The fifth Art Sheffield festival of contemporary art will include new and significant work from international and Sheffield-based artists, with a thought-provoking programme of exhibitions, debates and events that will take place at venues across the city, from 4 October–14 December 2013.
Under the title ‘Zero Hours’, which questions how time and work are valued and how societies are organised around economic systems, the Art Sheffield curated exhibition takes as its starting point the seminal work ‘Wirtschaftswerte (Economic Values)’ 1980 by Joseph Beuys, to explore and celebrate notions of exchange, labour, economy and collaboration. Highlights of the contemporary art programme include new commissions from artists Edgar Arceneaux and Mikhail Karikis and the UK premiere of ‘Tomorrow’s Parties’ by internationally acclaimed, Sheffield-based Forced Entertainment.
Art Sheffield has been funded by Arts Council England Grants for the Arts, Sheffield City Council, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield Town Trust and the Henry Moore Foundation. Curated by Kirstie Hamilton [Head of Exhibition Programming, Museums Sheffield], Louise Hutchinson [Artistic Director, S1 Artspace], Tim Machin [Gallery Manager, Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery], Charlotte Morgan [Project Manager, BLOC Projects] and Laura Sillars [Artistic Director, Site Gallery]. Art Sheffield events will take place at Site Gallery, The Crucible Theatre, Graves Gallery, S1 Artspace, Bloc Projects, Sheffield Institute of Arts, Sheffield Hallam University and several temporary venues.
Alongside ‘Zero Hours’ will be Art Sheffield ‘Parallel Projects’, a series of independent events and exhibitions including on Saturday 16 November the Sheffield Print Fair at St. Mary’s Church and Community Centre, and the 4th Sheffield International Artists Book Prize, at Bank Street Arts; the largest prize of its kind, with an accompanying exhibition and events.
Full details of all exhibitions and events will be available on www.artsheffield.org