The Yeatsian Legacy:
Talks Series 2010 at IT Sligo
Understanding Cultural Difference
ANNIE FLETCHER
'Be(com)ing Dutch - A Model of Future Museum Practice'
Thursday 29 April, 2010. 3.15pm
IT Sligo, Room A0004 (opposite main reception). Free Admission.
Curated by Ronnie Hughes
‘Be[com]ing Dutch’ was a large project developed over two years both inside and outside the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven. Consisting of debates, reading groups, artist's projects, exhibitions, residencies, the project interrogated various forms of collective participation and production.
As questions of cultural identity and normative 'national' values become ever more of an issue in political and cultural debate, Be[com]ing Dutch asks whether art can offer alternative examples of thinking about how we can live together today. ‘Be[com]ing Dutch’ seeks to put our ideas of cultural identity under pressure and examine the process of inclusion and exclusion in the world today.
About the Speaker:
Annie Fletcher is curator at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven. Recent exhibitions include solo presentations of Jo Baer, Jutta Koether, Deimantas Narkevicius and the two-year project, ‘Be[com]ing Dutch’ during 2007–2009. With Frederique Bergholz she is the co-director of the rolling platform ‘If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution’ (www.ificantdance.org) which initiates programmes of performances and art projects realized in collaboration with various partner institutions in the Netherlands and internationally. As a writer she has most contributed to various magazines including ‘Afterall’ and ‘Metropolis M’, and the publication ‘Curating, Art and the Pedagogical Turn’. She is on the editorial board of ‘A Prior’ magazine.
Talks Series 2010 details: (071) 9111826
The Yeatsian Legacy Project is delivered by Sligo Arts Service, IT Sligo and partners. The project is supported by the PEACE III Programme, managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by Sligo County Council on behalf of Sligo Peace & Reconciliation Partnership Committee.
