Introduction: In this post I will be discussing the theoretical influences that I will be considering while developing exhibition designs for the In Vitro gallery space in Summerhall, ensuring that I am responsive to both the exhibited artwork, in addition to the white cube space. Following these demonstrations, I will formulate multiple exhibition maps based […]

Introduction I have taken note of the statement that Julie Louise and guest lecturer James Clegg made in the Week 6 lecture on curating an exhibition in an hour. They repeated the idea that curation is like balancing plates, moving between different areas of coordination to simultaneously realise each component of the curatorial project into […]

Introduction. With a broad theme of ‘Ecological Presents’ identified, I started to look for artists that I believe create work that embraces contemporary ecological time. Additionally, these are artists that I will need to contact to physically procure their work for physical display. Thus, on a limited budget and restricted time, the artists that I […]

Introduction Offered the use of the Summerhall space, I decided to host an ecology-themed exhibition, focusing on one component of my speculative project exhibition narrative. I intend for this to act as an application of my research in the form of a microcosm of my larger proposed exhibition. Understanding how artwork can be arranged to […]

Introduction This blog post recounts the set up of the collective In vitro gallery space, as well as observations and reflections on the Gurrl Dinner Event Preparation Following the schedule, I arrived at Summerhall at 14:45 to assist Kate in moving bags filled with rocks, stones, glass bottles, glass vases, branches, flowers, and other foraged […]

This was the last meeting before Gurrl Dinner, occurring 5 days prior to Sunday, the 6th of April, where we discussed the final details that we would have to complete in advance of the event as well as a timetable to shape how the evening should progress. Scheduling First, we ensured that each of the […]

I decided to treat the Menu for Gurrl Dinner as a form of publication, offering a form of physical companion document that reflects the content of the event while also acting as a record of the activities that the participants completed. This was influenced by the Week 9 reading, Publishing as Artistic Practice, by Anne […]

In this week’s meeting in the Summerhall space, we started by reflecting on the aesthetic themes that emerged in making a collective Pinterest board focused on the forms of decoration that we would like to constitute the table scape. We agreed that natural materials would make up the main body of the decoration, with foraged […]

Introduction On Thursday, the 27th of March, I attended the online talk titled Curation a Personal Ethics by JP Martinon. In this session Martinon described how curators can apply Foucauldian ideas to develop a personal ethics manifesto, shaping the evolution of creative projects with an embedded regard for objective oriented ethics. I found his discussion […]

Gurrl Dinner: Responding to the importance of recognising the audiences we wish to engage in our individual speculative projects,  Kate Garramone, Emily Geary, Sarah Percival, and myself decided to use the collective Summerhall space as a location to host a workshop event. We situated this activity as an opportunity to understand more about the processes […]