Curators: Barby Asante, Teri Bullen, Guy Burch, Françoise Dupré, Rita Keegan, Stefan Szczelkun
Originating institution:Brixton Artists Collective Archives group (BACA) and 198 Contemporary Art and Learning and the
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Catalogue: Yes free project booklet contact 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning
Dates: 28/10/2011 - 21/12/2012
Website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brixtoncalling/
Initial comment:
Brixton Calling! (March-December 2011) is a collaborative and participatory project and an exhibition that connect contemporary Brixton to its past - through the history of 1980s Brixton Art Gallery & Artists Collective and their archives.
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Brixton Calling! Activities outcomes will form the Project's exhibition, to be held at 198 Contemporary Arts and Leaning. The project activities include:
• Seven Community Archiving and Engagement projects based at 198 and being developed in Brixton right up to September 2011.
• Research development and realisation of a series of Archive Installations by BACA, focusing on key exhibitions held at the Brixton Art Gallery between 1983-1986.
Amongst these exhibitions, are those curated by Women's Work and the Black Women Artists group, the two women's groups based at the Brixton Art Gallery. For Brixton Calling! exhibition, artists and founding members Françoise Dupré and Rita Keegan, are creating an installation that celebrates the contribution made by Feminists and Women Artists to the Brixton Art Gallery.
Brixton Calling!exhibition events include: A cross generational symposium: Feminism, Women Artists in the 80s, in collaboration with the Women's Art Library/Make (3 December 2011, Goldsmiths University of London) and a Women Lens Based Media event, curated by artist and Marilyn Rogers (Brixton Village, 10-12 November 2011).
BACA archives and archive materials generated by the Project will be donated to Tate Archive at Tate Britain; Women's Art Library (Make), Goldsmiths Library; Lambeth Archives, and Carpenter Hall Archive (LSE).
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