Object, concept, experience? What is it we’re collecting?

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Clare Twomey – The Invisible Vase

Clare Twomey’s artwork The Invisible Vase is formed by the cobweb of lines that maps every break of the restored Portland Vase. The Portland Vase is a litany of material processes and fragility, this is embedded in material, human skills and a continual historic collaboration with new and old technologies. The world renowned Portland Vase sits […]

Permanence/Impermanence: collecting and archiving contemporary clay practices

The three-day conference addresses how artworks in the ‘expanded field of clay’ can be made accessible to current and future audiences. These works may be ephemeral, site-specific, participatory, or live, thereby posing significant challenges for museums. It takes place in the context of important recent work on collecting performance, installation and live art (Tate, 2018-22; […]