Contemporary Art Manchester

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100th Monkey is currently one of 13 partners in the new consortium Contemporary Art Manchester (CAM). 

Initiated in July 2008 CAM has been developed with the independent and artist-led visual arts sector in the city, working to further the presence and awareness of contemporary art, through joint programming, audience development and profile raising, networking and exchange activities. CAM has arisen from a collective desire for a support structure to enhance and strengthen the partners' current and future activities, and to provide an accessible platform for newly initiated projects to grow and flourish.

CAM aims to develop Manchester's reputation regionally, nationally and internationally, as a centre for innovative contemporary art and curatorial practice; to create a platform for young artist-led projects to thrive; and to provide both direct and indirect opportunities for the professional development of artists and curators. Additionally, CAM aims to build and develop audiences for contemporary art.

In collectively working on exhibition and presentation formats CAM will test the ways in which contradictions or tensions and harmonies can co-exist within such a framework, and in the case of the inaugural exhibition 'Trade City', under one roof. Unpicking, critiquing, and sharing working methodologies and creative processes, the diverse and multi-disciplinary approaches from the represented partners will create dynamic and engaging collaborations, seeking to push the boundaries of curatorial practice.

An open system, the nature of co-operative working through CAM engages with notions of democracy, collectivity and self-organisation; examining and revealing the practices of people engaged with creative work within Manchester, who may be operating through less formal structures, or on the periphery of the city. The collective might of CAM will redress this balance, creating a new central structure or 'core' for the production and dissemination of contemporary art.
  

External links:
www.contemporaryartmanchester.org

Participating Artists:
Current partners in CAM include: 100th Monkey
Bureau
BMCA
Castlefield Gallery
Contents May Vary
Exocet
FutureEverything
Gymnasium
Harfleet & Jack
Interval
Islington Mill Art Academy
Rogue Project Space
The Salford Restoration Office
and twenty+3 projects.