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Slide1
Collaborative Collections
Slide2What is it?
T
he
British Council
is inviting
a group of curators from
museums across
the Western Balkans
– a
“Collaborative Collections”
to
work with us, explore our collection
and together
to create an exhibition. The exhibition will then travel across the region, and using your curatorial
experience we
ask you to create an exciting and compelling presentation of your own choosing in your museum or gallery
.
The partners will be drawn from those that worked with us on the Moving Museums project.
Slide3GIRL POWER:
Politics, gender, conflict and consumerism
The
B
ritish
C
ouncil Collection is a fascinating selection of works from the 1930s to the present day, and features works from some pivotal moments in art history.
One of those pivotal moments in more recent times was the emergence of the Young British Artists of the 1990s. Those artists inspired an energetic and enterprising approach to making and showing art, from the mediums used to the unabashed immediacy of the themes, who used themselves, mass media, or whatever was happening in their lives as their starting point. It also saw a group of exciting women artists (Tracey
Emin
, Sarah Lucas, Gillian Wearing) establish themselves in the art world and whose work continues to resonate today.
The British Council has staged some great exhibitions in the
region
over the years,
such as
Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small
Differences
and
Damien
Hirst
:
New
Religion
but
these have focused primarily on male artists; now it is time to use the collection to celebrate women in visual art.
Using
the visual language of magazines, advertising, mass media and film in either low-tech or highly stylised ways, these artists point the spotlight on social issues, satirise the political world or share intimate thoughts and feelings with their audience. Issues such as politics, gender, conflict and consumerism are perfectly suited to the formats of photography, film and also sound and this method of direct, accessible and socially engaged work has continued to influence female artists in Britain and beyond.
Through these works we see a group of confident, powerful women using art as the ultimate communication tool to connect with the world.
Slide4The proposal
We would like you to work together to select a group of works by female
contemporary artists from the British Council Collection as
a nucleus for the exhibition. You
will then use this core list as a basis for an exhibition which you will develop and present
in a way that speaks to you and your
audience - this
could involve your own collection or local
artists,
for example. The
core list
will
tour to all the partner museums.
Slide5Ideas to consider for
individual presentations of work could be:
To
invite local artists to create new work in response to the core list
To add works from their own
collection
To borrow works from other collections
To have events to add to the exhibition
A film screening programme
To work with local educational institutions (students for example) to curate supplementary works from their own
collection
Slide6Objectives
To build on the work established by the Moving Museums programme, to encourage collaborative thinking and working with institutional partners
That
a
s a result of this exhibition, partner museums are better equipped to continue to present exhibition programmes of high quality
That knowledge and best practice is shared across the partners
To attract new audiences to the partner museums, in particular those aged 18 – 35.
Slide7Responsibilities of the Curators
As curator you will be expected to:
Attend 2x research and development trips; 1) December 2017, Western Balkans, 2) February 2018, London
To present a short introduction to your museum to professional contacts as part and event during the research visit in London
Work collaboratively with your fellow Curators and with the support and advice of the British Council Curator to agree a list of works
To use the core list and add local relevance or inspiration to the
presentation
To manage the installation of the exhibition at your venue
To participate
in press and marketing for the exhibition
To participate
in the events programme for the exhibition (panel discussion, give presentation/talks)
To write
label and interpretation text
To write a
catalogue
essay (max. length 2000 words)
To design an education
programme
Slide8Responsibilities of the British Council
To organise two research
and development trips; 1) December 2017, Western Balkans, 2) February 2018,
London
To devise the project brief
To present the project brief to the Curatorial Team
To advise and work with the Curatorial Team in the development of the exhibition, by providing information and advice on the collection works
To advise on the condition and care of collection works
To work collaboratively to promote the project through
British Council Comms channels
and teams
To seek copyright permissions for digital and promotion
To prepare, pack and case the works for transportation
To arrange the transportation of the exhibition from London to the first venue and the final venue to London as well as in between venues
To act as the main liaison between the museum partners
To ensure that all partners commit to the project schedule and deliver to agreed milestones
Slide9Collaborative Collections
Works for consideration
Slide10Gillian Wearing
Slide11Left: Will Britain Get Through this Recession
Right: Everything is connected and the point is to know it and to understand it
1992 - 3
R-Type Colour photograph, 122 x 92
CM
Slide12Georgina Starr
Slide13Eddy I,II,III
1992
76 X 101.5
cm
Colour photograph with 45 RPM record and record player
Slide14Anna Fox
Slide15Untitled
(
From the series
Friendly Fire,
Weekend
Wargames
in Britain 1989-1994
)
1992
50.8 X 61
cm
C-Type colour print
Slide16Christina Mackie
Slide17(Image to be inserted)
Foo
1994
Video, duration 10.03'
Slide18Sarah Lucas
Slide19Left:
Got a salmon on #3 1997
Right:
Self Portrait with fried eggs
1996
1999
80 X 60
cm
Iris print on watercolour paper
Slide20Tracey Emin
Slide21Outside Myself (Monument Valley)
1996
65 x 81 cm
Colour Photograph
Slide22Sam Taylor Johnson
Slide23Five Revolutionary Seconds VI
1996
72 X 757
cm
Colour photograph on vinyl with sound
Slide24Tacita Dean
Slide25Trying to find the
Spiral
Jetty
1996
Digitally recorded CD 27 minutes
Slide26Catherine Yass
Slide27Stage
1997
88.8 X 74 cm
Screenprint
Slide28Clare strand
Slide29Top row, left to right:
Spice
Girl - Posh Spice
Spice Girl – Baby Spice
Spice Girl – Sporty
Spice
Bottom row, left to right:
Spice Girl – Scary Spice
Spice Girl – Ginger Spice
1997
C-Type Photographs
61.2 X 50.8
Slide30Rut Blees
Luxemburg
Slide31Feutche
Blatter
/Moist Leaves, Moist Sheets
1998
150 X 180
cm
C-Type photograph on aluminium
Slide32Rosalind Nashashibi
Slide33The States of Things
2000
Duration
3.5
min
Black and white 16mm reversal film transferred to beta SP
Slide34Susan Hiller
Slide35The Last Silent Movie
2007
Single channel projection, with sound; 24 etchings on paper
Duration 20 minutes
Slide36Jenny Matthews
Slide37TEENAGE SOLDIERS - RIGHT - CRAFTSMAN MILLER, JUST 18 AT THE TIME (JANUARY 2008), A TECHNICAL STORE MAN WITH THE ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHNICAL ENGINEERS PART OF THE 12TH LOGISTICAL SUPPORT BATTALION
2008, 40.6
X 50.8
cm
Giclee
print
Slide38Susan Philipsz
Slide39Lowlands
2008
three-channel sound installation; Duration: 8 minutes, 30 seconds
Slide40Elizabeth Price
Slide41User Group Disco
2009
HD video installation
Slide42Rachel Maclean
Slide43The
Lion and the Unicorn
2012
High definition video
Slide44Cally Spooner
Slide45And as the medieval cloisters connect seamlessly with the corridors of power…I’m quietly confident (U-Turn)
2013
Live and studio recording on a 6 minute loop
Slide46Chloe Dewe
Mathews
Slide47SIX FARM, LOKER, WEST-VLAANDEREN
2012 -
2014
120 x 150 cm
C-type
photograph
Shot at Dawn Portfolio
SOLDAT AHMED BEN MOHAMMED EL YADJIZY SOLDAT ALI BEN AHMED BEN FREJ BEN KHELIL SOLDAT HASSEN BEN ALI BEN GUERRA EL AMOLANI SOLDAT MOHAMMED OULD MOHAMMED BEN AHMED 17:00 / 15.12.1914 VERBRANDEN-MOLEN, WEST-VLAANDEREN
2012 - 2014
120 x 150 cm
C-type
photograph
Slide48Charlotte Prodger
Slide49Max the Bull Terrier
Trancing
2014
Customised
Hantarex
video monitor with internal speaker, looped
dvd
, pioneer 7300
dvd
player, custom-made stainless steel stand with castor wheels