vacated

Apartment

about:

Apartment was a site specific artist led exhibition and project space in a one bed council flat in a sixties tower block, Lamport Court, central Manchester. Apartment was run by artists Hilary Jack and Paul Harfleet from 2003- 2009. Artists were invited to exhibit their work alongside the everyday objects in the flat. Paul the then resident continued to live alongside the exhibitions as they occurred. After six years Hilary Jack and Paul Harfleet closed Apartment to pursue their own careers as artists. The final and closing exhibition was a solo show by Giorgio Sadotti.

how is/was it run/structured ?:

individual

what is/was it's legal status ?:

other

how is/was it funded ?:

other

history of the site:

Apartment was located in a white one bedroom flat in Lamport Court a sixties residential council tower block in central Manchester. Lamport Court is sometimes referred to as "Rock n' Roll Towers" due to the high proportion of artists and musicians living there. Lamport Court was also home to the poetry magazine "Lamport Court" and the musician Lonelady who played a fund raising acoustic gig at Apartment.

management/organisers/directors/board/committee:

hilary Jack

Paul Harfleet

artists/curators in residence:

details of artists in residence; Maeve Rendell, Cherry Tenneson, Zac Ingham and Cath Corlette can be found on our site

exhibited artists:

details of exhibited artists can be found on our blog

exhibitions, events, workshops:

solo exhibitions, artists residencies, writer in residence, group shows and acoustic performances and events

bibliography:

Between 2003 and 2009 Hilary Jack and Paul Harfleet facilitated an annual programme of group and solo exhibitions, artists residencies and events for post graduate emerging and established UK and International artists. Jack and Harfleet also curated off site exhibitions at Surface Gallery Nottingham, Cornerhouse Manchester, Axel Lapp Projects, Berlin. They also curated Artranspennine08, a muti site exhibition of over forty artists across the Trans Pennine Way. Details can be seen on our blog www.apartmentmanchester.blogspot.com and www.arttranspennine08.blogspot.com

address:

Apartment

Grosvenor Street Lamport Court

M1 7EQ Manchester 53° 28' 19.128" N, 2° 13' 59.7936" W

See map: Google Maps

websites:

Apartment an artist led space in a one bedroom flat 6th floor of Lamport Court

total size in sqm/sqft:

≤ 100 sq.m (1076 sq.ft)

usage:

live & work

previous usage of the site:

residential

number of exhibition/project spaces:

10 +

established:

2003

vacated:

2009

last known status of the project:

finished

last known status of the site:

vacated

Apartment, artist led space, lamport court, Manchester

The Royal Standard

about:

Through a dynamic and challenging gallery programme that brings together local, national and international artists, we aim to showcase the most exciting, innovative exhibitions and events that we can, working with the most outstanding recent graduates and emerging artists as well as more established practitioners and other artist-led initiatives.

The Royal Standard is dedicated to promoting exchange, dialogue and experimentation, providing a supportive and critically engaged environment to work in, and acting as a social hub for our studio membership of over 40 artists, as well as the wider cultural community. Our multi-purpose project space offers a testing ground for artists to push their ideas in new directions, and a setting for more spontaneous events and activity happening independently to the main gallery programme.

The Royal Standard was established in 2006 by four Liverpool-based artists in response to the need for a new artist-led organisation that would operate somewhere in between the city’s grass-roots DIY initiatives and the more established arts institutions. Originally housed in a former pub in Toxteth, in 2008 The Royal Standard undertook an ambitious relocation and expansion into a larger industrial space on the Northern periphery of the city centre, relaunching to acclaim for the 2008 Liverpool Biennial.

The Royal Standard is currently run by a team of four to six directors, with a new team appointed on a two-year rolling basis, enabling the organisation’s ideas and energy to remain fresh and continuing to offer opportunities to new groups of emerging artists.