[spectre] folly and Lanternhouse welcome Will Schrimshaw as 2010 FLI artist in residence

[Jennifer Stoddart]

folly and Lanternhouse are delighted to announce 2010's FLI artist in residence. 

Will Schrimshaw is an artist-researcher from Wakefield, currently based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Often working with sound amidst a larger vibrational continuum, his work focuses on environmental interaction and the invisible determinants of space and place. This work is carried out by means of earth, text and code.

folly and Lanternhouse will welcome Will to Ulverston during the last three months of 2010, where he will engage and work in collaboration with a range of local and regional communities.

www.willschrimshaw.net 

Now in their third year, the FLI Residencies offer support to artists working with new technologies to develop their ideas and extend their practice, with a particular emphasis on participatory activity.

The scheme is the result of a keen and dynamic partnership between two organisations, folly and Lanternhouse. The programme meets a real need for artists to have access to the high quality discourse and enriching creative environments that Lanternhouse and folly provide. Based in Ulverston, on the edge of the Lake District National Park, resident artists are able to devote time and space to their practice, engaging collaboratively with the host organisations and a rich tapestry of local communities, artists and creatives in the Northwest of England.

www.fliresidencies.org.uk 

folly is a leading digital arts agency working across England’s Northwest.

folly presents an active artistic programme that provides creative interaction and collaboration between artists and the wider public using technology.

folly commissions, exhibits, promotes and supports creative work and innovation with a strong emphasis on the use of online media, networked systems and integrated technologies.

www.folly.co.uk 

Lanternhouse actively encourages encounters between artists’ research, risk taking and participation. We do this through a mesh model made up of 3 strands of programming that enable artistic crossover:

Residency: Opportunities for artists, critical thinkers and curators/producers to undertake research and develop new projects
Commissions: Off site, digital or temporary projects by artists wishing to engage with people, place and big ideas
Open Door: A mixed bag of drop in events that enable people to see, debate and take part in art

www.lanternhouse.org