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Gaia Museum
GAIA MUSEUM
(Phase 1: Peak District)
Uniting the landscape, visual arts and the expanded museum concept
The Peak District National Park
Edale Valley - Derbyshire
Saturday 19th May 2007
10am-10pm
In association with:
Museums & Galleries Month 2007
European Night of The Museums – La Nuit Des Musées 2007
Peak District National Park
24hourmuseum.org.uk
Conceived and curated by James Brady
Gaia Museum (or ‘Earth’ Museum) is a unique site-specific multidisciplinary visual arts project. This inaugural phase will take place outdoors on one day, over a twelve-hour period in the Edale Valley at the heart of the Peak District National Park.
A small number of artists and other creative individuals who work within visual arts education will take part in the project.
The two specific topographic points of interest are the Woolpacks on Kinder Scout and the Bronze Age Hill Fort on Mam Tor. Both locations possess a commanding presence on high ground either side of the Edale Valley in Derbyshire.
Artists’ Brief
All contributors to Gaia Museum are invited to engage with the environments they encounter: to explore the landscape, to intervene, to respond intuitively and to express their experiences through their chosen medium(s).
As this is a multidisciplinary project it is envisaged that the following mediums will be employed: sculpture, performance, sound, poetry/text, video, photography, drawing and painting.
Philosophy
Gaia Museum is a museum ‘without walls’. It embodies a concept of the Museum that is physically ephemeral, changing, nomadic and always temporary. ‘Place’ becomes the Museum, it’s context and often it’s medium.
Gaia Museum is a 'public' extension of Gaia Project. It is not an officially recognised museum because it is very much an 'experimental' concept.
The ethos of Gaia Museum is rooted entirely in the outdoor place(s) where it occurs i.e it doesn't have a building. However, it does have a sound educational objective and also has (or will soon have) an ever growing 'permanent collection' of art works and documentational material.
The ethos of Gaia Museum is rooted entirely in the outdoor place(s) where it occurs i.e it doesn't have a building. However, it does have a sound educational objective and also has (or will soon have) an ever growing 'permanent collection' of art works and documentational material.
In many ways Gaia Museum exists to challenge the preconceived ideas and definition of the 'Museum'. The concept may be rather unconventional, but I believe that is part of it's beauty.
This is an experiment in the production, display and interpretation of visual arts in the context of ‘The Great Outdoors’.
Just as museums are ‘open to all’, then so too are our National Parks. The public are informally invited to visit Gaia Museum and encounter artists creating work in response to the immediate environment around them.
Gaia Museum’s humble educational objective is to employ the visual arts as a vehicle to raise public awareness of the importance of protecting our rich natural heritage. Contributors to the projects will work in a dedicated pursuit to promote an understanding of our National Parks, coastal areas and urban 'green' spaces in terms of their value, environmentally, culturally and economically.
Exhibition (Outcomes)
The products/artworks/events of Gaia Museum will be exhibited across three different platforms:
- Outdoors in the landscape on Saturday 19th May 2007.
- On the Gaia Project website.
- On the new Gaia Museum project DVD.
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