Podcast appearances and mentions of alistair hudson

Kunst als soziale Praxis zur Verbesserung der Welt - das ist die zentrale Vision von Alistair Hudson, dem neuen künstlerischen Leiter des Zentrums für Kunst und Medien (ZKM) in Karlsruhe. In unserer Zeit der multiplen Krisen und ständigen Veränderungen sollte Kunst seiner Meinung nach nicht mehr nur Probleme aufzeigen, sondern auch positive Lösungsstrategien anbieten. Das ZKM zeigt solche Ansätze aus der ganzen Welt in seiner neuen Ausstellung „Fellow Travellers“: von kongolesischen Plantagenarbeitern, die mit Hilfe von NFTs Geld erwirtschaften, um ihr Land zurückzukaufen, von einem chinesischen Künstler, der den Sprung aus seiner Gamer-Welt zurück zu Kontemplation und traditionellen Riten findet oder auch die Rettungsaktion der ZKM-Mitarbeitenden, die sich im Kampf gegen das Artensterben um eine Streuobstwiese kümmern.

Alistair Hudson hat die ersten sieben Monate seiner Amtszeit vor allem dafür genutzt, Kontakte in Karlsruhe und der Region zu knüpfen: mit Kulturschaffenden, aber auch mit Fachleuten aus Wissenschaft, Politik und Wirtschaft.

Renowned curator, and a trailblazer of “usefulness” in art, Alistair Hudson is the forthcoming Artistic & Scientific Chairman of ZKM (Center for Art & Media in Karlsruhe.Alistair Hudson grabbed everybody's attention when - with Adam Sutherland - he turned Grizedale Arts, an art institution in Northwest England's Lake District, into a hotspot of artistic discussion and production between 2004 and 2015. A directorship followed, at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. There he developed the idea of the useful museum, opening up questions on how the museum ‘can be used' otherwise; simultaneously reflecting on a wide collection as well as new commissions and projects. In collaboration with the artist Tania Bruguera the Van Abbemuseum and Queens Museum, he got involved in the exhibition "Museum of Arte Util", later undertaking the role of co-directorship of the Association de Arte Útil that resulted from the exhibition. This project has become a repository of artistic activities that propose new uses for art, work on a 1:1 scale, and embrace artistic thinking to respond to urgencies, in short, all things dear to Ahali Conversations so far. This Episode includes additional questions by Betül Aksu, Ceminay Kara, Sarp Özer, and Alessandra Saviotti.Over the last two decades, Grizedale Arts has become an acclaimed and influential model for a new kind of art institution, one that works beyond the established structures of the contemporary art world.Liam Gillick works across diverse forms, whose wider body of work includes published essays and collaborative projects, all of which inform (and are informed by) his art practice.The British Home Office (the UK ministry responsible for immigration, security, and law and order) building was designed by Terry Farrell and has multiple integrated artworks by Gillick.Terminal Convention was a contemporary exhibition and symposium housed in the decommissioned terminal building of Cork International Airport in the Republic of Ireland. https://rhizome.org/editorial/2011/apr/07/terminal-convention/Arte Útil roughly translates into English as 'useful art' but it goes further suggesting art as a tool or device.https://www.arte-util.orgTania Bruguera is a politically motivated performance artist, who explores the relationship between art, activism, and social change in works that examine the social effects of political and economic power. https://art21.org/artist/tania-bruguera/The Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven is one of the leading museums for contemporary art in Europe. https://vanabbemuseum.nl/enCharles Esche is a museum director, who has been directing the Van Abbemuseum since 2004.John Ruskin was an English writer, philosopher, art critic, and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany, and political economy. WikipediaThe ZKM (Center for Art and Media) in Karlsruhe “is a house of all media and genres, a house of both spatial arts such as painting, photography and sculpture and time-based arts such as film, video, media art, music, dance, theater, and performance. ZKM was founded in 1989 with the mission of continuing the classical arts into the digital age. This is why it is sometimes called the digital Bauhaus”. https://zkm.de/enPeter Weibel was a post-conceptual artist, curator, and new media theoretician. He was at the helm of ZKM since 1999. Weibel passed away in March 2023, shortly after the recording of this episode. Arts Council is UK's national development agency for creativity and culture. They invest public money from Government and The National Lottery into cultural institutions and projects. https://artscouncil.org.ukRainer Rochlitz (1946-2022) was a philospher, art historian focusing on aesthetics theory, and a translator who played a key role in publicizing the writings of German authors such as Benjamin and Habermas.Jürgen Habermas is one of the key theorists of the 20th century, with his widely read and influential works on communicative action, discourse, and perhaps most importantly on the “public sphere”. Erwin Panofsky was an influential art historian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_PanofskyJean-Luc Godard (1930-2022) probably needs no introduction, he was a filmmaker who pushed the medium to its limits while remaining relevant and influential, throughout his whole time on this earth. Onur Yıldız is a political theorist who also was the Senior Public Programmer at SALT, Istanbul.For more on Meriç Öner, head over to our conversation with her: https://www.ahali.space/episodes/episode-17-meric-onerStephen Wright defines “usology” as “a sweeping field of extradisciplinary enquiry, spanning everything from the history of the ways and means of using to usership's conditions of possibility as put forward in various theories of practice”.https://museumarteutil.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Toward-a-lexicon-of-usership.pdf Alessandra Saviotti, a frequent contributor in our Ahali Live Sessions, co-authored this article on the usological turn: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/11/1/22This season of Ahali Conversations is supported by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. The Graham provides project-based grants to foster the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. This episode was also supported by a Moon & Stars Project Grant from the American Turkish Society.This episode was recorded on Zoom on December 15th, 2022. Interview by Can Altay. Produced by Aslı Altay & Sarp Renk Özer. Music by Grup Ses.

Please visit the website for Arté Util to learn more.SHOW NOTES:0:02:20 overview of Arté Util0:08:00 projects prior to Arté Util0:14:00 Arté Util archive and museum0:24:00 museum 3.0 0:24:30 vocabulary created for Arté Util0:32:00 ‘expert culture' term to be retired0:36:00 the work of Dr. Jemma Medina and Alessandra Saviotti under the lens of usership0:46:00 project applications0:51:00 Please Love Austria project and Foreigners Out film 0:57:45 Alternative Energy Argentinian project1:01:45 why art should be put into useful aspect1:04:15 how Arté Util facilitates justice through its collaborative aspect1:06:00 U.S. prisoners photo projectTo view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2022]

Please visit the websites for Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester Art Gallery, Decentralizing Political Economies, and Arte Útil to learn more.2:00 Evolution Whitworth and Manchester Galleries' mission4:30 Use of art as a process for social change5:00 Manchester Art Gallery5:45 Whitworth Gallery6:50 Healthy mind, body and spirit agenda7:50 Platt Hall redevelopment12:00 Pub as art center in Cumbria14:00 Museum 3.016:30 Arte Útil and Cuban Artist Tania Bruguera 18:10 Whitworth's Office of Arte Útil20:00 Aplicación Legal's use of legal loopholes20:58 Núria Güell's Degenerate Art Protocol22:00 Núria Güell's project involving loophole that allowed occupation of Tower block in Spain after removing doors23:30 Decentralizing Political Economies research platform23:50 Joy Forever exhibition – based on Social Reformer John Ruskin's 1857 two-day lecture on economy as making the right conditions for living 24:55 Interplay between art and economy is fundamental to the way we develop society - how to see the world truthfully and then act ethically 25:25 Art defined as what's done with care and consideration 26:05 Economics the Blockbuster exhibition26:35 Reclaiming art as the operating system for our living conditions, as good housekeeping27:50 Decentralizing Political Economies platform28:30 NFT of William Blake's The Ancient of Days30:40 Proceeds of Blake NFT to be used for social programmes31:41 Story of NFT to be used in exhibition 33:15 U.S. Artist Suzanne Lacy's current show at The Whitworth34:05 SF MoMA's version of a Suzanne Lacy retrospective34:35 Lacy's What Kind of City? A Manual for Social Change36:10 Lacy's Oakland Projects to be used for a new project in Manchester to give youths agency37:55 Lacy's Uncertain Futures project to be used for better working rights for women over 50 years old 39:10 Capacity for change with individuals involved in and benefiting from these projects 42:30 These projects are elegant demonstrations of why art matters42:50 Art world individuals who have a vested interest in the status quo are sometimes the ones who criticize these types of projects43:20 Social justice at the center of these projects 43:50 The Whitworth and Manchester Galleries' design as social instruments 44:10 The beauty of ethics and equitable relationships 45:00 Use of museums' cultural powerTo view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2021]For more details about joining the monthly discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. Hope to see you there!

In this special episode, comedian Russell Kane speaks to a variety of guests about how the lockdown has affected cultural venues across the UK and explores why museums matter more than ever. Alistair Hudson, director of the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester and Elinor Morgan, head of programme at MIMA in Middlesbrough, talk about the positive role museums can play in the community; writer and critic Olivia Laing examines the ways art can help during a crisis; and arts influencer Katy Hessel constructs an imaginary museum full of some of her favourite works of art. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our panel, chaired by art critic, writer & curator, Sacha Craddock, and including Alistair Hudson, Director of the Whitworth and Mariam Zulfiqar, Deputy Director and Chief Curator at UP Projects, questions where sculpture is best exhibited and what impact sculptures have on the spaces they are presented in. Do sculptures act as catalysts for social change and can people connect better with a place when it contains a work of art? Part of 'Where language ends: Antony Gormley’s discourse series'.

Today's podcast is a lively one, taking in authorship and authority, productivity and capital in conversation with Alistair Hudson (director of The Whitworth and Manchester Galleries), Bernadine Bröcker Wieder (CEO and co-founder of the Vastari Group, a platform connecting museums, private collectors and other exhibition organizers) and our host Charlotte Burns. Taking different approaches, Hudson and Bröcker Wieder are both interested in what a more equitable art world would look like and both are invested in community and collaboration.  The dialogue on democracy, community, tech and collaboration closes with a call for openness. “I see a big role for institutions reclaiming this territory of culture,” Hudson says: “How we shape and create our culture as being above and beyond politics and economics.” Tune in today for more. Transcript: https://www.artagencypartners.com/transcript-55-bernadine-and-alistair/ “In Other Words” is a presentation of AAP and Sotheby's, produced by Audiation.fm.

Today’s podcast is a lively one, taking in authorship and authority, productivity and capital in conversation with Alistair Hudson (director of The Whitworth and Manchester Galleries), Bernadine Bröcker Wieder (CEO and co-founder of the Vastari Group, a platform connecting museums, private collectors and other exhibition organizers) and our host Charlotte Burns. Taking different approaches, Hudson and Bröcker Wieder are both interested in what a more equitable art world would look like and both are invested in community and collaboration.  The dialogue on democracy, community, tech and collaboration closes with a call for openness. “I see a big role for institutions reclaiming this territory of culture,” Hudson says: “How we shape and create our culture as being above and beyond politics and economics.” Tune in today for more. Transcript: https://www.artagencypartners.com/transcript-55-bernadine-and-alistair/ “In Other Words” is a presentation of AAP and Sotheby’s, produced by Audiation.fm.

Alistair Hudson, Director of the Whitworth in Manchester and Charles Esche, Director of the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven have been awarded a Transformative Grant to rethink their respective art institutions. They join Front Row to discuss how the concept of useful art has the power to remake museums and galleries fit for the 21st century. England has one, Scotland has one, Wales has two, but Northern Ireland has none – we’re talking National Theatres. Nóirín McKinney, Director of Arts Development at Arts Council of Northern Ireland, reflects on the desire for a National Theatre of Northern Ireland, and why it has yet to be fulfilled. The bicentenary of the birth of celebrated art critic John Ruskin is being marked by events and exhibitions across the country, but one art historian has gone further than most in bringing Ruskin’s work to life for a modern audience. Dr Paul O’Keefe has been performing Ruskin’s lectures in character for two decades. He explains why a bad wig turned out to be the perfect prop for his transformation and what he’s learnt from portraying Ruskin as he gives his lectures. After winning the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Room, and before starring in the recent superhero adventure Captain Marvel, Brie Larson decided to make her directorial debut with the film Unicorn Store about a failed arts student who while struggling to make her way in the corporate world receives a curious invitation to a Unicorn store. Annabel Grundy, Major Programmes Manager at the Broadway Cinema in Nottingham reviews. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Ekene Akalawu

Welcome to the latest Let’s Talk Mental Health episode. Today I am joined by Alistair Hudson to talk about his experiences with mental health and how he has been on a journey of rediscovery after a tough time in 2018.   Alistair shares his story of how a relationship break down made him question everything… The post Rediscovering Who You Are – Let’s Talk Mental Health – Episode 002 appeared first on Dave Furness - Trauma Coach.

Talking to Alistair Hudson, Director of both Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth about the history of the two institutions, their role in the city, how they will evolve in the future, collecting in the 21st century, and connecting with the people of Manchester. With some diversions into museology and comments on collecting.

Daniel chats with Alistair Hudson, Director of Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth.

Daniel chats with Alistair Hudson, Director of Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth.

Alistair Hudson was educated at Goldsmiths' College (1988 – 1991). He is currently Director of the Middlesborough Insitute for Modern Art at Teeside University and has recently been appointed Director of the Whitworth Art Gallery at Manchester University. For the last decade prior to this he was Deputy Director of Grizedale Arts in the Lake District, gaining critical acclaim for a radical approach to working with artists and communities, based on the idea that art should be useful and not just an object of contemplation. Liliane Lijn is an American-born artist living in London who began working with kinetic text, exploring both light and text in 1962. Utilising highly original combinations of industrial materials and artistic processes, Lijn is recognised for pioneering the interaction of art, science, technology, eastern philosophy and female mythology. Inspired by Conversations Before The End Of Time by Suzi Gablik. Conversations In Time is recorded and distributed as part of European Capital of Culture Aarhus 2017.