Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum
- Submitting institution
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 213043-60470-1285
- Type
- M - Exhibition
- Venue(s)
- Herculaneum / Pompeii
- Open access status
- -
- Month of first exhibition
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- Year of first exhibition
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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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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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- Expanded Interiors was a long-form creative work with multiple components demonstrating sustained research effort over four years. The project involved creating a number of large-scale artworks and exhibiting these in two venues in Italy. The published book and book chapter are also research outputs. The research involved a complex, extended and multi-layered process of collective and individual creative investigation, examining its topic from multiple perspectives and involved parties in the UK and Italy in its co-production, including artists, archaeologists and heritage staff.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Expanded Interiors was an interdisciplinary research project that drew site-specific contemporary fine art practice into a unique dialogue with ancient Roman wall paintings and architectural remains at the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii. For the first time it brought together Huber’s practice-led research with the disciplinary perspectives and expertise of archaeologists, art historians, and digital technologists. The project was delivered in partnership with the Parco Archeologico di Pompei, the Parco Archeologico di Ercolano, the Herculaneum Conservation Project, and Newcastle University.
Expanded Interiors investigated and developed installations for the House of the Beautiful Courtyard in Herculaneum, and the House of the Cryptoporticus in Pompeii.
Objectives of Expanded Interiors were:
(1) To investigate through site-specific installations at Pompeii and Herculaneum how contemporary and Roman wall paintings negotiate public and private space, and respond to specific social, economic, and cultural contexts.
(2) To bring together academic researchers and practitioners from complementary fields (fine art, archaeology and art history) to explore the relationship between Roman wall paintings and Roman artefacts via practice-led research.
(3) To develop through practice-led fine art research new forms for displaying archaeological artefacts at Roman archaeological sites.
Outputs
(1) Three site-specific installations for exhibitions in two Roman houses - one installation in Herculaneum and two installations in Pompeii.
(2) A book ‘Expanded Interiors’ (in English, Italian, German).
(3) A chapter about Expanded Interiors for ‘Contemporary Art in Heritage Spaces’, published May 2020.
Outcomes
(1) A project website that contains substantial information about the project and interpretive resources.
(2) 8 podcasts giving insights into different aspect of the project.
(3) An accompanying leaflet for Expanded Interiors in Spanish, German, French, Italian and English.
(4) A series of workshops with local community groups in Ercolano and the Bay of Naples.
The project was funded by the AHRC.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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