We are delighted to be part of Ode to the Midlands (OttM) with CVAN West Midlands and CVAN East Midlands. This major new cross regional programme investing in artists, organisations and audiences across the Midlands through digital contemporary art. As part of the programme, Meadow Arts will work with visual artist Andy Harper to develop a new commission exploring the cultural, historic and geographical identities of the Midlands through digital practice.

Andy Harper is a visual artist working with light, sound and responsive systems to create immersive spatial installations. Using real-time technologies, his work explores perception, presence, and shared experience. Rooted in accessibility and material histories, he develops environments that audiences can inhabit physically and collectively.

Meadow Arts looks forward to working with Andy Harper and the wider Ode to the Midlands partners as the programme develops, and to sharing more about the commission over the coming months.

The six commissioned artists and their commissioning organisation pairings are:

Natasha Taheem with Hub
Aisling Ward with British Ceramics Biennial
Andy Harper with Meadow Arts
Kim Thompson with Herefordshire Museums & Galleries
Antonio Roberts with Film and Video Umbrella
Marley Starskey Butler with Arts Collective

Read the full press release from CVAN WM and CVAN EM.