Harriet Atkinson is AHRC Leadership Fellow and Senior Lecturer in History of Art and Design at University of BrightonHer latest book is Showing resistance: Propaganda and Modernist exhibitions in Britain, 1933–53 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S2: E5 The Weather Project, 2003
In this episode Malika Browne talks to art historian, author and museum director Will Gompertz about Olafur Eliasson’s unforgettable installation in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in 2003. Was it an exhibition in the strictest sense of the word? Or was it an installation, a happening or even an ‘environment’? It was certainly a landmark event in London that decade. Will worked at Tate at the time, and has fascinating insights into the exhibition and how it came about. This is a Froody Music production. Thanks to Martin Lumsden Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S2: E4 Cybernetic Serendipity, 1968
In this episode Malika Browne talks to Melanie Lenz, digital curator at the V&A about the groundbreaking exhibition Cybernetic Serendipity at the ICA in `London in 1968 in a discussion that explores the origins and the military uses of cybernetics, the difference between cybernetics and AI, and the effect this show had on its visitors in the pre-computer age.DO NOT MISS Electric Dreams at Tate Modern on til 1st June 2025, about art and technology before the internet. It has a whole room about Cybernetic Serendipity! Further Reading:"Cybernetic Serendipity": The First Widely-Attended International Exhibition of Computer ArtSeven minute piece of footage from 1968 of curator Jasia Reichardt explaining her fascinating show This is a Froody Music production. Thanks to Martin Lumsden Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S2: E3 Sensation, 1997
In this episode Malika Browne talks to art historian and author Dr Ben Street about the shocking exhibition Sensation at the Royal Academy in London in 1997, and describes the rise of the YBAs (Young British Artists) and what a pivotal moment it was for British art in the decade when the UK was dubbed Cool Britannia. Further Reading:Lucky Kunst by Gregor MuirThis is a Froody Music production. Thanks to Martin Lumsden Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S2: E2 The Great Exhibition 1851
In this episode Malika Browne talks to journalist, novelist and biographer A N Wilson about the Great Exhibition of 1851, which took place in Hyde Park over six months and attracted over 6 million visitors. The profit from the wildly popular international commercial exhibition led to the founding of London’s now famous South Kensington museums, and the area known as Albertopolis. The Royal Commission for the 1851 exhibition goes on to this day, dispensing grants to scientists.Further Reading:Prince Albert: The man who saved the monarchy by A N WilsonThe World for a Shilling by Michael Leapmanhttps://royalcommission1851.org/This is a Froody Music production. Thanks to Martin Lumsden Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why do some museum exhibitions achieve legendary status? Why are some shows still talked and thought about long after they are over? From Tutankhamen (1972) to Francis Bacon (1988), from the Surrealists exhibition (1923) to Sensation (1997), in every episode I discuss a show that changed everything with an expert. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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