Journeys with The Waste Land
Journeys with The Waste Land is a major exhibition exploring the significance of T.S. Eliot鈥檚 poem The Waste Land through the visual arts.
Presenting over 60 artists, and almost 100 objects. The exhibition explores how contemporary and historical art can enable us to reflect on the poem鈥檚 shifting flow of diverse voices, references, characters and places.
The exhibition is the culmination of a three year project designed to develop a pioneering approach to curating. Local residents, coming together as the Waste land Research Group, have developed the entire exhibition. Journeys with The Waste Land is consequently the result of many months the group have spent discussing personal connections between art, poetry and life.
The Waste Land Research Group formed through an open call issued by Turner Contemporary in 2015. Ranging from people in their 20s to their 70s, the group have brought a diverse range of interests and life experiences to bear on Eliot鈥檚 poem. Through weekly meetings, discussions, talks, workshops, walks, research trips, studio visits and individual inquiry, the group have developed their own methods for making decisions together and deciding on content.
All the artworks in the exhibition have been chosen by group members. They have also designed the layout of the show, written the exhibition texts, and devised the public programme.
The exhibition foregrounds the multiple perspectives of those involved. In doing so, it mirrors the form of the poem, where Eliot juxtaposes many different voices and references.
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Journeys with The Waste Land is a major exhibition exploring the significance of T.S. Eliot鈥檚 poem The Waste Land through the visual arts.
Presenting over 60 artists, and almost 100 objects. The exhibition explores how contemporary and historical art can enable us to reflect on the poem鈥檚 shifting flow of diverse voices, references, characters and places.
The exhibition is the culmination of a three year project designed to develop a pioneering approach to curating. Local residents, coming together as the Waste land Research Group, have developed the entire exhibition. Journeys with The Waste Land is consequently the result of many months the group have spent discussing personal connections between art, poetry and life.
The Waste Land Research Group formed through an open call issued by Turner Contemporary in 2015. Ranging from people in their 20s to their 70s, the group have brought a diverse range of interests and life experiences to bear on Eliot鈥檚 poem. Through weekly meetings, discussions, talks, workshops, walks, research trips, studio visits and individual inquiry, the group have developed their own methods for making decisions together and deciding on content.
All the artworks in the exhibition have been chosen by group members. They have also designed the layout of the show, written the exhibition texts, and devised the public programme.
The exhibition foregrounds the multiple perspectives of those involved. In doing so, it mirrors the form of the poem, where Eliot juxtaposes many different voices and references.
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