| Description: |
This article considers how dialogic, artist-led interpretation can be effective in addressing racist and imperialist artworks in museum collections. Taking Keith Piper’s film commission Viva Voce 2024 as a case study, it discusses how research-driven art practices can engage audiences intellectually and emotionally with colonial histories, while raising important questions about institutional responsibility. |
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Anti-racist museum practice, Archival research, Artist-led interpretation, Artist-led research, Black Lives Matter, British Empire, Colonialism, Contemporary art, Contested heritage, Decolonising museums, Dialogic interpretation, Difficult heritage, Difficult histories, Historical accountability, Historical investigation, Imperial legacies, Institutional critique, Institutional memory, Institutional responsibility, Interpretive practice, Keith Piper, Museum ethics, Museum interpretation, Mural painting, Race and representation, Racism and museums, Rex Whistler, Tate Britain, The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats, Viva Voce |
