Specificity

Sluice magazine

Spring 2023

Specificity

This edition is thematically arranged around the idea of an art work, an art practice or an organisational structure inhabiting a certain regional specificity, somehow embodying its regional/geographic/territorial origins.

A few of the working titles for this edition were; Localised Art, Creative Positionality, Regional specificity, Geo-Located Culture, Situated Culture, Embedded Practice. All a bit dire. The fact we cycled through so many titles is indicative of the struggle we had in defining the theme. What is regional specificity, who wants to claim it… remember when Nicolas Bourriaud tried to make the term Altermodern catch on with the cool kids?

Featuring:

Luke Beech

Alistair Gentry

HIVE Conference

Jaz Morrison

John Wright

MATCA Art Space

Estação Sul e Sueste