Co-curated this presentation of work by Italian composer Luigi Nono, presented within Tate Modern’s collection galleries.
Nono was one of the most important avant-garde composers of the early twentieth century and a contemporary of many of the key figures in the Arte Povera movement. For this presentation, a surround sound system was installed under the floorboards of Tate Modern’s Arte Povera collection display, amplifying voice recordings that had been cut up, sped up and in every way disrupted. This recorded material was intermittently accompanied by a live solo vocalist.
Curated in collaboration with musical director Richard Bernas, Tate Modern collection galleries, London 2009
Commissioned a new work and curated a solo exhibition by Raqs Media Collective.
Combining the presentation of a two-channel video, archival correspondence, photographs and an assemblage of furniture, the exhibition examined how collectivity and anonymity have been represented over time, and how the conditions of postcolonialism and globalisation contribute to an ongoing crisis of identity and entitlement.
Presented as part of Art Now at Tate Britain, London and subsequently toured to the e-flux Gallery, New York 2009
Presented a lecture and participated in a panel discussion at this symposium discussing the role of museums in the digital age.
The event addressed how collections are developing in the context of extended global narratives; the building of infrastructure for new modes of learning and engagement; the philosophical and practical challenges of collecting new digital forms; and how the relationship between audiences, objects and museums are changing in context of a networked society.
Speakers: Sheena Wagstaff, Anna Cutler, Victoria Walsh, Jane Burton, James Davies, Kelli Alred and Jennifer Mundy. Chaired by Nigel Llewellyn
Tate Modern, London 2009
Commissioned an animated film by Raqs Media Collective reflecting on the way that ethnicity and ‘type’ have been characterized throughout the history of colonial settlement in India.
The film personified a set of scientific instruments, such as those once used to measure the human skull in an effort to determine levels of intelligence, as well as those currently used to extract biometric data from a passport.
Distributed via Tate Online as a prelude to an exhibition of new work at Tate Britain, 2009
Part of the curatorial committee who developed and presented this program involving a participatory installation, moving-image works and re-enacted performances.
At the centre of the program, was a re-creation of the seminal 1971 work by Robert Morris titled BodySpaceMotionThings. This large-scale installation involved audience members being able to climb, balance and suspend themselves on a variety of sculptural objects. The installation was augmented by three moving image works by the artist and an adjunct program of re-enacted performances by Paola Pivi and Jannis Kounellis.
Part of The Long Weekend Festival, Tate Modern Turbine Hall and outdoor locations, London 2009