Dialogue event: The Hermit and The Choir

To mark the end of his residency at the Sainsbury Centre, artist Ed Webb-Ingall will host an afternoon of readings, conversation, and shared reflection. Drawing inspiration from traditions of monastic renunciation, practices of mutual aid, and ideas of social responsibility, Webb-Ingall redistributed the residency’s production budget to five other artists: Sam Cottington, Robbie Ellen, Jaye Hudson, Jacob V Joyce and Mercy Moktar. We invite you to join us for an open conversation sharing documentation and reflections from the redistribution process.

Together, we will consider ideas of withdrawal, attention, sharing, and the social conditions that enable creative work.     About the residency Ed Webb-Ingall is taking part in a residency exploring the act of withdrawal as a means of engaging more fully with creative and intellectual work. At the heart of the project is a period of dedicated writing. Writing functions not simply as a mode of artistic production, but as a way of processing experience, deepening understanding, and examining the narratives through which we make sense of our lives.

Alongside the residency, the project includes an act of material redistribution. Drawing inspiration from traditions of monastic renunciation, Webb-Ingall has redistributed the residency’s production budget to five other artists: Sam Cottington, Robbie Ellen, Jaye Hudson, Jacob V Joyce and Mercy Moktar. This redistribution is not presented as philanthropy but as part of the artwork itself: an exploration of how resources circulate, how artistic labour is supported, and how sharing might create new conditions for creative practice.     This event is part of the Sainsbury Centre’s What is the Meaning of Life? exhibition season.       Stay in the loop Click here to sign up to our Newsletter