Future Memory in Place

未来记忆就位

• 批准号: AH/I025956/1
• 负责人: Elena Isayev
• 金额: $ 3.11万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2011 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FI025956%2F1
• 关键词: Future; Memory; Place

If there is no true, authentic or essential relationship between people and territory, no primordial tie between body and soil, then how does any one place gain meaning? How does experience of a site and its landscape, or social tools such as citizenship, create a sense of belonging and identity that is associated with locational place? How does an imagined community such as the nation state form, and whom does it include? These are all questions which underpin the current project Future Memory in Place. It follows on from research into these questions that was conducted in the original Beyond Text initiative De-Placing Future Memory and are currently being explored in relation to the ancient world in the project Paradoxes of Place. The historical context, especially one that was highly mobile, is essential for understanding what an alternative non-territorially based sense of belonging may have looked like, and the role of place within it. Such a perspective also encourages a reconsideration of what is meant by the foreigner and migrant. If we are all mobile in some way then how is that mobility distinguished, other than by crossing borders? While these projects look primarily to the past, to better comprehend the production of place, the current proposal looks forward. Its aim is to create an environment that brings together seemingly disparate communities that jointly participate in the construction of place through common experience. In so doing it will enact and disseminate the research findings to a wider public through a collaboration of academic and art practice, generating opportunities for knowledge exchange. The focus communities of this project, all based in Swansea, are school students and refugees. They will be engaged through a series of workshops, constructed by the leading Welsh artist Catrin Webster, in collaboration with the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and the Centre for Migration Policy Research (CMPR), at Swansea University. Journeys will be a central activity, since the shifting from one place to another affects perception, understanding, memory and response. It can be via a small shift from a corner of a room to a window, or journeys across time, space and cultures. Mobility is key to our interaction with the world and is seen as an essential part of our existence; however, within the very mobile nature of being human we also need time to adjust to new environments, to consider where we are. Therefore the workshops create an opportunity to do both; to be mobile and also to be present. They will consist of an introduction to key themes through the lens of the ancient world questioning current preconceptions of the migrant and the meaning of place. The artist will lead participants on a journey into the city scape, introducing visual methods to record it, including drawing, colour collection, and digital capture. The focus will be on individual interpretation of communal experience. The journey will then be re-presented in the gallery workshop. The principal method of investigation will be literally beyond text, as this project seeks to give an alternative language to participants, through a focus on visual perceptions and modes of communication. Throughout the project there will be an interactive web presence, using the Beyond Text project Web Site and YouTube to allow participants to add journey experiences. These will then be incorporated in new art works through re-mixing. The project will culminate in a public site-specific installation, incorporating the work of all participants and also original pieces by Webster. Providing a new imagined community for those who have conducted the same journeys and jointly created place. The final element will be the design of an education resource, for use in the Citizenship Curriculum, so the findings will continue to be disseminated. With the help of the CMPR it is hoped that there will also be an opportunity to inform current policy on issues of migration.

如果人与土地之间没有真正的、真实的、本质的关系，身体与土壤之间没有原始的联系，那么任何一个地方又如何获得意义呢？一个地点和它的景观的体验，或者像公民身份这样的社会工具，是如何创造一种与地点相关的归属感和认同感的？像民族国家这样的想象共同体是如何形成的，又包括哪些人？这些都是当前项目Future Memory in Place的基础问题。它是对这些问题的研究的延续，这些问题是在最初的超越文本倡议中进行的，目前正在探索与古代世界有关的地方悖论项目。历史背景，尤其是高度流动的历史背景，对于理解一种非地域基础的归属感可能是什么样的，以及地方在其中的作用是至关重要的。这样的观点也鼓励人们重新思考外国人和移民的含义。如果我们在某种程度上都是流动的，那么除了跨越国界之外，这种流动是如何区分的呢？虽然这些项目主要着眼于过去，但为了更好地理解场所的生产，目前的提案展望未来。其目的是创造一个环境，将看似不同的社区聚集在一起，通过共同的经验共同参与地方的建设。在此过程中，它将通过学术和艺术实践的合作，制定和传播研究成果给更广泛的公众，创造知识交流的机会。这个项目的重点社区都在斯旺西，是学生和难民。他们将参与由威尔士著名艺术家Catrin Webster与Glynn Vivian艺术画廊和斯旺西大学移民政策研究中心（CMPR）合作建造的一系列工作坊。旅行将是一项核心活动，因为从一个地方转移到另一个地方会影响感知、理解、记忆和反应。它可以是通过从一个房间的角落到一个窗户的小移动，或者穿越时间、空间和文化的旅行。移动性是我们与世界互动的关键，被视为我们存在的重要组成部分；然而，在人类非常灵活的天性中，我们也需要时间来适应新的环境，考虑我们在哪里。因此，研讨会创造了一个同时做到这两点的机会；既要移动，又要在场。他们将通过古代世界的镜头对关键主题进行介绍，质疑当前对移民和地方意义的先入为主的观念。艺术家将带领参与者进入城市景观之旅，引入视觉方法来记录它，包括绘画，色彩收集和数字捕捉。重点将放在个人对公共经验的解读上。然后，这段旅程将在画廊工作坊中重新呈现。调查的主要方法将超越文本，因为这个项目试图通过关注视觉感知和交流模式，为参与者提供另一种语言。在整个项目中，将有一个互动的网站，使用超越文本项目网站和YouTube，让参与者添加旅程体验。然后通过重新混音将其融入到新的艺术作品中。该项目将在一个公共场所特定的装置中达到高潮，包括所有参与者的作品和韦伯斯特的原创作品。为那些经历过相同旅程并共同创造的人提供一个新的想象社区。最后一个要素将是设计一种教育资源，用于公民课程，因此调查结果将继续传播。在CMPR的帮助下，希望也将有机会介绍有关移民问题的现行政策。