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As the Frieze franchise churns out its London and Masters series in the UK, bringing hundreds of collectors and art lovers into London to trade or admire US$1.9 billion worth of art, Vancouver is amassing over 65 international artists, curators, critics, and academics on the other side of the globe for Institutions by Artists. By contrast this three-day event is assessing and promoting contemporary artist-run centres and initiatives. Mostly non-profit organisations will here explore and advance the common interests of artist-run spaces and collectives, as a culture for catalysing new as well as alternative perspectives for art today. Using experimental formats, performative frameworks and participatory vehicles, the three day series of events is designed to challenge and generate more thinking about artist initiatives globally, to examine their multiple dimensions whether they be in urban or rural, fixed or mobile, local or regional contexts.
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