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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777022703321

Titolo

Issues in curating contemporary art and performance [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Judith Rugg and Michèle Sedgwick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2007

ISBN

1-281-17236-7

9786611172367

1-84150-215-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RuggJudith

SedgwickMichèle

Disciplina

701.05

Soggetti

Art and technology

Art - Exhibition techniques

Museums - Curatorship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Introduction; Part 1: Forms of Thinking in Contemporary Curating; The Curatorial Turn: From Practice to Discourse; Curatorial Strategy as Critical Intervention: The Genesis of Facing East; No Place like Home: Europa; Part 2: Curating and the Interdisciplinary: Encounter, Context, Experience; Critical Spatial Practice: Curating, Editing, Writing; Exhibitions and Their Prerequisites; Part 3: The Role of the Curator: Contestation and Consideration; Curating Doubt

A Parallel Universe: The ""Women's"" Exhibitions at the ICA, 1980, and the UK/Canadian Film and Video Exchange, 1998-2004Thoughts on Curating; Part 4: Emergent Practices: Subverting the Museum; Oscillating the 'high/low' Art Divide: Animation in Museums and Galleries; Generator: The Value of Software Art; Who Makes Site-specific Dance? The Year of the Artist and the Matrix of Curating; The Movement Began with a Scandal; Notes on Contributors; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Explores developments in electronic art, art/science collaboration, nongallery spaces, and 'virtual' fields. This volume examines issues surrounding the curation of art and performance exhibitions. It covers



original theories and expanded concepts of curating contemporary art.