Introduction Considering the week 10 lecture on publics and public engagement I committed to do further reading into one of the mentioned texts, Curatorial counter-rhetorics and the educational turn, in which Mick Wilson and Paul O’neill (2010)  discussed the relationship between an emerging focus on social issues within contemporary art. This is bolstered by texts […]

Introduction Within this post I will be discussing everything money including:  funding, gallery hire, artist fees, artist transport and accommodation (where applicable), commissioning, and material funding and constraints. Funding: Ways of Repair: Loss and Damage is a £10000 grant for artist and curators in the UK. They seek artists who seek to undertake a new […]

Introduction After experimenting with multiple exhibition layout designs, I have developed an order of artists that I believe will allow the audience to experience my intended exhibition narrative. In initial iterations I investigated using temporary walls to hang work. As seen in the image below (Figure 1.), this would help to divide the space into […]

Set Up: I arrived at the In Vitro gallery at 9:00am and helped Layla Knox move her sculptural work out of her car and into the building. I removed all the tables and chairs from the space, keeping only a few in the gallery space to use as a workstation and to have easy access […]

Introduction Having realised how the micro-exhibition Mycorrhizal could be displayed overall, I am now able to make decisions for how the pieces should be displayed individually. Artwork Presentation All printed/2-dimensional pieces are to be mounted on foam board, then attached to a frame. This will ensure that the pieces remain flat when wall-mounted, without wrinkles […]

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 […]