Jan Bryant
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781474456944
- eISBN:
- 9781474476867
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474456944.003.0009
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Aesthetics
The Curator is a performance by Frances Barrett in response to a question posed by Liquid Architecture, an arts organisation for artists working with sound, “What does a feminist methodology sound ...
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The Curator is a performance by Frances Barrett in response to a question posed by Liquid Architecture, an arts organisation for artists working with sound, “What does a feminist methodology sound like?” Two curators are asked to fully care for the artist including feeding, toileting, boarding and entertaining over a 24-hour period. The implications arising from Curator around care, hospitality, feminism, curatorial responsibilities, tolerance, and gender are considered. It also includes philosophical questions on immanence, and forms of ethics. There is an analysis of scenes from Certain Women (2017) a film directed by Kelly Reichardt that touches on similar themes. [100]Less
The Curator is a performance by Frances Barrett in response to a question posed by Liquid Architecture, an arts organisation for artists working with sound, “What does a feminist methodology sound like?” Two curators are asked to fully care for the artist including feeding, toileting, boarding and entertaining over a 24-hour period. The implications arising from Curator around care, hospitality, feminism, curatorial responsibilities, tolerance, and gender are considered. It also includes philosophical questions on immanence, and forms of ethics. There is an analysis of scenes from Certain Women (2017) a film directed by Kelly Reichardt that touches on similar themes. [100]
Kate Hill
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780719081156
- eISBN:
- 9781526115058
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719081156.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter examines women working in museums, paid or as volunteers, in curatorial roles or in secretarial, cleaning, or other positions. It shows that while women had some difficulty accessing ...
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This chapter examines women working in museums, paid or as volunteers, in curatorial roles or in secretarial, cleaning, or other positions. It shows that while women had some difficulty accessing curatorial roles, they used non-curatorial roles and volunteering to make space in museums, from which they might also undertake curatorial work; women were less compartmentalised than their job descriptions implied. It also explores the process of professionalisation in museums during the period, and finds that although it privileged men, it was incomplete and inconsistent, and also created opportunities for women. Women found roles undertaking repetitive and detailed work, working with children, and communicating with the general public.Less
This chapter examines women working in museums, paid or as volunteers, in curatorial roles or in secretarial, cleaning, or other positions. It shows that while women had some difficulty accessing curatorial roles, they used non-curatorial roles and volunteering to make space in museums, from which they might also undertake curatorial work; women were less compartmentalised than their job descriptions implied. It also explores the process of professionalisation in museums during the period, and finds that although it privileged men, it was incomplete and inconsistent, and also created opportunities for women. Women found roles undertaking repetitive and detailed work, working with children, and communicating with the general public.
