Presentation on research residency : Tate Britain archive

Randall, JM

Abstract

Jill Randall has recently undertaken a research project at Tate Britain, studying the APG
(Artist Placement Group) Archive during a 3-month Sabbatical from the University of
Salford, where she is Senior Lecturer on the B.A. Visual Arts Course and Leader of the
Research Centre for Contemporary Fine Art.
The APG is currently the focus of a huge reappraisal and resurgence of interest in the era
from which they emerged, their uncompromising ideals, and their influence on the course
of contemporary art.
The maxim of the APG was “Context is half the work”, one of the driving forces in the last
50 years in fine art practice, is also a concept which underpins Randallʼs practice. The
research has enabled her to reflect on and contextualise her own industry residencies
within their art-historical and sociological frameworks.
The research project at Tate Britain was a highly-productive and revelatory experience,
resulting in a substantial body of written material from which Randall intends to submit an
article for ʻTate Papers', the Tate Galleryʼs flagship on-line journal, publishing her original
research. Other outcomes include a new body of artworks, sculpture and prints , and the
offer of major solo exhibition in 2013, an on-line ongoing blog, documenting the progress
of the project, and a Student Project at Flat Time House, (home to the John Latham
Archive) to take place in March 2013, implementing the research practically within the
University and re-introducing it into a teaching context.
Jill Randall has established a continuing relationship with the APG Archive and Tate
Britain, and prominent artists and curators associated with the movement. As part of her
research, Randall has met APG founder Barbara Steveni, and hopes to do a taped
interview with her, the transcript informing a proposed “Tate Papers” article and
subsequent artwork created as a direct result of original research into the APG Archive and
associated contexts.
Jill Randall is interested in working with the APG Archive from the perspective of a
practising artist, unleasing its potential to influence and originate new creative work in
response to it as a 'living' rather than 'dead' body of material.

Citation

Randall, J. (2013, June). Presentation on research residency : Tate Britain archive. Presented at Sabattical Presentation, University of Salford, Allerton Lecture Theatre, University of Salford

• Presentation Conference Type: Lecture
• Conference Name: Sabattical Presentation, University of Salford
• Conference Location: Allerton Lecture Theatre, University of Salford
• Start Date: Jun 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Aug 7, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Publisher URL: http://jillrandall.co.uk/tate-project/about-tate-project/
• Additional Information: Event Type : Workshop