The Slow Show - an exhibition idea in development

This page shows how I am thinking about The Slow Show as artist curator. It includes curated existing works and new commissions - this page is an outline of the artists and ideas I am initially thinking about. I have not yet contacted any of these artists whose existing work I am interested in including, nor approached anyone for new commissions - this is purely to demonstrate the potential scope and intention.

I will develop the curatorial concept further after inviting audience input in the R&D stage and learning from testing with a prototype installation exploring slowness.

  • A road with white road markings and the words 'the slow' painted on it, surrounded by green grass.
  • Book cover with a green background and black text. The title reads: 'The times are urgent; let us slow down.' by Bayo Akomolafe.
  • Text-based image with the question "what does 'slow' mean to you?" and an explanation about the Slow Show, inviting contemplation of time and perception.
  • Dark background with vertically aligned water droplets varying in size and shape. Text on the right side explains a space-themed water droplet installation and its artistic concept, including instructions for decelerating water droplets into the space and their poetic audio description.
  • A large, golden snail shell with engraved patterns, displayed indoors under artificial lighting, with text overlaid discussing the snail's slow movement and symbolic significance.
  • A chart with adjectives in red, orange, and yellow bubbles, organized into columns.
  • A green background with black text quoting Tricia Hersey about ignoring the body's call to slow down, in reference to resistance and awareness.
  • A woman wearing a black suit and a headset, walking in an industrial-style building with exposed wooden beams. The right side of the image contains text describing an art installation called Slow Motion Walk by Marina Abramovic, and an annotation noting it as existing work.
  • A slide with black background displays text about an art installation, including visuals of colorful paint splashes and a black and white photo of people, with artist's name Adam Magyar. The slide mentions slow-motion film footage from artists and videographers.
  • Close-up of a colorful butterfly with its wings spread, showing orange, yellow, black, and white patterns.
  • A green background with a quote from Mary Oliver in black text: "How silent the trees, their poetry being of themselves only. I want to take slow steps, and think appropriate thoughts. In ten thousand years, maybe, a piece of the mountain will fall."
  • A slide with the title 'INSTALLATION 5' and the subtitle 'encountering marginalised experiences of time.' It discusses themes like land art, deep time, indigenous cultures, and narratives of time, with a note about 'new commissions' at the bottom in an orange button.
  • People standing at stations with sound bowls on long, curved tables inside a museum or performance space. The background shows a large, curved glass window revealing an outdoor area.
  • A display panel with black background and white text on the left, and a white pedestal with a turntable and headphones hanging on it on the right, part of an exhibit about music installation.
  • Slide presentation titled 'Installation 8' with the subtitle 'an exploration of the relative nature of time itself - what is slow anyway?' and mentions collaboration with physicist Carlo Rovelli.
  • Close-up of a large digital clock display in a modern building, showing the time as 4:15. The background includes structural elements and lighting of the building. There is text overlay discussing the concept of time as a human construct and an artwork project titled 'Real Time' by Maarten Bass.
  • An art installation titled 'feeling our way amongst collective slow movement' by Lawrence Malstaf in a dark room with a grid of 64 bending tubes emitting light, with a woman standing among them, surrounded by glowing orange lines.
  • A page from a book or magazine with text about slow cities and slow architecture, including images of a building and instructions for folding paper blocks.
  • Multiple tiny gold snail shells arranged on a black background, part of an exhibit about snails.
  • A presentation slide titled "Slow Data Experiment - Visualisation" explaining camera setup to capture movement of people through an exhibition space as anonymous particles in motion, analyzing movement speed for visual comparison.
  • Children performing acrobatic moves on a pink carpeted floor inside a building with large glass windows showing an outdoor landscape with trees and buildings
  • A black background with white text about the Slow Show featuring various speakers and topics, including professors and authors.
  • Text on a green background detailing an art exhibition concept called 'The Slow Show,' discussing installation ideas, representation of marginalized artists, accessibility, and the philosophical approach to experiencing time and slowness in art.
  • A painted road with the words 'STOP' in large white letters, with a crosswalk and some grass on the side.
Interior of a modern science or exhibit museum with colorful displays, informational signs, and seating areas.

Previous relevant work:

Creative Direction of Project What If, a multidisciplinary exhibition at We The Curious, Bristol.


Proper Time R&D - co-directing a collaborative performance lecture, exploring crip time

A person with short curly hair and a face mask sits at a table, holding their head with both hands, in a dark room with minimal lighting. On the table are a lamp, some folded fabric or blankets, and a bottle of water.
A black and white photo of a stage with a large display screen at the back, showing a quote. There are several people seated at tables or standing on the stage, with some equipment and supplies scattered around.