Testing Times In response to the 2020 lockdowns, In-Situ embarked on a new series of artist residencies to test new ways of making and sharing work with communities in these challenging times.
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n-Situ was able to continue introducing artists to the Pendle landscape via its innovative and responsive ‘Testing Ground’ artists residency program, run in partnership with the Pendle Hill Landscape Partnership (PHLP)
Testing Ground residencies will continue until the end of March 2021, marking a full year since the pandemic began to drastically impact the way we live and work. With this in mind, the conclusion of these residencies will provide an opportunity to pause, as we learn from the challenges of the experience. In line with ongoing safety To open this reflection up guidelines this has enabled The first through working artists and some artists to explore Testing Ground the community, so they can the Pendle Hill landscape share their experience, is a resident artist in person, where possible, privilege and something that and others to create work Bethany White is key to the In-Situ way of remotely, in response to a working. Throughout this time, explored the range of themes. our partnership with PHLP has Pendle landscape, brought some of the things In crisis, we pieced together opportunities, reframing seeking new ways of we sought to explore into our usual social and public as we questioned: how making and sharing focus, facing programme to suit valuable is our time outdoors? the challenging situation work. How accessible is our local caused by COVID-19. This landscape? enabled resident artists to pave the way Recognising the value of our landscape, which for new methods of working and, so far, this we often take for granted, has become more has ranged from experiments with historic important to many people this year and we scientific tools to collaborative approaches to hope this can be held onto in the times ahead, writing journalism. as we all look to a brighter future.
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