Cristina Bodó

The Luncani Wild Boar

An archaeologist’s pencil drawing of the La Tène Celtic bronze boar found at Gerend, Cluj (modern-day Luncani, Romania). The object is dated ~250 BCE (Late Iron Age).
104 x 710 x 152 mm, 270g

Truffling the Noosphere

An open-ended seminar oF Art and Theory

with Dr Jon K Shaw

Pablo Picasso

A Pig (for Gertrude Stein) (1906)

Oiled charcoal on paper.
272 x 214mm

Ten recorded talks per quarter (~45mins) to watch or listen at your leisure. These will comprise:

Five “pictures”, looking at a particular artist, artwork, group or element of wider visual culture.

Five “paragraphs”, starting from a quotation, book or oeuvre. These will most often be philosophy and theory-based, but will also include fiction, poetry, criticism, environmental studies, politics, etc.
A fortnightly, two-hour seminar taking its initial direction from the latest “Postcards” and exploring how the ideas and expressions relate to our studio practice, contemporary issues and daily lives. (Five per quarter)
A 45 minute, one-to-one tutorial on your practice (or anything else), once per quarter.
A growing archive of recommended reading, with brief notes on when and why the book or article came up.

Browse the examples of Recommended Reading
Structured group discussions once per quarter of each member’s creative practice.
A growing, searchable archive of vocabulary and definitions of technical or philosophical terms that we come across in the sessions.
Visit the example glossary pages
A 24/7 ongoing conversation about the course, our practices and whatever else needs chatting on.
Reduced prices on one-off purchases like funding application support, artist statements, commissioned catalogue essays and websites.
Read more about one-off services.

Truffling Peer


The core membership, receiving access to all resources for the duration of the subscription.
Each quarter includes ten recorded talks, five group seminars, a one-to-one tutorial and one optional group crit.

£ 400 per quarter, or
£ 1,150 per year (= three ‘quarters’)

Founding Peer


All the benefits and access of the core membership for two years

PLUS lifetime access to the recordings and archives

PLUS a number of extras for being on board from day one.

£ 2,250 for two years + lifetime access

Golden Snout


A lifetime of full membership
PLUS two weeks artist retreat at the Pig Shed, Orkney when open (~2027)

£ 10,000

Supporter


Donations to the project, and to the realisation of the Pig Shed residency/retreat are always very gratefully received.

£ 1.00–£ 20,000