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2020-10-31-accounts

MILKANDLEAD ART GALLERY

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT

___ For Fiscal Year ending 31 October 2020

Charity Number 1167857

MILKANDLEAD ART GALLERY

CONTACTS

Francesco Carvelli, Trustee fc@milkandlead.com +44 (0) 7985 170 942

Administrative Office: 45 Alkham Road, London N16 7AA

www.milkandlead.com info@milkandlead.com

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Report of the trustees for the year ending 31 October 2020

BACKGROUND

MILKandLEAD Art Gallery is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered in England with the Charity Commission. The Charity is governed by its Board of Trustees, chaired by Michaele Hawkins and supported by advisors and volunteers. The organisation defines new concepts of art through an accurate research made on the most current experimental and innovative international cultural movements. The charity strives to offer the public something revolutionary and prominent as a result of its unique artistic programme.

HISTORY

MILKandLEAD Art Gallery was founded in 2009 by Francesco Vertucci and Jasmine Balder. Since its inception the gallery has been recognised as an independent platform that reflects and implements local, national and international power of the arts - with special emphasis on multicultural and gender equal communities - by acting as a place of exposure to the latest art movements and emergent new talents.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the gallery are the advancement of education in - and the promotion of - the arts for the public benefit by the provision of arts facilities, public performances and exhibitions and the encouragement of high standards of art which increase the public's knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the arts.

wire-bug | Zelimir Baric, 2008

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MILKandLEAD Art Gallery embraces broad and diverse audiences, promotes digital growth and engagement, creates and supports local, national and international partnerships, encourages learning and research, aiming to offer experiences that are beneficial to staff and audience.

The gallery organises exhibitions and helps expose works of art while also giving viewers a structure within which to enjoy and analyse the aesthetic experience. Sound, visuals, and other senses are all brought to the edge of familiar experience with the work that the gallery exhibits and curates.

The charity aims to:

In order to covey and transmit its core values:

Untitled | Iris Schieferstein, 2013

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MILKandLEAD Art Gallery vision is sustained by a transdisciplinary approach for inclusive, participatory and socially engaged programme activities and events.

The indispensable operating methods of quality control - analysing concepts with the necessary and sufficient conditions of revolutionary and pioneering - is fundamental to evaluate and give a valid exposure to outstanding works of art.

Our showcase stimulate emotively and appreciatively the public, delivering acknowledgement of our vision.

Untitled | Cliff Wallace, 2013

The Programme Activities OF MILKandLEAD Art Gallery are based on four pillars:

EXHIBITION

ACADEMY

SIGN PRIZE

DELIQUIUM

Exhibitions Acquisitions & Collection

Educational Programme

Pioneering Arts Award

Sound Art Triennial Exhibition

Three Seasonal

Seasonal

Triennial

Triennial

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EXHIBITION

The Solo show is the display of a series of selected artworks from one artist. It sets SOLO SHOW context and concept while emphasising and giving to the public the inputs and developmental needs to get involved with our interrelated activities. Every season the gallery hosts special exhibition/events, including educational activities and initiatives to promote Equal Gender. Artists, performers, speakers, GENDER EQUAL & LGBTQ+ community, and public will demonstrate and protect human rights, DIVERSITY mobilising gender, ethnic, political and cultural unions. The charity supports HIV/AIDS international campaigns with partners, local communities, followers, members and participants. MILKandLEAD support research and practice for the creative development of PERFORMANCE ART performing arts. We accept proposals that showcase ground-breaking, existential topics selected by our board of curators following focus areas as a guideline. Every season the gallery showcases, helps and promotes the development of art of sound, supporting music creators, sound designers, sound selectors, labels, and promoters. SOUND ART A selected series of sound performances from a variety of different styles, sound producers and selectors will emphasise and influence the atmosphere of the exhibition and the way of perceiving the experience every month. Our transdisciplinary and complementary educational programme (Academy) consists of a unique learning context that offers an extensive acknowledgement of the gallery activities from and beyond other disciplines. The aim is encouraging EDUCATIONAL individuals to engage with art, culture and technology. These events are run by highly skilled artists, scientists, art professionals, teachers and creative experts. The high standards and the overall learning experience sets the Academy apart from other organisations including universities, art schools and colleges. The auction is a unique seasonal fundraising activity with the aim to rise funds from the sale of the selected art works from the Solo and Special Exhibitions. The AUCTION activity and bidding period starts from the opening day with the announcement of the specific artworks, online bidding via MILKandLEAD website and will ends with a auction night last Thursday of each closing season. MILKandLEAD Art Gallery organises art activities within a complementary four pillars structure that include and aims to acquire and collect an array of pioneering art pieces, presenting, developing and sharing it as widely as possible. Artists and donors are invited and welcome to donate works of art (published and unpublished) ACQUISITION & for the development of MILKandLEAD Collection for public interest. DonaHons are COLLECTION subject to guidelines. The free entry public Collection of pioneering art will add innovative values to the art community, increasing the cultural heritage alongside the contemporary and modern art offered by other organisations.

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ACADEMY

Academy is the plan of MILKandLEAD to support the community by increasing public knowledge through education.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME

The advanced programme is tailor-made and integrated to each exhibition/season. Speakers at Academy are qualified professionals, artists, and academics. The articulated educational department offers artistic inter-cultural approaches to teaching and learning across a wide range of educational styles.

SIGN PRIZE

Sign prize seeks to highlight the significance of the role of the awarded works by recognising them as icons of innovative, pioneering art.

PIONEERING ARTS AWARD

The award constitutes an intervention, based on community participation, and a celebration that thoroughly emphasises the collaborations with partners and institutions, while improving and supporting artistic and cultural excellence. The Sign Prize supports new concepts of art by helping, campaigning and sustaining emerging artists through bursaries, grants, and residencies.

DELIQUIUM

SOUND ART TRIENNIAL EXHIBITION

International, innovative and experimental sound art exhibition staged every three years. DELIQUIUM showcases the trans-national scope of the most vibrant and thrilling sectors of underground culture. It is a unique chance to see the evolution of sound; a melting pot where ideas, concepts and music design technology combine to give the audience a revelation that is a sign of the sound of the now.

D.E.P.R. (Dark Erotic Poetry Room) INSTALLATION

The concept of the Dark Erotic Poetry Room at DELIQUIUM is based purely on the imaginative power of poetry decontextualised in a darkened space. The installation aims to create a space where the loss of identity provoked by the suppression of the sense of sight causes the physical body to surrender completely to poetry. When hearing takes over the other senses, the participant is projected onto an imaginary world. Once the spectator agrees to participate and step over the threshold of the D.E.P.R. he/she will reset all the senses at the same level and the poetry will create a unique journey.

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PAST ACTIVITIES | ARTIST LIST

22nd October 2009 – 1st December 2009 Vincenzo Spagnuolo

3rd December – 1st May 2009 Alessia Cocca

1st April – 1st June 2010 Emmanuele De Ruvo

1st July – 1st August 2010 Zelimir Barić

3rd February 2011 – 3rd April 2011

Iris Schieferstein

7th April- 2011

Verdiana Raw

21st April 2011 Vera Bremerton

25th March 2011

TRANS4LEBEN | Ernesto Tomasini & Jose Macabra

23rd April 2011

Patricide

Return for St George’s Day Telepathic Triptych

10th June 2011

Jon John | The Two Of Us

Eaten By Children

MILKandLEAD at Modern Panic

Hosted and Curated by James Elphick

22nd October 2011 MILKandLEAD II Anniversary at Wheler Street Building

May Kinens (live) | Codex Europa

Pardon My Early Exit Hope You Survive Somnambulist | The Red Virgin Mary

13th December 2012- 1st March 2013

Valentina Bardazzi and Mirco Magnani

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15th- 16th December 2012

Lee Adams | The Sacred Conspiracy (Performance)

7th March- 7th April 2013

Kurt Grung

10th March 2013

BROOD | 11 hours Soundscape

23rd March 2013

The Red Virgin Mary (Performance)

Pol’N Centre

Curated by Hard Kollision, Nantes, France

2nd May – 2nd July 2013 Cliff Wallace

5th May 2013

Author & Punisher

19th, 20th, 21st February 2015 DELIQUIUM | Sound Art Triennial Dark Movements Exhibition

Sound Artists:

Sound Selectors:

Winners:

DEPR | Dark Erotic Poetry Room Winners:

➢ Rowan Swords DEPR | Dark Erotic Poetry Room Selected Poems:

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8th, 9th, 10th, February 2018

DELIQUIUM | Sound Art Triennial

Sound Artists:

Sound Selectors:

➢ Udo Wiessmann | Winterkälte (DE) ➢ Codex Europa (UK)

➢ Dj Blackdeath 1334 (UK)

Visual projections:

➢ They Said They Saw Installations:

DEPR | Dark Erotic Poetry Room:

BROOD | DELIQUIUM - Sound Art Triennial, 2015

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TEAM MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS, COLLABORATORS

Orsi Hodu – Volunteer/ Copy Editing, 2017/Present Raffaella Mandriota – Assistant Director 2012/15 Giorgio Scappaticcio – UI Designer/Gallery Assistant, 2012/15 Marica Greco – UI Designer, 2009/11 Paul Hegarty – Sound Art Curator, Deliquium, 2018 Alexei Monroe – Sound Theorist / Press, Deliquium, 2018 Charles Poulet – Pre-Production and Director of Sound, Deliquium, 2015 Jerome Bisgambiglia – Sound Engineer, 2013/15 Domenico Di Tommaso – Sound Engineer, Deliquium 2015/18 Claus Fuss – Sound Engineer Assistant, Deliquium, 2015/18 Juscius Eddie – Sound Engineer Assistant, Deliquium, 2018 Georgios Kphtikos – Sound Engineer Assistant, Deliquium, 2015/18 Zoe Plumb – D.E.P.R. installation poetry mix, Deliquium, 2018 Edmund Francis – Installation Manager, Deliquium, 2018 Mak Ma Yuan – Electrowerkz Venue Director, Deliquium, 2015/18 Yolandi – Electrowerkz Venue Manager, Deliquium, 2015/18 Lee Benjamin – Costume, Trans4Leben & Brood, MILKandLEAD, 2011/15 Miguel Domingo Redondo – Creative Video Projections, MILKandLEAD, 2011/Present Original Copy – Video Projections TRANS4LEBEN, MILKandLEAD, 2011 Martin Delaney – Sound Expert, Author & Punisher Interview, 2013 Antonio Carola – Video/Documentary BetaVita, MILKandLEAD, 2013/Present Daniel Jurado – Video/Documentary BetaVita, Deliquium, 2018 Cyril Bérard – Video/Documentary BetaVita, 2013/15 Thomas Coiffier – Video/Documentary BetaVita, The Red Virgin Mary, 2013 Francisco Gomez De Villaboa – Photographer Taran Regil – Photographer, Iris Schieferstein Karolina Urbaniack – Photographer Alice Panascia – Photographer, Cliff Wallace, 2013 Magda Bondos – Photographer, MementoMori & The Red Virgin Mary (Berlin, DE), 2013 Pan Optikum – Photographer, Jon John | The Two Of Us Stefano Venturi – Photographer, Jon John | The Two Of Us Guillaume Kerhervé – Photographer, The Red Virgin Mary, (Nantes, FR) Faure Perez – Bespoke & Creative Essay, 2016 Andrea Giammaria – Producer Deliquium, 2015 Domenico Mandriota – Line Producer Deliquium, 2015 Raffaele Medievalnoize – Volunteer Collaborator, Author & Punisher, 2013 Emanuele Pizzorno – Volunteer, 2010 Louise Zette – Volunteer, 2015 Giacomo Benedetti – Volunteer, 2012/13 Lourdes Acera – Volunteer, 2010/Present Delphine Allard – Volunteer 2015/18 Antonella Mingolla – Volunteer 2018/Present Enrica Vigenzone Toniolo – Volunteer Collaborator MILKandLEAD Anniversary II,2011 Asun Valero – Volunteer Collaborator MILKandLEAD Anniversary II, 2011

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STAFF

Trustees

Jasmine Balder Francesco Vertucci Michaele Hawkins Violetta Wojcik Marcello De Mello Francesco Carvelli

Officers

Chair - Michaele Hawkins Treasurer - Violetta Wojcik Artistic Director - Francesco Vertucci Managing Director - Francesco Carvelli

Committees

C01 - Governance

C02 - HR, Staff & Volunteers

C03 - Fundraising, Partnership & Endorsement C04 - Campaigns, Marketing & Communication

C05 - Policies, Terms & Procedures

C06 - External Relations

C07 - Evaluation & Measurement

C08 - Sign Prize Jury C09 - Selection Panel C10 - Auctions

Advisors

Nick Howe, NatWest Commercial & Private Banking Deramore Hutchcroft, Architect at Squire & partners Stephen Roberts Millard, Architect at MWH Global Inc. Keith Arrowsmith, Partner Counterculture Partnership LLP Mike Mitchell, Managing Director at UKGlobal Jo Sealy, Business Adviser at Enterprise Steps Suresh Rajendram, Manager at Leadenhall Financial Management Limited

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BRANDING

1.Aura - Saturn ring (Hazy Ring) representing the Aura of Art mentioned by Walter Benjamin in The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, 1936.

3.Motto - The motto Novae Res, Ars, Humanitas from Latin translates Innovation, Art & Culture.

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Summary of Activities

BoardMeetings

2018 (03) - Friday, 14 September 2018, 18:30 [London, E1] 2018 (02) - Friday, 25 May 2018, 18:00 [London, E1] 2018 (01) - Thursday, 6 March 2018, 18:00 [London, E1]

DELIQUIUM Sound Art Triennial (D2018)

8th, 9th, 10th, February 2018

Total Attendees 850
Attendees on the ‘Guest List’ 240
Guests at the event 50
Partners & Associates at the event 15
Staff & Volunteers at the event 20
Survey feedback responses 49
Artwork Projects submitted 20
DEPR Poems submitted 25

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