Peter was a man of inspired action, turning instincts and intuitions into grounded, realised projects.
We offer space, support and services to realise projects which have sprung from, and are driven by, the community.
To refer to his work as activism or community art, as it often has been, is misleadingly reductive – rather he uses his status within and understanding of the artworld to realise projects that might enable new audiences, new actors to engage with art and art making alongside him.
"We help artists realise projects they may have not had the resources to complete themselves," explains Smith, who worked closely with painter Eddie Martinez to produce Exhibition A's newest art object, a collection of skateboard decks silkscreened with the artist's signature vibrant, abstract paintings.
In this Next City article that reflects on Rotterdam's Hofbogen initiative, Rachel Keeton explains that without the security of large-scale funding, the difficulties of realising these projects can be overwhelming.
The bad thing is that it is more of a struggle [to realise projects like Tate].
Bresson waited several years before realising the project that established him as the foremost French director of the next three decades.
Without any of the human participants acknowledging or even realising it, Project Nim was effectively a manipulative experiment in human sexual behaviour and family life.
Especially if realising the project is a long and demanding process, try to keep true to the spirit of the initial idea.
And Manila, Ekaterinburg and Channel 4. But he's currently in Sheffield, just down the road from his home town of Barnsley, realising a project he's been thinking about since the age of 14: a dance theatre version of Kes.
