Durty Beanz (DB) are an Action Research Group based in Glasgow (UK). Established in 2019, the group produce a diverse range of outputs operating at the intersection of contemporary art practice and digital anthropology. DB aim to consider the material and symbolic practices of food, as well as the institutions and understandings related to its production, consumption, distribution and representation. Their goal is to playfully interrogate the shifting status of digital food objects, specifically in relation to global food inequalities, climate crisis and cultural identities. DB’s experimental use of Instagram utilises the platform as a space for both the display and generation of creative practice. They employ the digital realm to exhibit their (often collaborative) physical projects to a global audience, whilst simultaneously creating digital-born performances with their online community.
Selected Exhibitions / Projects
2024 - Strange Field. Glasgow, UK (TBA)
2023 - Hot Sausage and Mustard. Govan Project Space. Glasgow, UK (group)
2023 - NEVER EVER. The Maltings Arts Centre. Berwick, UK (solo)
2023 - The Story of The Rural Takeaway. Lyth Arts Centre. Caithness, UK (solo)
2023 - Takeaway Cultures. 422 Arts. Manchester, UK (solo)
2023 - Michelin Star Farts. Orielles Internaxionales. Basel, CH (solo)
2022 - All That’s Left. Centre for Rural Economy. Newcastle University, UK (solo)
2021 - The Impossibility of Further Possibility. The Wrong Biennale. Berlin, DE (group)
2021 - All Things Pass Kunstverein Neuenhaus, DE (in coordination with Lars Karl Becker’s exhibition: Tap Water From Coke Bottles)
2020 - Four More British Canapes. Mount Florida Gallery and Studios. Glasgow, UK (solo)
2019 - Four British Canapes. Milieu Gallery. Bern, CH (in coordination with Othmar Farré’s exhibition: GIVEN CIRCUMSTANCES)
Residencies
2023 - Lyth Arts Centre. Caithness, UK
2022 - Researching The Rural. The Maltings Visual Arts, Newcastle University, UK
Selected Creative Collaborators
Elina Bry, Sleaford Mods, Trackie McLeod, Ciara Phillips, Scott Rogers, Sukaina Kubba, Othmar Farré, George McCallum, Beagles & Ramsay, MV Brown, Luca George, Marc Etienne, Sebastian Monteux, Lars Karl Becker, Fanny Wickström, Charleine Boieiro, Gwenan Davies, Geneva Sills, Sam Kerr, Dr Jolynna Sinanan, Dr Gwynne Mapes, Jack Cheetham, Dr Alfie Bown, Wilfrid Wood, Daniela Kneip Velescu, Amy Grogan, Isadora Vogt, Beth Shapeero, NYC Muncher, Michella Perera, Matthew Barnes, Alex James Alyin, Detroit Law & Colette Dryburgh, Natalie McGowan, Gary Brown, David Addison, Melissa Absarah Torres, Anna Firmberger, Professor Nigel A. Lawson, Dr Richard Stein, Ieva Jankovska, The Hebridean Baker, Alex Allan, Jack Stein.
Selected Press / Media / Publications
Kaltblut Magazine, Visla Magazine, Eyes Magazine, Cultured North East, Kuba Paris, Art Viewer, Manchester Confidential, The John O’Groats Journal, Northumberland Gazette, Talk TV