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WE ARE THE SPLACISTS

Architects talk about their time at the Splacist Training Camp at MADE in Birmingham Novemeber 2011.

Splacism is a contemporary mode of practice proposed by Paul Conneally. Hannah Nicklin and Nikki Pugh define a new set of ideologies taking forward Conneally”s vision of what splacism might and could be with the Splacist Manifesto.

Alison Hesketh from Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios talks about breaking the ice and her reaction to being asked to behave differently in public spaces:

Architects & Artists – Alison Hesketh from MADE on Vimeo.

Maddy Dring from Glancy Nicholls talks about how artists bring a freedom of thinking that can be useful for generating new ideas:

Architects & Artists – Maddy Dring from MADE on Vimeo.

Phil Howl of Howl Associates touches on changing clients perspectives of the value of bringing an artist onto a design team.

Architects & Artists – Phil Howl from MADE on Vimeo.

Dorthe Riis-Jones shares her experience of practising in Denmark where working alongside artists isstandard practice:

Architects & Artists – Dorthe Riis-Jones from MADE on Vimeo.
Julia Kashdan-Brown talks about the importance of working with artists as a part of everyday working practice:

Architects & Artists – Julia Kashdan-Brown from MADE on Vimeo.

If you would like to discus how the Splacist Group might work with your organisation to widen and explore your own ways of working through a splacist approach contact Love & Barley Assciates

Artist Nikki Pugh encourages workers to play table tennis wearing sonar blindfolds.

PHOTO Paul Conneally 2011

Artists and architects pictured with splacist artist, Nikki Pugh (centre), on a foray into Birmingham city centre during “What are the Splacists?” the first splacist training camp.

“What are the Splacists?” was hosted by MADE Birmingham and conceived by Nikki Pugh

splacist (splā sĭst) Manifesto 2.0

A contemporary mode of practice proposed by Paul Conneally.
A new set of ideologies defined by Hannah Nicklin and Nikki Pugh.
A hop, skip and a jump away from phsychogeography and the works of the situationist international.
Think space, place and splice.

Developed empirically by whoever’s interested.

DOT - made during the first Splacist Training Camp Birmingham UK - when something - something visual - some sound - some emotion - rises above the attenuated everyday noise of the city - consider it but only briefly - and give it a mark - here a dot - 1 it’s good - 2 it’s bearable - 3 it’s too noisy.

Dorthe Riis-Jones - Jaqui Rogers - Paul Conneally
30th Nov 2011

“We will trace and leave traces” Splacist Manifesto 2.0

First Splacist Training Camp MADE Birmingham UK
Photographs Paul Conneally 30th Nov 2011

What Are The Splacists? The World’s First Splacist Training Camp
Conceived and led by splacist Nikki Pugh at MADE Birmingham November 30th 2011

A group of artists and architects make and use the camp as a base to interogate Splacist Manifesto 2.0 planning and then undertaking direct actions on the streets of Birmingham.

Later they meet with others on the rooftop of a multistorey carpark in Birmingham’s Jewelry Quarter to experience DUST a splacist work by Hannah Nicklin and Nikki Pugh.

splacist (splā sĭst)
A contemporary mode of practice proposed by Paul Conneally. A new set of ideologies defined by Hannah Nicklin and Nikki Pugh. A hop, skip and a jump away from phsychogeography and the works of the situationist international. Think space, place and splice.

Join MADE at 5:45pm on Wednesday 30th November for this FREE evening event open to all.

Who are the Splacists? will introduce the context for and development of the Splacist manifesto as well as report findings from the What are the Splacists? activities conducted earlier in the day. There will also be an opportunity to experience work developed by a collaboration between artists Nikki Pugh and Hannah Nicklin. This work has been commissioned by MADE as part of Learning Spaces Living Places 2 and represents the first indirect response to the manifesto. This FREE evening event is your chance to experience it first-hand and be a part of this new artist-led experience.

Splacism is a contemporary mode of practice proposed by Paul Conneally. A new set of ideologies defined by Hannah Nicklin and Nikki Pugh. A hop, skip and a jump away from phsychogeography and the works of the situationist international. Think space, place and splice. Developed empirically by whoever’s interested.

We will own this city.
We will take it back.
We will link and shift; across time, space, people, places and processes
We will weave throughout the fabric of people’s lives.
We will unpick it.

We will affect and be affected.
We will glory in the moment, the collage, the marking and then passing on.

We reject your shopping centre, your pavement, your cultural quarter;
We will under mine pre-defined spaces. We reject them.

We will reclaim the city, not for you, but with you.
We are you.

(Refreshments will be provided after the talk. Please wear suitable clothing, as some activities may be outdoors)