Open Practice Studio

Open Practice Studio (OPS) offers specialised consultancy services for the development, ethical preservation, and advocacy of time-based art practices and ephemeral cultural materials.

We work directly with artists and institutions to develop tailored solutions for time-based art in a range of cultural and commercial contexts.

FOCUSED APPROACH

Open Practice Studio develops strategies, process and procedures including:

Studio development for individual professional artists

Best practice art documentation and registration

Conservation and archiving practices

Advice on artist commissions

Acquisition of work and archives

Documents to articulate and present practice, including written and visual materials

Administrative and operational support for time-based art projects in the gallery, library, archive and museum (GLAM)

Advise on non-traditional research outcomes for academic and post-academic research

SUSTAINING PRACTICE & COLLECTIONS

Open Practice Studio can also provide specialised advice for heritage materials that are ephemeral, audio-visual, variable, complex and community-focused. In this capacity, OPS extends its services to any collection or community seeking solutions for variable heritage materials.

SECTOR EXPERTISE

Our expertise lies in the process, production, and documentation of performance, dance, installation, live art and sonic arts. We draw on 20 years experience spanning Australia, Europe and USA, within the visual art and performing art sectors, museums, festivals, collections, universities and art residencies.

TEAM OPS

Open Practice Studio (OPS) draws from a network of individuals with specialised knowledge, skills and techniques, facilitated by Helen Grogan. Currently based in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia, OPS works internationally through in-person, online, and remote methods. We are experienced in adapting methods to meet diverse access requirements, including neurodiversity.

Helen Grogan holds formal qualifications in dance, philosophy, and visual art. She is an alumnus of University of Melbourne, Amsterdam University of the Arts, City University of New York, and Deakin University.

Her experience in performance archives, exhibition archives and time-based art documentation includes work with The Kitchen (New York City), PS122 (New York City), Gertrude Contemporary (Naarm/Melbourne), c3 Contemporary Art Space (Naarm/Melbourne), Movement Research (New York City), Open Archive (Naarm/Melbourne) co-directed by Jared Davis and Helen Grogan, and Hannah Mathews’ exhibition project Action/Response (Naarm/Melbourne).

As a practicing artist, her installation and performance works have been exhibited in visual art and performing art contexts in Australia, Japan, Mexico, USA , Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Sweden and online. Grogan is an experienced University Lecturer and practice-lead research supervisor. In 2019 her practice-based research was awarded the Jennifer Bowskill Photography Award.

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