Thinking is Seeing: Lowry Constellation
16 February 2017
L.S. Lowry, Industrial Landscape 1955
Tate. Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1956
© The estate of L.S. Lowry
The display Constellations: Highlights from the Nation's collection of modern art features Lowry’s Industrial Lansdcape (1955) and works by other artists— created in different historical periods and delivered in a broad range of artistic media and artistic styles—and is accompanied by an interactive Word Cloud, presenting relevant key concepts.
What is it that brings all these works (and words) together? What difference does it make to one’s appreciation of Industrial Landscape, when one attends to those features of the work that make it part of this exhibition? How do responses from the public compare with the suggested curatorial narrative articulated through this particular grouping? And, ultimately, how does Lowry Constellation enrich the understanding and experience not only of art but also of our own life?
This first Thinking is Seeing event engaged c. 40 members of the public, who through the workshop and drop-in sessions contributed interpretations and questions to Lowry Constellation, thus adding significantly to the existing Tate Liverpool Word Cloud but also introducing a ‘constellation’ of questions, encouraging dialogue and reflection further and beyond this specific event.
Word Clouds after the event
Word Cloud before the event
This clearly illustrates that the success of the event in contributing significantly to the existing Tate Liverpool Word Cloud but also in introducing a ‘constellation’ of questions, thus encouraging dialogue and reflection further and beyond this specific event and participants. Researchers: Dr Yiota Vassilopoulou, Dr Nikolaos Gkogkas, Ms Stef Bradley, with the support of a group of volunteers on the MA Arts, Aesthetics, and Cultural Institutions.
