This three-day conference balanced critical analysis with artists' case studies, bringing together leading scholars, artists and curators to rethink the notion of context in contemporary art.
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Jeremy Deller, The Battle of Orgreave, 2001 Courtesy Artangel
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Artist Jason E. Bowman’s Untitled (The Theory of Parachuting) seminar kicked off the three-day conference in the expansive space of the Cameron Balloon Factory in Bristol. A military paratrooper, physiotherapist and base-jumper led the audience through the physical and psychological effects of parachuting. ‘Freefall’, a fleeting moment of exhilaration, freedom and terror became an apt metaphor for discussion of the creative process as the conference relocated to Bristol Zoo. Taking Miwon Kwon’s theorisation of the wrong place in her significant study One Place After Another: Site-Specific Art and Locational Identity, the presentations and conversations over the following two-days balanced critical analysis with artists’ case studies, bringing together leading scholars, artists and curators to rethink the notion of context in contemporary art.
Contributors included: Jason E. Bowman, Alex Coles, Phil Collins, Jeremy Deller, Okwui Enwezor, Dan Hicks, Lu Jie, Declan McGonagle, Ewen McDonald, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Susan Norrie, Paul O’Neill and Mario Rizzi.
Funders and supporters
The Wrong Place: Rethinking Context in Contemporary Art was organised by Situations in association with Arnolfini and Bristol Legible City and hosted at Bristol Zoo Gardens. It was supported by the Arts Council England and the University of the West of England, Bristol.
