The Folly Gallery, Lancaster

The vision for the Folly is to be a centre of excellence for emergent contemporary art practice. It promotes innovative practices in new media, sonic art, video, photography and live art. It aims to establish itself as a focus for dialogue and discourse around the creative uses of digital media, and as a base for research based practice.

To achieve these aims, the Folly runs an online projects and discussion forum to explore the creative use of new media. It provides access to a range of resources, including a darkroom, a linear video editing suite, a Linux based media lab, an Apple Mac based laptop suite and good online access with broadband connections.

It has two galleries, which are open, every day except Sunday, and with a late evening on Wednesday. It also runs events, discussion sessions, training programmes and other activities to develop skills and provide progressive experiences for the participants.

The Folly Gallery
26 Castle Park
Lancaster LA1 1YQ
01524 388550
Contact: info@folly.co.uk
Link: www.folly.co.uk

The brief

The bursary aimed to place an artist working in installation, digital technology or other new media in residence with a number of local artists to act as a catalyst for a broad range of interventions in non gallery settings. It was also anticipated that documentation of the process, and ongoing discussion activities online, would form a significant part of the practice.

In addition, the artist was expected to participate in and lead part of a one-week practical workshop based at the Gallery during the summer period.

Adinda van't Klooster