The Outpost Question Centre

Curated by George Vasey in collaboration with Paul Stewart. Workshop & Exhibition: Liam Jolly, Annie Jael Kwan, Chanelle Windass, Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin, and Fani Parali alongside Outpost committee members. With contributions from Dave Beech, Desmond Brett, Dawn Bothwell, Roo Dhissou, Becky Gee, Jackie Goodman, Tim Hattrick, Marion Harrison, Nadia Hebson, Will Hughes, Rae Jones, Mani Kambo, Nick Kennedy, Mat Jenner, Jonty Lees, Max Lee, Natasha Macvoy, Katy Morrison, Harold Offeh, Karanjit Panesar, Conor Rush, Anthony Shapland, Frances Stacey, Madison Trent, Kaitlyn White, Lauren Velvick. In 1969, artist James Lee Byars asked ‘100 of the world’s most brilliant minds’ the question: What question is pertinent to the evolution of your own knowledge? Outpost Question Centre riffs on Byars’ obsession with questions, using them as a curatorial framework to explore intergenerational influence, grassroots artist networks, and artistic know-how circulating through artist-led communities. Across three stages, participants will contribute questions to a two-day workshop. Invited interlocutors will respond to these questions and prompts through making and collaboration. The project culminates in an exhibition at Outpost, bringing together the questions and responses through posters, video, audio and artworks.