My first visit to the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and Len Lye Archive was more than a decade ago (my post from that trip). What was meant to be a single research trip to cover one case study of my dissertation grew into an enduring relationship with Len Lye’s work and with the gallery more broadly, especially following the construction of the beautiful Len Lye Centre. I’m so grateful that the gallery is supporting my vision for a curatorial project that brings together experimental animation and textile arts!
Over the next two years I’ll be working with them (mostly remotely) to realize a project that expands my interest in curatorial forms of sharing research. I’m fortunate to have a supportive gallery director in Zara Stanhope and great on-site partner in Paul Brobbel.
[2025 Update: this residency led to the major exhibition Interlaced: Animation and Textiles, publication of an accompanying book under the same title, and the publication of my first monograph Graphite: Animated Traces].
Alla Gadassik: Media Scholar and Animation Curator 