Situations in partnership with ProjectBase invited What, How and for Whom/ WHW as the next South West Curatorial Network curator-in-residence. Their residency was divided between Bristol and Cornwall and focused on the question ' What is an Organisation?'

WHW were in residence from 20th - 30th October 2008.

What, How and for Whom/ WHW is a curators' collective formed in 1999 and based in Zagreb, Croatia. Its members are curators Ivet Curlin, Ana Devic, Nataša Ilic and Sabina Sabolovic. Since May 2003 WHW has been directing the programme of Gallery Nova a non-profit, city owned gallery in Zagreb. They are curators of the 11th Istanbul biennial taking place in 2009.

What, how and for whom are the three basic questions of every economic organisation that also concern the planning, concept and realisation of exhibitions, as well as the production and distribution of artworks or artists' position at the labour market. These questions, which were the title of WHW's first project dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Communist Manifesto, in 2000 in Zagreb, became the motto of WHW's work and the title of the collective. Instrumentality of social capital in constituting the social post-socialist reality turned out to be a matrix for the development of WHW's projects and their internal and external operations. All WHW projects have been conceived as a platform for discussing relevent social issues through art, theory and media, as well as a model of collaboration and exchange of know-how between cultural organisations of different backgrounds. For more information about WHW visit www.mi2.hr/whw/what.htm

Download the following texts from the catalogue 'Collective Creativity' curated by WHW 2005

New Outlines of the Possible
By WHW Download

An egalitarian culture,
Through participatory means,
For all those willing to start right now
By Brian Homes Download

From an Existential Individualist 2
Solidarity
Collective and Collectiveness in Contemporary Russian Art
By Viktor Misiano Download


WHW were involved in the following events during their residency. These events have now passed.

Lecture
Models of Practice: What, How & For Whom
Wednesday 29 October 5-7pm, University College Falmouth

Seminar
What is an Organisation? Led by What, How and For Whom.
Saturday 25 October 1-5pm, Spike Island
Download Guidenotes.

Audio of this event will be available shortly.

Talk
What, How and For Whom Present their Curatorial Practice
Tuesday 21 October 7-9pm, Plan 9
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The South West Curatorial Network curator-in-residence is part of the Curatorial Network programme. The Curatorial Network is delivered by KURATOR and ArtProjects and Solutions, and is funded by Arts Council England. For more information on the Curatorial Network please visit www.curatorial.net