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Below, artists, curators and professionals, chart their experience of setting something up - be it opening a new gallery or working with jellyfish – and also ask the key question: was it worth it?
With diary entries, images and informal introductions to each professional, Work in progress presented a snapshot of art in the making.
Stuart Edmundson's Modul Residency
Stuart Edmundson has just three weeks to make work for a solo exhibition during a residency with Modul, an artist space in Dresden, Germany. He charts the experience here.
Find out what music Stuart is listening to during the residency in our quick questionnaire
Somewhere Here
Artist/curator Anton Goldenstein turns his hand to a collection of billboards across Bristol. Find out how and why the project fulfils an ambition to usurp such advertising space during the credit crunch.
Who is Anton Goldenstein's most influential person? Find out in his quick questionnaire
Manchester's Buy Art Fair
Artist/Curator Hilary Jack charts her involvement with 2008's Buy Art Fair. She talks about its affordability, importance, and value for artists at different stages of their career.
Why is art so important to Hilary Jack? Read her quick questionnaire
Making spaces into places
Fresh from completing a large-scale project for the Beijing Olympics, sculptor John Atkin charts his next urban project in San Francisco.
Read his thoughts on art in John Atkin's quick questionnaire
Are lighthouses sites of ritual?
Abby Sohn investigates the many roles a lighthouse can play including, and beyond, guiding ships. The project launched on 5 September 2008.
Liverpool's Latest: the Ceri Hand Gallery
Now up and running, Ceri Hand talks about the final stages, from painting urinals to worrying about what the critics will think on the opening night.
What does Ceri Hand think of the artworld? Read her quick questionnaire
Objects know what to do - paint knows how to drip
Read Susan Massey's experience of assembling objects in a disused factory space in Leeds and watch footage of the work unfold.
Who is Susan Massey's most influential person? Read her quick questionnaire
