Jamboree #1: Plymouth Archive (2015)

The first edition of Jamboree was held in Plymouth over 3 days in November 2015, with 16 artist participants (selected from 6 artist run associate schemes from across the UK) and guest curator Martin Clark (then Director, Bergen Kunsthall & Artistic Director, Art Sheffield).

photo credits: Dom Moore & Vickie Fear

Jamboree #1: Plymouth was initiated, led and facilitated by LOW PROFILE, developed  in partnership with PAC Home (Plymouth Arts Centre’s associate programme) and with the generous support of a-n and Plymouth Culture, in addition to the six main partners: PAC Home and Plymouth Arts Centre (Plymouth), Spike Associates and Spike Island (Bristol), WARP and g39 (Cardiff), Extra Special People and Eastside Projects (Birmingham), CG Associates and Castlefield Gallery (Manchester), Glasgow Sculpture Studios (Glasgow).

Jamboree #1: The origins of Jamboree

Jamboree #1: LOW PROFILE - On the origins of Jamboree (part 1)
LOW PROFILE – On the origins of Jamboree (part 1)
Jamboree – where it began. LOW PROFILE discuss the motivations and aims behind their residential workshop ...
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Jamboree #1: LOW PROFILE - On the origins of Jamboree (part 2)
LOW PROFILE – On the origins of Jamboree (part 2)
LOW PROFILE discuss the Jamboree #1 residential workshop ...
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Jamboree #1: LOW PROFILE - On the origins of Jamboree (part 3)
LOW PROFILE – On the origins of Jamboree (part 3)
LOW PROFILE look at the initial outcomes of Jamboree and the possibilities for taking it forwards ...
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Jamboree #1 : Outcomes - 1 year on
LOW PROFILE outline some of the things that have been happening as a result of Jamboree #1 ...
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Over 3 days, participants camped out at Plymouth Arts Centre to share details of their practice, engage in group place-mapping tasks (identifying and sharing opportunities and resources relating to their own locales and developing new ways to support each other’s practices), provocations led by guest curator (Martin Clark), go-sees to visit Plymouth’s visual arts institutions and special presentations from experts in other fields (Neil Rose & Shaun Lewin). All of this took place in a communal social atmosphere, where the artists ate, slept and worked alongside each other in close proximity.

As part of Jamboree #1: Plymouth, LOW PROFILE and PAC Home held a public screening event, presenting work (selected via an open call) of artists’ video work by associate artists of Jamboree #1’s partner Associate Schemes.

Jamboree #1: Plymouth participants:
Laura Phillips / Laurie Lax / lewdjaw / Rosie O’ Grady / Emmie Mcluskey / 
Jamie Kane / Aly Grimes / Jason Pinder / Lauren Heckler / Clare Charles
 / Beth Kettel / Emma Sumner / Clara Casian / Marcy da Silva Saude  / Ryan Curtis / Norman Buchan

photo credits: Dom Moore & Vickie Fear

Jamboree #1: Reports from participants

Jamboree #1: Julie McCalden - a-n blogger
Julie McCalden - a-n blogger
Artist Julie McCalden joined the workshop as a reporter/blogger on behalf of a-n ...
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Jamboree #1: Clara Casian - Manchester, my adopted city
Clara Casian - Manchester, my adopted city
Clara Casian reflects on her responsibility towards her adopted city and its interconnected web of possibilities ...
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Jamboree #1: Beth Kettel - CG Associates Map Manchester
Beth Kettel - CG Associates Map Manchester
Place shapes but it doesn’t have to define ...
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Jamboree #1: Emma Sumner - mapping resources, spaces, people & activity
Emma Sumner - mapping resources, spaces, people & activity
Crack on! Emma Sumner gets down to business ...
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Jamboree#1: Laurie Lax - Sleeping on a gallery floor
Laurie Lax - Sleeping on a gallery floor
Spike Associate Laurie Lax gained clarity and confidence at Jamboree – and a national network of couches ...
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Jamboree #1: Laurie Lax, Laura Phillips & lewdjaw - On being an artist in Bristol
Laurie Lax, Laura Phillips & lewdjaw – On being an artist in Bristol
Place Making: Spike Associates Laurie Lax, Laura Phillips and lewdjaw reflect on what it’s like to be an artist in ...
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Jamboree #1: Jason Pinder - The Cardiff Contingent
Jason Pinder – The Cardiff Contingent
Jason Pinder reflects on the experiences of artists from Cardiff’s WARP during Jamboree #1 residential workshop ...
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