REDHAWK LOGISTICA

Redhawk Logistica was established in 2008 by Rob Hewitt as an unlimited vehicle to create cultural products, along with other collaborators, that challenge notions of public ownership, authenticity and freedom of expression.
Most of the work is made to be experienced in public spaces and designed to be seen as part of a city's street culture, rather than being ghettoised as art. Many of the interventions are subliminal or ambient in their execution, adding to the atmosphere and meaning of a place.
Low tech materials and easily replicated processes are characteristic of much of the work, which rejects highly skilled techniques in favour of pragmatic and sometimes agricultural aesthetics.

Biography:

Rob Hewitt (b 1968) is an artist, curator and producer who studied Fine Art at Loughborough College of Art and Design before returning to Birmingham in the early 1990’s where he got involved in running artist led inititaives such as the Bond Gallery, before leading a series of socially engaged arts projects for Birmingham City Council. His work has taken in the production of ephemeral artworks, large scale events, community engagements, publishing, exhibitions and interventions, most of which have taken place outside traditional venues. He is currently working on the site of the old Longbridge car factory in Birmingham as part of a long term arts project to reflect it's legacy, engaging young people with Historical Archives across the West Midlands to create an exhibition in a roving shipping container and carrying out a review of his practice during a Time and Space Residency with Metal.