Showing posts with label Two fold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Two fold. Show all posts
Monday, October 22, 2007
Friday, August 03, 2007
Money matters....
Hey all,
So should I go ahead and open up a TAC bank account? What does everyone think? And then we can all have access to the Internet Banking side of things and it can be monitored/perused by everyone? If so, Paula and Liz do you think you could send down the checks and I will desposit them?
Congrats on your fantastic new job Andie - that sounds great! I'm really interested at the moment in the intersection of artist/curator. Part of curating Continuous Memory was to give myself the opportunity to experiment with the role of curator, I guess to learn the parameters, neccessary skills, absences and requirements of the role. Working with just one artist obviously made it quite different to constructing a group show, or art historical survey. Essentially Continuous Memory developed out of a conversation and I found that that was a really productive way of working.
I would be really interested to hear what other takes artist/curators have on the experience and where they see one role ending and the other beginning, if that even happens? As far as my involvement in TAC goes, it was almost like a symbiosis of both positions into one. Did others find that? Sometimes I feel like labelling nouns are more trouble than they are worth!
So should I go ahead and open up a TAC bank account? What does everyone think? And then we can all have access to the Internet Banking side of things and it can be monitored/perused by everyone? If so, Paula and Liz do you think you could send down the checks and I will desposit them?
Congrats on your fantastic new job Andie - that sounds great! I'm really interested at the moment in the intersection of artist/curator. Part of curating Continuous Memory was to give myself the opportunity to experiment with the role of curator, I guess to learn the parameters, neccessary skills, absences and requirements of the role. Working with just one artist obviously made it quite different to constructing a group show, or art historical survey. Essentially Continuous Memory developed out of a conversation and I found that that was a really productive way of working.
I would be really interested to hear what other takes artist/curators have on the experience and where they see one role ending and the other beginning, if that even happens? As far as my involvement in TAC goes, it was almost like a symbiosis of both positions into one. Did others find that? Sometimes I feel like labelling nouns are more trouble than they are worth!
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Thoughts from Kassel...
Dear TAC,
Sorry for my lack of communication and input for the last while – I feel particularly bad since what I have been doing lately is quite related to CAMRU - but I am now in a better position to contribute again. (In case you’re not sure where I disappeared to, I am currently in Kassel, Germany working as part of the art mediation team of documenta 12. With the particular focus on Education for documenta and the efforts of the team coordinators to encourage innovative formats for guiding tours and special projects, I’ve been learning and involved with attempts to provide more dialogical educative models within the exhibition.)
So, yes Andie I would love to share my experiences but I'm not sure what is relevant - do you have any specific questions?? Actually, the 3rd documenta magazine themed on Education is now available and perhaps you could find this in Melbourne but the articles are also all available online...
I feel like I can’t really evaluate how the programme is working yet and whether this has been successful, but when I first arrived we heard from some interesting art education theorists and one project in particular was very similar to that of us with CAMRU- it was by Anna Zosik entitled ‘Hannah Arendt Denkraum’ as part of an exhibition held in Berlin (October to November 2006). She basically set up a room in the middle of this group show where people were encouraged to respond in ways similar to CAMRU – she edited responses a little more but really had the same difficulties and results as us… the guards got really into it, people took active ownership of the space, and it took on a life of its own.
The art mediation team is actually part of a research project by Carmen Moersch who is writing her PhD on art mediation and trying to progress this in Germany in relation to UK based models.
Okay, perhaps I can write more on this soon, but love to you all,
M xx
Sorry for my lack of communication and input for the last while – I feel particularly bad since what I have been doing lately is quite related to CAMRU - but I am now in a better position to contribute again. (In case you’re not sure where I disappeared to, I am currently in Kassel, Germany working as part of the art mediation team of documenta 12. With the particular focus on Education for documenta and the efforts of the team coordinators to encourage innovative formats for guiding tours and special projects, I’ve been learning and involved with attempts to provide more dialogical educative models within the exhibition.)
So, yes Andie I would love to share my experiences but I'm not sure what is relevant - do you have any specific questions?? Actually, the 3rd documenta magazine themed on Education is now available and perhaps you could find this in Melbourne but the articles are also all available online...
I feel like I can’t really evaluate how the programme is working yet and whether this has been successful, but when I first arrived we heard from some interesting art education theorists and one project in particular was very similar to that of us with CAMRU- it was by Anna Zosik entitled ‘Hannah Arendt Denkraum’ as part of an exhibition held in Berlin (October to November 2006). She basically set up a room in the middle of this group show where people were encouraged to respond in ways similar to CAMRU – she edited responses a little more but really had the same difficulties and results as us… the guards got really into it, people took active ownership of the space, and it took on a life of its own.
The art mediation team is actually part of a research project by Carmen Moersch who is writing her PhD on art mediation and trying to progress this in Germany in relation to UK based models.
Okay, perhaps I can write more on this soon, but love to you all,
M xx
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Two-fold: the low down...
Hey guys
Welcome back! ☺
Tom thanks for volunteering to be the treasurer- you be a treasure! And congrats also on your show at HSP it looks really good
So in terms of this two-fold show, I’m sorry for sounding a bit vague last time, basically the focus is on curatorship students who are also practicing artists. Originally the exhibition was going to be a showcase for curatorship students to share what they’ve been up to. However I thought that might turn into a bit of a mixed bag and since Angela and I decided to co-curate the show together we've developed the concept for the show towards challenging curatorial frameworks through artistic practice. Some other artist/curators for example are examining documentation or the support materials that accompany exhibitions, one artist is working in collaboration with a sculptor to make an interactive object- whereby the viewer constructs the work, there are some amazing cabinets that are dying to be used as a wunderkammer but I’m not sure if that will be realised. I’m hoping to create a TAC reading area- so really I’m not proposing a new project as such for TAC, but rather I thought of using documentation of past examples (such as our Prospect room sheets) as a starting point for discussion about some of the issues that haven’t been addressed in our course (such as self-organised projects, working collaboratively and the perception/positioning of art that aims to be socially engaging).
Alternatively I could just create a reading corner without any TAC related material if you’d prefer, but, what are your thoughts?
Andie
p.s. guess what guess what? I got a job working as ‘Project Officer’ for the South Project!!
Welcome back! ☺
Tom thanks for volunteering to be the treasurer- you be a treasure! And congrats also on your show at HSP it looks really good
So in terms of this two-fold show, I’m sorry for sounding a bit vague last time, basically the focus is on curatorship students who are also practicing artists. Originally the exhibition was going to be a showcase for curatorship students to share what they’ve been up to. However I thought that might turn into a bit of a mixed bag and since Angela and I decided to co-curate the show together we've developed the concept for the show towards challenging curatorial frameworks through artistic practice. Some other artist/curators for example are examining documentation or the support materials that accompany exhibitions, one artist is working in collaboration with a sculptor to make an interactive object- whereby the viewer constructs the work, there are some amazing cabinets that are dying to be used as a wunderkammer but I’m not sure if that will be realised. I’m hoping to create a TAC reading area- so really I’m not proposing a new project as such for TAC, but rather I thought of using documentation of past examples (such as our Prospect room sheets) as a starting point for discussion about some of the issues that haven’t been addressed in our course (such as self-organised projects, working collaboratively and the perception/positioning of art that aims to be socially engaging).
Alternatively I could just create a reading corner without any TAC related material if you’d prefer, but, what are your thoughts?
Andie
p.s. guess what guess what? I got a job working as ‘Project Officer’ for the South Project!!
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
george paton gallery who ?what? yes let's!
Hey me again
I've been invited to participate in a group show of curated by a fellow curatorship student who back in the 90s (I think) was involved in a group of VCA (Victorian College of the Arts) who started up an ARI called 'Talk'. It was quite a good one I think, anyway the curator was invited by fellow 'Talk' artist/writer/curator and George Paton gallery co-ordinator Sandra Bridie to propose a show. So far the show is looking at curatorship students who are also practising artists. However the curator is adamant she doesnt want the show to just be an opportunity to show their work, but rather set it up as a place for issues regarding contemporary curatorship to be discussed. I was hesitant at first to participate because I don't really think of myself as an artist. I've met the curator and told her about TAC and wondered about the possibility of exhibiting documentation of our work as part of the show.
Of course it is very early days and I havent met any of the other artists yet and don't know how their work will shape the show but I just wanted to post this now to get some feedback from the group. I don't want to stand for TAC but i thought maybe documentation of our work could serve to introduce topics for discussion as part of the exhibition?
look forward to hearing your thoughts
xA
I've been invited to participate in a group show of curated by a fellow curatorship student who back in the 90s (I think) was involved in a group of VCA (Victorian College of the Arts) who started up an ARI called 'Talk'. It was quite a good one I think, anyway the curator was invited by fellow 'Talk' artist/writer/curator and George Paton gallery co-ordinator Sandra Bridie to propose a show. So far the show is looking at curatorship students who are also practising artists. However the curator is adamant she doesnt want the show to just be an opportunity to show their work, but rather set it up as a place for issues regarding contemporary curatorship to be discussed. I was hesitant at first to participate because I don't really think of myself as an artist. I've met the curator and told her about TAC and wondered about the possibility of exhibiting documentation of our work as part of the show.
Of course it is very early days and I havent met any of the other artists yet and don't know how their work will shape the show but I just wanted to post this now to get some feedback from the group. I don't want to stand for TAC but i thought maybe documentation of our work could serve to introduce topics for discussion as part of the exhibition?
look forward to hearing your thoughts
xA
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