ArtWash / R.U.

ArtWash / R.U. started as an inter-social meeting space in a working Launderette. On the 20th of every month the Launderette became a venue. Artists would transform the space with their work, performance or debate. The public would encounter these events either by chance, as they did their washing, or on purpose. It became a place to gain feedback as an artist but also to experience art in a non-art space. In 2009 Artwash / R.U. moved to different spaces such as Chinese takeaways, centre for the blind and also became an art delivery service for performance art in private homes. ArtWash / R.U. is still exploring art in everyday public spaces such as buses or with the Horsebox gallery that can be transported.  Especially after and because of the impact of COVID-19, the focus of Artwash / R.U. has now expanded to explore the Rural and Urban (R.U). The approach of using non-art spaces is still the same but with a wider reach that includes Rural and Urban spaces: ArtWash / R.U. explores how these landscapes are evolving in a digital age, the role that contemporary art plays in rural areas and how Art interventions make intersocial links. They work in partnership with Modern Art Oxford and OVADA.

Number of cultural centers represented : 3