Speaker

Proximity Collective

Biography

Proximity is a collective of six artists based across the North of England who explore the spatial and social aspects of practice-based research (established 2019). Proximity have undertaken a series of residencies and public facing exhibitions at venues across the UK, including Islington Mill (Salford), Rogue Artists’ Studios (Manchester), Bloc Projects (Sheffield), and Abingdon Studios (Blackpool). They have co-presented at conferences including Manchester Metropolitan University Arts and Performance Research Hub Round Table (online) (2020), International Journal of Art and Design Education’s Hybrid Spaces: Reimaging pedagogy, practice and research (online) (2021), and a-n Assembly’s The Coast is Queer (online) (2021).