As a follow up to the first event in the “Coming to Encounter” series, I’ll be spending the next two weeks in the Gallery TPW R&D space, testing out how to transform the questions that the panel discussion about “Unshowable Photographs” raised into an experimental gallery exhibition.

Rather than trying to document or translate the panel discussion into the format of the exhibition, this open curatorial studio will try to expand on some of the latent and unexplored issues that the panel discussion raised. Focusing on the contexts in which photographs (or videos) become showable or unshowable, this curatorial research time will allow for experimentation with different presentation formats and juxtapositions between the different methods artists, publishers and curators use to circulate difficult images.

During the first week of the open curatorial residency, my focus will be on research, with the following weeks devoted to experimentation with different modes of display and presentation. Feel free to come by, grab a coffee, and chat any time during the open curatorial studio hours:

Week 1:
Tuesday 10 October: 12–4pm
Wednesday 11 October: 12–4pm

Week 2:
Tuesday 16 October: 10 am–1pm
Thursday 18 October: 10 am–1pm
Friday 19 October: 10 am–3pm

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Week 3:
Tuesday 23 October: 12-4pm
Wednesday 24 October: 12-4pm
Friday 26 October: 10:30-4pm

Week 4:
Tuesday 30 October: 12-4 pm
Wednesday 31 October: 12-4 pm