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This May, Western Front will participate in No Soul For Sale - A Festival of Independents, part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Tate Modern, organized by artist Maurizio Cattelan and curators Cecilia alemani, and Massimilano Gioni. Within the Tate's Turbine Hall, one will encounter Western Front: London Bureau-a paper replica of the Western Front's historic building that houses an exhibition of Vancouver artists and a curated selection of works from our archive. Confirmed artists include: hank Bull, Instant Coffee, Stan Douglas, Kate Craig, General Idea, Will Kwan, Hadley + Maxwell, Ron Tran, Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby, Lorna Brown, Rodney Graham and Jonathan Middleton.
London Bureau considers immaterial production and dissemination as an alternate excercse of power, employs print as a venue for long distance exchange and acknowledges our historical position as a pioneer in mail art, slo-scan and fax art initiatives.
London Bureau will share the activities of this organization with an international art market while capturing the independent spirit that has coursed throughout our history alongside participants like ArtHub (Shanghai), Artists Space (New York), e-fluz (Berlin), PiST (Istanbul), Latitudes (Barcelona), no.w.here (London), Loop (Seoul) and others from around the world. Drawing thousands from the public, this free festival will attract gallerists, international curators, writers, artists, critics, researchers, scholars and educators, all of whom have come to experience what the Western Front encapsulates: independent and interdisciplinary creation.
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