INTRODUCTION
In 2016 Jennifer Bailey, Mark Bleakley, Anastasia Philimonos, Katie Schwab and Hamish Young took part in Collective’s Satellites Programme. They applied through our annual open call and were selected by artist Tessa Lynch, curator George Vasey and directors of Konsthall C, Jenny Richards and Jens Standberg. The group met in Edinburgh and Stockholm for two retreats, then in each other’s studios over one year, providing moments of interruption and reflection while developing new public commissions with Collective.
Satellites is discursive and practicefocussed. With close support from artist James N. Hutchinson and Collective’s Siobhan Carroll, myself and a much wider cast of contributors and staff who make it possible, Satellites offers space to test ideas, expand and question the production of new work. This publication aims to open out the intimate development process by bringing together texts compiled by Anastasia and Katie over the course of the programme, with uniquely produced contributions from each participating artist. f r a n c e s s ta c e y