Biography

Critical Practice is a cluster of artists, researchers, academics and others hosted by Chelsea College of Art & Design, London. Our research and practice revolve around art and issues of ethics and governance in relation to cultural production. We explore new models for creative practice, and look to engage these models in appropriate public forums, both nationally and internationally. Our current research is concerned with public modes of assembly and forms of address. For more information please visit criticalpracticechelsea.org.

Project: Barcamp with the Knot and Critical Practice

Jointly facilitated by Critical Practice (London) and The Knot, the Public Presence BarCamp is an encounter open to anyone concerned with notions of being-in-public, and who wishes to explore ideas about "publicness": the public body, the public domain, the production of public knowledge, the exercising of public space, etc.

BarCamps are an international network of user-generated unconferences — open, participatory, and often thrilling workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants. They work like this: presentations are proposed on-the-day by attendees; All attendees are encouraged to present and share their knowledge and expertise. Each contribution of about 7 minutes will be followed by a discussion. Everyone is encouraged to share information and experiences of the event, both live and after the fact, via blogging, photo sharing, social bookmarking, wiki-ing, twitter, etc.

While some presentations at the Public Presence BarCamp will consider Parade, a two-day exploration into "publicness" on the Rootstein Hopkins Parade Ground (Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, 22nd - 23rd May) and others will focus on The Knot's public activities in Berlin, still other presentations may consider the relations among bodies, knowledge, infrastructure, art, social practice and fields of action involved in public presence.