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Centre for Sport, Leisure and Tourism Research - University of ExeterResearch Showcase Event - April 23rd 2012Church House, Westminster, London
Experiences and Engagement: An Investigation of Young Persons’ Visits to ARTIST
ROOMS on Tour
Stephen Vainker
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Galleries and visitors
‘Object-centred’ Passive audience• Galleries contained
important pieces from which the visitors learnt
(Hooper-Greenhil, 2000)
‘Visitor-centred’Active audience• Visitors find meaning in the
artworks for themselves• Galleries serve the needs of the
visitors. • Galleries aim to dissolve the
boundaries between the institution and the community
Galleries and museums were created so that culture could be available to all
THEN
NOW
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ARTIST ROOMS
• Art collection donated to the nation by art dealer and collector Anthony d’Offay.
• Owned and administered jointly by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. The Art Fund supports the touring costs
• Made up of the works of 35 artists. Each artist forms a ‘room’ that tours around the UK independently.
2012 Tour
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ARTIST ROOMS and young people Aim
• To engage ‘new’ young audiences (13 – 25 years old) across the UK with the ARTIST ROOMS collection and artists in a meaningful and enjoyable way.Practice
• Associate Galleries collaborate with an ‘ambassador’ group of young people over an extended period of time.
• E.g. New Walk Museum, Leicester: young people worked with the gallery to create an iPad app that displayed their responses to the artworks and was available within the exhibition.
(Ganley, 2011)
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Research
Focus• The purpose of the ambassador groups is to enable young
people to help shape the relationships galleries have with their audience.
• This means enabling the agency of young people to flourish within the gallery space.
• The challenge for the galleries: for the young people to express themselves at the same time have an impact.
• The research will look at how far this is able to happen in practice.
Hallet and Prout, 2003
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Methods• The research will examine the groups at 4-6 galleries during
2012. • To understand people’s experiences in a group, the details are
important. This means: -observation over an extended period
- participating in the groups - audio-visual recordings of the groups- interviews with participants and staff
Impact• The research will contribute to our knowledge of the
experiences of young people in galleries within this new collaborative framework.
• It will have practical and theoretical implications for galleries, museums and public services more widely
(Silverman, 2009)
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References• Books
Hallett, C. & Prout, A., 2003, (eds.) Hearing the Voices of Children: Social Policy for a New Century. London and New York: RoutledgeFalmer Hooper-Greenhill, E., 2000. Museums and the Interpretation of Visual Culture. London: Routledge. Lynch, B., 2011. Whose Cake is it Anyway? Report for Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Silverman, D., 2009. Interpreting qualitative data: Methods for analysing talk, text and interaction. London: Sage.
• ImagesIn the Flesh, ARTIST ROOMS: Ron Mueck at Aberdeen Art Gallery, 2009. © Mike Davidson, Positive Image.Grace Jones, 1984, Robert Mapplethorpe. © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Untitled (Hand Circle), 1996, Bruce Naumann. © ARS, NY and DACS.Winter Bears, 1988; Jeff Koons. © Jeff Koons.Untitled , 1985, Gerhard Richter. © Gerhard Richter
• All images:ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Acquired jointly through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008.
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Thanks – questions.• Research presented here was conducted
during an ESRC Studentship under its Capacity Building Clusters Award (RES-187-24-0002) in partnership with Tate and National Galleries of Scotland.
• For more information about this project and the work of the Centre for Sport, Leisure and Tourism research, see www.ex.ac.uk/slt.
• For more information about ARTIST ROOMS, see www.artfund.org/artistrooms
• Stephen Vainker, [email protected], 07792299494.