'Art on Tyneside': Redeveloping a Permanent Display about Art, Place and Identity at the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle.

本研究旨在探讨身份、地点和艺术之间的关系。它将关注人们对莱恩美术馆收藏的艺术作品的反应，以及它的永久展品--泰恩赛德的艺术。莱恩博物馆是泰恩和威尔博物馆(TWM)的旗舰艺术场所，总部设在纽卡斯尔市中心。泰恩赛德艺术展于1991年开幕，采用了一种新颖的方式，展示了与其地理背景有关的历史和现代艺术：泰恩赛德。人们觉得，一个熟悉的参照系--当地的参照系--可以吸引当地的非参观者，并像画廊当时的馆长大卫·弗莱明所说的那样，使画廊更加人性化。在最初的几个月里，美术馆确实吸引了比去年同期多70%的访问量。然而，它也招致了那些反对采用社会历史方法进行解释和纳入互动内容的媒体的批评。尽管有不同的反应，但这次展示是创新的，受到了极大的批评关注。现在已经17岁多了，泰恩赛德的艺术陈列馆计划在2010年重新开发。情况发生了很大的变化，不仅在泰恩赛德蓬勃发展的艺术场景和博物馆和画廊吸引新游客的方式方面，而且在数字技术提供的新可能性方面也是如此。因此，这次重建为莱恩美术馆的策展人和在纽卡斯尔大学工作的学者提供了一个重新审视展览背后的原始想法的理想机会。这些专家将利用最近关于地点、身份、策展、观众以及在画廊参观中使用技术的学术研究，为当代观众创造一种新的展示。为了实现这一目标，研究人员提议让公众有机会创造性地参与到新的展示中来。参与者将有机会在一部短片中出现，尝试新的数字讲故事技术，记录口述历史，或拍照。研究人员希望，通过让公众创造性地参与进来，这将为人们如何思考地点、身份和艺术提供新的见解。参与者制作的视听材料将被整合到新的展示中，展示人们对地点、身份和艺术的不同思考方式，并帮助展示吸引一系列潜在的参观者。参与者将来自广泛的团体，包括家庭、社区团体和那些以前从未参观过莱恩美术馆的人。Tyne and Wear在与不同类型的游客和社区团体合作方面有着良好的记录。那些对艺术有专业兴趣并了解东北艺术场景的人也将有机会做出贡献，以确保展示包括各种视角。在此过程中，研究人员将定期向工作人员和展览设计团队提供反馈，以便观众的观点和学术思想从一开始就可以输入到新的展示中。通过研究过程产生的胶片、照片和故事将由泰恩和沃尔博物馆收集和保管，以便未来的研究人员和展览也可以使用它们。另一个好处是，该项目将使大学的学者和城市博物馆和美术馆的策展人更紧密地联系在一起，使他们能够分享他们的知识。这两个组织已经在该市的大北方博物馆项目上进行合作。“泰恩赛德的艺术”项目还为观众提供了一个进入莱恩美术馆幕后的机会，并成为重新开发这个重要的公共陈列过程的一部分。研究项目将从2008年夏天持续到2010年夏天，届时新的陈列将向公众开放。

This research aims to explore the relationships between identity, place, and art. It will focus on people's responses to artworks within the collection of the Laing Art Gallery and its permanent display 'Art on Tyneside'. The Laing is the flagship art venue of Tyne and Wear Museums (TWM) and is based in Newcastle city centre. The 'Art on Tyneside' display opened in 1991 and took a novel approach by displaying art, both historical and modern, in relation to its geographical context: Tyneside. It was felt that a familiar frame of reference - that of local place - could engage local non-visitors and 'humanise' the gallery as its then director David Fleming put it. Over its first few months the Gallery did indeed attract 70% more visits compared to the same period in the previous year. However, it also attracted media criticism from those who objected to the socio-historical approach taken to the interpretation and to the inclusion of interactives. Regardless of the different responses, this display was innovative and received significant critical attention. Now over seventeen years old, the 'Art on Tyneside' display is scheduled for redevelopment by 2010. Things have changed considerably not only in terms of Tyneside's thriving art-scene and the way that museums and galleries aim to appeal to new visitors, but also in terms of new possibilities offered by digital technology. This redevelopment therefore presents curators from the Laing Art Gallery and academics working at Newcastle University with an ideal opportunity to revisit the original ideas behind the display. These experts will draw upon recent academic research about place, identity, curation, audiences, and the use of technology within gallery visiting to create a new display for a contemporary audience. To achieve this goal, the researchers propose to give members of the public the chance to be creatively involved in the new display. Participants will be given the chance to either feature in a short-documentary, try their hand at new digital storytelling techniques, record an oral history, or take photographs. The researchers hope that by asking members of the public to get involved creatively, this will offer a new insight into how people think about place, identity, and art. The audio-visual materials produced by participants will be integrated into the new display to show the diverse ways that people think about place, identity, and art and to help the display appeal to a range of potential visitors. Participants will be drawn from a wide range of groups including families, community groups and those who have never before visited the Laing Art Gallery. Tyne and Wear has an excellent track-record of working with a diverse range of visitors and community groups. Those with a specialist interest in art and a knowledge of the North-East's art-scene will also be given a chance to contribute to ensure that the display includes a variety of perspectives. Along the way, researchers will give regular feedback to the staff and exhibition design team so that both the audience's perspectives and the academic ideas can be fed into the new display from the outset. The films, photographs, and stories generated through the research process will be collected and cared for by Tyne and Wear Museums so that future researchers and exhibitions can also make use of them. An additional benefit is that the project will bring academics in the University and curators in the city's museums and galleries closer together enabling them to share their knowledge. The two organisations are already working together on the city's Great North Museum project. The 'Art on Tyneside' project also provides a chance for audiences to go behind the scenes in the Laing Art Gallery and to be part of the process of redeveloping this important public display.The research project will run from summer 2008 to summer 2010 when the new display will open to the public.