Tou Works, TW2

Laboratory polymorphic

Tou Works (TW) is a series of new-art-productions at Tou Scene, Center for Contemporary Arts, Stavanger, Norway. The project is supported and in collaboration with Stavanger2008 European Capital of Culture.

www.touscene.com/touworks

The initial incentive behind TW2 Laboratory Polymorphic is to explore social art-making processes through discussions on the ideas of deviation and democracy in collaborative creativity.

That which is democratically governed typically represents the majority. Majority makes for minority, which implies deviation. Although deviation is a relative denomination subject to constant redefinition, people has throughout history established different methods to aid them in their efforts to establish standards, construct normality - and limitations as to what is tolerated within or falls outside of social norms.

By the employment of the Darwin Tree format (phylogenetic) to the overall structure of the project, TW2 hopes to imbed within it new forms of project development.
TW2 consists of 2 laboratories at Tou Scene, Stavanger; working sessions devised to place participants and their working processes in anomalous and challenging environments.

TW2 is hosted by Kenneth Varpe (Stavanger/Copenhagen) and Dallas Seitz (London/Canada).