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KADN Kiosk© Kieren Reed & Abigail Hunt ©

Kiosks are ace they sum up utopia in an object that is mobile and accessible whilst being a power point that is substantial enough to allow people to stop, learn, interact and revolt. Rodchenko will be smiling up there.

The audience are able to visit the kiosk, either because they have heard about the project or because they simply come across it within the space. It has been deliberately constructed so it can be locked up safely and securely at night, but can also be dismantled easily in the manner of a ‘flat-pack’ structure – much like many of the kiosk structures it simulates. Documentation of the kiosk is also a vital element to the work. The project has almost a ‘performance’ element for which the kiosk itself acts as a tool to produce the work, finally being seen as an art object or relic after the events which happen in or around it.
Reed and Hunt’s concepts relate to the importance of the participation of the viewer and the collaboration between them as artists and their audience, as well as the blurred boundaries as to when and where collaboration happens, both with the audience and between other artists, be it directly or indirectly. In this, the kiosk will also become the site for, or initiation of a series of programmed events and workshops where the audience will be invited to participate in discussion and making. One of their main interests is in exploring the idea of primary and secondary audiences. The kiosk project in its essence creates two different audiences – one which was directly involved in interacting with it and one which may only see the results of that interaction. This notion which is rooted in the very idea of collaboration raises many issues about public voices, agency and audience manipulation, and exploring it is one of the main aims of the work.© - www.kadn.co.uk