Framework is a group of six artists working in Swansea. Their individual practices have a multidisciplinary approach ranging from live work, participatory work, video and installation, but what is key to their shared practice is the need for community and interaction. The groups launch event in February 2007 Bring Music Bake Bread in Mission Gallery, Swansea invited people to bake bread together in the gallery space whilst listening to favourite pieces of music and resulted in over one hundred people baking bread together over the course of the evening.The group started by meeting regularly in order to discuss each other's work and ideas and to support each other in the transition from degree to practising artist. With the belief that there was a lack of a sense of community for artists in the area, and that this was a major factor in people leaving the city after graduation, they decided to extend the support they had created for each other by creating a space for artists to meet and socialise and to show work in a supportive environment; Framework Social. Held in an old Social Club since May 2007, artists have been invited to participate in the event in different ways. It has facilitated lively performance work, installation, poetry, book launches, interactive works and one-night residencies from emerging and more established artists alike and continues to build on a sense of community for artists in the area, enabling a sharing of ideas and the forming of new collaborations.Framework Social is held on the first Tuesday of every month in St.James Social Club, Swansea. If you would like to get involved please contact us [email protected] are Owen Griffiths, Dan McCabe, Tom O’Sullivan, Fern Thomas, Adele Vye and Paul Woodland.
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