activity and culture. It contributes to a national and international dialogue about the potential of grass roots, local and independent spaces to offer sites of resistance and to open up new ways of thinking and doing creative practice. This project was supported by a Research Grant from the Australian Council of University Art & Design Schools (ACUADS). Outcomes of this project were also included in An Act of Showing: Rethinking Artist-Run Initiatives Through Place, a survey exhibition and publication of national and international artist-run spaces.