This solo exhibition, featuring work by artist Lilian Evans, took place in the Beacon Arts Centre, located on the waterfront of Glasgow Port. Spanning wall space from the entrance foyer, the stairs and up to the mezzanine, where the majority of the work is housed. Evan’s work engages with the expanded field of painting, many […]
Please note that this Post is out of chronological order and was completed during the flexible learning week. Prior to the week 6 class on the 26th of February, we were instructed to write 2 pieces of peer feedback for other individuals in our collective. I was assigned Xi Sun and Tianyue Hao. I shall […]
On Wednesday, the 5th of March, as a group, we attended a selection of exhibitions around the city of Glasgow. Amongst these were the Derek Jarman exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery, titled Digging in Another Time, and the Maud Sulter exhibition at the Tramway Gallery, titled You are my Kindred Spirit. Both exhibitions focus […]
Collective meeting: This week the Collective met online via Teams. We discussed how and when we would be using the Summerhill space in the up-and-coming weeks of independent collective work. We decided to divide into smaller groups of approximately three individuals who would lead one of the sessions over the next weeks. I will be […]
Corpse Flower was an exhibition held by the contemporary art practice students from the Edinburgh College of Art as a pop-up exhibition. Hosted between the hours of 1 – 3pm on 27th of February at the Edinburgh Botanical Garden’s Inverleigh House exhibition space. While walking through this exhibition one of the first things that I […]
Collective 5-minute presentation. In this week 6 collective meeting we presented out curatorial project over the course of five minutes. Below is a summary and structure of my presentation: Title: My curatorial project title that I proposed was ‘Fabulation’. This word referred to Dona Haraway’s term ‘Speculative Fabulation’, highlighting the role of narratives and constructed […]
Rooting is an exhibition taking place in the University of Edinburgh main library, opening on the 23rd of January 2025. I was able to attend the exhibition opening, listen to opening lectures, and experience the exhibition, despite the interruption of an extreme weather alarm! As a result, my analysis of the exhibition will be informed […]
Theme development Continuing from Francis Davis Week 5 lecture focusing on place-responsive curatorial programming through the analysis of ATLAS Arts, a contemporary arts organisation that produces a variety of arts programs across Scotland’s West Highlands and Islands. ATLAS arts, having a specific location in which projects are based, focuses on the specific narratives, histories, and […]
Curatorial project space. Progressing from the priorities that I have identified in previous posts, I have identified 3 semi-local spaces that would be able to house the exhibition. As well as the appearance of the space I also selected these spaces with a focus on accessibility, engagement, and feasibility. At this point in my research, […]
Continuing from my focus on curatorial theme I have now been able to locate possible artists that I believe would contribute unique viewpoints to an exhibition space. Below I have mapped out these artists, including their name, key terms, a photo of their work, and a brief description of their practice. From this I was […]
