Chequered Corridor

Chequered Corridor began and continues to comprise of a collective started in August 2018 amongst Fine Art graduates at Duncan and Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD). It was created with hope of developing further into a Creative start-up and Social Enterprise. The name alludes to a popular corridor within the art school that is often used directionally as a checkpoint to navigate from place to place. The collective members are made up of 2017 and 2018 DJCAD and Abertay graduates operating in the areas of art and design. The main concept of Chequered Corridor revolves around making art and design more accessible to creatives and the general populace to “navigate” through and enjoy. As a collective we echoed a feeling of frustration at the idea we were just handed our degrees and left to our own devices. We bemoaned the manner at which the creative industry operated within the general cityscape and had a desire to change it. We discussed the idea of art and design as a service and not the egoist object of appreciation. A little less of “look at me, I’m great” and more of what art could do for others, a whole city and not particular region of it.