'bos' = dwelling place
(Cornish language)
BOSarts: rooted in people,
context and relationship
BOSarts is an artist-led partnership with the National Trust, based in Cornwall.
BOSarts explores the spaces and dichotomies between art, culture, everyday living, heritage, the environment and the contemporary world.
Our current focus looks at the context around the construction of place and identity as heritage or cultural product; it explores the relationship between lived-in-place and tourism or heritage site.
We are particularly interested in establishing a base of work that is research driven, whilst also being multi-layered and accessible to a variety of audiences: playful, socially engaged and collaborative work that is deeply embedded within the local context.
We look to establish active and intimate, as well as sustainable, creative relationships with individuals and organizations:
"One of the key tenets of BOSarts is to establish active and intimate, as well as sustainable, creative relationships with individuals and other structures and organisations" (Benjamin Chandler, artist and participant in a BOSarts seminar).
BOSarts is keen to develop new opportunities for artists in Cornwall, and is committed to developing a programme of interaction and dialogue to support this work, building on the success of the 1st seminar in Sept 08 'The Artist as cultural agent: DIY (people, places and spaces)'.
Directors: Jon Brookes from the National Trust and artist Veronica Vickery |
