Questions for David Thorp by https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4 en-us 2023-03-02 13:34:43 UTC 2026-01-16 00:12:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Please post questions for David Thorp here. We will edit the document together on Monday 6 March. Thanks! helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2501108601 2023-03-02 13:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2501108601 Could you imagine these exhibitions 'succeeding' if they were hosted in the current age-if so what do you think would be effective/transformative? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504861922 2023-03-06 09:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504861922 We have finished our archival research part last week but as a newbie there are still many unsure and uncertains, it would be so great if you dont mind to review the exhibition(the Chile one), and we can double check our findings, e.g. after Showroom where it toured to (how many)? The Power Gallery seems closed 1 year after the exhibition... if a partner closed during correspending? There are not many photos of the exhibition, do you have any suggests that where can we find more? etc. helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504862926 2023-03-06 09:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504862926 Doing the research on the exhibition "Margins and Institutions" it was a bit complicated to find any pictures of the artworks. Is there a place where is possible to find them? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504863186 2023-03-06 09:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504863186 Was there certain elements during organising the shows that you remember being particularly prominent? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504863489 2023-03-06 09:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504863489 helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504940393 How were your salaries organised/ how was the showroom funded i.e. core funding aside from grants etc. ? 

]]> 2023-03-06 10:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504940393 helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504941925 Was there volunteer invigilators aiding the gallery at all-if so how did you communicate with them/did the work they do with them benefit a career in the arts for them?]]> 2023-03-06 10:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504941925 helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504943527 We can see that you applied to VAC fairly frequently-was there any other body's of funding you requested from?

]]> 2023-03-06 10:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504943527 I was wondering about the funding things, the archival content shows that you guys said that you got enough funding, also saw Visiting Arts gave a 1000 pounds grant, so as a non-profit(?) organization, where did you guys get all the 'money' basically? https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504944557 2023-03-06 10:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504944557 Do you recall planning on using a certain approach to displaying works or did you acquire the works and work in a spontaneous fashion? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504951547 2023-03-06 10:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504951547 Did the curation feel either particularly procedural, or creatively free? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504954482 2023-03-06 10:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504954482 As a very experienced senior, any suggestions and counsel that you would like to offer to us, newbie researchers? https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504956166  ]]> 2023-03-06 10:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504956166 Which was your favourite gallery to direct? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504958436 2023-03-06 10:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504958436 What led you back to England? Did you feel the need to develop the Arts scene of East London or was there something else that you felt was either lacking or abundant in London's arts compared to Australia? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504959904 2023-03-06 10:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504959904 It seems like one of the great aspects of Margins is how it speaks to a very specific moment in time and space but at the same time draws paralleles to other moments (for example Australia and the UK in the 80s). How do you think that translates to the Australia/Chile relationship? https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504960627 2023-03-06 10:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504960627 Looking at the boxes brought from your place, it looks like you had a very thorough organization process. What made you think at the time these were documents worth keeping and passing on back to The Showroom? https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504962144 2023-03-06 10:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504962144 You hoped that if funding allowed, you'd have Nelly Richard and Juan Davila visit the opening/run seminars of sorts. I wonder if this became possible and, if not, if you met at some point in person? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504964162 2023-03-06 10:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504964162 What is the difference between curating exhibitions in Australia and London? https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504964819 2023-03-06 10:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504964819 Looking at the programming from the 80s to the 90s, it seems like a lot of focus was being put on exhibiting artists from Latin America and Asia. Where did that interest come from? Do you feel like you had to justify these choices when applying for grants? https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504965156 2023-03-06 10:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504965156 you stated that as the exhibition is largely documentary so allows for its own means of interpretation, but there seems to be minimal documentation of the exhibition occurring itself. Could you comment on this? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504968412 2023-03-06 11:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504968412 What are some hardships that you have experienced when curating the Rasheed Araeen exhibition? https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504973369 2023-03-06 11:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504973369 Was the exhibition successfully sponsored by ELEPHANT TRUST FUNDING? https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504974893 2023-03-06 11:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504974893 Could you please provide more information about the works in Rasheed Araeen's exhibition? (p.s the display except from 'two new deconstruction') https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504980631 2023-03-06 11:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504980631 What was your vision for the Showroom? What led to establish this institution? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504980784 2023-03-06 11:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504980784 The shifts in art in Britain that took place in the 1980s were marked by two clear and often polarising drives. The first was postcolonial theory and the second was class identification. What effect do you believe these shifts had on The Showroom? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504984329 2023-03-06 11:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504984329 Liam Gillick in an essay mentions, "in the 80s, non-commercial spaces were not yet dominated by self-reflection, hyperawareness, and critical gatekeepers. Do you agree with this statement in relation to the Showroom during the 1980’s?" helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504984853 2023-03-06 11:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504984853 How would you situate The Showroom's programme within the discourse of the time? What were your reference points, and how did you position yourself in relation to debates around post-colonialism and multiculturalism? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504991901 2023-03-06 11:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504991901 Was there a commitment to broaden audiences beyond specialist art audiences? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504994025 2023-03-06 11:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504994025 We have come across a lot of documentation for a Tunga exhibition that got cancelled, apparently because of the size and lack of funding at the time. Could you take us through that process and what happened? https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504997891 2023-03-06 11:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504997891 How has your relationship with Rasheed Araeen effected your curation of his exhibition? https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504999973 2023-03-06 11:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2504999973 How was the process of commissioning for the exhibition (out of advance or dialogue)? https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505001829 2023-03-06 11:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505001829 What happened to Rasheed's works after the exhibition? Were there attemps to pass it on to collections of other institutions, and if so, how did that go? https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505004732 2023-03-06 11:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505004732 How would you describe public and institutional reactions to Rasheed's works at the time? https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505005983 2023-03-06 11:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505005983 Did you work with Rasheed before setting up The Showroom? And were you involved in curating the exhibition Essential Black Art at the Chisenhale? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505007736 2023-03-06 11:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505007736 What is this note about? (show note) https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505009170 2023-03-06 11:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505009170 Do you know of any other iterations of Margins & Institutions? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505014745 2023-03-06 11:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505014745 Was the exhibition of Araeen's work co-produced with other UK galleries? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505020520 2023-03-06 11:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505020520 What would you hope revisiting these exhibitions archives could bring to us in the present time? https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505023457 2023-03-06 11:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505023457 You organised M&I to happen at the same time as the Hayward Gallery's blockbuster 'Art in Latin America' show. Why was it important for both exhibitions to happen at the same time, and what was the institutional collaboration like, if there was? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505023511 2023-03-06 11:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505023511 Did you meet Juan Dávila in Australia, and how did your relationship with him evolve? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505024712 2023-03-06 11:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505024712 We have not been able to find any reviews of the exhibition. What was the reception of M&I like? What kind of audiences did it draw in? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505026685 2023-03-06 11:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505026685 Was it unusual at the time to organise an exhibition that was purely documentary? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505027767 2023-03-06 11:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505027767 Did you manage to organise any public programmes/publications/posters to contextualise the exhibition for a London audience? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505029764 2023-03-06 11:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505029764 Did you have any contacts with the social community and networks involved in Artists for Democracy? helenavilalta https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505032444 2023-03-06 11:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/helenavilalta/z58dl5z7e9kibqm4/wish/2505032444