Mapping Contemporary Art in the Heritage Experience: Creation, Consumption and Exchange
- Submitting institution
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 272177-85144-1285
- Type
- T - Other
- DOI
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- Location
- Heritage sites in North East England, Hatton Gallery
- Brief description of type
- Multiple component project, including artworks, exhibitions, films, book chapters, a website, conference papers and a project report.
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month
- January
- Year
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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6
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This extensive project 2017-20, led by researchers in the Unit involved partners and participants from other HEIs and practice. These included staff from national heritage organisations who were involved at every stage and aspect of design and production. The research produced multiple outputs over four years, including six large-scale artworks commissioned for, and exhibited at venues in North East England in 2018 and 2019. The research tracked at every stage of their development. Other activities included the development of an online resource, a curated exhibition, conference, workshops and publications, all of which are detailed in this submission
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Mapping Contemporary Art in the Heritage Experience (2017-20) is a multi-component, extended research project that explores the motivations, practices and impacts of contemporary art commissions by heritage organisations. It explores the theme from multiple perspectives – those of heritage organisations, audiences and artists. The research was co-produced with partners National Trust, English Heritage, Churches Conservation Trust, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Arts Council England, Contemporary Visual Arts Network and Arts&Heritage. The project team included researchers from the Unit : King, Burton (PI) and Pollock, and RAs Black, Farley, Headon together with researchers in other disciplines, Andrew Newman, Professor of Cultural Gerontology, and Nick Cass, from the Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage, Leeds University. MCAHE produced multiple research outputs: Commissioned artworks for heritage sites in North East England, The Orangery Urns (2018), by Andrew Burton. An art exhibition ‘Out of Place’ in the Hatton Gallery (July 2019) was curated by King and Burton. Other artworks commissioned as part of the project were researched and created by researchers at other institutions, or freelance artists: Fiona Curran, (RCA), Martin Hylton, Mark Fairnington (UAL), Marcus Coates; Susan Philipsz, and Matt Stokes. The MCAHE Industry Stakeholders Report (2020) was authored by the project team. Two book chapters in Contemporary Art in Heritage Spaces (Routledge 2020 eds Cass, Park and Powell), Outcomes from the project included films, schools’ workshops and engagement activities, conference papers and presentations and a successful bid for a further AHRC-funded impact and engagement work, Volunteer Voices, that commenced in September 2020.
The MCAHE Conference was held at Newcastle University, attracting 187 delegates globally. The project was funded by the AHRC (£774,895 fEC) with support from its partners and Newcastle and Leeds Universities
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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