The Free Studio are Josh Whitaker who was born in Leeds in 1987 and Callum Crawford was born in Wakefield in 1987. Whitaker is currently on the Fine Art (Print & Digital Media) course at Wimbledon School of Art whilst Crawford is currently on the Fine Art course at Central St Martins School of Art & Design.Whitaker and Crawford have been collaborating on a project entitled The Free Studio since October 2008. It is a site free from material constraints, which seeks to create a space within which ideas can exist autonomously.
The Free Studio currently takes the form of the type of ephemera produced by existing galleries and institutions i.e. press releases, posters and publications. It provides a multi-disciplinary platform upon which critical dialogues occur. It is open to proposals from any field of creative thought, without the restriction of materialisation and with an emphasis on collaboration. In the future The Free Studio hopes to expand and focus on its collaborative nature reinforcing its position as a real gallery providing a research space for ideas and as an evolving artwork. Interim is the first public presentation of The Free Studio and its ideas.
