2014–2015
Gerry Bibby’s project Combination Boiler launched The Showroom’s part of the first year of the three-year How to work together programme.
The Showroom commissioned the Berlin-based Australian artist following his contribution to Frieze Projects at the Frieze Art Fair in 2013.
In early 2014, Bibby took up 'residence' at The Showroom, planning interventions – largely focused on the gallery's heating system – to be presented at his exhibition in spring 2014. The resulting works explored the dynamic of the artist/commissioner relationship and the creative potential of the gallery's logistical idiosyncrasies.
The project fed into the launch in November 2014 of Bibby's publication The Drumhead, which was initiated by Amsterdam-based performance platform If I can’t dance I don’t want to be part of your revolution, and partnered by Kunsthaus Bregenz, CCA Glasgow, the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane and The Showroom.
Bibby is in the process of developing a limited edition for The Showroom using material from his exhibition.
This project is part of How to work together, a shared programme of commissioning and research organised by Chisenhale Gallery, The Showroom and Studio Voltaire.
Born in 1977 in Australia, Bibby is an artist living and working in Berlin. His recent projects and exhibitions include: Frieze Projects, Frieze London (2013); La Biennale de Lyon (2013); Version Control, Arnolfini, Bristol (2013); and Last Call, Silberkuppe, Berlin (2012).
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