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SUMMARY:Bonington Vitrines #26: The Aimless Archive - Suggested Starting Points
DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to invite Hull based The Aimless Archive to deliver the 26th instalment of our Bonington Vitrines programme.   \n\n\n\nSuggested Starting Points is an exhibition that builds upon a single afternoon The Aimless Archive (TAA) spent in the Bonington Gallery archives.  \n\n\n\nEach item selected operates as an invitation for the audience to contribute to the exhibition\, which can be done via open apertures cut into one of the Vitrines on display. Within this format\, TAA aim to question the things that grab attention and what those things can be a catalyst for – reimagining the archive as a place for quick decisions and instinct\, and not a place of exhaustion. \n\n\n\nThis exhibition will expand to include the Bonington Archive Cabinet in the form of Notes Toward Suggested Starting Points\, where a collection of papers and notebooks generated by TAA will lay bare the process behind the presentation in the Vitrines. \n\n\n\n— \n\n\n\nThe invitation to TAA to make a project with us follows an extensive (and still ongoing) period of organisation of Bonington Gallery’s own 50+ year archive. By bringing external voices into this work\, we hope to analyse\, question and potentially disrupt inherited processes and attitudes towards the organisation of historical materials. We hope to explore methods for how archives can be activated in ways that better match their often more subjective origins. \n\n\n\n			\n\n				\n					\n				\n				Person 'posting' their contribution into the vitrine\n			\n				\n				Person using the received stamp when submitting their contribution \n			\n				\n				Interpretation text inside the cabinet\n			\n				\n				Interpretation text inside the cabinet\n			\n				\n				Details of workbooks used in the initial research phase for "Suggested Starting points"\n			\n				\n				Details of workbooks used in the initial research phase for "Suggested Starting points"\n			\n				\n				Details of workbooks used in the initial research phase for "Suggested Starting points"\n			\n				\n				Installation view of the archive cabinet \n			\n				\n				Installation view of the archive cabinet \n			\n				\n				Installation view of the archive cabinet \n			\n				\n				Detail of the paper tray which people can use to contribute their own pieces\n			\n				\n				Detail of archive material used as a suggested starting point\, on top of an archive box\n			\n				\n				Detail of archive material used as a suggested starting point\, on top of an archive box\n			\n				\n				Note from the Aimless Archive on the exhibition text in the space\n			\n				\n				Detail of the "Received" Stamp\n			\n				\n				Detail of one of the images from the Aimless archive workshop with NTU Fine Art students\n			\n				\n				Audience contributions\n			\n				\n				Audience contributions \n			\n				\n				User submissions and an image from the workshop run by the Aimless Archive with NTU Fine Art students\n			\n				\n				Note from the Aimless Archive as to a possible contribution to the vitrines\n			\n				\n				Note from the Aimless Archive as to a possible contribution to the space\n			\n				\n				Image of archive boxes labeled "Misc"\n			\n				\n				Close up of an old course structure flow diagram\, one of the prompts as a suggested starting point \n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Detail of user contributions to the vitrines. \n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n\n			\n			\n				\n					\n				\n				Person 'posting' their contribution into the vitrine\n			\n				\n				Person using the received stamp when submitting their contribution \n			\n				\n				Interpretation text inside the cabinet\n			\n				\n				Interpretation text inside the cabinet\n			\n				\n				Details of workbooks used in the initial research phase for "Suggested Starting points"\n			\n				\n				Details of workbooks used in the initial research phase for "Suggested Starting points"\n			\n				\n				Details of workbooks used in the initial research phase for "Suggested Starting points"\n			\n				\n				Installation view of the archive cabinet \n			\n				\n				Installation view of the archive cabinet \n			\n				\n				Installation view of the archive cabinet \n			\n				\n				Detail of the paper tray which people can use to contribute their own pieces\n			\n				\n				Detail of archive material used as a suggested starting point\, on top of an archive box\n			\n				\n				Detail of archive material used as a suggested starting point\, on top of an archive box\n			\n				\n				Note from the Aimless Archive on the exhibition text in the space\n			\n				\n				Detail of the "Received" Stamp\n			\n				\n				Detail of one of the images from the Aimless archive workshop with NTU Fine Art students\n			\n				\n				Audience contributions\n			\n				\n				Audience contributions \n			\n				\n				User submissions and an image from the workshop run by the Aimless Archive with NTU Fine Art students\n			\n				\n				Note from the Aimless Archive as to a possible contribution to the vitrines\n			\n				\n				Note from the Aimless Archive as to a possible contribution to the space\n			\n				\n				Image of archive boxes labeled "Misc"\n			\n				\n				Close up of an old course structure flow diagram\, one of the prompts as a suggested starting point \n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n				Detail of user contributions to the vitrines. \n			\n				\n				Installation view\n			\n				\n\n				\n					\n				\n				\n					\n				\n			\n		\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n				\n					\n					\n					About The Aimless Archive\n					\n						The Aimless Archive works across text – conversation – performance – collecting.  It questions what we keep and what we get rid of by generating starting points for new and collaborative work\, building archives as places for reflection and evaluation\, and presenting unfinished and ongoing work.  Repeatedly working in the area where artists and audiences meet\, outcomes often take the form of (a book – a box – a by-product) or (a workshop – a scanned doc – a re-drafted piece of writing).The Aimless Archive on Instagram.
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