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Catherine Wilson profiles inIVA’s achievements over the last decade.
As we launch into 2005, it is significant to consider that inIVA (Institute of International Visual Arts) has just celebrated its tenth anniversary. Ten years maybe a short period in the history of immigration in Britain, but in terms of the longevity of organisations that support artists from culturally diverse backgrounds living and working in this country, it is a major milestone. As Gilane Tawadros, Director of inIVA, pointed out recently, the only other organisation with similar continuity in the field of the contemporary visual arts is Autograph, which has existed for sixteen years. InIVA’s recent programme of exhibitions and events, Site, referred to one of its central themes. That is, site “as a physical location – a marker of a specific place, home or presence – but also site as origin and identity – an emotional and mental space which helps define who you are”. When these cross over we confront one of the major questions of the twenty-first century: how do you negotiate difference? How do you place space in which people with different experiences, different ideas, from different cultures can have a conversation and agree about the position...
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