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ReCollection: Oral History Archive

Theme: Curating Kettle's Yard

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What’s it like to be an artist-in-residence at Kettle’s Yard? How has the role of curator changed at Kettle’s Yard? Discover more about how Kettle’s Yard exhibitions have evolved in these clips by artists and past curators.

Transition from private home as first live-in curator, 1973

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Visiting with only one staff member and invigilating in the mid 1970s

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Scope in the gallery for change and creative input, 1974-79

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Role of the curator, 1977-1983

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Moving objects and subsequent letters from Jim

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Placing objects and the impossibility of keeping Jim’s version

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Potential futures for Kettle’s Yard in the mid 1980s

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John Cage exhibited in 1984 and met with Jim in Edinburgh

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Taking the new post of Director in 1992

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Difficulty claiming the space during the residency in 1998

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Developing an exhibition across the house and the gallery in 2007

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Challenges for conserving the collection today

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