OPEN House: Conjuring up an exhibition with Elly Clarke [in person]
What stories can objects inspire?
What stories do they carry?
Which people do they remind you of, or moments in your life?
Or desires, dreams, wishes?
What knowledge about this object transmits from selector / creator to beholder?
In this in-person workshop we will playfully and collectively Conjure Up An Exhibition with objects or artworks brought from participants’ homes / studios / workplaces. Through individual and collective writing, (non-scary) role play and discussion, we will explore the stories these objects might tell – alone, and in dialogue with others. We will imagine the objects in different (dis)guises: the art object, the archival fragment, the historical artefact, the evidence, and other outfits that may emerge out of this gathering.
The conjuring will take place on a shared document without revealing whose objects are whose. The workshop will culminate in a collective performance-slash-read-through of the objects, augmented by images created during the session, and a one-night exhibition of the objects. The final performance/presentation may be recorded, or live-streamed, shared only with those physically present – depending on how participants feel.
Inspired by Elly Clarke’s drag work they have been doing for the last 15 years, Conjuring Up An Exhibition should be both fun and funny, and, as with all drag, offers a break from speaking as ourselves for a moment.
It is suitable for anyone interested in writing, in dialogue, in collaboration, in art and its interpretation, in seeing what happens if..
The workshop will run from 1-4pm, with a public showing of the outcomes taking place 5-6.30pm
