Meeting Point. A new model for a contemporary art commissioning process and two exhibitions, A View to the Past and Vital Signs
- Submitting institution
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 272458-177755-1285
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- T - Other
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- Location
- Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds and Durham Castle
- Brief description of type
- An art commissioning programme and two related visual art projects
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month
- August
- Year
- 2015
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This output is a collection of related work addressing different aspects of a single project, Meeting Point (2015). An innovative art commissioning programme, Meeting Point, was researched and developed by Judith King, working with arts agency Arts&Heritage and co-produced with 9 museums and artists/artist groups. Two art commissions developed within this programme were ‘A View to the Past’ (2015) by Irene Brown, for the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds and ‘Vital Signs’ (2015) by Johanna Coupe for Durham Castle.
Meeting Point was an experimental programme devised for small independent museums wishing to commission contemporary art for the first time. It developed a new methodology for matching artists to selected museums, and provided training and support within a framework of action learning.
For each museum, Meeting Point supported a new audience building strategy through the commissioning and presentation of new artworks that responded to the museum’s assets. A new approach for the competitive selection of artists’ projects involved a different kind of discourse between artist and museum.
The two projects are presented here were part of the Meeting Point programme.
A View to the Past researched the history of the Thackray Medical Museum as a building, the artworks changing the way visitors understood the nature of its spaces.
Vital Signs considered the thousand-year heritage of Durham Castle, and how human interaction has changed the fabric of the building down to the present day.
Meeting Point, was funded by an Arts Council England grant from the Museums Resilience Fund and led to four further Meeting Point programmes, providing opportunities for 26 museums and 26 artists.
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- Non-English
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