Stoked on Trent
This year marks the third anniversary of the British Ceramics Biennial, which showcases the best design, art and craft in the medium at various venues across Stoke-on-Trent.
More than 150 practitioners are taking part in this year’s event, with exhibitions, installations and events that aim to highlight British ceramics, as well as Stoke-on-Trent’s creative heritage.
According to organisers, the 2013 edition celebrates ‘the role of the individual artist, inviting them to explore, create and curate’.
This looks to make for a more interactive visitor experience, with a working ceramic studio and a programme of workshops for guests to take part in.
The Biennial’s hub is sited in the former Spode factory in Stoke town, where highlights include the China Hall Pavilions – a series of structures created by artists and designers in response to their own previous work.
As in previous years, the Fresh exhibition will showcase UK ceramics graduates.
The Exploring Spode space, meanwhile, features responses to the factory space itself, including poet and writer Holly Corfield Carr’s texts embedded in the building.
Elsewhere, a number of buildings formerly shut-off from the public have been opened up by a group of 30 researchers from the Bergen Academy of Art and Design (KHIB) in Norway.
Other new offers for the 2013 event include Film Room, houses screenings of ceramic-relevant moving image works, and a gallery shop.
The British Ceramics Biennial runs until November at various Stoke-on-Trent venues. For more information visit www.britishceramicsbiennial.com
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