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A film I made of artist, Sophie Bancroft, painting the inside of the ALLOTMENT Shed at mac birmingham. The Shed is part of a 9 month project at mac birmingham running from January - September 2012. For more information on ALLOTMENT see its accompanying blog.

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"‘Kunstschrank (literally ‘art-cupboard’)"

Patrick Mauries, Cabinets of Curiosities, Thames&Hudson 2011. Pg 56 (via 10plots)

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"The Schatzkammern (treasure chambers)"

Patrick Mauries, Cabinets of Curiosities, Thames&Hudson 2011. Pg 51 (via 10plots)

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"In about 1550, the word Kunstkammer (‘chamber of art’) appeared in German, to be joined soon afterwards by Wunderkammer (‘chamber of marvels’)"

Patrick Mauries, Cabinets of Curiosities, Thames&Hudson 2011. Pg 50 (via 10plots)

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ALLOTMENT

I am the Associate Producer of ALLOTMENT, an 8 month project at mac birmingham.  Follow the project and its plot holders HERE

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Independent curator since 2006. This image is from ‘Some Domestic Incidents,’ a British painting show co-curated with Matt Price for the 2011 5th Prague Biennale and back in the UK at mac birmingham.  Painters included Graham Chorlton, Oliver Clegg, Anna M R Freeman, Philip Hale, Justin Mortimer, Sally Payen and Caroline Walker.

Independent curator since 2006. This image is from ‘Some Domestic Incidents,’ a British painting show co-curated with Matt Price for the 2011 5th Prague Biennale and back in the UK at mac birmingham.  Painters included Graham Chorlton, Oliver Clegg, Anna M R Freeman, Philip Hale, Justin Mortimer, Sally Payen and Caroline Walker.