19th March, 3:00pm at DCA Centrespace
With unprecedented levels of vacant commercial property across the UK, ‘meanwhile use’ – or the temporary use – of urban space has become increasingly popular. For artists and creative practitioners, who play a vital role in thriving cultural ecosystems, this can mean access to new spaces at low cost or even for free – yet, by its very nature, meanwhile use is precarious. Meanwhile Space Ecologies is a workshop and panel event, exploring temporary space models in Dundee and informing research into the impacts of meanwhile spaces.
Led by researchers Dr Emma Coffield and Gareth McMurchy from Newcastle University, our workshop will bring together artists, creative practitioners and businesses, grassroots organisations, existing creative spaces and researchers to map Dundee’s existing creative space ecology, the opportunities and challenges associated with meanwhile use models, and the impact they have on creative practice and communities.
At our evening panel event, hear from creative practitioners in Dundee who have navigated temporary space to exhibit, collaborate and animate spaces across the city, as well as insights from researchers Dr Emma Coffield and Eilish Victoria (Creative Dundee and University of Dundee) on how temporary space models work, and the motivations behind each of their research projects.
Choose to come to either the workshop or the panel, or join us for both! Following the event, you’re welcome to stay and continue chats at Jute Cafe Bar within DCA.
DCA Centrespace, 152 Nethergate, DD1 4DY
Ticket options:
Workshop and Panel Event (3:00–5:00pm)
Workshop only (3:00–5:00pm)
Panel Event only (5:30–7:00pm)
Tickets are free and booking is required.
3:00–5:00pm – Mapping Meanwhile Ecologies Workshop
5:00–5:30pm – Refreshments
5:30–7:00pm – Panel Event
7:00–8:00pm – Optional social upstairs at Jute Cafe Bar
Those attending the workshop will be provided with information on how their contributions will be captured and asked to consent to taking part in academic research on arrival. A stipend is available to support the participation of creative practitioners in this work. The workshop will inform the outcomes of two research projects: AHRC Creative Communities, a partnership project by Creative Dundee and the University of Dundee; and Understanding the impact of ‘meanwhile’ spaces on the ecology of artists’ studios in Scotland: A scoping review led by Newcastle University on behalf of Creative Scotland. If you have any questions, please feel welcome to contact eilish@creativedundee.com.
As our workshop seeks to better understand artists’ and creative practitioners’ experience of accessing and running creative spaces, we are offering a £75 stipend to freelancers or volunteers who would benefit from financial support to attend. If this stipend would support you in taking part, please contact eilish@creativedundee.com by 12 noon on Wed 11 March. Recipients will be selected at random and be notified on Thu 12 March with the offer of a supported place.
This event will be held in Dundee Contemporary Arts’ Centrespace on Level -2. If you are arriving from the rear of the building next to the Science Centre, there is a lift which will take you directly to Level -2. If you are arriving via the main entrance on the Nethergate and a lift would be helpful, there is step free access and a lift straight ahead to the right of the main gallery entrance. There are three accessible toilets located on the Ground Floor, Lower Ground Floor and Level -1 all of which are accessible via lift. A quiet room can be found on Level -1. Further access information about navigating spaces within Dundee Contemporary Arts can be found on their website.
If you have any access requirements you would like us to know about ahead of the event, there will be an opportunity to share this with us when booking your ticket, or you can email eilish@creativedundee.com.
This event will be alcohol free with the exception of the optional social upstairs in Jute Cafe Bar at the end of the event.
Photography and audio recordings will be taking place during the event. If you would like to opt out of audio recordings or ensure your image is not publicly shared, please speak to a member of the Creative Dundee team on arrival.
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