Paul O'Neill (2) (1970–)

In recent years there has been increased debate on the incorporation of pedagogy into curatorial practice―on what has been termed “the educational turn” (“turn” in the sense of a paradigmatic reorientation, within the arts). In this new volume, artists, curators, critics and academics respond to this widely recognized turn in contemporary art. Consisting primarily of newly commissioned texts, from interviews and position statements to performative text and dialogue, Curating and show more the Educational Turn also includes a number of previously published writings that have proved primary in the debate so far. Companion to the critically acclaimed Curating Subjects, this anthology presents an essential question for anyone interested in the cultural politics of production at the intersections of art, teaching and learning. Contributors include David Aguirre, Dave Beech, Cornford & Cross, Charles Esche, Liam Gillick, Tom Holert and Emily Pethick. show less

Locating the Producers investigates how and why more long-term and/or accumulative public art projects have began to emerge in response to single locations, and provides in-depth examination of sustained public art projects, including: The Blue House, IJburg (NL), Trekroner Art Plan, Roskilde (DK), Grizdale Arts, Cumbria (UK), and Edgware Road, London.

curating and commissioning have emerged as an alternative to nomadic, itinerant and short-termist approaches in recent years. It provides an show more in-depth analysis of five durational projects as its starting point: The Blue House, and Beyond, the Netherlands, Trekroner Art Plan, Denmark, and Creative Egremont, and the Edgeware Road Project, United Kingdom.

This book provides a dynamic assessment of different curational methodologies alongside critical reflections on durational projects as counter-spectacles. The authors explore how and why artists and curator-producers are adopting durational approaches to commissioning contemporary art for specific places and how each process conceives of time as part of a cumulative curational practice.

Paul O’Neill is a curator, artist and writer based in Bristol. From 2007-2010 he was Great Western Research Alliance (GWR) Research Fellow in Commissioning Contemporary Art with Situations at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Paul has curated or co-curated more than fifty exhibition projects. His writings has been published in many books, catalogues, journals and magazines.

Claire Doherty is Founding Director of Situations, a commissioning and research programme based at the University of the West of England in Bristol. Situations commissions artists'projects, outside conventional gallery or museum settings, with an emphasis on new forms of public engagement. | more
In 2009, she was awarded a prestigious Paul Hamlyn Breakthrough Award as an outstanding cultural entrepreneur.

Veel kunstprojecten in de openbare ruimte zijn tijdelijke interventies, vaak gekoppeld aan een tentoonstelling. In Locating the Producers onderzoekt Paul O'Neill hoe duurzamere en meer gewortelde kunstprojecten in het publieke domein tot stand kunnen komen. Wat verlangt dit van kunstenaars, curatoren en opdrachtgevers en wat brengt het de omgeving?
Aan de hand van een aantal case studies, waaronder Het Blauwe Huis van Jeanne van Heeswijk, Beyond (Leidsche Rijn/Utrecht), Trekroner Art Plan (Denemarken), Creative Egremont en Edgware Road Project (Verenigd Koninkrijk) onderzoekt O'Neill verschillende benaderingswijzen van zowel de curator, de betreffende kunstenaar(s) als van de gemeenschap waar het werk gemaakt wordt. show less