Nicola Ellis is joined by Dr Marsha Bradfield and Andrew Wilson to discuss collaborating with people in different environments, and workplaces with particular reference to Ellis’ artist placement at Ritherdon & Co Ltd (a family-run manufacturer of specialist steel enclosures, est. 1895) and her exhibition at Castlefield Gallery (13 June – 1 August 2021) which presented a body of work from this placement – to see documentation and other resources relating to that exhibition please visit: castlefieldgallery.co.uk

Dr Marsha Bradfield describes herself as an artist-curator-educator-fundraiser-researcher-writer and company director. Marsha teaches on several courses as well being a PhD supervisor and researcher at Chelsea College of Arts. As part of her own practice, Marsha creates events, artworks, exhibitions, curricula, websites, publications and other projects that explore the subject of interdependence – the way in which things are connected to, and rely on, one another taking forms like relationships, systems and exchanges. She recently completed a fellowship in AI and machine learning for the BeFantastic TechArt triennial in Bangalore (2020). She is also a founding member of Incidental Unit, the third iteration of Artist Placement Group. Marsha recently co-curated a six-city touring programme to explore their legacy across the UK.

Andrew Wilson experiments with structures that facilitate collaboration between
people with different kinds of knowledge. He is a co-founder and organisers of: Para-Lab (with Annie Carpenter, 2017-) and Superposition (2013-2017), both collectives of artists and scientists; the Making Space (a cooperatively run shared workspace, 2013-); Same Skies
(a citizen-led political network and think tank 2015-); and two
co-operatives that develop software www.studiofor.co.