Triangle Arts Trust Explained

The Triangle Network, formally known as the Triangle Arts Trust, is an international arts organisation that brings together artists from different countries to explore new ideas and expand the boundaries of their practice.

History

The Triangle Network was established in 1982 by British businessman Robert Loder and sculptor Anthony Caro. It was initiated through a series of artists' workshops providing an uninterrupted period of two weeks where 20–25 artists from diverse cultural backgrounds engage with each other, to explore new ideas and expand the boundaries of their practice.

David Elliott was appointed to chair the board, succeeding Robert Loder who retired in 2009. Loder remained a trustee of the organization until 2012.^[1]

Description

The Triangle Network is organised as a network of artists, visual art organisations, and artists-led workshops. It currently is active in over 30 countries. Each centre within the Network is independent and set up to respond to local needs. The object of the workshops is "to counterbalance the tendency of the Western art world to put the emphasis on the object and its marketing rather than on the creative process itself".^[2]

It coalesces grassroots arts organisations around the world (many of which were initiated as workshops while others grew independently), so that artists' mobility, international cultural exchange and capacity building objectives can be shared.

The Triangle Network is registered as a charitable organisation in the UK as the Triangle Arts Trust.^[3]

Associated organisations and workshops

Europe

• Braziers workshop, UK
• The Cornelius Arts Foundation, France
• Cyfuniad workshop, UK
• Gasworks Gallery, UK
• HANGAR, Portugal
• Pamoja workshop, UK
• Shave workshop, UK
• Northings, Tanera Mor, Scotland^[4]
• Triangle Barcelona workshop, Spain
• Triangle France, France

Middle East

• Al Mahatta, Palestine^[5]
• Batroun Projects, Lebanon^[6]
• Wasla Workshop, Egypt
• Open Studio Project Cairo, Egypt^[7]
• Rybon Art Center, Tehran, Iran

Africa

• 32° East, Uganda^[8]
• ABRO International Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia^[9]
• Aftershave workshop, Nigeria^[10]
• Bag Factory, Johannesburg
• Batapata workshop, Zimbabwe
• Greatmore Studios, Cape Town
• Kuona Trust & Wasanii workshop, Kenya^[11]
• Mbile/Insaka workshops, Zambia
• Ngoma workshop, Uganda
• Njelele, Zimbabwe
• Pachipamwe workshop, Zimbabwe
• Partage, Mauritius
• Rafiki workshop, Tanzania
• Rockston Studios, Zambia
• Tenq workshop, Senegal
• Thapong workshop, Botswana
• Thupelo workshop, Cape Town and Johannesburg
• Tulipamwe workshop, Namibia
• Ujamaa workshop, Mozambique

Asia and Australia

• 112A residency, China
• Britto Arts Trust, Bangladesh^[12]
• Burragorang workshop, Australia
• Cona Foundation, India^[13]
• Flats workshop, Australia
• Hong Kong International Artists' Workshop
• KHOJ, India
• Kimberley workshop, Australia
• Lijiang workshop, China
• No.1 Shanthi Road, India
• Organhaus, China
• Sutra workshop & residency, Nepal
• Theertha, Sri Lanka
• Upriver Loft residency, China
• Vasl workshop & residency, Pakistan^[14]
• Village workshop, Rajasthan

United States

• Triangle NYC, New York City

Caribbean

• CCA (Caribbean Contemporary Arts), Trinidad
• Big River workshop, Trinidad
• Madinina workshop, Martinique
• Proyecto Batiscafo, Cuba
• Soroa workshop, Cuba
• Watamula workshop, Curaçao
• Xayamaca workshop, Jamaica

South America

• Capacete, Brazil^[15]
• El Basilisco, Argentina
• Festival de Performance, Cali, Colombia^[16]
• Helena Producciones, Colombia
• Kiosko/Simple, Bolivia
• Km0 (kilometro zero), Bolivia
• La Llama, Venezuela
• Lugar a Dudas, Colombia
• PIVÔ, Brazil
• URRA, Argentina

Notes and References

1. Web site: Triangle Arts Trust Announced the Appointment of David Elliott as the Chair of the Board of Triangle Arts Trust. Ignacio Villarreal. artdaily.org. 5 August 2015.
2. Book: Africa Remix. 9781770093638. 5 August 2015. Simon. Njami. 2007.
3. Web site: Triangle Arts Trust - Charity 326411 . Charity Commission for England and Wales. 14 November 2021.
4. Web site: Arts Journal. hi-arts.co.uk. 5 August 2015.
5. Web site: Gallery Al-Mahatta: Manifestation of Complicity with Self. وكالة الأنباء والمعلومات الفلسطينية – وفا. 19 August 2018.
6. Web site: WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS. 98weeks.net. 19 August 2018.
7. Web site: Open Studio Project 2006 . 27 April 2006 . Townhouse Gallery . 20 August 2015 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20060824092834/http://www.openstudiocairo.com/files/opensound/OSP%20overview.pdf . 24 August 2006 .
8. News: Programme Manager, 32° East Ugandan Arts Trust. 19 August 2018.
9. Web site: Africancolours: Your guide to contemporary African art . 15 November 2009 . 6 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081206142958/http://ethiopia.africancolours.net/content/16381 . dead .
10. Web site: 芸術的なワークショップ情報局. aftershaveworkshop.org. 5 August 2015.
11. Web site: Archived copy . 15 November 2009 . 11 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100511054910/http://www.kuonatrust.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=L1T%2Fa7vb1Zo%3D&tabid=100&mid=426 . dead .
12. Web site: Books | Khoj International Artists' Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20070823065407/http://khojworkshop.org/book/south_asian_network_for_the_arts_sana. 23 August 2007. dead. 20 August 2015.
13. Web site: 4 contemporary art initiatives in Mumbai Art Radar. artradarjournal.com. 19 August 2018.
14. Web site: Fresh Cream, Again. Nafas Art Magazine. universes-in-universe.org. 20 August 2015.
15. Web site: Triangle Network Partners Triangle Network. www.trianglenetwork.org. 19 August 2018.
16. Web site: Festival in Cali: artists-run, people driven (RealTime Arts, Issue 74). RealTime. 5 August 2015.