Art School Berlin

20/05/2024

I'm running another in person Artist Statement Writing workshop on Friday 31st May (end of next week) at Arbeit Studios in Palmer's Green in Harringay. This highly subsidised workshop costs one full pound to attend. Bring a new or revised artist statement, and (in your head) three works you feel are integral to your practice.

Only a few places remaining - book here to secure yours. I look forward to meeting you and your words (again/for the first time).

Join Arbeit for the next workshop in their Creative Industries Workshop with Elly Clarke

12/04/2024

I'm teaching another in person artist statement writing workshop at Arbeit Studios this time jn Palmers Green, on Friday 26th April, 10-12pm.

It costs just one gold coin (£1) to attend.

More info & booking here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artist-statement-writing-workshop-with-elly-clarke-tickets-881911078777 and pasted below:

*In person artist statement writing workshop with Elly Clarke*

A two hour artist statement writing workshop with artist, researcher and educator Elly Clarke. Through collective and independent writing exercises and conversation, we will unlock creative approaches to writing about your work - for applications, websites, proposals and grant applications, and also as a means of exploring and (re)encountering your own working processes from new perspectives.

The workshop is collaborative and participatory, with all attendees strongly encouraged to join in with the collective editing of others' work. Because of this, some time is taken at the beginning of the session to ensure everyone feels as safe as possible, so that the deep, intimate work of writing about art can take place.

Bring a 250-300 word artist statement you already have, to work on. Sharing your statement with the group is encouraged, but not compulsory!

Group will be a minimum of 6 people; max 10. We will take regular breaks.

This workshop is suitable for artists at all stages of their career and for the time being I plan to run this workshop every couple of months. The exercises will be similar but not the same so suitable for returning participants.

I look forward to working with you!

About Elly Clarke

I am an artist, performer, PhD researcher and educator who has been helping artists write about their work for more than four years. This has been mostly through my teaching on the MFA Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. I have also run workshops for other institutions, including Studio Voltaire; Axisweb; Pratt Institute in New York; The British Council, Spill Festival, and The Place, London. My collaborative writing techniques draw on my drag performance practice alongside a deep engagement with pedagogy and collective forms of learning and thinking together.

Please contact me with any questions you may have about this session and find out more about my work on my website: ellyclarke.com or instagram:

I also offer 1-1 and small group sessions for artists who want to work together. Please contact me if you would like to set one up.

You can find Arbeit Studios, down a short alleyway in our colourful building inbetween JoJo&Flo and Perandori Cafe on Green Lanes, N13 5TT

Join Arbeit for the next workshop in their Creative Industries Workshop with Elly Clarke

12/03/2024

Happy to be part of this project about shadow banning and online censorship with Stephanie Ballantine, Esben Holk and other fabulous persons. After several stages, it has made it through to the final member judging/voting moment, which is where nGbK Berlin members get to decide on the show/s they'd like to see in the gallery space next year.

If you're a NGBK member you can vote.

More info here: https://ngbk.de/en/programm/auftakt2024/einjaehrig/a15 and pasted here:

Your Shadow Will Not Erase Me is an exhibition and interactive installation exploring the impact of censorship bias on social media, supported by a workshop, panel discussion, and performance event. We are a working group of s*x workers, artists, activists, LGBTQI+ individuals, and researchers; communities disproportionately affected by corporate censorship and state surveillance. From this vantage point we examine digital rights, AI, and censorship highlighting power disparities between social media conglomerates and the wider user base. We propose alternative futures through interactive engagement, targeting both informed and broader audiences to the discussion of digital rights and censorship. A non-traditional mode of curation where the works are selected by relevant organisations such as The Black S*x Workers Collective and Der BesD e.V., conceptualises the project as a platform for diverse marginalised voices.

The exhibition is divided into three parts: „The Shadowland“ displays physically 9 censored online posts from a growing archive, from art to educational with creator commentary. ”The Algorithm“ section exposes workings of AI and algorithms through an interactive software that allows users to categorise and describe the aforementioned censored works. „Substate Illumination“ re-presents originally censored works with the constantly updating public and AI feedback projected over them, illuminating the uncanny nature of machine interpretation.
The workshop provides advice on anonymity and an overview of AI and algorithm control mechanisms. The panel discussion invites experts to discuss censorship, biases, and legal frameworks in Germany and Europe. The performance event artists are invited to reflect on the idea of the ‘substate under digital domination’: the state of having to submit to corporate guidelines while retaining a sense of ownership and control.

04/12/2023

Thanks to all who came to my Artist Statement writing workshop on Friday and for the lovely feedback.

I have set another for 1st March - again a 3-hr online workshop with a series of word-loosening exercises to help you write better about your work, for artist statements & ongoing studio practice. Suitable for artists & creatives at all stages.

More info & booking here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/if-your-practice-were-a-workshop-about-writing-about-your-own-art-tickets-770768799227