60 acast.com Curatorial Reimaginings https://britishartnetwork.org.uk/ en British Art Network Curating British Art Network At least two decades into the ‘curatorial turn’, and after successive declarations about the ‘post-curatorial’, the ‘para-curatorial’ and the curator’s mutation into artist (or vice versa), the field we share as curators, researchers, activists and artists of different generations and different experiences continues to transform. While decolonial initiatives, eco-critical awareness and social justice claims may be foregrounded as never before, these sit alongside public sector cuts, unprecedented professional precarity and exhausting ‘culture wars’. 


This conference, which took place in November 2024, provided an opportunity to share experiences, reflect and connect in a convivial atmosphere. 

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]]> At least two decades into the ‘curatorial turn’, and after successive declarations about the ‘post-curatorial’, the ‘para-curatorial’ and the curator’s mutation into artist (or vice versa), the field we share as curators, researchers, activists and artists of different generations and different experiences continues to transform. While decolonial initiatives, eco-critical awareness and social justice claims may be foregrounded as never before, these sit alongside public sector cuts, unprecedented professional precarity and exhausting ‘culture wars’. 


This conference, which took place in November 2024, provided an opportunity to share experiences, reflect and connect in a convivial atmosphere. 

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]]> false British Art Network info+691c4ca6589629f7d6bd38a5@mg-eu.acast.com 691c4ca6589629f7d6bd38a5 curatorial-reimaginings-british-art-network-conference-2024 episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/691c4ca6589629f7d6bd38a5/1764244651158-12689254-df60-4099-936d-b232876f757c.jpeg https://britishartnetwork.org.uk/ Curatorial Reimaginings Welcome, Drafts and Rapid-Fire Presentations Welcome, Drafts and Rapid-Fire Presentations Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT 1:19:52 692839acbf7b14be1c8ecadb false https://shows.acast.com/curatorial-reimaginings-british-art-network-conference-2024/episodes/692839acbf7b14be1c8ecadb 692839acbf7b14be1c8ecadb 691c4ca6589629f7d6bd38a5 full 1 Opening words from Martin Myrone, Jessica Wan, Cicely Robinson, Rhona Sword and Lauren Craig. These are followed by Drafts, a series of recitations from disabled and/or migrant curators that focus on the concept of ‘gut knowledge’, as a way of doing and thinking which relies on trust, intuition and flexibility (within a Disability social model) – evidencing how the curatorial in itself is neurodivergent. We then have a series of Rapid-Fire Presentations looking at co-production in regional art collections, reflections and findings from a community curation experiment, and access and authority in the arts in relation to podcasting. 


Welcome

00:00Welcome from Martin Myrone (BAN Convenor), and BAN Conference Convening Committee members: Jessica Wan, Cicely Robinson, Rhona Sword and Lauren Craig 

Drafts 

09:33Drafts: Recitations delivered by Jade Foster (DASH) 

Rapid-Fire Presentations 

36:20Introduction to the Rapid-Fire Presentations 

38:23Co-production in regional art collections: Sophie Hatchwell & Greg Salter (University of Birmingham) 

44:02Whose gallery is it anyway? Reflections and Findings from a Community Curation Experiment: Ilaria Casini (Edinburgh Printmakers) 

52:11Podcasting the Past: Audio, Access and Authority in the Arts: Jelena Sofronijevic (independent) 

57:44Q&A 

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]]> Opening words from Martin Myrone, Jessica Wan, Cicely Robinson, Rhona Sword and Lauren Craig. These are followed by Drafts, a series of recitations from disabled and/or migrant curators that focus on the concept of ‘gut knowledge’, as a way of doing and thinking which relies on trust, intuition and flexibility (within a Disability social model) – evidencing how the curatorial in itself is neurodivergent. We then have a series of Rapid-Fire Presentations looking at co-production in regional art collections, reflections and findings from a community curation experiment, and access and authority in the arts in relation to podcasting. 


Welcome

00:00Welcome from Martin Myrone (BAN Convenor), and BAN Conference Convening Committee members: Jessica Wan, Cicely Robinson, Rhona Sword and Lauren Craig 

Drafts 

09:33Drafts: Recitations delivered by Jade Foster (DASH) 

Rapid-Fire Presentations 

36:20Introduction to the Rapid-Fire Presentations 

38:23Co-production in regional art collections: Sophie Hatchwell & Greg Salter (University of Birmingham) 

44:02Whose gallery is it anyway? Reflections and Findings from a Community Curation Experiment: Ilaria Casini (Edinburgh Printmakers) 

52:11Podcasting the Past: Audio, Access and Authority in the Arts: Jelena Sofronijevic (independent) 

57:44Q&A 

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]]> Panel: Festival Futures Panel: Festival Futures Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT 44:07 69283a84343bf463ae92387f false https://shows.acast.com/curatorial-reimaginings-british-art-network-conference-2024/episodes/69283a84343bf463ae92387f 69283a84343bf463ae92387f 691c4ca6589629f7d6bd38a5 full 2 This panel discussion brought together representatives from four UK organisations who are curating contemporary visual art in a festival format and has been convened by Liverpool Biennial as part of an ongoing investigation into the future viability and sustainability of the festival format in the visual arts. The panellists discuss the positives of delivering for ‘the moment’ and how one festival programme can embed or instil the necessary groundwork to sustain a festival’s future; the unique challenges of curating festivals, sustainable futures and programming across diverse venues and in response to place.  


Chair: Marie-Anne McQuay (Arts&Heritage) 

Panellists: Annie Jael Kwan (independent), Kim McAleese (Edinburgh Art Festival) and Ian Sergeant (University of the Arts London) 

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]]> This panel discussion brought together representatives from four UK organisations who are curating contemporary visual art in a festival format and has been convened by Liverpool Biennial as part of an ongoing investigation into the future viability and sustainability of the festival format in the visual arts. The panellists discuss the positives of delivering for ‘the moment’ and how one festival programme can embed or instil the necessary groundwork to sustain a festival’s future; the unique challenges of curating festivals, sustainable futures and programming across diverse venues and in response to place.  


Chair: Marie-Anne McQuay (Arts&Heritage) 

Panellists: Annie Jael Kwan (independent), Kim McAleese (Edinburgh Art Festival) and Ian Sergeant (University of the Arts London) 

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]]> Plenary Roundtable Plenary Roundtable Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT 1:00:48 69283b3b0a0a23ea7eae88ef false https://shows.acast.com/curatorial-reimaginings-british-art-network-conference-2024/episodes/69283b3b0a0a23ea7eae88ef 69283b3b0a0a23ea7eae88ef 691c4ca6589629f7d6bd38a5 full 3 This concluding plenary roundtable brought together individuals at different stages of their careers to reflect on some of the wider issues around curatorial practice over the last years. Thinking specifically about curating in the wake of the momentous events of 2020-21 and in the context of the present political climate, the panel considered the possibilities for the future of the field. 

 

Chair: Sarah Victoria Turner (Paul Mellon Centre) 

Panellists: Leanne Green (Tate Liverpool), Jazz Swali & Marta Marsicka (Backlit Gallery) and Melanie Pocock (Ikon Gallery) 

00:00Plenary Roundtable 

58:47Closing words from Martin Myrone (BAN Convenor) 

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]]> This concluding plenary roundtable brought together individuals at different stages of their careers to reflect on some of the wider issues around curatorial practice over the last years. Thinking specifically about curating in the wake of the momentous events of 2020-21 and in the context of the present political climate, the panel considered the possibilities for the future of the field. 

 

Chair: Sarah Victoria Turner (Paul Mellon Centre) 

Panellists: Leanne Green (Tate Liverpool), Jazz Swali & Marta Marsicka (Backlit Gallery) and Melanie Pocock (Ikon Gallery) 

00:00Plenary Roundtable 

58:47Closing words from Martin Myrone (BAN Convenor) 

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