Pierce Eldridge
2023
Performance
London, UK
Pierce Eldridge is a curator, dramaturg, and writer based in London, originally from Meanjin. They have been involved in projects for Camden Art Centre, El Warcha, Studio Scilicet, Studio Wayne McGregor, Victoria & Albert Museum, Darwin Festival, Supercell Festival, Bleach Festival, NextDoor ARI, Modern Times, Worms Magazine, MAP Magazine, Fortified Journal, Gillian Jason Gallery, Antiuniversity Now, Pop Up North Queensland Festival. They are a Distinction graduate of MA Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art London.
BIO
Pierce’s practice is rooted in an entangled existence with ecological systems and the knowledge they hold, produce and share. Their interests evoke a sense of reciprocity, kinship, non-dualism, and sovereignty – centering ethics of listening, caring, queering, and decentralizing – (re)imagining new eco-systems into their practices.
STATEMENT
How can we make the outdoors a space of belonging?
By bringing our artistic practices into closer proximity to ecological sites, we make the experience of the outdoors more accessible, creating new languages to understand biodiversity & urgency. We build upon scientific ways of seeing to create more inclusive forms of belonging with ecology, generating a complex & diverse network of collective relations and realities. We start with dramaturgy and 'queering' its methodology; a process of moving beyond traditional structures to adopt ‘fluid’ characteristics. With this thinking, we explore what happens when we weave verbatim & embodied experiences to share in decentralized ways through conversation & exploration of the body; making our practices more kindred to ecosystems, timescales, seasons & species. We are active practitioners in the environmental movement & create more equitable outcomes for the longevity of artistic practices, by researching new ways of communicating their transformations in relationship with ecological spaces.
Eldridge’s Fellowship is in partnership with Ashleigh Musk.