On-site/Off-site: Thomas Bewick and contemporary art at National Trust Cherryburn.

现场/场外：Thomas Bewick 和 National Trust Cherryburn 的当代艺术。

• 批准号: AH/X004279/1
• 负责人: Venda Pollock
• 金额: $ 10.15万
• 依托单位: Newcastle University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FX004279%2F1
• 关键词: site; Off; Thomas; Bewick; contemporary

This Impact and Engagement project seeks to address two key issues:- the long-term legacy of, and access to, temporary site-specific art commissions- the potential of digital space for audience development within the heritage sector.Working with the National Trust's historic property and collection at Cherryburn, the birthplace of Thomas Bewick, and our new partner, The Bewick Society, this project seeks to address the issues of legacy, access and audience development through two strands of work. Firstly, two artworks created as part of the MCAHE project by Marcus Coates and Mark Fairington in 2018-19 will be revisited to create digitally accessible versions. This looks to demonstrate the potential of digital forms of contemporary art and dissemination which, in turn, has the capacity to generate new audiences and make commissioned artworks more accessible. Secondly, we will work with the Bewick Society to create a new digital-first artwork that follows the intentions of the original MCAHE artists' commission brief for Cherryburn. This born-digital work seeks to demonstrate an alternative commissioning and dissemination approach, which again might appeal to and help to develop different audiences. The experiences of this project will be shared at a project symposium designed to stimulate discussion and debate within the wider contemporary art, digital, heritage and museum communities around the value and future development of digital platforms for the preservation, representation and creation of site-specific art practice. The symposium will be delivered in partnership with the sector support organisation Arts&Heritage.Why is this needed?There has been a significant increase in the number of artworks being commissioned for heritage sites, and the the sites commissioning work have become increasingly varied - from country houses to historic waterways. Major schemes have emerged, such as the National Trust's 'Trust New Art' programme which between 2009-2019 commissioned over 300 artists for 150 of its properties. Despite this, until recently there was very little research on the practice of commissioning contemporary art for heritage or on its impact for artists, heritage sites and audiences. The AHRC funded Mapping Contemporary Art in Heritage (MCAHE) project (https://research.ncl.ac.uk/mcahe/) addressed this gap. MCAHE (2017-2020) was an interdisciplinary, practice-led research project that examined the role, scope and practice of commissioning contemporary art within heritage properties in the UK. The project brought together the knowledge and experience of academics, artists, heritage professionals, volunteers and visitors. Focused on a series of practice-led case studies which involved the creation of six new artworks for four heritage properties in the North East, key findings of the research included that contemporary art commissions could attract new audiences, provide important opportunities for artists to expand their practice, and can play an important role in public understanding of history. That said, it became clear that temporary site-specific art commissions tend to be poorly documented and have limited legacy. This is important for heritage organisations because commissioning contemporary art can be a resource intensive process, in terms of time and money, and yet its impact can be shortlived. It also has access implications in that only those who can physically visit the heritage site can engage with the artwork. These issues are particularly pertinent for heritage sites that might have limited opening hours or limited space. What are the benefits?By enhancing impact and dissemination this project will: - impact commissioning practices to consider legacy, accessibility & digital- further expand artists' practice- develop new audiences and enhance access- create better return on investment for those commissioning contemporary art.

这个影响和参与项目旨在解决两个关键问题：-长期的遗产，并获得，临时网站特定的艺术委员会-数字空间的潜力，为观众的发展在遗产部门。与国家信托的历史财产和收藏在切里伯恩，托马斯比威克的出生地，和我们的新合作伙伴，比威克协会，这个项目旨在解决遗产，访问和观众发展的问题，通过两个方面的工作。首先，由Marcus科茨和Mark Fairington在2018-19年创作的两件艺术品将被重新审视，以创建数字化可访问版本。这看起来展示了当代艺术和传播的数字形式的潜力，反过来，它有能力产生新的观众，并使委托艺术品更容易获得。其次，我们将与比威克协会合作，创造一个新的数字优先的艺术品，遵循原来的MCAHE艺术家的委员会简介樱桃本的意图。这一数字化的作品试图展示一种替代的委托和传播方法，这种方法同样可以吸引并帮助发展不同的受众。该项目的经验将在一个项目研讨会上分享，旨在激发更广泛的当代艺术，数字，遗产和博物馆社区围绕数字平台的价值和未来发展进行讨论和辩论，以保护，代表和创造特定的艺术实践。研讨会将与行业支持机构Arts&Heritage合作举办。为什么需要这样做？为遗产地委托创作的艺术品数量大幅增加，遗产地的委托工作也变得越来越多样化-从乡村别墅到历史悠久的水道。主要的计划已经出现，例如国家信托的“信托新艺术”计划，该计划在2009年至2019年期间委托了300多名艺术家为其150处房产创作。尽管如此，直到最近，很少有人研究委托当代艺术作为遗产的做法，或其对艺术家、遗产地和观众的影响。澳大利亚人权委员会资助的绘制当代艺术遗产图项目（https：//research.ncl.ac.uk/mcahe/）解决了这一差距。MCAHE（2017-2020）是一个跨学科的，以实践为主导的研究项目，研究在英国遗产中委托当代艺术的作用，范围和实践。该项目汇集了学者、艺术家、遗产专业人士、志愿者和游客的知识和经验。该研究的重点是一系列以实践为导向的案例研究，涉及为东北部的四个遗产创作六件新艺术品，研究的主要发现包括当代艺术委员会可以吸引新的观众，为艺术家提供扩大实践的重要机会，并可以在公众理解历史方面发挥重要作用。也就是说，很明显，临时特定地点的艺术委员会往往记录不全，遗产有限。这对遗产组织来说很重要，因为委托当代艺术在时间和金钱方面可能是一个资源密集型的过程，但其影响可能是短暂的。它也有访问的影响，因为只有那些谁可以亲自访问遗产网站可以与艺术品。这些问题对于开放时间或空间有限的遗产地尤其重要。有什么好处？通过加强影响和传播，该项目将：-影响委托实践，以考虑遗产，可访问性和数字-进一步扩大艺术家的实践-开发新的观众和提高访问-为那些委托当代艺术创造更好的投资回报。