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www.a-n.co.uk/artist_as_leader As Clore Leadership Programme's first dedicated 'Artist Fellow' Joshua Sofaer undertook a series of interviews with artists, arts organisations and collectives under the heading Artist as Leader, examining the notion of leadership and how it applies to the arts. Here, Sofaer talks to Kate Love, Senior Lecturer at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London, who trained as a painter and has worked in a range of art educational institutions. In this discussion Love talks about her journey and her understanding of what is happening in the space of the art college. When confronted by the term 'leader' Love immediately considers the political 'buffoon', especially at this moment in time, when 'leaders' across the world are being ousted from their tyrannical regimes. "I don't think of artists as leaders," she says, "it's hard work to make it signify". Recorded: 31 January 2012, Soho, London. Joshua Sofaer is an artist based in London. www.joshuasofaer.com The outcomes of his research and links to other interviews (being released throughout Dec 2012 and early 2013) can be found at www.a-n.co.uk/artist_as_leader This research was funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council through the Clore Leadership Programme.

www.a-n.co.uk/artist_as_leader As Clore Leadership Programme's first dedicated 'Artist Fellow' Joshua Sofaer undertook a series of interviews with artists, arts organisations and collectives under the heading Artist as Leader, examining the notion of leadership and how it applies to the arts. Here Sofaer talks with Field Theory, a Melbourne-based artists' collective that came together in 2010 as "an informal experiment", initially with the intention to form a discussion group. Their work extends from visual art to performance and is sometimes considered under the umbrella term 'live art'. At the time of the interview Field Theory were conducting a cultural leadership initiative supported by the Australia Council (the main public arts funding body in Australia). In this discussion 3 of the 8 members of the collective -- Jason Maling, Sarah Rodigari, Martyn Coutts -- talk about the genesis of the organisation, how it runs, and how they understand the way the issue of cultural leadership operates in relation to what they are doing. Recorded: 1 November 2011, Performance Space, Sydney www.fieldtheory.com.au Joshua Sofaer is an artist based in London. www.joshuasofaer.com The outcomes of his research and links to other interviews (being released throughout Dec 2012 and early 2013) can be found at www.a-n.co.uk/artist_as_leader This research was funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council through the Clore Leadership Programme.

www.a-n.co.uk/artist_as_leader As Clore Leadership Programme's first dedicated 'Artist Fellow' Joshua Sofaer undertook a series of interviews with artists, arts organisations and collectives under the heading Artist as Leader, examining the notion of leadership and how it applies to the arts. Here, Sofaer talks to British sculptor and installation artist Cornelia Parker. Parker is reluctant to be considered a leader: "It sends a chill through my heart because I don't want to be a leader. A leader presumes that you are in authority, that there is something you can teach, that there is a path that you can lead people on." She continues, "I like being lost. If you are a leader it presumes that you know where you are going." Recorded: 1 February 2012 , Shoreditch, London Joshua Sofaer is an artist based in London. www.joshuasofaer.com The outcomes of his research and links to other interviews (being released throughout Dec 2012 and early 2013) can be found at www.a-n.co.uk/artist_as_leader This research was funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council through the Clore Leadership Programme.