Neither Here Nor There was a four day artistic Retreat at Wysing Arts Centre which took place in July 2009. 10 artists and curators based in the Eastern were invited to come on the Retreat following a selection process. They were:

William Clifford, Lucy Conochie, Sarah Evans, Bettina Furnee, Catherine Hemelryk (Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery), Hayley Lock, Jo Mardell, Rachel Oxley, Mark Ross, Caroline Wright

The Retreat was curated by MA students at the Royal College of Art and included contributions from:

Stefan Rusu, Margarita Gluzberg, Charles Avery and Heimo Lattner.

The students who curated the Retreat were:

Emma Astner, Gareth Bell-Jones, Carmen Billows, Romain Chenais, Martyn Coppell, Thomas Cuckle, Saim Demircan, John Decemvirale, Karina Joseph, Gemma Lloyd, Antonia Lotz, Louise O'Hare, Eve Smith, Yesomi Umolu

Neither Here Nor There was the first in a series of Retreats that will take place at Wysing over the next two years. Each day involved a series of discussions, activites, critical feedback sessions and evening film screenings. The Retreat was documented by the artists Helen Sykes and Vicky Falconer.

ESCALATOR is the pioneering talent plan from Arts Council England, East that finds, supports and invests in the best artistic talent across all artforms throughout the East of England. Escalator is establishing the East of England as the leading UK region for talent development. Since it launched in 2003, Escalator has helped over 250 artists to develop their work, forge new partnerships and reach new audiences.

Drawings part of a series of documentation of the Retreat by Helen Sykes