The
Museum of the People
www.utrophia.net ....
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The inaugural exhibition of the Museum of the People is a
group show and will feature elements of the Museum’s current collection along
with an electronic music symposium DJ Tendraw and performance from Coco Banks
on the opening.
“History is who we are and why we are the way we are” David
C. McCullough....
The Museum of the People is a museum collection made by
ordinary people and artists for the people. The museum collection will allow
spectators to access historical and contemporary events through visual art,
sculpture, performance, and audio recordings.
This unique museum relates directly to peoples’ own history
and experience offering personal, independent and idiosyncratic aspects of the
history of our world.
"All history is contemporary
history" - Benedetto Croce....
Essentially the Museum of the People exists to explore
hidden histories, challenge notions of objectivity and re-interpret historical
events from a contemporary perspective.
For the museum’s first exhibition the themes explored will
include: ‘The People and the Law,’ ‘The People and the Land,’ ‘The People on
Your Street’.
The Museum of the People invites spectators to
participate in the creation of contemporary legacies and contribute their own
record of contemporary events for posterity.....
Curator: Evie Manning
Featured artists (the People): Jono Allen, Stephen Molyneux,
Ruth Fettis, Christina Mitrentse, Garry Cook, Michelle Wren, Emma Grant, Thom
Shaw, Ryan Ormonde, Ben Cummins, Michael Shaw, Eva Datta, Rachel Johnston, Matt
Smith, Rob Bidder, Andrew Kerr, Karin Van Der Plass, Naomi Smyth, Jason Beech,
Amy Ferguson, Astrid Sarkissian, Amy Clarkson, Giuliana Sommantico, Katarzyna
Perlak, Sam Pullin, Coco Banks, Kate Guscott and Yvie Mason.
Launch Date: Friday 17th July 2009, 7pm,
Performances from 8pm
Duration: 17th July 2009- 31st July
2009
Opening Times: Thursday-Sunday, 12pm-7pm
Location: Utrophia Project Space (www.utrophia.net)....