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i am collective was formed in 2015, as a collective it strives to support and bring together creatives in leeds. the success of a previous event held at nation of shopkeepers in december 2014, ‘lca x lcm’ which combined artists from leeds college of art and leeds college of music for a night of live music, live art and an exhibition. this encouraged the rebrand and start of iam collective, to open up to all creatives in leeds. the collective strives to support local artists and creative people to encourage them to exhibit and perform their work in a social environment and engage with the public.
the first event was held on 3|12|2014. lca x lcm was the beginning of the collectives’ ethos. the success of this event encouraged the start of iam collective. by rebranding the name, it has opened up to all creatives in leeds to become a community of artists that are encouraged to network and communicate with eachother and the public to display their work in a creative, social environment.
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poster and release poster x lcm. design by suzie cichey, of iam collective.
artists being briefed before setting up the exhibition. bringing creatives together to work as a team and interact their work, ideas and share thoughts and opinions.
live art interacts artists and the public in a social environment to encourage creativity,
artists, creatives, people interacting and networking, displaying artwork in a creative social environment.
live art drawing, bringing artists and members of the public to encourage creativity and communication,
bands such as pe’, kalyan, capua collective from leeds college of music performed throughout the night, combining music and the arts together.
i am luxury: video directed by hayley lennon.
variety of work exhibited, ranging from all practices of the arts, using the space in a creative way, artists encouraged to interact with the public.
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“Although now passed, the ripples of this [lca x lcm] event continued, and have lead to the genesis of something more. Stepping into the Leeds art scene is a new creative group, going by the name of IAM COLLECTIVE, and we must say, they looking pretty exciting.� -independent leeds
teaser launch poster and release poster of iam collective. poster design by: suzie cichy, member of iam collective
for each artist, they were briefed to submit 100 words that describe them as an artist or a description of their work. this was to show how iam collective represent them as part of a community and also for the audience to understand and connect to their work.
meeting before the event, the artists were briefed on the exhibition, the advance was handed to them detailing the setup times. as the event was held at a bar, the transition period to turn the space into a exhibition was very tight therefore a clear schedule and briefing was important to communicate to the artists.
photos of setup. photography: mark west,
artists working together to set up and display their work.
‘broth tarn’ artist and curator tamara rynne setting up his photographs outside, extend the exhibition to the outside space which best suited his work.
pop up stalls set up medium art supplies, coultard, tomoto and their work, interact
outside. independent artists such as palm culture, gravy man and jenna bee designs. encourage artists to sell with the public.
curation of the exhibiton incorporated the space of nation of shopkeepers, using the existing interior to hang work in a creative display.
the iam artist labels enabled the audience to appreciate the artists work, also to display the artists name, to encourage networking and self promotion. this worked really well, as an collective we feel it is important for the viewer to understand the work and the artist as it is a form of communication and connects the viewer to the work.
live drawing outside in the courtyard, working with the public and artists. form of interaction and social communciation. artists: lili mathod, jack wolff and ‘gravy man’.
bands/artists performing. koyo. alphaduka. bambooman,
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With the event on the near horizon, we couldn’t help but excitedly look onwards and ask what the future would bring for IAM Collective : ‘Without giving too much away…we want to explore new interesting places, spaces and the independent venues that Leeds has to offer. Extending to reach a wider audience to create further dialogues and networking events to support, encourage and celebrate Leeds arts and music.’
WITH THANKS TO: EVE MILLER, SALLY BRYANT, TAMARA RYNNE, SUZIE CICHY, ALICE BURFORD, RYAN SMITH, CHRIS SHAW, OLLIE SEWELL, JAMIE PUDSY, LIZZY GOSNEY, CATHERINE DES FORGES, JENNA COULTARD, NICK KIDD, JOANNA SIMPSON, GRAVY MAN, LILI MATHOD, JACK WOLFF, JEREMY ARBLASTER, WILL JEFFREY, LOUISA FOLEY, WILLOW STACEY, SARA FOX, LYDIA BRAITHWAITE, KARL SIMS, SEAN BROTH, NICK PORTER, JULIA BROWN, CATHERINE MORGAN, JESSICA GATEN, VICTORIA REDMOND, JIM HATCH, NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS, PE, KALYAN, CAPUA COLLECTIVE, KOYO, BAMBOOMAN, ALPHADUKA, MEDIUM, PALM CULTURE, TOMOTO, INDEPENDENT LEEDS LEEDS COLLEGE ART, LEEDS COLLEGE OF MUSIC.