Curators' Study Day 2023
Jamal Penjweny, Iraq is Flying, No. 3, 2006-2009. © The Artist. Photo © Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
This Study Day shares critical thinking, knowledge and experience around notions of community and collective identity central to the exhibition, 'Divided Selves: Legacies, Memories, Belonging', curated by Hammad Nasar with Rosie Addenbrooke and Alice Swatton. Thinking alongside the work of 26 artists, the exhibition invites us to engage with a variety of ideas, including embodied histories, imbalances of power within historical narratives, and the use of humour, ritual and play as strategies to deal with traumatic pasts. The Study Day will bring a focus on the implications of using and sharing collections to make exhibitions, and is structured to extend these ideas through presentations, critical and artistic responses.
Itinerary:
Part 1: Morning Session, CAS Museum Members, Learning Space 2
10.00 - 11.00 Guests arrive [welcome refreshments]
11.00 - 11.05 Welcome and intro to the day by Rosie Addenbrooke.
11.05 - 12.30 Panel Discussion: What is a nation? What are the geopolitics of National Art Collections?
- Deborah Smith (Director Arts Council Collection) tbc
- Caroline Douglas (Director, CAS)
- Emma Dexter (Director of Visual Arts, British Council)
- Marguerite Nugent, Cultural Director–Herbert
Moderator: Paula Zambrano.
12.30 - 13.15 Guided Tour of the exhibition by Hammad Nasar (Exhibition Gallery Rooms)
13.15 - 14.30 Lunch break & Informal conversations
Part 2: Afternoon Session, CAS Museum Members, (Learning Space 2/ The Studio).
14.30 Lecture/Presentation (Learning Space 2): Ben Cranfield- research around notions of the contemporary and the archive, the histories and politics of art institutions, the theory of archives and institutional memory, and shifting ideas of art and culture in post-war Britain.
15.30 - 16.00 Performance by Helen Cammock (Studio Space: social histories, uncovering marginalised voices within history, and questioning who speaks on behalf of whom and on what terms.
16.00 - 16.30 Refreshments
End of CAS Study Day.
Part 3: Late Afternoon/Evening, Public Event or Finissage, offered by The Herbert, with guests from the British Council Collection.
16.30 - 17.30 Screening/Conversation between Hammad Nasar and Hetain Patel.
17.30 Closing Remarks by Rosie Addenbrooke & Marguerite Nugent.
18.00 - 20.00 Canapes & Networking (The Studio, Herbert)
Credit Photo: Jamal Penjweny, Iraq is Flying, No. 3, 2006-2009. © The Artist. Photo © Herbert Art Gallery & Museum.