The Promise of the Affordable Artist's Studio: Governing Creative Spaces in London

The role of artists' organisations in populating and popularising postindustrial urban areas is well documented. However, what are less apparent are analyses of how spaces of artistic production are organised and governed in these areas. This paper explores, via an analysis of organisational do...

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Published in:Environment and planning. A 2013-02, Vol.45 (2), p.421-437
Main Author: Moreton, Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Artists
Bgi / Prodig
Creativity
England
Europe
Governance
Greater london
Production
Space
The British Isles
United Kingdom
Urban areas
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Summary:The role of artists' organisations in populating and popularising postindustrial urban areas is well documented. However, what are less apparent are analyses of how spaces of artistic production are organised and governed in these areas. This paper explores, via an analysis of organisational documents and practices, the techniques used by London-based affordable studio providers to imagine, calculate, and make material low-cost workspace for artists. The argument made is that the negotiation of competing agendas around the production of cultural, economic, and social benefit by affordable studio providers has led to the emergence of a specific form of affordable studio. This analysis will thus show how configurations of creative space emerge from mundane techniques of measurement and governance.
ISSN:0308-518X
1472-3409
DOI:10.1068/a44598