THE OFFICE OF EXPERIMENTS [00E]

The Office of Experiments draws on 'the experimental' as a critical practice, a method of production*, and a field of research.

Critical observers of the shape and context of the 'experiment' have witnessed its emergence from behind the sealed door of the laboratory (techno-scientific) and the romantic isolation of the studio (cultural/arts), to a measured act within open systems and structures (the social experiment / the gallery as laboratory / the internet as research network). However, these so-called experiments in all but the most exceptional cases, largely work within the confines of culture and knowledge as an engagement based on language approved by the 'designated' world. The logical conditions necessary for such a rational approach means overlooking alternative forms of knowledge and denying the radical and lost history of experimental practices. Our process is constructed around the research of such knowledge and practices in art and science and across all known fields, and to pursue through the 'experiment as a method of events' the limitations of the inevitable, the immovable and the stable presented as the 'designated' world.

The Office of Experiments works in collaboration with a range of innovating individuals and organisations that have given rise to extraordinary practices and knowledge. Recently these include: John Latham and Flat Time House, The Centre for Land Use Interpretation, Barbara Steveni, Steve Rowell, N55, Max-Planck Institute, Dr.Nicolas Langlitz, Sue Breakell, Neil Cummings, Jens Hauser, Simon Gould, Jim Wood, Katrin Soldhju and Lawrence Norfolk.

The Office of Experiments currently works on projects with the help of: The Latham Estate, O+I (formerly Artist Placement Group), The Arts Catalyst, Tate Archives, The Henry Moore Foundation, Camberwell Offsite Projects, The Arts Catalyst, John Hansard Gallery, Chelsea College of Art (Critical Practice / ICFAR), IPE at Bournemouth University and FACT.

We thank all the individuals who support this work.

*The method of production is based on the method of events, and is bound by the context of the work. (Context is half the work - Artist Placement Group)

 

 

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