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Originally
founded as a partnership between Trish Bould and Belinda Mitchell in 2000,
the collective currently has three permanent members. This core group
generate projects through which further collaborations are extended, enabling
Mitchell Bould to work with those from different contexts and professions.
More
recent projects, ‘Line and Thread’ and ‘dys-lineation’,
have been undertaken though the involvement of Kathy Oldridge who has
now joined the group. Kathy is currently studying MA Fine Art by Project
at Winchester School of Art, she has a strong interest in collective working
methodologies and considerable knowledge and experience of problem solving
in group situations.
Trish Bould / founder member.
Studied Woven and Printed Textile Design, Manchester
Polytechnic 1974 - 77; Textile Technology, University of Manchester Institute
Science Technology 1977 - 78; Drawing Wimbledon School of Art 1997
-98; lectures in Fine Art and Textiles, Winchester School of Art,
University of Southampton.
Belinda Mitchell /
founder member. Studied Interior Design at Kingston Polytechnic
1986-1989 and Visual Art, Winchester School of Art 1995-96; designer for
Hampshire Council Architecture and Design Services 1992-2000; lectures
in
Interior Design, University of Portsmouth
Kathy Oldridge / student
MA FA By project WSA 2006-2008, studied Visual Art, Winchester School
of Art 2002 – 2006, Mathematics and Statistics, Warwick University
1976 – 1979. Background in strategy and communication development,
Planning Director Leagas Delaney 1986 – 1993, Global Strategic Planner
United Distillers 1993 - 1997. Co-founder of BLUEdOOR with clients including
Unilever, BBC, Ferrero Rocher, British Airways 1997 – 2006.
About The Practice
Working within projects has enabled MB to investigate aspects of drawing
process relevant to a particular site and groups of people and to apply
this knowledge to create interactive art works and exhibitions
Through our
activities we have developed different ways of working together and of
engaging the viewer/participant in our working process. Such ways of working
have involved collective and group activities, developing knowledge of
drawing practices in other professions and disciplines such as Architecture,
Archaeology, Textiles and more recently Dance and Cultural Geography.
Working across
disciplines has meant: finding ways to share and breakdown disciplinary
language, identifying fundamental attributes and actions within processes,
developing fluid ways of sharing knowledge and generating ideas. Focusing
projects within a particular site has also enabled us to build an understanding
of architectural space through its physical and social construction.
Projects
2007
Jan-June
07.‘dys-lineation: drawing a sensory experience of space’Portsmouth
University.
The project investigated our ‘sensory experience of space’
by examining issues appropriate to disability arts and drawing. As a part
of the project, an exhibition and performance was presented 18 -22 June,
School of Architecture, Portsmouth University. The exhibition further
developed and represented aspects of an educational project run earlier
in the year. Within the project Mitchell Bould investigated the idea of
drawing as a performative activity through which we represent our experiences.
The exhibition was an installation which included 5 new artworks shown
in relation to 3 works by John Adams and a performance by Sign Dance Collective.
The project was undertaken through collaboration with: the School of Architecture,
Portsmouth University, Sign Dance Collective and the artist John Adams.
The project received funding from Arts Council England.
Citations:
The project is documented in the paper: Baker K., Experiencing Space and
Collaborative Design, presented in Lisbon, May, 2007: ENHSA-EAAE Architectural
Design Teachers' Network Meeting. Title of conference: Teaching and experimenting
with architectural design. Advances in technology and changes in pedagogy.
26 Jan –
2nd March 07 Site Works: Line & Thread. Exhibition,
University College of the Creative Arts Epsom.
Like
the thread in a woven fabric, the drawn line acts as a link or pivot connecting
people and places. During the refurbishment of a new gallery at University
College of the Creative Arts, Epsom, Mitchell Bould presented drawings
and documentation from recent projects. The transitional space of The
Gallery refurbishment was harnessed to investigate and represent the active
role of drawing.
During
the project MB developed and installed works which were created through
the interactions with those involved in the refurbishment (workmen, staff,
students, administrators) and through working in and with the space of
the gallery as it was being renovated.
The exhibition brought to light fragments of a collaborative process and
investigates how architectural drawings, which appear precise and linear,
are deeply textured and interwoven with the many activities that go into
making a building.
The exhibition included an Installation and 3 new works, alongside works
from previous projects, including Site Works, within the social fabric
of a building: a dialogue through construction and Drawing Spaces.
Citations:
The exhibition provided the venue for the 4th seminar in the Context &
Collaboration series. http://www.contextandcollaboration.com/. Context
and Collaboration is a series of seminars and online forum funded by the
AHRC and coordinated by Lesley Millar Reader in Craft, UCCA Epsom.
Projects
2006
May- ongoing. Drawing Spaces is
a collaborative research initiative establishing links across
traditional subject boundaries and bringing teaching and research closer
together.
Initiated by Trish Bould, Belinda Mitchell and Colin Harper in September
2005.
16 May – 27 June. Part one: An interactive and site specific work,
Hartley Library University of Southampton Drawing Spaces: Picturing Knowledge
explodes the process of creating an artwork in the public space of a library,
inviting contribution and providing access into what is usually a closed
activity. The work, places drawing and art making at the centre of research
activities, in the University Library creating a dialogue between different
research practices.
The Curatorial Lecture: Sites of Interaction and Exchange 11th May 2006,
brought together speakers from Oxford Archaeology, University Libraries,
Hampshire County Council Architecture and Design Services, with staff
and students of Winchester School of Art. The lecture addressed the authorship
of the work and made comparisons between the different interactive sites
of: a lecture theatre, a library and drawings. These sites where presented
as hubs of interaction and exchange, engaging with public performance
as well as private study
Projects
2000-05
July 05, Shaping Places is
a national pilot organised by the Kent Architecture Centre and supported
by SEEDA and CABE. The project investigated opportunities to promote the
built environment as a resource for schools and piloted a series of projects
which were used to provide a model for further projects in schools.. The
publication Shaping Places details projects and methodologies as a resource
for primary and secondary level teachers. Mitchell Bould undertook a Shaping
Places project to redesign St Thomas Square in Ryde IOW. Funded by Arts
Council England, CABE and SEEDA
Citations: The project is included in the publication: Shaping
Places ISBN 1 901509 71 0 http://www.architecturecentre.org/documents/publications/shaping_places.pdf
written and complied by Eileen Adams, published by Kent Architecture Centre
in 2006.
Jan 04-
Jan 05:
Trish Bould gained Research leave with partnership funding from AHRC to
undertake the project ‘Within the
social fabric of a building: a dialogue through construction’.
The project investigates how to represent the role of drawings that were
made during the development of Osborne School by applying knowledge about
the construction of a fabric on a loom. Comparisons are made between the
actions of a loom and the actions of an architectural drawing. The project
has been funded by: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the
University of Southampton.
Jan 05 Site
Works: Artist Book
ISBN 1 873451 53 9. published by the Winchester Gallery with an essay
by Victoria Mitchell, Lecturer in Critical studies Norwich School of Art
and Design funded by Arts Council England, Arts and Humanities Research
Council (AHRC) and Hampshire County Council.
30 Sept. -30 Nov 04. Site Works:
Exhibition. The Winchester Gallery, A two-year research project
by Trish Bould and Belinda Mitchell. Art works explore how architectural
drawings, which appear precise and linear, are deeply textured, interwoven
with the many ideas that go into making a building. The drawn line can
be seen to take on addition al dimensions and volume as it links different
groups of people, becoming the focus for a community. 20 pieces exhibited
including: 1x glass installation,( 4.3m x 9.4m x 1m , 60 layers of glass);
1x video projection(2.3 x 2.3m); 1x installation approx 3m x 4m; 2 x video
works; 1x hung work 5.4m x 1m; 3 x photographic collages; 11digital prints.
The art works were developed through funding from Arts Council England.
Completed June 04. Drawing in the Built Form: commissioned permanent work
in the central atrium of Osborne School. 24 glass panels spanning 36 metres.
The art work is presented as pages from a book marking the route to the
library and providing access to the interior construction of the building.
The piece is a celebration of the broad authorship of the redevelopment,
in which over 400 people participated. Osborne School was awarded a RIBA
prize in June 2004.
Feb 03 Twenty
Kinds of Drawing a
group exhibition shown at the Millais Gallery Southampton February 2003
and touring schools in West Sussex, Berkshire, Oxen and Surrey across
the year. Exhibition organised by SATES (Southern Arts Touring Service).
April 02 –
April 04 Lankhills Art and Architecture Project
a major research project investigating the role
of drawing during the construction of a new building, in collaboration
with Hampshire County Architects and Llewellyn’s Building Contractors.
Funded by Regional Arts Lottery Funding (RALP), Hampshire County Council,
Winchester City Council and The University of Southampton.
Jan-March 2002 Narrative Spaces, a three month residency working with
3 dimensional drawings and installations: Lankhills School Winchester
June 2000. Interchanges Making Narratives:
A site-specific exhibition June/July 2001 in Winchester
Station Walkway. The work engaged the viewer in constantly changing narratives
through exhibition of fragmented photographs in a public walkway. 2000
Leaflets were distributed through stations in the southern region. The
project was funded by Funded by Attic Theatre, Winchester City Council,
Hampshire County Council and local business partnerships.
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