Some of my ‘dead’ work has travelled down to Aid & Abet in Cambridge as part of The Royal Standards ‘Permanent Collection’ on show during Space Exchange.
“For Space Exchange at Aid & Abet, The Royal Standard will present an assortment of objects acquired by the organisation over the previous 5 years of its existence.
Since 2006 The Royal Standard has worked with hundreds of artists, curators and organisations through a diverse programme of exhibitions and events, performances, publications, artist residencies and offsite projects, alongside providing studio space to a wide range of artists and designers; a process which over time inevitably results in the accumulation of a multiplicity of stuff.
By re-examining and exhibiting this collection of abandoned artworks, loose ends and remnants of things that have happened at The Royal Standard, an order will be provided to our accrued mass of detritus. Questioning perceived notions of ownership and authorisation, acquisition and presentation, whilst quashing hierarchies between what may and may not seem important, the eventual ‘display’ seen during Space Exchange forming the basis of what will develop into The Royal Standard’s Permanent Collection.”
Kevin Hunt TRS Studio member