As part of our commitment to make artistic research a public process, we also support a growing archive of research that documents and responds to our programme and wider work. You can browse our online archive by category or by using the search box below.
In early 2024 Contemporary Visual Arts Network East Midlands interviewed FROMTHEGROUNDUP (FTGU) as part of their Meet the Artist series, spotlighting creatives based in the region. FTGU is an interdisciplinary art and architectural design studio based at Primary and formed by residents Will Harvey and Jacob Kelly. This interview was first public by CVAN EM in March 2024.
FTGU is focused on working with reclaimed and natural building materials which have a low impact on the planet.
Read MoreThis is an edited recording of Sustaining Resilience: Land Rights and the Politics of Conservation, a conversation delving into the relationship between conservation and land rights, highlighting different modes of relating to land and the urgency of centring reparative approaches.
Read MoreIn celebration of Maybelle Peters Exhibition, Attention, Absorption, this panel discussion event brought together Black women and non-binary artists and animators: Jessica Ashman, Phoebe Boswell, Mothy Muyobo, and Maybelle Peters. Chaired by exhibition curator, Jade Foster, the panel focusing in on the crossovers between animation and the visual arts sector.
Read MoreA conversation between Primary residents Alison Lloyd and Hugh Nicholson which took place in Summer 2022 at Barbrook Reservoir, Big Moor, Derbyshire and was first published by Livingmaps Network.
Read MoreJade Foster speaks with Rebecca Lee and Ian Nesbitt about the origins of Primary’s informal talk series Tell Me Something I Don’t Know, its trajectory since Ian’s initial event during Intersections, and its continuation as a long-term programme of regular events, as part of Making Place.
Read MoreRebecca Beinart speaks with Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad about beginning the research process for Making Place, and about some of the ideas behind the project.
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