The Tiger's Mind / Artist Residency
The Wilson Art Gallery & Museum, Cheltenham.
04th - 14th August 2018
Six Objects:
Portrait of Amy Seymour by Robert Peake (c.1551 ~ 1619)
Mounted Indian Tigerskin Rug by Van Ingen & Van Ingen taxidermists (1935)
Taxidermy case of various exotic birds (19th c)
On The Way To The Meteorological Screen drawing by Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson (1910 ~ 1912)
Ceramic Charger with Sailing Boat and Fish by Michael Cardew (1935)
Palaeolithic Hand Axe (Palaeolithic Era)
During a two week artist residency at The Wilson Art Gallery & Museum in Cheltenham I delved into the store rooms in search of six seemingly unrelated objects. Each of these would act as a totem guide for a realisation of The Tiger's Mind, a text score written by the English composer and pianist Cornelius Cardew in 1967.
As the work took shape the gallery was transformed into a kind of detective investigation with DIY audio, cut-ups, and word games linking made-up and researched narratives between each object. An evolving documentary of the work was compiled which became the pilot episode for an emerging radio series called Archaeology of the Ear.
Live events took place in the gallery on Saturday 11th August 2018.
Portrait of Amy Seymour by Robert Peake (c.1551 ~ 1619)
Mounted Indian Tigerskin Rug by Van Ingen & Van Ingen taxidermists (1935)
Taxidermy case of various exotic birds (19th c)
On The Way To The Meteorological Screen drawing by Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson (1910 ~ 1912)
Ceramic Charger with Sailing Boat and Fish by Michael Cardew (1935)
Palaeolithic Hand Axe (Palaeolithic Era)
During a two week artist residency at The Wilson Art Gallery & Museum in Cheltenham I delved into the store rooms in search of six seemingly unrelated objects. Each of these would act as a totem guide for a realisation of The Tiger's Mind, a text score written by the English composer and pianist Cornelius Cardew in 1967.
As the work took shape the gallery was transformed into a kind of detective investigation with DIY audio, cut-ups, and word games linking made-up and researched narratives between each object. An evolving documentary of the work was compiled which became the pilot episode for an emerging radio series called Archaeology of the Ear.
Live events took place in the gallery on Saturday 11th August 2018.
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