Flock
South West
What we do
Flock South West can provide a variety of production services for organisations, artists, and communities. This ranges from individual art works and one off events to larger festivals, exhibitions, and programmes of work. We can deliver the whole project or offer consultation, advice or time in areas you need a bit more support.
Between our directors and associates we have the skills to support every aspect of developing and delivering arts projects, including: project management, curating, marketing, budget management, fundraising, interpretive writing, administration, technical support, documentation, logistics, community engagement, and evaluation.
You can explore Flock's current and past project, as well as the variety or projects that we’ve worked on before setting up Flock below.
DRUMROLL
2020/ 2021
Artists: LOW PROFILE
Production, partnership development marketing support.
DRUMROLL is a new audio artwork composed for 8 drums, distributed online on New Years Eve (31 Dec 2020) as a shared (but distant) listening event.
DRUMROLL takes a simple, recognisable musical flourish (a drumroll) as a starting point and extends and expands this to create an evocative, engaging, immersive listening experience.
DRUMROLL (2020) made in collaboration with Richard Sharp.
Production and Partneship Development support: Phil Rushworth, Lucy Stella Rollins,
Marketing: Tilly Craig and Molly Erin McArthy.
Image: DRUMROLL (2020) LOW PROFILE.
Photo credit: Dom Moore.
Artists: LOW PROFILE
Production, partnership development marketing support.
DRUMROLL is a new audio artwork composed for 8 drums, distributed online on New Years Eve (31 Dec 2020) as a shared (but distant) listening event.
DRUMROLL takes a simple, recognisable musical flourish (a drumroll) as a starting point and extends and expands this to create an evocative, engaging, immersive listening experience.
DRUMROLL (2020) made in collaboration with Richard Sharp.
Production and Partneship Development support: Phil Rushworth, Lucy Stella Rollins,
Marketing: Tilly Craig and Molly Erin McArthy.
Image: DRUMROLL (2020) LOW PROFILE.
Photo credit: Dom Moore.
Speedwell
2020
Artists: Still/Moving
Public Engagement Production and Marketing.
A site-specific installation, Speedwell uses the simple language of illuminated signage to oppose the historic idea that there ever was a 'New World'. It urgently asks us to imagine new ways of living, caring and dying well together on this damaged planet.
As the text changes slowly and silently in the vast space of Plymouth Sound it gives rise to complex questions. By using three words (NO, NEW, WORLDS) it invites viewers to ask complex questions about themselves, the damaged planet and the legacy of the pivotal journeys made by the Mayflower and its companion ship, Speedwell
Public Engagement Production: Lucy Stella Rollins, Phil Rushworth
Marketing: Tilly Craig
Additional Consultation: Rachel Dobbs
Image: Speedwell at Mount Batten Breakwater, 2020, Still/Moving
Image courtesy of the artists.
Artists: Still/Moving
Public Engagement Production and Marketing.
A site-specific installation, Speedwell uses the simple language of illuminated signage to oppose the historic idea that there ever was a 'New World'. It urgently asks us to imagine new ways of living, caring and dying well together on this damaged planet.
As the text changes slowly and silently in the vast space of Plymouth Sound it gives rise to complex questions. By using three words (NO, NEW, WORLDS) it invites viewers to ask complex questions about themselves, the damaged planet and the legacy of the pivotal journeys made by the Mayflower and its companion ship, Speedwell
Public Engagement Production: Lucy Stella Rollins, Phil Rushworth
Marketing: Tilly Craig
Additional Consultation: Rachel Dobbs
Image: Speedwell at Mount Batten Breakwater, 2020, Still/Moving
Image courtesy of the artists.
Plymouth Art Weekender 2020
Client: Visual Arts Plymouth
Coordinators and Community Engagement Producers
Plymouth Art Weekender is a three day contemporary art festival that takes place throughout the city each September. Organised by Visual Arts Plymouth CIC, The Weekender showcases a wide and diverse range of free events and exhibitions by artists from near and far; from large scale exhibitions to interventions in public spaces and participatory events.
Growing year upon year, PAW has been made possible with generous support from sponsors, Plymouth City Council, partner art organisations in the city and project grant funding from Arts Council England.
Coordination: Lucy Stella Rollins, Phil Rushworth
Community Engagement Production: Rachel Dobbs, Beth Emily Richards, Leah Harris
Image: Lockdown Tarot, John Walter at KARST.
Photo Credit: Dom Moore
Coordinators and Community Engagement Producers
Plymouth Art Weekender is a three day contemporary art festival that takes place throughout the city each September. Organised by Visual Arts Plymouth CIC, The Weekender showcases a wide and diverse range of free events and exhibitions by artists from near and far; from large scale exhibitions to interventions in public spaces and participatory events.
Growing year upon year, PAW has been made possible with generous support from sponsors, Plymouth City Council, partner art organisations in the city and project grant funding from Arts Council England.
Coordination: Lucy Stella Rollins, Phil Rushworth
Community Engagement Production: Rachel Dobbs, Beth Emily Richards, Leah Harris
Image: Lockdown Tarot, John Walter at KARST.
Photo Credit: Dom Moore
In The Company of Insects
Fiona Benson 2020 Arts Commission
Client: Arts and Culture, University of Exeter
Continuing her 2019 ‘Urgency’ commission collaboration with Mair Bosworth, Fiona Benson, In the Company of Insects continues to explore the urgency inherent in an insect’s short lifespan, as well as the urgency of the environmental crisis and shrinking biodiversity.
In the Autumn and Winter of 2019 and 2020, Fiona led a range of poetry workshops with the public, including school children, families, students, poets and non-poets. She also continued her own research, talking to entomologists and other experts. The culmination of the commission is an online audio pamphlet of Fiona’ poems and a selection produced in the workshops, with sound pieces produced in collaboration with Mair Bosworth and Eliza Lomas
Cultural Producer: Phil Rushworth
Image: In the Company of Insects listening event at RAMM, Nov 2019.
Client: Arts and Culture, University of Exeter
Continuing her 2019 ‘Urgency’ commission collaboration with Mair Bosworth, Fiona Benson, In the Company of Insects continues to explore the urgency inherent in an insect’s short lifespan, as well as the urgency of the environmental crisis and shrinking biodiversity.
In the Autumn and Winter of 2019 and 2020, Fiona led a range of poetry workshops with the public, including school children, families, students, poets and non-poets. She also continued her own research, talking to entomologists and other experts. The culmination of the commission is an online audio pamphlet of Fiona’ poems and a selection produced in the workshops, with sound pieces produced in collaboration with Mair Bosworth and Eliza Lomas
Cultural Producer: Phil Rushworth
Image: In the Company of Insects listening event at RAMM, Nov 2019.
Creative Fellowships 2019-2020
Client: Arts and Culture at University of Exeter
Arts and Culture Creative Fellowships at the University of Exeter offer creative practitioners the opportunity to engage with innovative research across the University’s colleges and campuses. Rather than being a ‘residency’ where an artist produces work for a host that assumes the context of audience, these opportunities are described as placements, where the cultural practitioner is a peer, producing creative outputs that support and enrich the core activity of the host
The 2019/ 2020 placements were: Choreographer Lea Anderson with the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, musician Domenico Vicinanza with the V-Simulator facility and Vibration Engineering/ Human Movement Science and artist Alex Julyan with the European Centre for Environmental Health and Health and Environment Public Engagement Group..
Cultural Producers - Phil Rushworth, Lucy Rollins, Hannah Jones
Image: Domenico Vicinanza and Dr Genevieve Williams, V-Simulator facility, University of Exeter
Arts and Culture Creative Fellowships at the University of Exeter offer creative practitioners the opportunity to engage with innovative research across the University’s colleges and campuses. Rather than being a ‘residency’ where an artist produces work for a host that assumes the context of audience, these opportunities are described as placements, where the cultural practitioner is a peer, producing creative outputs that support and enrich the core activity of the host
The 2019/ 2020 placements were: Choreographer Lea Anderson with the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, musician Domenico Vicinanza with the V-Simulator facility and Vibration Engineering/ Human Movement Science and artist Alex Julyan with the European Centre for Environmental Health and Health and Environment Public Engagement Group..
Cultural Producers - Phil Rushworth, Lucy Rollins, Hannah Jones
Image: Domenico Vicinanza and Dr Genevieve Williams, V-Simulator facility, University of Exeter
Plymouth Art Weekender 2019
Client: Visual Arts Plymouth
Coordinators and Community Engagement Producers
Plymouth Art Weekender is a three day contemporary art festival that takes place throughout the city each September. Organised by Visual Arts Plymouth CIC, The Weekender showcases a wide and diverse range of free events and exhibitions by artists from near and far; from large scale exhibitions to interventions in public spaces and participatory events.
Growing year upon year, PAW has been made possible with generous support from sponsors, Plymouth City Council, partner art organisations in the city and project grant funding from Arts Council England.
Coordination: Lucy Stella Rollins, Phil Rushworth, Rhys Morgan, Tim Mills Community Engagement production: Rachel Dobbs
Image: MAKE IT UP, Tabatha Andrews and Tim Bolton, Union Street.
Photo Credit: Dom Moore
Coordinators and Community Engagement Producers
Plymouth Art Weekender is a three day contemporary art festival that takes place throughout the city each September. Organised by Visual Arts Plymouth CIC, The Weekender showcases a wide and diverse range of free events and exhibitions by artists from near and far; from large scale exhibitions to interventions in public spaces and participatory events.
Growing year upon year, PAW has been made possible with generous support from sponsors, Plymouth City Council, partner art organisations in the city and project grant funding from Arts Council England.
Coordination: Lucy Stella Rollins, Phil Rushworth, Rhys Morgan, Tim Mills Community Engagement production: Rachel Dobbs
Image: MAKE IT UP, Tabatha Andrews and Tim Bolton, Union Street.
Photo Credit: Dom Moore
Urgency Arts Commissions
2019, Fiona Benson, Catherin Cartwright, IJAD Dance
Client: Arts and Culture at University of Exeter
Flock worked with Arts and Culture at University of Exeter to produce three interdisciplinary arts commissions exploring the theme of Urgency:
Brave New World by Catherine Cartwright, used printmaking to explore the controversial use of automatic facial recognition technology and potential impact on public protest.
Future Proof Your Body 01 by choreographer Joumana Mourad (IJAD Dance) experimented with virtual reality to explore the science behind the way we move how this technology could help us unlock our bodies’ potential.
In the Company of Insects, a collaboration between poet Fiona Benson and Sound artist Mai Bosworth produced a series of sound works encouraging us to celebrate and empathise with insects.
Cultural Producer: Phil Rushworth
Image: Futureproof Your Body 01, IJAD Dancy, University of Exeter Nov 2019
Photo Credit: Steven Haywood
Client: Arts and Culture at University of Exeter
Flock worked with Arts and Culture at University of Exeter to produce three interdisciplinary arts commissions exploring the theme of Urgency:
Brave New World by Catherine Cartwright, used printmaking to explore the controversial use of automatic facial recognition technology and potential impact on public protest.
Future Proof Your Body 01 by choreographer Joumana Mourad (IJAD Dance) experimented with virtual reality to explore the science behind the way we move how this technology could help us unlock our bodies’ potential.
In the Company of Insects, a collaboration between poet Fiona Benson and Sound artist Mai Bosworth produced a series of sound works encouraging us to celebrate and empathise with insects.
Cultural Producer: Phil Rushworth
Image: Futureproof Your Body 01, IJAD Dancy, University of Exeter Nov 2019
Photo Credit: Steven Haywood
REVERBERATIONS
2019 - 2020 for Take A Part
Devised, developed and delivered by Beth Emily Richards with Gem Ward
Beyond Face Teats Hill Amphitheatre commission,
Photo by Rosie Bowery
Devised, developed and delivered by Beth Emily Richards with Gem Ward
Beyond Face Teats Hill Amphitheatre commission,
Photo by Rosie Bowery
RAME PROJECTS CIC
2019
Founded and co-directed by Beth Emily Richards, co-directed with Lucy Stella Rollins
Landscape, Performance and Feminisms workshop by Natalie Raven
Founded and co-directed by Beth Emily Richards, co-directed with Lucy Stella Rollins
Landscape, Performance and Feminisms workshop by Natalie Raven
THE ATLANTIC PROJECT: AFTER THE FUTURE
2018 for the Atlantic Project with Plymouth University and The Box
Produced by Phil Rushworth, Lucy Stella Rollins and Tim Mills
Fathom by Jane Grant and John Matthius
Photo credit: Dom Moore
Produced by Phil Rushworth, Lucy Stella Rollins and Tim Mills
Fathom by Jane Grant and John Matthius
Photo credit: Dom Moore
ROSE WYLIE
2018 at Plymouth Arts Centre
Assistant Curator: Lucy Stella Rollins
Photo credit: Andy Ford
Assistant Curator: Lucy Stella Rollins
Photo credit: Andy Ford
JAMBOREE
2018 for LOW PROFILE
Marketing and Communication Production by Beth Emily Richards
Silent Swimming by Simon Lee Dicker
Marketing and Communication Production by Beth Emily Richards
Silent Swimming by Simon Lee Dicker
SOCIAL MAKING: SOCIALLY ENGAGED PRACTICE NOW AND NEXT
2016, 2018 and 2020 for Take A Part
by Beth Emily Richards
Photo credit: Gem Ward
by Beth Emily Richards
Photo credit: Gem Ward
WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE WORK: CIARRA PHILLIPS
2017 at Plymouth Arts Centre
Assistant Curator: Lucy Stella Rollins
Photo credit: Andy Ford
Assistant Curator: Lucy Stella Rollins
Photo credit: Andy Ford
LARRY ACHIAMPONG AND DAVID BLANDY
2017 at Plymouth Arts Centre
Assistant Curator: Lucy Stella Rollins
Photo credit: Sam Garwood
Assistant Curator: Lucy Stella Rollins
Photo credit: Sam Garwood
MIKE PERRY
2017 at Plymouth Arts Centre
Assistant Curator: Lucy Stella Rollins
Photo credit: Sam Garwood
Assistant Curator: Lucy Stella Rollins
Photo credit: Sam Garwood
THE CORNWALL WORKSHOP
2016 organised by CAST
Production support by Phil Rushworth
Led by Ben Rivers at Kestle Barton.
Photo credit: Richard Broomhall
Production support by Phil Rushworth
Led by Ben Rivers at Kestle Barton.
Photo credit: Richard Broomhall
SISTER SISTER
2016 - 2018
Co-directed by Beth Emily Richards (with Rosie King, LOW PROFILE, Molly Rooke and Clare Thornton).
Photo credit: Holly Knowles
Co-directed by Beth Emily Richards (with Rosie King, LOW PROFILE, Molly Rooke and Clare Thornton).
Photo credit: Holly Knowles
(NOT) EVERY THREAD/ YOUR SPLIT ENDS ARE SHOWING
2016 at DKUK SALON
Co-curated by Lucy Stella Rollins (with Leo Cohen)
Artists: Merike Estna, May Hands, Byzantia Harlow, Zoë Paul, Sophie Jung
Photo credits Rob Harris
Co-curated by Lucy Stella Rollins (with Leo Cohen)
Artists: Merike Estna, May Hands, Byzantia Harlow, Zoë Paul, Sophie Jung
Photo credits Rob Harris
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RIVER
2014 for River Tamar Project/ Plymouth University
Produced by Phil Rushworth
Screening of The Dividing Line by Mark Vernon
Photo credit: Dom Moore
Produced by Phil Rushworth
Screening of The Dividing Line by Mark Vernon
Photo credit: Dom Moore
THE CORNWALL WORKSHOP
2013 organised by CAST
Production Support by Phil Rushworth
led by Simon Starling at Kestle Barton
Production Support by Phil Rushworth
led by Simon Starling at Kestle Barton
CONFLUENCE
2013, Falmouth University and University of Exeter
Curated by Phil Rushworth
Deposition by Alex Murdin
Curated by Phil Rushworth
Deposition by Alex Murdin
TESTING GROUND 2013, DISAPPEARING INTO ONE
2013 at Zabludowicz Collection
Co-curated by Lucy Stella Rollins (with Sasha Burkhanova, Louise Chignac, Karina Dar Juan, Iben Elmstrøm, Stephanie Neoh, Helena Palomero Gorrindo, Emily Purser, Ravian van den Hil and Jiaxue Zhang
Artists: Ulla Von Brandenburg, Laura Buckley, Susan Collis, Michael Dean, Ryan Gander, James Ireland, Alicja Kwade, Edgar Leciejewski, Nobuaki Onishi, Kaz Oshiro, Damien Roach, Erin Shireff, Keith Tyson, and Guido Van Der Werve from the Zabludowicz Collection along with Nicole Bachmann, Andrej Bako, g.bridle, Lindsay Seers, Luuk Schröder and Oliver Lee Terry
Photos courtesy of the Zabludowicz Collection
Co-curated by Lucy Stella Rollins (with Sasha Burkhanova, Louise Chignac, Karina Dar Juan, Iben Elmstrøm, Stephanie Neoh, Helena Palomero Gorrindo, Emily Purser, Ravian van den Hil and Jiaxue Zhang
Artists: Ulla Von Brandenburg, Laura Buckley, Susan Collis, Michael Dean, Ryan Gander, James Ireland, Alicja Kwade, Edgar Leciejewski, Nobuaki Onishi, Kaz Oshiro, Damien Roach, Erin Shireff, Keith Tyson, and Guido Van Der Werve from the Zabludowicz Collection along with Nicole Bachmann, Andrej Bako, g.bridle, Lindsay Seers, Luuk Schröder and Oliver Lee Terry
Photos courtesy of the Zabludowicz Collection
24HR. COMIC ETC.
2011
Co-directed by Phil Rushworth (with Tom Sharpe)
Eden Project edition
Co-directed by Phil Rushworth (with Tom Sharpe)
Eden Project edition
PROJECT SPACE 11
2010 -2011
Co-directed by Beth Emily richards (with Bryony Gillard and Scott Daniels)
‘Peepshow’, Subjectivity and Feminisms research group, University of the Arts London.
Co-directed by Beth Emily richards (with Bryony Gillard and Scott Daniels)
‘Peepshow’, Subjectivity and Feminisms research group, University of the Arts London.
COME TO OURS
2011 for the British Art Show 7 fringe
Co-devised, developed and delivered by Beth Emily Richards with Bryony Gillard, LOW PROFILE, Christopher Green, Mark James, Neil Rose.
Image credit: Video Takeaway, photographed by Josh Greet
Co-devised, developed and delivered by Beth Emily Richards with Bryony Gillard, LOW PROFILE, Christopher Green, Mark James, Neil Rose.
Image credit: Video Takeaway, photographed by Josh Greet
...AND ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES
2009 at Falmouth University
Curated by Phil Rushworth
A Participatory Celebration through Bunting by Lois Wild
Curated by Phil Rushworth
A Participatory Celebration through Bunting by Lois Wild
WASTELANDS
2009 at Newlyn Art Gallery
Co-curated by Phil Rushworth (with Rebecca Darch, Ruth Gooding and Jeni Frasier)
Artists: Jane Bailey, Sarah Bunker, Paul Chaney, Joe Doldon, Andy Harper, Ally Mellor, Kate Parsons, Alison Sharkey, Lucy Willow, Zierle & Carter.
Co-curated by Phil Rushworth (with Rebecca Darch, Ruth Gooding and Jeni Frasier)
Artists: Jane Bailey, Sarah Bunker, Paul Chaney, Joe Doldon, Andy Harper, Ally Mellor, Kate Parsons, Alison Sharkey, Lucy Willow, Zierle & Carter.