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19 different ideas to choose from! You can vote now. Simply enter your comment below the chosen idea. Please, don't cheat and vote just for your one idea!
19/ SALE
See one get one free - on all art experiences!
Idea: Cover as many gallery windows as possible with big SALE signs and give each visitor as he/she enters a shopping basket. Sale signs & baskets will create link between the high street and the gallery, as shopping (and sales!) is a common experience.
During the walk around the gallery people will not be able to fill their baskets with any objects (apart from purchases from the shop), however internal spaces of gallery (corridors/ entrances to the exhibition spaces, toilets, lifts) will be filled with advert like signs saying: See great art & think about it! Clean your hands & soul! Etc.
Idea: Cover as many gallery windows as possible with big SALE signs and give each visitor as he/she enters a shopping basket. Sale signs & baskets will create link between the high street and the gallery, as shopping (and sales!) is a common experience.
During the walk around the gallery people will not be able to fill their baskets with any objects (apart from purchases from the shop), however internal spaces of gallery (corridors/ entrances to the exhibition spaces, toilets, lifts) will be filled with advert like signs saying: See great art & think about it! Clean your hands & soul! Etc.
18/ Speed
See it all in 15 minutes!
Idea: Very quick tour of the gallery for all who are always short of time. Japanese style tour that concentrates only on main pieces by main artists (MUST SEE!). The tour leader has with him/her a watch and sticks to time. People are given approx 20 seconds to contemplate each MUST SEE art work.
Idea: Very quick tour of the gallery for all who are always short of time. Japanese style tour that concentrates only on main pieces by main artists (MUST SEE!). The tour leader has with him/her a watch and sticks to time. People are given approx 20 seconds to contemplate each MUST SEE art work.
17/ Child height
Exhibitions at children level
Idea: Children can appreciate great art; unfortunately galleries are not making it easy for them. Great artworks are hanged at an adult eyesight height, far above average 4 years old eyes height. Why not to exhibition collection on lower plinths and closer to the ground so it responds to children’s height and encourages adults to see the world as their children do (all these exposed shins & ankles).
Idea: Children can appreciate great art; unfortunately galleries are not making it easy for them. Great artworks are hanged at an adult eyesight height, far above average 4 years old eyes height. Why not to exhibition collection on lower plinths and closer to the ground so it responds to children’s height and encourages adults to see the world as their children do (all these exposed shins & ankles).
16/ Paintball
Paint + run = create instant exhibition
Idea: A day filled with paintball sessions on 3rd floor (temporary show space) open to everybody (NOTE: painters welcome).
The marks on the walls will create a documentation of the event as well as create an instant massive painting. Ideal timing for the paintball to happen: changeover!
Variations proposed:
James Bond – find the bad guy!
Red Alert – 3rd floor is your battlefield
Idea: A day filled with paintball sessions on 3rd floor (temporary show space) open to everybody (NOTE: painters welcome).
The marks on the walls will create a documentation of the event as well as create an instant massive painting. Ideal timing for the paintball to happen: changeover!
Variations proposed:
James Bond – find the bad guy!
Red Alert – 3rd floor is your battlefield
15/ Curators – CV boost
Improve you CV during a single afternoon
Idea: An afternoon filled with useful information about curating and it’s daily chores. Create a perfect label, learn about pleasures & difficulties of working with dead & living artists.
Master your hanging artwork skills and befriend a spirit level. Colour schemes (do browns & yellows go together?). The sessions finishes with the practical hanging session (potentially linked with Artist – CV boost)
Idea: An afternoon filled with useful information about curating and it’s daily chores. Create a perfect label, learn about pleasures & difficulties of working with dead & living artists.
Master your hanging artwork skills and befriend a spirit level. Colour schemes (do browns & yellows go together?). The sessions finishes with the practical hanging session (potentially linked with Artist – CV boost)
14/ Artists – CV boost
Improve you CV during a single afternoon
Idea: Exhibit your work in a good company and have you CV instantly improved. During one afternoon artists would be encouraged to bring with them a piece of their work to the gallery and hang it/exhibit it for a minute (timed) next to i.e. Picasso’s work.
Idea: Exhibit your work in a good company and have you CV instantly improved. During one afternoon artists would be encouraged to bring with them a piece of their work to the gallery and hang it/exhibit it for a minute (timed) next to i.e. Picasso’s work.
13/ Swap
Be in your colleague shoes! (FOR THE GALLERY STAFF ONLY!)
Idea: For one day swap sits with your colleagues. Sit in the director’s chair, be in curator’s shoes, try on gallery assistant’s smile, clean the toilet so it shines! For a day take responsibilities of the others, answer their mail and phone calls, deal with the conversation, shorten their to-do list and SURVIVE!
Idea: For one day swap sits with your colleagues. Sit in the director’s chair, be in curator’s shoes, try on gallery assistant’s smile, clean the toilet so it shines! For a day take responsibilities of the others, answer their mail and phone calls, deal with the conversation, shorten their to-do list and SURVIVE!
12/ £££
Art is money
Idea: The tour concentrates on financial value of the certain artwork as much as other elements of the gallery décor, i.e. wooden panels.
Which piece of art is most expensive? What is the value of Epstein’s work at auctions these days? What is the most valuable part of the gallery in monetary terms?
Forget the art, concentrate on figures.
Idea: The tour concentrates on financial value of the certain artwork as much as other elements of the gallery décor, i.e. wooden panels.
Which piece of art is most expensive? What is the value of Epstein’s work at auctions these days? What is the most valuable part of the gallery in monetary terms?
Forget the art, concentrate on figures.
11/ I am lost again!
Oh, just use the light
Idea: The building’s floors should be rebuilt to include a lighting system that reads in people’s minds. If you are in the need for a cup of tea the lights on the floor will indicate your shortest way to the nearest tea parlour; if you are searching for great art, the lighting system will take you straight to one of the masterpieces present in the collection.
Idea: The building’s floors should be rebuilt to include a lighting system that reads in people’s minds. If you are in the need for a cup of tea the lights on the floor will indicate your shortest way to the nearest tea parlour; if you are searching for great art, the lighting system will take you straight to one of the masterpieces present in the collection.
10/ I am lost!
Navigate yourself
Idea: The building is seen by many people as a maze. To help people find their way through the building there will be a navigation system available that will guide them through the space. You can choose to visit Garman Ryan Collection and the device would take you there navigating through the space. Extra benefits: a soothing nerves voice of the navigator: Walk 10 meter straight, press the button to call the lift, enter the lift…..
Idea: The building is seen by many people as a maze. To help people find their way through the building there will be a navigation system available that will guide them through the space. You can choose to visit Garman Ryan Collection and the device would take you there navigating through the space. Extra benefits: a soothing nerves voice of the navigator: Walk 10 meter straight, press the button to call the lift, enter the lift…..
9/ Picturesque
View through the glass
Idea: Visitors are taken on a tour that concentrates on views that can be seen through the gallery windows, and how the windows frame the world.
(1) Some of the windows frame pieces of sky – this to be linked with John Constanble’s work and his fascination with British weather. The tour could be prepared for people who wish to sketch as they walk through the space and wish to undertake sky studies.
(2) Some of the windows frame Walsall plus from the roof top one can see amazing view of the gallery (See it as God sees it!). Exploring the beauty of Walsall framed by the windows.
Idea: Visitors are taken on a tour that concentrates on views that can be seen through the gallery windows, and how the windows frame the world.
(1) Some of the windows frame pieces of sky – this to be linked with John Constanble’s work and his fascination with British weather. The tour could be prepared for people who wish to sketch as they walk through the space and wish to undertake sky studies.
(2) Some of the windows frame Walsall plus from the roof top one can see amazing view of the gallery (See it as God sees it!). Exploring the beauty of Walsall framed by the windows.
8/ What if…
...Different architects were chosen!
Idea: 73 entrants from all over the Europe put their ideas forward to build The New Art Gallery. Only one practice could be chosen, but what if somebody else won?
Go on a tour of the building that would exist if different architect was chosen; i.e. ‘muf’ practise proposed artists’ allotments on the roof, 24h bar/café, tattoo parlour as well as launderette to be part of the gallery building.
Idea: 73 entrants from all over the Europe put their ideas forward to build The New Art Gallery. Only one practice could be chosen, but what if somebody else won?
Go on a tour of the building that would exist if different architect was chosen; i.e. ‘muf’ practise proposed artists’ allotments on the roof, 24h bar/café, tattoo parlour as well as launderette to be part of the gallery building.
7/ Tour in Polish
See how great art is in your own language
Idea: The tour of the gallery lead by an Englishman speaking very basic Polish for Polish people. It is important that the Englishman speaks basic Polish with strong English accent (to reverse the usual situation of Polish people speaking usually basic English with very strong Polish accent).
This tour idea also addresses the assumption among Poles that English people are not able to learn their language.
Idea: The tour of the gallery lead by an Englishman speaking very basic Polish for Polish people. It is important that the Englishman speaks basic Polish with strong English accent (to reverse the usual situation of Polish people speaking usually basic English with very strong Polish accent).
This tour idea also addresses the assumption among Poles that English people are not able to learn their language.
6/ Boredom
Bored to death with art!!
Idea: Visitors are given a map of the gallery with marked top attractions, during brief 10 minutes walk round the spaces they are showed only few main artworks and given ‘boring’ facts about them. By the end of the tour they are handed in an evaluation sheet to fill in with boring questions i.e. were you bored (yes/no); mark on the scale how bored you were (1 – bored slightly 5 – bored to death); would you recommend a boring tour to a/ a friend b/ an enemy c/ both; what could be done to make the tour more boring. A boring piece of cake and a boring cup of tea will be provided to make the filling in the form experience even more boring. As people exit they can choose to take with them one of 3 badges with: bored to death/ how boring / bored – written on them
Idea: Visitors are given a map of the gallery with marked top attractions, during brief 10 minutes walk round the spaces they are showed only few main artworks and given ‘boring’ facts about them. By the end of the tour they are handed in an evaluation sheet to fill in with boring questions i.e. were you bored (yes/no); mark on the scale how bored you were (1 – bored slightly 5 – bored to death); would you recommend a boring tour to a/ a friend b/ an enemy c/ both; what could be done to make the tour more boring. A boring piece of cake and a boring cup of tea will be provided to make the filling in the form experience even more boring. As people exit they can choose to take with them one of 3 badges with: bored to death/ how boring / bored – written on them
5/ Plug in!
Art with a soundtrack of choice!
Idea: Listen to an especially composed best that will help you understand and appreciate art before your eyes. Bring your iPod and choose the desired track. Tour to be available in 4 music genres: Garman classic; Ryan & Pop; Country Garman; Heavy Ryan.
Downloadable from iTunes (as well as gallery website).
Once can enjoy the tour at home and play the music while browsing through the purchased catalogue of the collection
Idea: Listen to an especially composed best that will help you understand and appreciate art before your eyes. Bring your iPod and choose the desired track. Tour to be available in 4 music genres: Garman classic; Ryan & Pop; Country Garman; Heavy Ryan.
Downloadable from iTunes (as well as gallery website).
Once can enjoy the tour at home and play the music while browsing through the purchased catalogue of the collection
4/ NAG town
Celebrate the civic space!
Idea: Convert the gallery into town space. Give each corridor a street name, call each floor ‘a neighbourhood’, and make sure that on each floor different aspect of the town emerges: park & benches on the roof; Mr Sizzle in the entrance hall, nursery, betting counter, market street – all to be include din the gallery. On smaller scale of course but to guarantee town like feel. Art? The art is in the town centre.
Idea: Convert the gallery into town space. Give each corridor a street name, call each floor ‘a neighbourhood’, and make sure that on each floor different aspect of the town emerges: park & benches on the roof; Mr Sizzle in the entrance hall, nursery, betting counter, market street – all to be include din the gallery. On smaller scale of course but to guarantee town like feel. Art? The art is in the town centre.
3/ Complimentary line
Art with an extra line of text
Idea: Turner often complimented his landscape narratives with the addition of verse by poets such as Milton, Byron etc.
The idea is to prepare a line of complimentary text from contemporary authors for each artwork at the collection. The experience of looking at art is enriched by the line of the text from poems or prose.
The text can be given to gallery visitors as they enter the gallery collection, or read out loud to them during Complementary Line Tours.
Idea: Turner often complimented his landscape narratives with the addition of verse by poets such as Milton, Byron etc.
The idea is to prepare a line of complimentary text from contemporary authors for each artwork at the collection. The experience of looking at art is enriched by the line of the text from poems or prose.
The text can be given to gallery visitors as they enter the gallery collection, or read out loud to them during Complementary Line Tours.
2/ Scandal! (The Sun)
Garmans’ secret lives revealed
Idea: The tour is based on a book The Rare & the Beautiful. The lives of Garmans by Cressida Connolly. The book revels Garmans way of life that must have been shocking to their contemporaries. If Garmans were born in XXI Century their lives would definitely be watched closely by Hello!
The tour concentrates on gossipy parts of their lives, multiple affairs, dark & mysterious stories.
Idea: The tour is based on a book The Rare & the Beautiful. The lives of Garmans by Cressida Connolly. The book revels Garmans way of life that must have been shocking to their contemporaries. If Garmans were born in XXI Century their lives would definitely be watched closely by Hello!
The tour concentrates on gossipy parts of their lives, multiple affairs, dark & mysterious stories.
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