For the occasion of Victor Pasmore: In Three Dimensions
An exhibition at the Hatton Gallery (6 Feb – 9 May 2015)
A Creative Practice Commission
Inviting a response to an Exhibit, 1957
Timescale
Project briefing for applicants: 4.30pm, Tuesday March 17th 2015.
Meet Hatton Gallery reception desk.
Application deadline:
5pm, Tuesday March 24th 2015
Successful applicants notified: March 27th 2015
Commission launch date:
Early May 2015
The Institute for Creative Arts Practice and Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums are pleased to invite
proposals for applications for funding to create new work for the occasion of the exhibition Victor
Pasmore: In Three Dimensions at the Hatton Gallery (06 February - 09 May 2015). The particular
focus of the brief is to rematerialise an Exhibit, the immersive installation work made at the Hatton
Gallery in 1957 by Victor Pasmore in collaboration with Richard Hamilton. The work was constructed
out of sheets of coloured Perspex suspended in a grid formation in the large white Edwardian gallery
at the Hatton. It has since been recognised as a landmark event in the history of installation art and
exhibition design, and was recently remade for an exhibition at the ICA in London.
For logistical reasons, an Exhibit has never been redisplayed in the Hatton Gallery after its first
showing in 1957. However, it is an essential part of the story of Victor Pasmore’s development from
two-dimensional painting to three-dimensional constructions, which is the focus of the current
exhibition at the Hatton Gallery, Victor Pasmore: In Three Dimensions.
The work resulting from this commission will use innovative methods to communicate an impression
of an Exhibit in the gallery which originally housed it. To reflect how central it was to Pasmore’s
practice to work across disciplines, proposals are encouraged with a multi-discipline approach. The
key aim of the commission is to produce new work that helps to build relationships between
creative practitioners across the University.
The resulting work will be launched in early May, to coincide with the final week of the exhibition
Victor Pasmore: In Three Dimensions. It will then remain open for a further two weeks to coincide
with the Late Shows on Saturday 16th May, 7-11pm.
One award, up to £1,000 value, will be made. Applications are invited from Newcastle University
students and staff. Collaborations between staff and students from different disciplines are
particularly encouraged. Any undergraduate or postgraduate wishing to apply for the commission
should get the prior agreement from a member of staff who will act as project mentor. Their
details should be included in the application form The project briefing at 4.30pm on Tuesday 17th
March 2015 will allow students and staff to meet and discuss ideas.
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This Institute for Creative Arts Practice funded commission invites proposals that respond creatively
to the challenge of rematerialising an Exhibit for a contemporary audience. The resulting work will
engage audiences by enabling them to better visualise what an Exhibit would have been like to
experience. The work must be able to coexist with the wall-based works by Pasmore already on
display in the gallery, and maintain the access route through the gallery. It must be able to be
installed in one working day.
Background
Victor Pasmore: In Three Dimensions originated as an Arts Council touring exhibition, which has been
adapted and added to by the curatorial team at the Hatton Gallery to reflect aspects of Pasmore’s
career which were specific to his time in Newcastle. Whilst teaching as Master of Painting in the Fine
Art department here, Pasmore undertook a number of innovative and large-scale projects requiring
collaboration with other creative practitioners: within Fine Art, with other departments and beyond
the university. Chief among these was an Exhibit, a collaboration with Richard Hamilton, Fine Art
students and the School of Printing. Another example was Pasmore’s contribution to the design of
housing for Peterlee New Town in County Durham. Pasmore also organised exhibitions which
encouraged the combination of art, design and engineering, such as Art, Machine and Environment
at the Laing Art Gallery which featured work by architects Alison and Peter Smithson and Ryder &
Yates.
The proposal
To inform your work and support your research, TWAM will provide access to the images and
literature contained in the exhibition, as well as archive material about an Exhibit. Collections access
requirements will be discussed and agreed with TWAM prior to the projects starting.
Loans have been sourced from:
 Arts Council Collection
 British Council Collection
 Marlborough Fine Art
Potential project outputs include, but are not limited to:
 3d work
 Digital responses
 Live performance including music
 Curated online experiences
 Creative writing
 Multimedia installations
As part of your proposal, you must explain how you will be making your work publicly available (we
are open to work being exhibited online, digitally accessible in a physical site, or both).
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Intended outcomes
In addition to NICAP’s criteria for selecting projects, you must ensure your proposal will  Inspire the public to learn more about an aspect of the story of Pasmore, the Hatton Gallery
or the history of exhibitions.
 Provide innovative and creative solutions to presenting the significance and legacy of an
Exhibit.
 Change public behaviours and attitudes to the story of modern art, exhibitions and
architecture. Audiences will be inspired to re-examine their understanding of the impact
interdisciplinary practice on modern art.
How to apply
There will be an informal project briefing on Tuesday 17th March 2015 at 4:30pm at the Hatton
Gallery. Refreshments will be served. Please email mel.whewell@ncl.ac.uk if you intend to attend.
To apply please complete the application form and email it to mel.whewell@ncl.ac.uk before the
deadline of 5pm, March 24th 2015.
A panel will be established by NICAP and TWAM to monitor and support the progress of the
commissioned project.
Timescale
Project briefing for applicants: 4.30pm, Tuesday March 17th 2015
Meet Hatton Gallery reception desk
Application deadline:
5pm, Tuesday March 24th 2015
Successful applicants notified: March 27th 2015
Commission launch date:
Early May 2015
Contacts
If you have any questions about the application process please contact mel.whewell@ncl.ac.uk at
NICAP.
If you have questions about the exhibition Victor Pasmore: In Three Dimensions or an Exhibit please
raise them at the project briefing on March 17th 2015 and/or contact
madeleine.kennedy@twmuseums.org.uk at Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
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