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The Albert Drive Colour Chart

The ALBERT DRIVE PROJECT was a multidisciplinary enquiry into the dialogue surrounding creativity, social engagement and participation. The central themes of the project were to: 1. Develop creative strategies to engage diverse communities in a central question, "who is my neighbour". 2. Explore the relationship between an arts venue and the community living alongside it. 3. Build a culture of collaboration in which artists from different disciplines work together and learn from each other. 4. Examine the aesthetics of participation. My contribution to the project was The Albert Drive Colour Chart, a record of favourite/significant colours selected by 72 people who live, work on, or visit Albert Drive (a 3 mile long street in the East end of Glasgow). Collected over a period of 5 months, each contributor to the project was invited by the person who went before them – a kind of daisy chain of connections similar to the process used in previous projects. The artwork exists in two parts. The first a temporary wall painting in the gallery at Tramway, bringing together the complete collection of selected colours. (This existed for the duration of the exhibition only). The second part is a limited edition, digital fine art print on paper. This edition of 72 prints, the same number as there are contributors to the work, were gifted to each person involved in the project. The prints are now dispersed in and around Albert Drive in contributors' homes, offices, allotments, shops, meeting places and places of worship. Contributors to the work included church leaders, students, shop keepers, primary school teachers, community activists, local residents, gardeners, chefs and the Deputy First Minister of Scotland.