Dead Images

Joan Smith; John Harries; Linda Fibiger; Tal  Adler; Anna Szoke; Maria Teschler-Nicola

Dead Images

Joan Smith (Developer), John Harries (Developer), Linda Fibiger (Developer), Tal Adler (Photographer), Anna Szoke (Developer), Maria Teschler-Nicola (Developer)

Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

Abstract

The Dead Images exhibition is an output of ‘TRACES’, a three year EU Horizon 2020 (2016 – 2019) funded project with a grant of over 2 million Euros. TRACES aimed to develop rigorous and creative investigations on a range of contentious cultural heritages through five ‘Creative Co-productions’ (CCP’s) of which Dead Images was one. Dead Images consisted of researchers from the University of Edinburgh, Humboldt University, Berlin and the Natural History Museum of Vienna. Dead Images examined the collection of human skulls housed in the Natural History Museum in Vienna and was awarded 10000 Euros from the TRACES budget to develop the exhibition and a related education programme and conference.

Focussing on the skull collection housed in the Natural History Museum in Vienna, the researchers aimed to address the legacy of such collections and consider what we could learn by bringing the collection to public view by using artistic practice as a vehicle.
The question of displaying human remains has a long and contentious history, with ongoing implications for museums and curators at a time when the politics of identity is a hotly debated topic. It is a field of query that brings together a range of concerns and disciplinary interests from anthropology and ethnography to art history and contemporary curatorial practice.

The exhibition took place at Edinburgh College of Art in the summer of 2018 (29.6.18– 25.8.18). It was part of the Edinburgh Arts Festival.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Edinburgh College of Art
Publication status	Published - Jun 2018

1 Finished

Transmitting Contentious Cultural Heritages with the Arts: From Intervention to Co-Production
Smith, J.
EU government bodies
1/03/16 → 28/02/19
Project: Research

2 Performance
1 Artefact

Disposal: Reflections on Human Remains as Hazardous Material
Harries, J. (Performer), Fibiger, L. (Developer) & Smith, J. (Developer), 17 Jan 2019
Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
British Islanders: Drawing
Smith, J. (Artist), 21 Mar 2018
Research output: Non-textual form › Artefact
Bringing to light: The dilemmas of displaying contentious historical material
Smith, J., Harries, J. & Adler, T., 28 Sept 2017
Research output: Non-textual form › Performance

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Dead Images

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Transmitting Contentious Cultural Heritages with the Arts: From Intervention to Co-Production

Research output

Disposal: Reflections on Human Remains as Hazardous Material

British Islanders: Drawing

Bringing to light: The dilemmas of displaying contentious historical material

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