Exhibitions and Displays
Concourse Display Area
Archaeology of urban time: drawing Dalston - A series of drawings by Alexandra Blum
On display from 27 September – 11 February 2012
‘15.4.11 – 17th floor, The Collins’ flat’, charcoal drawing by Alexandra Blum
A small display of eleven drawings by artist Alexandra Blum which highlight the changing nature of Dalston. The drawings will be on display in the museum's lower concourse area.
Read the press release here.
Sitting the Light Fantastic: an installation by Kei Ito
16 September 2010 - Autumn 2012 in the Geffrye's front garden
Sitting the Light Fantastic by Kei Ito - photography Matthew Andrews
The Geffrye Museum was selected to take part in museumaker, a prestigious, national project involving 16 museums across the country. museumaker is an ambitious partnership between makers, museums, and visitors, and is supported by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, Renaissance in the Regions and Arts Council England. Outstanding contemporary makers were chosen to create exceptional new commissions for each partner museum in response to its site and heritage collections. A participatory project, involving the public, was an integral element in each programme. By exploring the possibilities of creative interchanges between the historical and the contemporary, museumaker offers something special for existing museum visitors, as well as establishing ways to develop new audiences.
Kei Ito's practice links together costume design for dance and theatre productions, fashion and accessories design, and textile and costume exhibitions for galleries. As part of museumaker she created a parade of chairs and lamps made from woven fibre optics. Patterns influenced by various pieces within the Geffrye Museum Collection were woven into the fibre optic designs. Launched in September 2010 the installation has created a magical, fairy tale landscape within the front garden. Kei will be working with young people on a range of education projects.
Click here to listen to the Geffrye's Deputy Director, Christine Lalumia, talk about Kei Itos' installation. Images from the installation can be seen in our picture gallery.
You can follow this link to read Sitting the Light Fantastic - A Story by Kei Ito.
