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New John Hansard exhibitions and events

Paper Museums: Moscow Conceptualism in Transit

27 May - 19 July 2014

Moscow Conceptualism in particular and the dialogues within this group that span several decades. Giving an insight into both the wider context in Moscow and the international situation in the late Cold War period and post-Perestroika, the exhibition includes archival material, interviews, reproductions, paintings, objects and documentary footage.

With an equally balanced emphasis between archival and object-based approaches, the show explores the ways in which ‘unofficial’ Soviet artists used periodicals as both repositories for their works and substitutes for exhibitions, as a reaction to conditions under which they could not exhibit freely. Featuring works by more than twenty-six artists, ‘Paper Museums’ focuses on Moscow Conceptualism in particular and the dialogues within this group that span several decades.
Curators In Conversation
Thursday 12 June 2014, 6-7pm

Join 'Paper Museums' curators Professor Sarah Wilson and Elizaveta Buktakova for an informal, walking tour of the exhibition. FREE / All Welcome

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Internet of Cars

31 May - 6 July 2014

Internet of Cars explores the use of vehicles in everyday life through the lens of visual arts. A multi-site series of exhibitions, talks, workshops and events across Southampton, Winchester and Bridport, Internet of Cars creatively responds to data derived from traffic flow analysis, aiming to generate debate around society’s carbon footprint.

A range of public talks and a one-day symposium will connect the Sixth Sense Transport research, including experts from the fields of computer science, transport, tourism, psychology and design, alongside the artworks.

Artists include: Lanfranco Aceti; Esther Polak and Ivar Van Bekkum; Victoria Halford and Steve Beard; Simon Hollington & Kypros Kyprianou; Duncan Shingleton; and Stanza. Curated and devised by SCAN with Sixth Sense Transport, Internet of Cars is partnered by John Hansard Gallery, Southampton; Bridport Arts Centre; and Winchester Science Centre.
EVENTS:

Performance/Workshop: Lanfranco Aceti 7-11 June 2014, Guildhall Square, Southampton

Lanfranco Aceti’s artwork, Self-Driven, assumes that people can be cars. Literally. Aceti will run a series of workshops in which people will adopt characteristics of cars, and explore how ‘being a car’ changes how you relate to people. FREE / All Welcome

Installation: Polak and van Bekkum 13-15 June 2014, Guildhall Square, Southampton

Using ANPR data in real-time from A354 Dorchester to Weymouth and data from a feed tracking the ships coming in and out of harbour in Southampton, this diptych will generate animation and sound clips dependent on the data coming in from both streams. No-one will experience exactly the same sequence of sounds and images. This will be a beautiful and highly seductive work that draws the audience into an alternative for data visualization as landscape and soundscape. This piece will be screened outdoors in Guildhall Square, Southampton. FREE / All Welcome

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The Cultural Quarter builds on already strong arts and heritage activity in and around Southampton. The Trust is working with a wide range of partner organisations and venues including:

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