Combined Output Portfolio: Exporting Gdansk/Exporting Zagreb
- Submitting institution
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University of the West of Scotland
- Unit of assessment
- 34 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
- Output identifier
- 21583456
- Type
- Q - Digital or visual media
- Publisher
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- Month
- September
- Year
- 2020
- URL
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http://beta.uws.io/2020/03/01/ref-practice-based-research-portfolio-katarzyna-kosmala/
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Building on her previously published research, Kosmala was invited to curate two large international contemporary art group exhibitions, hosted at the main cultural institutions HDLU, Zagreb, Croatia (October – December 2015) and National Museum of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland (February – April 2016).
The exhibitions survey new trends in the medium of painting, conceptualized as an expanded field. The research process combined curatorial practice, feminist-inspired critical art discourse and reflections on current debates on a construction of identity and gender in post-Socialist Europe. Kosmala visited both countries, researching the archives, national collections and artists’ studios to select the works for the showcase.
The relationship between the curatorial practice and Kosmala’s theoretical work stems from feminist-inspired critique concerning articulation of identity in a post-European context, foregrounding debates about gender inequality and art activism by mobilising the geographies of Central and Eastern Europe.
The project was disseminated internationally through two multilingual catalogues, featuring Kosmala’s curatorial essays, alongside documentation of artists’ works and cultural institutions’ endorsements, an international journal article, individual artists’ books and invited talks. Both exhibitions featured contemporary and deceased 20th/21st century artists (majority female), engaging with the politics of gender and gender-informed methodological sensitivities.
This unique project connects the rich diverse cultural heritage of post-Socialist contexts of Croatia, former Yugoslavia and Poland and points to key transformations in contemporary art practices, contextualised back to the 1970s and 1980s, acknowledging technological innovation and visual language of transgression of pioneering works e.g. Edita Schubert (1947-2001), Teresa Pagowska (1926-2007) and early video experimentation and social activism by Sanja Iveković.
These high-profile international exhibitions, with the official public opening events, featuring the city authorities, Rectors of arts academies, Consular representation and participating artists, attracted high audience attendance, and broad press/media coverage internationally, including consular reports and across multiple social media channels.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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