The flag is perhaps representative of so many convergent principles it defies straightforward definition. It is at once associated with national identity, language and more broadly, the world of signs. It is a tool of protest, a method for solidarity, a means to establish propriety; a celebratory, communicative and political symbol.

With this multivalence in mind, the organisers initiated a proposal whereby a group of practitioners were invited to each make a flag. The flags had to conform to specific dimensions, a 2:3 ratio - the most common for national flags - and it was stated that they would be posed as sculptural objects and exhibited on uniform poles in the gallery space.

Session_2_FLAGS seeks to amass a range of responses to an apparently very simple task; to see how they function together, what they bring to each other, to their audience, to the space and to us the organisers.

The participating practitioners are:

Thomas Adank
Daisy Addison
Mark Aerial Waller
Pascale Berthier
Rut Blees Luxemburg
Maurice Carlin
David Raymond Conroy
Laurence Coriat    
Antony Elvin
Europa
Dennis Feddersen
Adam Gibbons
Paolo Giudici
Trine Guldager
Christian Hagemann
Olivia Hegarty & Gedvile Bunikyte
Sam Irons
Emily Keegin
Dean Kissick
Serena Korda
G. Leddington
Alastair Levy
Jesper List Thomsen
Hans Madsen
Charles Mayton
Sidsel Meineche
Fredrik Paulsen & Erik Hartin
David Price
Peter Rea
Xavier Ribas
Lewis Ronald
Adriana Salazar Arroyo
Scanlon & Grivell
Kim Schoen
Terrence Smith & David Roberts
Matthew Stone
Ben Sweeting
Siv Støldal
Charlie Woolley
Viola Yesiltac