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International artist group myvillages.org and Grizedale Arts will be taking over the AF Project Space this December to present Good News From Nowhere: Building in the Countryside, an exhibition showcasing current projects exploring new spatial concepts for the rural. Taking the form of a live project Good News form Nowhere will combine debate, workshops, food and trade in a dynamic public forum for the discussion of rural architectural strategies.
The exhibition will be accompanied by an extensive public events programme exploring existing typologies of rural buildings and investigate their contemporary rural and rural-urban versions through a range of evening panel discussions and Saturday lunchtime workshops. Reserve you free places now!
Good News From Nowhere: Farms, Land Use,
Landscapes
Tuesday 3 December 2013, 7pm
A panel discussion sharing and exploring some research and future visions for land use – with a focus on agriculture, production and images of farming. Speakers will include Clare Cumberlidge, curator; Paul Roncken, landscape architect and researcher; Wapke Feenstra, artist and myvillages.org founder; and John Urry, Professor in Sociology, Lancaster University.
Tickets: Admission free. RSVP essential via Eventbrite due to limited capacity.
Full event details here.
Good News From Nowhere: Farm Dream Up
Workshop
Saturday 7 December 2013, 12–3pm
Drop into the AF Project Space for a presentation of the outcomes of an internal brainstorm and workshop held during the week, with artist Rosa Faber and her mother Toos Jeuken, who owns and runs Laines Organic Farm in West Sussex. Visitors will be invited to join the discussion throughout the afternoon, sharing ideas for places in the countryside they have or might want to develop.
Tickets: Admission free. This afternoon session will be run on an informal drop-in basis.
Full event details here.
Good News From Nowhere: Shops, Buildings,
Constructions
Wednesday 11 December 2013, 7pm
A panel discussion exploring trade and economy as a broad and diverse socio-cultural activity and the spatial constructions it requires and creates both locally and trans-locally. Speakers will include: David Boyle, Fellow of the New Weather Institute and New Economics Foundation; Doina Petrescu, architect, co-founder atelier d'architecture autogérée and Professor of Architecture, University of Sheffield; and Barbara Steiner, curator and writer.
Tickets: Admission free. RSVP essential via Eventbrite due to limited capacity.
Full event details here.
Good News From Nowhere: Cows, Conservation
and Controversy
Saturday 14 December 2013, 2–5 pm
Visit The AF Project Space for an afternoon session of conversation, film screenings and collective sausage making, providing first-hand insight into the reality of running a farm, husbandry and conservation policies. With: John Edwards Atkinson, farmer and Lead Ranger South Lakes, Cumbria, and Maria Benjamin, artist and filmmaker.
Tickets: Admission free. This afternoon session will be run on an informal drop-in basis.
Full event details here.
Good News From Nowhere: Halls, Buildings,
Public Use
Tuesday 17 December 2013, 7pm
A panel discussion exploring the process of re-imagining and rebuilding the current Coniston Cricket Pavilion, alongside other ongoing projects such as the Coniston Institute, Lawson Park Farm and the Honest Shop. Speakers will include: Adam Sutherland, director Grizedale Arts; the Winner of the architecture competition for the Coniston Cricket Pavilion; and Kieran Long, Senior Curator of Contemporary Architecture, Design and Digital at the V&A.
Tickets: Admission free. RSVP essential via Eventbrite due to limited capacity.
Full event details here.
Supported by:
Grants for the Arts – Arts Council
England
Creative Industries Fund NL, Grants for Architecture
Kulturstiftung Des Bundes
Good News From Nowhere was selected through the 2013 AF Project Space Open Call.
Image: Good News From Nowhere installation in AF Project Space. Courtesy Max Creasy