Curating Music: Archives & Exhibits
Events Organized:
Public Seminar “This Really Happened”: Confirmation, Memory, & the Representation of Popular Music History” at Nasjonalbiblioteket, Oslo (2017)
Public Exhibition “Music, Photographs & Stories from the Archives” at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool (2016)
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Project: Music, Photographs, and Stories from the Archives
This research and public-engagement project examined popular music materiality. It culminated in a curated public exhibition of music memorabilia at the Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool). I also produced a short film documenting the project, called Music, Photographs and Stories from the Archives (2016).
Investigators: Sara Cohen (PI), Áine Mangaoang (RF), with Mike Jones and Les Roberts
Funding: Arts and Humanities Research Council Cultural Engagement Fund; Knowledge Exchange & Impact Award, Business Gateway, University of Liverpool
Partners: Institute of Popular Music; Sarah Fisher (Director), Open Eye Gallery; Liverpooljazz; BBC Radio Merseyside
