M+R Projects is an independent satellite of M+R Gallery, previously located on Kingsland Road in London. The gallery, which was founded by Rupert Blanchard and Makin Chung Kin, presented a series of carefully selected and well received exhibitions over the years 2004-07.

Run by visual artist and curator Cecilie N. Gravesen, M+R Projects now takes these experiences on board, but differs in being a nomadic enterprise without a fixed address and with a versatile form. The project operates separately from Gravesen’s own art practice, but draws on her artistic sensibility in discerning the subtle threads between works.

Inspirationally, M+R Projects sprouts from the dynamic work-exchange at Regents Studios in East London, and can be experienced as a series of in-depth and playful dialogues between Gravesen and other artists.

M+R Projects acts in an advisory capacity, with an independent, critical eye, offering an elastic curatorial space, that is defined either through temporary ‘lodging’ in other galleries, or through writing about and conveying specific artworks.

Current and recent projects include the artists J&K’s exhibition The Babylon Case, a time capsule for our civilization at the Pergamonmuseum in Berlin, and presentations of the work of Marie Lund and Nina Beier, for example at Zoo Artfair. Collaboration with London-based designers Åbäke has resulted in various publications, among them a catalogue for The Babylon Case with essays by scholars in Visual Culture Theory, Prof. Michael Fehr and Prof. Nicholas Mirzoeff. Additionally, Gravesen is co-editor of the book 69 (section entitled Free us from Artists), on the recently demolished Copenhagen Youth House, published by Bastard, Denmark.

Current projects:
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Related links:
J&K (Janne Schäfer and Kristine Agergaard)
The Babylon Case
Marie Lund & Nina Beier
69 (Bastard)

Contact
Cecilie Nusselein Gravesen:
cecilie@mrplacetofill.co.uk

Josephine Michau:
josephine@mrplacetofill.co.uk

For Cecilie’s artwork:
www.ceciliegravesen.com

“M+R Projects is to be run with like a makeshift kite made out of a stripy plastic bag; when running against the wind, the bag inflates and swells. When the wind is resting, it can be wrapped up to fit in a matchbox, or suspended between trees to form a shelter.”

Detail from J&K: The Babylon Case, a time capsule for our civilization. Installed at The Pergamonmuseum, Berlin, 2008.