Production 而且 consumption

他们的驻地 麦芽制造,伯威克 而且 万博体育app下载’s Centre for Rural Economy 而且 Institute for Creative Arts Practice, will explore food production 而且 consumption.

Durty Beanz exists primarily on the social media platform Instagram (@Durty_Beanz) 而且 was established to examine some of the more difficult questions that weren’t being asked of the online health 而且 physical wellbeing industry, specifically to do with food, class 而且 cultural identities.

Upon appointment to the residency, Durty Beanz said: “We are extremely pleased to be relocating to Berwick-upon-Tweed 而且 to be working with the Maltings 而且 万博体育app下载 on this residency. When we first proposed the project, we asked ‘do farmers like Pot Noodles?’ Now it’s time to find out!"

Maltings 而且 万博体育app下载’s ongoing residency partnership aims to explore how artists 而且 academics can collaborate to inform 而且 develop new approaches to rural research. It also facilitates the exchange 而且 sharing of knowledge between artists 而且 researchers at 万博体育app下载 to inform critical responses to the rural issues.

感知

The current residency stems from recent research highlighting an increased interest in what we eat, 然而与此同时, a growing disconnect from how food is produced 而且 where it comes from. Both Brexit 而且 Covid-19 have highlighted several issues to do with food, such as how resilient our food system is, 而且 our broader relationships to it including how food is valued.

As the UK agricultural 而且 food system continues to deal with change 而且 uncertainty, questions surrounding the processes 而且 people that grow, rear 而且 ‘shape’ food into products for us, 而且 how we as consumers choose what we do or do not eat, continue to be of importance.

贝丝·克拉克博士, 研究 Associate 而且 Public 订婚 Officer at the Centre for Rural Economy said: "Food is something we all engage with on a daily basis, but we don’t always have time to think about where it comes from or how it is made. Working with Durty Beanz will provide a brilliant opportunity to explore values surrounding food production 而且 consumption in an engaging manner. I’m really excited to get started."

詹姆斯出手, Head of Visual Art at Maltings said: "Maltings is delighted to welcome Durty Beanz to Berwick-upon-Tweed. I look forward to working with Durty Beanz to explore how our perceptions of food are influenced by producers, consumers 而且 increasingly social media. I’m sure their use of social media 而且 the playful 而且 humorous nature of their work will enable a wide audience to engage with this very pertinent subject."

Durty Beanz were selected for the residency by an interview panel consisting of 詹姆斯出手 - Head of Visual Arts, Maltings; Richard Talbot Director, Institute for Creative Arts Practice 而且 Professor of Contemporary Drawing, 万博体育app下载; Beth Clark, 研究 Associate 而且 Public 订婚 Officer at the Centre for Rural Economy, 万博体育app下载 而且 Laura Cresser, 关系管理器, Combined Arts - Arts Council Engl而且.

Recent exhibitions 而且 performances by Durty Beanz include: The Impossibility of Further Possibility; 错误的双年展. curated by Wendy Calmer. (2021); 一切都过去了, Kunstverein Grafschaft Bentheim, Neuenhause, DE, Neuenhaus, DE - in coordination with Lars Karl Becker (2021); 而且 五种英国小点心, Milieu Gallery, Bern, CH - in coordination with Othmar Farre (2020).