Curated by RM Gallery, D.A.N.C.E art club were invited to participate in CROCKPOT, as part of International Artist Initiated, Clark House Initiative, Cyprus Dossier, Fillip, Fresh Milk and Video Art Network Lagos:

For IAI the structure of the RM project office has been transposed to Glasgow and activated by this selection of collaborative groups. Our office in Glasgow is being utilised as a meeting point for these disparate and fleeting, yet always collective and locally responsive activities.

RM is of course defined by the space it inhabits, but in these collaborative groups we see values we share, and things we aspire to. And given this opportunity it seemed to make sense to share this space with them.

Since 2009 an integral part of RM has been the project office – a dedicated part of the exhibition space that allows the co-directors of RM to be present and available for visitors. It is where meetings take place and also where we share food. During gallery hours it provides a place where visitors can sit, view the work, hold conversations and engage with RM’s slowly expanding archive. An open office, RM works on the principle that discussion, meetings, admin and paperwork are visible and not hidden away during exhibitions or events.

The participants that we have brought together within this project are collectives and groups who work without a dedicated space, often moving beyond the confines of the gallery system. Though they operate independently of any fixed venue, there is still a strong sense of location in what they do. We have been drawn towards them because of the ways in which they activate local contexts and show a profound awareness of the communities that surround them.

• Wednesday night pottery

• Tamaki Housing Group

• Raised by Wolves

• Mata Aho Collective

• Magasine

• making do(ing)

• lightreading

• FKA Alterations

• David Ed Cooper & James Wylie

• Dave Marshall & Ella Sutherland

• D.A.N.C.E. Art Club

• Brun Alen

• Ben Clement & Bob van der Wal

At David Dale Gallery, D.A.C provided crockpot recipes over 5  consecutive days with the assistance of RM Gallery staff in Glasgow.  Visitors were invited to eat a bowl of Samoa Sua Fa’i, Earth, Flash Wine,  Goddess and The Classic. They were also given free illustrated recipe handouts.

https://rm.org.nz/international-artist-initiated/