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Initial ideas for our theoretical exhibition
Lynda Cornwell

Exhibition of “handleable” materials/ experiential materials?

Things to consider in no particular order…

Content
All things handleable to create an intimate experience. Even if the items are non-precious (in that we are allowed to handle them and examine them closely in a way that most galleries/museums do not allow today) they may become precious because we feel privileged to touch them.
Books…
- Handmade or multiple artists’ books or facsimile sketchbooks
- Made into sculpture/intervened with in such a way that they are no longer legible – a whole library of unreadable books!
Packages…
- To open
- To look at and guess the contents but not open
‘Toys’…
- To learn from
- To play with
Sculpture…
- Walk on pieces eg Carl André
- Works to touch and move
Drawing/Painting…
- Collaborative work

Venue/situation
Cormfortable lounge? Rather than an austere gallery or museum, somewhere more intimate.
Artist-designed furniture?
Travelling exh space?

Audience
Invited guests?
People passing by?
Gallery goers or ordinary people?
Adults or children or both?

Funding/costs
Venue, staffing, insurance, travel?, catalogue, packaging, transport of items, promotion

Timing
Time of year (coincide with other events?), duration, weekdays? weekends? both?

Marketing/promotion

Catalogue

Opening
Dates/hours/private view/staffing/press pack

Timescale
Pert network/diagram/workflow to estimate planning time, installation and take-down time etc