Being

Creative visual thinking is fundamental to us all as human beings as we strive to understand our sense of self and the world. Chartwell seeks to deepen understanding about the importance of art and creative thinking for our future and our wellbeing.

Making

Chartwell supports artists as they make and think. Making is an active and connected process, involving the interaction of intention, intuition and intellect with the mediums of the world. Chartwell is making too - making a difference through philanthropy and enabling access to creative activities and research.

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Christopher Braddock

Dr Chris Braddock, artist and writer, is Professor of Visual Arts at AUT University, Auckland. He co-leads the Ph.D. and M.Phil. programmes and the Art & Performance Research Group. He is author of Performing Contagious Bodies: Ritual Participation in Contemporary Art (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and editor of Animism in Art and Performance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017). His performance and sculpture was included in Material Traces: Time and the Gesture in Contemporary Art curated by Amelia Jones in Montréal (2013). In 2015 his performance, Repeating Silence, with livestream was selected for ‘Performing Mobilities’ in Performance Studies International (PSi#21) curated by Mick Douglas ‎and David Cross. Key research terms include: animism, contagion, material trace, ritual, silence, spirituality, the body and performance.

9 Imprints from the Fleshly Worn Series

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Christopher Braddock