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FROM NETWORK TO MESHWORK:
VALIDATION FOR SOCIAL
PRACTICE ART AND ARTISTS
FIRST PUBLISHED IN APRIL 2020 BY:
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester School of Art Research Centre
and The Department of Art and Performance
IN ASSOCIATION WITH:
Axisweb
© Amanda Ravetz and Lucy Wright
All rights reserved. No part of this
publication may be reproduced, stored
in a retrieval system, or transmitted
in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording or
otherwise, without the prior permission
of the publishers.
ISBN 978-1-910029-57-2
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
We are very grateful to Mark Smith,
Executive Director of Axisweb for his
unwavering commitment to the research;
to Dr Rebecca Senior, KTP Associate 2017–18,
for her project management and research
insights; to the artists and photographers
whose work features in this report; to
those commissioned to run events for the
‘Social Works?’ programme and to all the
artists, commissioners and researchers who
so generously contributed to the research.
WE ALSO WARMLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THE SUPPORT OF:
Sarah Fisher,
Executive Director,
Open Eye Gallery
Rupert Wilcox-Baker,
Axisweb Trustee and Chair of the
project’s Local Management Committee
The Axisweb Board of Trustees
and Axisweb staff
Trevor Gregory,
Innovate UK KTP Advisor
DESIGN:
TYPEFACE:
AW-AR Studio
https://aw-ar.studio
Sometimes Regular
https://boulevardlab.com/
Calling Code
Freight Text
Ceri Carr,
ManMet KTP Manager
Susan O’Connor,
ManMet Business Support Assistant
Members of the Models
of Validation advisory group
Members of the Models
of Validation stakeholder group
R.M Sanchéz-Camus / Applied
Art Studio / Social Art Network
Frances Williams,
Freelance Writer and Curator,
ManMet Doctoral Student 2016 – 2020
Susan Jones,
Writer and Researcher,
ManMet Doctoral Student 2016 – 2020
Joe Ravetz, Research Fellow,
University of Manchester
We remember our colleague, David Woollard,
KTP manager and Models of Validation
supervisor, without whom this research
project would not have happened.