You had to be there: contemporary art, craft and the audience. This project addresses issues of audiences and contemporary art and craft,particularly in regional Australia. It breaks new ground in developing models for public galleries in programming, presenting and interpreting contemporary work. A broad audience research framework will be developed as well as innovative strategies for interpretation, drawing on an interdisciplinary theoretical basis which includes media studies, narrative a ....You had to be there: contemporary art, craft and the audience. This project addresses issues of audiences and contemporary art and craft,particularly in regional Australia. It breaks new ground in developing models for public galleries in programming, presenting and interpreting contemporary work. A broad audience research framework will be developed as well as innovative strategies for interpretation, drawing on an interdisciplinary theoretical basis which includes media studies, narrative and visual culture theory. The project will run over three years, a variety of media, including craft, digital media and installation, and dispersed exhibition sites; documentation and dissemination of outcomes, to be developed with the project partners, will address specific industry development needs.Read moreRead less