On Tue, May 25, 2010 17:23, James Morris wrote:
>
> The Turner Contemporary: First they evaporated millions of pounds on not
> building it. Then it was overshadowed by a green house.
>

Sorry, an ignorant local jumped on my computer while I was out earlier.
Good luck with the project!

James.




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> On Tue, May 25, 2010 15:29, [email protected] wrote:
>> Hello NetBehaviourists,
>>
>>
>>
>> For those who don't recognise my name, I'm a former full-fledged
>> Furtherfielder (Assistant Director and Co-Curator of HTTP) who is now in
>> a new role, but still an adjunct of sorts, and very much (perhaps more
>> than I knew!) a Furtherfielder at heart.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've been a NetBehaviour lurker and sometime-participant for a long time
>> now - I hope you don't mind my calling on you for some help. I know this
>> is a forum where an interesting discussion might arise... So here
>> goes...
>>
>>
>>
>> My new role is Curator at Turner Contemporary, an arts organisation in
>> Margate, Kent soon (next year) to open a new gallery. The first big
>> project I'm really getting stuck into is a major exhibition now called
>> Teenage, which will open next summer. It will examine how Teenage -
>> principally as a complex experience with an ambivalent rap in
>> contemporary culture - has been represented in art since about 1900. It
>> will also consider 'Teenage' as a concept with an interesting and
>> compelex history, resulting in the ambivalence we now have as a culture
>> toward young people - we both envy them for their youth, and media and
>> capitalism do all they can to exploit that image, but we also
>> collectively fear them (if the press 'they' get is any indication...)
>>
>>
>>
>> The project arose from lots of really good work they've been doing here
>> long before my time with both young people and older people reflecting
>> on their own experiences as teenagers. For those who don't know it,
>> Margate is now quite a deprived town so many of their experiences are
>> quite difficult, but it also has a really interesting history wrt
>> teenage - many people from all over the country will have spent holidays
>> here in their youth, and it became quite famous as a place for different
>> groups like Mods and Rockers to hang out (and sometimes fight!). So many
>> people have much more positive memories and associations.
>>
>>
>>
>> The show will probably include artworks but also other stuff like music,
>> photographs, etc. I'm very very keen that it include some great media
>> art works and have been doing some research, but wondered if anyone had
>> made, seen or knew of any thing, recent or not so recent, that might be
>> relevant for me to look at.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm also happy to hear your thoughts on the project generally, or your
>> reflections on the idea of 'teenage'. It's quite a tricky project to put
>> together as a curator, esp as it's being led by someone from our
>> learning team. It needs to be relevant to lots of different audiences -
>> local, regional, national, international - but I don't want it to be
>> anything like a dry historical survey. So, any and all thoughts very
>> much appreciated!
>>
>>
>>
>> Best to all,
>>
>> Lauren
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Lauren A Wright
>>
>> Curator
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Tracey Emin
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>> I Never Stopped Loving You
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>>
>> From Saturday 1 May 2010
>>
>> Droit House, Stone Pier, Margate
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>>
>>
>> A new Neon work for Margate by Tracey Emin.
>>
>> I Never Stopped Loving You is commissioned by Turner Contemporary with
>> the support of Thanet District Council.
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