Art After Devolution

Abigail Gilmore traces the ways in which macro-level shifts in politics have altered the terrain for culture at a local level by tracing the arc of devolution since the late 1990s.  Art after Devolution is hosted by Marcus Jack, a curator and writer based between Exeter and Glasgow. His research looks for counternarratives in visual culture through analyses of infrastructure, statehood and socio-economics, with particular emphasis on artists’ film. He lectures in Contemporary Art and Curation at the University of Exeter. Follow him on socials @marcusfjack or online at MarcusJack.com  TIMESTAMPS: 1:39 – Interview with Abigail Gilmore 4:48 – Current state of devolution and cultural governance 13:08 – Historical context of regionalisation 24:33 – Data collection and evidence in cultural policy 32:00 – Future directions  Read the episode transcript here: https://britishartnetwork.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Transcript-Art-after-Devolution-Episode-Two.pdf  GUEST INFORMATION:  Abigail Gilmore – @abi_gilmore The image in our graphic is Balaclava Bust by Ursula Burke, used with her kind permission. Music is Too Many To Count by Comfort from their 2023 album ‘What’s Bad Enough?’ Check them out wherever you listen to music. Thanks to Natalie McGhee for the permission to include it.  This podcast has been audio produced by Clare Lynch  Art after Devolution is a British Art Network (BAN) podcast supported by the Paul Mellon Centre and Tate. Membership of the British Art Network is free and open to anyone with an active engagement in curating, researching and interpreting British art. To join, just visit britishartnetwork.org.uk BAN is supported financially by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and Tate, with additional public funding provided by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. 

Maria Fusco, Ursula Burke, and Michelle Hannah join Marcus Jack to explore how the complex and often violent societies produced by devolution have functioned as both a subject and working context for artists. Art after Devolution is hosted by Marcus Jack, a curator and writer based between Exeter and Glasgow. His research looks for counternarratives in visual culture through analyses of infrastructure, statehood and socio-economics, with particular emphasis on artists’ film. He lectures in Contemporary Art and Curation at the University of Exeter. Follow him on socials @marcusfjack or online at MarcusJack.com TIMESTAMPS 2:42 – Maria Fusco, reading an extract from Who Does Not Envy With Us Is Against Us 6:59 – Interview with Ursula Burke 34:52 – Michelle Hannah, performance of Burnout WORKS OF ART MENTIONED: 15:50 – Ursula Burke, Balaclava Bust, 2014 18:18 – Ursula Burke, Embroidery Frieze - The Politicians, 2016 18:46 – Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784 19:08 – The Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century 19:14 – Parthenon Frieze, designed by Phidias, c.447-32 BC 30:50 – Ursula Burke, Truncheon, 2019 Read the episode transcript here: britishartnetwork.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Transcript-Art-After-Devolution-Episode-One.pdfGUEST INFORMATION: Maria Fusco – MariaFusco.net / @fuscowritingUrsula Burke – UrsulaBurke.com / @burke.ursula Michelle Hannah – MichelleHannah.net / @m_h_a_n_n_a_h  The image in our graphic is Balaclava Bust by Ursula Burke, used with her kind permission. Music is Too Many To Count by Comfort from their 2023 album ‘What’s Bad Enough?’ You can hear more of their work wherever you listen to music. Thanks to Natalie McGhee for the permission to include it. This podcast has been audio produced by Clare Lynch – linktr.ee/clarelynchredArt after Devolution is a British Art Network (BAN) podcast supported by the Paul Mellon Centre and Tate. Membership of the British Art Network is free and open to anyone with an active engagement in curating, researching and interpreting British art. To join, just visit britishartnetwork.org.uk BAN is supported financially by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and Tate, with additional public funding provided by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. 

Art after Devolution is a provocation which calls to return our understanding of contemporary art, its production, and exhibition, to the immediate political and economic contexts of our time. The Britain in question is one where provision not limited to funding and infrastructure is unevenly dispersed, and enduring deference to the metropolitan centre continues to instruct our sense of value.Over the course of this series, we’ll unpack these realities through conversation with artists, practitioners, organisational leaders and policy experts. In doing, we hope to offer a polyvocal account of the burdensome inheritance, present challenges, and possible futures of decentralisation.Art after Devolution is hosted by Marcus Jack, a curator and writer based between Exeter and Glasgow. His research looks for counternarratives in visual culture through analyses of infrastructure, statehood and socio-economics, with particular emphasis on artists’ film. He lectures in Contemporary Art and Curation at the University of Exeter. Follow him on socials @marcusfjack or online at MarcusJack.com