Res. is a mutable project based in a gallery and workspace in Deptford, South East London. We seek to be an associative working environment from which to share and develop research.
The Res. programme is built around the research-based curatorial practices of its three curators – Sarah Jury, Helen Kaplinsky, and Lucy A. Sames – spanning Feminisms, ‘cybernetic mysticism’ and distributed ownership structures. These thematics unfold through a constellation of reading and research groups and around projects proposed by Res. Associates. For the full list of groups, see here.
The current, collectively developed multi-platform programme Alembic considers legacies of cyberfeminism and was devised through research in the media art library of the curator Kathy Rae Huffman held in Special Collections of project-partner Goldsmiths, University of London. Alembic, is funded by Arts Council England and includes an exhibition programme of both newly commissioned and historical works, a publication, online commission, events, performances and off-site activity at ICA, London.
Res. Associates is a scheme that provides affordable desk space and free bookable meeting space for curators, artists and writers. This co-working space offers a peer support network to otherwise often isolated independent freelance workers. Res. actively encourages research-based practices by providing free access to shared space and equipment for open and closed groups to meet. If you would like to become a Res. Associate, please email us at contact@beingres.org.
Res. is a not for profit organisation and a company limited by guarantee. Res. is supported by Enclave.
Desk Residency:
Former Residents:
Tamar Clarke-Brown
The White Pube
Hamish MacPherson
Res. Office Associates
Current:
Peter Collins, graphic designer, chair of Deptford Society and co-director of Deptford Pride
Margherita Huntley, graphic designer
Marco Inve, graphic design and art direction
Aleksi Knuutila, researcher and writer
Christopher Lacy, graphic designer
Matilda Tjäder, writer and artist
Former:
Julie Dusuel, artist
Jude Marcella, animator
Jérémie Wenger, writer and editor
Nikki Williams, writer
Najia Bagi, artist and creative producer
Amy Jones, curator
Anita Dawood, writer and editor
Hammad Nasar, curator and writer
Alan Cunningham, writer
Phoebe Davies, artist and producer
Victoria Ivanova, curator and writer
Kihlberg & Henry, artist
Felix Kalmenson, artist
Mette Kjærgaard Præst, curator and producer
Taylor Le Melle, writer, curator, researcher
Thea Smith, writer/curator & co-founding editor of SALT. magazine
Alexandra White, curator
Josephine Callaghan, artist
Tom Clark, editor, curator and publisher, currently at BAK
Maia Conran, artist
Hanna Laura Kaljo, curator and writer, Jupiter Woods
Tom Prater, writer and editor, est. Doggerland
Cristina Ramos, curator and musician
Eva Rowson, producer for freethought
Niel Staats, est. Eye Contemporary Art Ghana