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.
"‘Kunstschrank (literally ‘art-cupboard’)"
— Patrick Mauries, Cabinets of Curiosities, Thames&Hudson 2011. Pg 56 (via 10plots)
"The Schatzkammern (treasure chambers)"
— Patrick Mauries, Cabinets of Curiosities, Thames&Hudson 2011. Pg 51 (via 10plots)
"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)
ALLOTMENT
I am the Associate Producer of ALLOTMENT, an 8 month project at mac birmingham. Follow the project and its plot holders HERE
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.
