Outset was delighted to support How to work together, a major new collaboration between three of London's leading not-for-profit contemporary art galleries, which Outset has been funding in the past: Chisenhale Gallery, The Showroom and Studio Voltaire.
Together, over three years, between 2014 - 2016, How to work together produced a series of artists' commissions, exhibitions, events and an online think tank, inviting an exciting range of artists, writers and designers to respond to the question of 'How to work together'. The participating institutions combined their knowledge and resources to discover what they can do together that they could not do alone.
Polly Staple, Director Chisenhale Gallery, Emily Pethick, Director The Showroom, and Joe Scotland, Director Studio Voltaire, said: ‘'How to work together' will reveal what our galleries – on the east, north and south fringes of central London – can do together that we could not do apart. Our organisations already share common ground and a track record for supporting emerging and under-represented artists to produce and present ambitious new work. Together we can expand our artistic programmes, commission and show more incredible new work, reach new audiences, and develop new ways of raising money to drive our organisations forward. Through pooling our resources and knowledge we can create a new model of collaboration for the visual arts.’
Outset’s International Production Fund supported the first round of How to work together artists’ commissions, which were presented in Spring 2014. This included artists Ella Kruglyanskaya, Céline Condorelli and Gerry Bibby.
