As I open up the mysterious box from the archive not knowing what’s inside, labelled vaguely as dance, each folder inside labeled with different titles, meaning nothing to me as context is removed, one labeled ‘The Deadly Grove’ calls out to me.
Category: The Archive
Stu Allsopp: Modern Art Oxford in Photographs
Stu Allsop has been a key part of Modern Art Oxford’s creative community for years. You’ll have spotted him photographing events and performances – and here he highlights five favourite image sets.
From the Archive: David Barron’s Picks
While helping catalogue the Modern Art Oxford archives, I came across some lovely letters written by a group of 7-year-olds who had visited an exhibition of collages by Francis Davison in February 1982.
Young Creative Alumna: Mia Explores Movement in our Archive
During the late 1980s, Modern Art Oxford was one of the few performance spaces open in Oxford and held one of the best dance floors, therefore the gallery hosted a particularly interesting series of experimental performances and workshops run alongside the gallery programme.Â
City of Archives: Take on the Trail
Inspired by Barbara Steveni’s radical practice as an archivist and artist, we’ve charted some of the incredible archival collections across our city. If you’re unable to take part in Eloise Hawser’s Thames Path walk, why not take your own self-guided trip through the city – with plenty of collections that you can visit in person.
Archives and Activism – The Haringey Vanguard by Veronica McKenzie
With this post we are excited to welcome filmmaker Veronica McKenzie, founder of the Haringey Vanguard Project. This important National Lottery Heritage funded history project celebrates the work, stories and influence of Haringey-based community activists between the 1970s – 1990s, whose historical contributions to the LGBTQ+ and anti-racist movements were felt well beyond the borough.… Continue reading Archives and Activism – The Haringey Vanguard by Veronica McKenzie
Artist Takeover by Katya Mora – Activating our Archives
In April 2020 Activating our Archives participant Katya took over the Modern Art Oxford Instagram feed for the day to share part of her ongoing contemplative diary series. Her video work responds to the idea of information intake in the time of Coronavirus. She asks questions such as: Where does my body store the virtual… Continue reading Artist Takeover by Katya Mora – Activating our Archives
Participant call out – Activating our Archives: Community DialoguesÂ
Modern Art Oxford and Fusion Arts are currently seeking participants for Activating our Archives: Community Dialogues, a project starting in spring 2020 which explores personal and collective identities through dialogue, photography and live archiving. Activating our Archives: Community Dialogues is led by artist and curator Sunil Shah and offers participants a series of free workshops based at Fusion Arts, East Oxford. The project welcomes adults with interests in storytelling, photography and social… Continue reading Participant call out – Activating our Archives: Community DialoguesÂ
Participant call out: Activating our Archives
Modern Art Oxford seeks participants for a project about how we represent ourselves and our communities online. Activating our Archives offers a set of free workshops with Oxford-based artist and curator Sunil Shah and will use photographs, documents, found materials and objects to revisit history through artistic expression. The project will include sharing images via social media… Continue reading Participant call out: Activating our Archives
Re-Visit: KALEIDOSCOPE Live: The Archive Box – Urr
Composer and performer Neil Luck uses sound, music, text and gesture in this performance, taking inspiration from Modern Art Oxford’s archive. Urr is an allegorical narrative irresponsibly extrapolated from a series of correspondences between Modern Art Oxford and the artist Saburo Murakami during the 1986 show Reconstructions. Articulated through text, sound and gesture, Murakami’s ‘Box’… Continue reading Re-Visit: KALEIDOSCOPE Live: The Archive Box – Urr