In 2003, I worked as a technician on ROADSHOW, a touring exhibition developed by Grizedale Arts. Having previously worked with Grizedale on Let’s Get Married Today, a two-day artist-led event in which weddings were staged for couples selected by lottery, I joined ROADSHOW to support the exhibition as it travelled across the UK.
My role involved technical support and installation as the project toured to Birmingham, Dundee, and Wales, alongside Grizedale’s wider programme of site-responsive and socially engaged practice. I also represented Grizedale Arts and the ROADSHOW project at a day-long talk and workshop for students at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee, introducing the project’s approach and methods to an academic audience.
The exhibition was presented at Grizedale Visitor Centre, Lickey Hills Park in Birmingham, Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales, and the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Dundee. The project was supported by Arts Council England, Scotland, and Wales, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Participating artists included Juneau Projects, Kevin Reid, Minerva Cuevas, Guy Bar-Amotz, and Olaf Breuning.
Both ROADSHOW and my wider work with Grizedale Arts had a lasting influence on my practice, particularly in shaping my understanding of socially engaged art, itinerant exhibition-making, and the role of facilitation and education within artistic production.
