When we launched the Miniature Museum of Museums by Tara Downs & Bart Sabel at the Waterways Museum last month, we had a very special treat. The artists had engaged in deep research to inform the elements of the artwork, which is presented in the form of a modified and adapted desk. We’re discussing theContinue reading ““A most eccentric desk” Song for an artwork! Steve Hill performs for launch of Miniature Museums”
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Visit Glos Waterways Museum, engage your analytical engine, hear an interplanetary receiver – opens Sat 28th Feb
DO YOU EVER WONDER WHAT ON EARTH ARTISTS DO IN MUSEUMS? VISIT THE WATERWAYS MUSEUM AND ENGAGE YOUR ANALYTICAL ENGINE, HEAR THE INTERPLANETARY RECEIVER AND FIND OUT On Saturday 28th February The Waterways Museum in Gloucester launches the tour of the Miniature Museum of Museums, created by artists Tara Downs and Bart Sabel. They createContinue reading “Visit Glos Waterways Museum, engage your analytical engine, hear an interplanetary receiver – opens Sat 28th Feb”
A response to article in Guardian exploring steampunk, fact & fiction in museums
As a new exhibition opens at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, Heloise Finch-Boyer asks whether we should laugh at the history of science? This article in the Guardian raises a really interesting question and one I am presently exploring with two artists amd three museums, in Gloucestershire, UK, in my project ‘Friction – where fact andContinue reading “A response to article in Guardian exploring steampunk, fact & fiction in museums”
It’s #Museum Week – the perfect time to tell you about Flows latest project – Friction
Friction – where fact and fiction meet through art Friction is an action-research project working within the Museum sector to explore New Museology, where fact and fiction meet through contemporary art. The title refers to how storytelling and fiction can underpin fact, evoke curiosity and create a spark of something new – the merging ofContinue reading “It’s #Museum Week – the perfect time to tell you about Flows latest project – Friction”
Carolyn Black 