2011, June
About Code of Contingency
Code of Contingency is a collaborative project co curated with with Lisa Baldini exploring whether sound - as a learning device - has the potential to open up new pedagogical frameworks. Taking its cue from the improvisational ethics of Cornelius Cardew, the dissipative systems theory of Isabelle Stengers, and the critical thinking pedagogy developed by Paul Freire, the show investigates process-oriented, anti-anticipatory learning through (and when) people engage with sound. Here, collaboration between object and viewer, teacher and student, performer and attendees are key for developing a pedagogical dialogue. As such, code does not play the role of a set of rules or parameters to guide the viewer's interpretation, rather, it is a notational device used to make sense of knowledge production out of the show. Bearing this in mind, each artist has derived a workshop to enable this new form of knowledge production concerning: power relations, localized environmental impact, community and performance, public and private space and sound verses signal.
Exhibition 1 appeared at the Agency gallery exhibiting Lucky Dragons, Tom Richards, Call and Response and Tomuntonttu. Workshops by all these artists are also being held, details are on the following Code of Contingency website.
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