Millar, Lesley (2011) Lost in lace. [Curation, Exhibition/show, Textiles]
Creators: | Millar, Lesley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Description/Abstract: | Lost in Lace (exhibition and catalogue, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Oct. 2011–Feb. 2012) was the outcome of a three-year research project, extending my earlier inquiry for Textural Space (exhibition and catalogue, 2001). The project explores and develops the dialogue between contemporary cross-discipline approaches to lace, and current discourse concerning the divisions of space within the built environment – the role of the boundary/border in urban design (Sennett 2011; Lambertucci 2010). The research was placed within the context of Japanese notions of Ma and Hashi and the writings of Tschumi (1990), Rendell (2006), Ishigami (2010), Bachelard (1968) and Riley (1995). Within the UK, interest in lace as a vehicle for both art and design innovation is in the early stages (Bartlett, University College London 2005, Caruso St.John/Nottingham Contemporary 2009). Outside the UK there have been initiatives using the tradition and history of lace as a means of challenging and subverting preconceptions around function and use (Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting, USA, 2007, Kantlijnen, Belgium, 2008, Lace in Translation, USA, 2009, Love Lace, Australia, 2011). Lost in Lace brings together Eastern and Western understandings of the articulation of space, building upon the rich tradition of the relationship between lace and architecture. It aims to provide new insights into the ways in which we configure and negotiate the thresholds and boundaries we encounter as we move through space. The research investigates the material processes of making through interviews with artists, architects and relevant others. The exhibition and publication expanded the themes and ideas identified during the research through a series of architectonic installations developed in discussion between myself as curator, and each of the international cohort of exhibitors. Funding was provided by the Crafts Council, Arts Council England, Esmée Fairbairn, Culture Ireland, Embassy of Brazil, Japan Foundation, and Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation. |
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Item Type: | Art/Design Item | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 29 October 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Copyright Holders: | Lesley Millar (Exhibition and catalogue), David Commenchal (Photographer) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Material: | Various in exhibition (image cotton, feathers, brass wire) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Funders: | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Crafts Council of England, Arts Council of England, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Japan Foundation, Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, Culture Ireland, The Embassy of Brazil in London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locations / Venues: | Location From Date To Date Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 29 October 2011 19 February 2012 |
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Projects or Series: | Lost in lace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Uncontrolled Keywords or tags : | architecture, lace, space, textiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools: | School of Crafts & Design | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Depositing User: |
Mary-Anne Spalding
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Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2011 23:59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 13 Dec 2013 12:57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
URI: | https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/882 |
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