In search of the Superstar Curator As a curatorial apprentice, guided by the Norwegian writer & curator Olav Henriksen, I am investigating the notion of the superstar curator¹ in an attempt to create (or manufacture) the perfect curator. I am now looking to recruit WORLDWIDE APPRENTICES to help on this project. The superstar curator¹ is a fairly virginal phenomenon, but increasingly we are seeing curators of a superstar¹ calibre, most of which play the international circuit, making them c-o-n-s-i-d-e-r-a-b-l-y more windswept and interesting¹.
WORLDWIDE APPRENTICES are required to document, observe, capture the superstar curators¹ in action. Professionally their notions, expressions, commitment, discussions, writings, peers, colleagues, images. Catch them in the street, restaurant, gallery, pub, shopping mall. What are they reading, wearing, doing, considering. ? Documentation can be text, image, audio, video, footprints, beer mats, napkins, emails, autographs, newspaper clippings. The correlated data will be fed back to Olav Henriksen who from which will extract the formula of the superstar curator¹. From his initial findings an online magazine will be published which will include a mix of celebrity (curator) news, gossip and fashion, listings and a major celebrity (curator) interview. Henriksen¹s extrapolations will create a virtual manifestation of the superstar curator¹ along with a text based transferable model. It is envisaged that the virtual superstar curator¹ will become available to hire, creating the future project curator on loan scheme, 2011. *This is a volunteer position; all participants will be given formal recognition and included in any publications. Please email [email protected] if you would like to join the project.
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