GoMA - Glasgow Museums

Mimesis: African Soldier, by John Akomfrah, is screening throughout this remembrance day.

“Whatever the life is that you have got as a person of colour, we have arrived at that life in large part because of sacrifices made by people from elsewhere who are very rarely acknowledged and it is important that they are.” John Akomfrah, 2018

John Akomfrah
Mimesis: African Soldier, 2018
Installed at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Glasgow.
Co-commissioned by 14-18 NOW, New Art Exchange, Nottingham and Smoking Dogs Films. With additional production support from Sharjah Art Foundation. © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Smoking Dogs Films and Glasgow Life Museums. Photo: Matthew Barnes

FREE SCREENING- SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS - ticket link in Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sisters-with-transistors-film-screening-tickets-1029274747477

Wednesday 27 Nov 6-8.30pm

Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre, 1445 Argyle Street, G3 8AW, Glasgow

This event is presented as part of programme of events responding to Scott Myles’s Head in a Bell exhibition at GoMA and organised as part of the Thinking Culture programme by the University of Glasgow School of culture & Creative Arts, this special screening of Sisters with Transistors will be followed by a panel discussion with Louise Harris, Curlew, Victoria Morton, and Janet Beat.

SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS is the remarkable untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today. The film maps a new history of electronic music through the visionary women whose radical experimentations with machines redefined the boundaries of music, including Clara Rockmore, Daphne Oram, Bebe Barron, Pauline Oliveros, Delia Derbyshire, Maryanne Amacher, Eliane Radigue, Suzanne Ciani, and Laurie Spiegel.

Narrated by Laurie Anderson

What a wonderful way to start the day - coffee, cake and games, all while raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support Scotland! Well done to all our bakers (and fakers) and to the team who won the (quite challenging) quiz! And thanks to our staff member Laura for organising this! 🍰☕

Thank you to Dr Hilary Wilson for showing us around a couple of weeks ago up at Friends of Glasgow Royal Infirmary. We really enjoyed our visit! 📚🩺

VisitScotland

On Saturday 2nd November we'll be celebrating and his exhibition "Head in a Bell" (Gallery 3) with a series of events - all FREE and bookable via Eventbrite 🤩:
- 10:30am-12:30pm, Saturday Art Club: Sound Lines, a drop in workshop for families in partnership with Nordic Music Days 🎵
- 1:30 - 3pm, Scott Myles in conversation with Arts Curator Martin Craig 🗯️🗨️
- 2-4pm, SynthBirds: a workshop for 18 - 26 year olds in partnership with Nordic Music Days 🐦

Find out more and book at https://glasgowgoma.eventbrite.com/

Next weekend, 26 and 27 October, Art Car Boot Sale will be taking over 100 artists to Tramway for Scotland’s largest contemporary art market. Our visitors will be familiar with more than a few participants, including Scott Myles, whose solo exhibition Head in a Bell is at GoMA now.

Find out more about artcarbootsale, and how to book tickets, via the Tramway website:
https://www.tramway.org/event/07ca1a01-a068-46ac-9ae6-b1ab00d98818

Image - Scott Myles, ‘Potential for a Wish (as yet unmade)’, 2022

This , we are pleased to invite you to a special pre-opening of John Akomfrah’s powerful film - Mimesis: African Soldier on Friday 25th October, 10am.
Originally commissioned as part of 14-18 NOW to commemorate the centenary of the First World War, it is now in Glasgow Life Museums’ collection (jointly owned with Bristol Museum and Art Gallery). It’s the first time this work will be shown in Scotland. Don't miss it!

Spaces are limited, book by emailing [email protected] or DM us.

John Akomfrah 'Mimesis: African Soldier' community opening — Glasgow Life Part of Black History Month.

🍂 Fall into fun this October holiday week with our family-friendly activities! We'll be inspired by Scott Myles's exhibition "Head in a bell" to make our own musical instruments and sound! 🎵🎶
📅 Tuesday 15, Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 October, 1:30-4pm in our Studio! FREE and drop-in, no booking needed, recommended for families with children aged 5-12

It's and we are celebrating it with the and by opening the community exhibition in our COMMONSpace (Gallery 2). Exploring the effects of racist micro-aggressions on mental health, the exhibition shows the creative outcomes of a year-long programme of workshops with a wonderful group of people. Free and open during our opening hours, until 12th January 2025.

Even though we didn't win the award, we had a great time at ! Congratulations to Tees Valley Museums' young producers who won the Best Youth Group award and .vam who won the overall Kids in Museums award! And thanks again to all our .yg participants over the years who have made this nomination possible and reward us every year with their amazing contributions and creativity!

Our learning team is in Skipton with a member of .yg to attend the award ceremony for best Youth Group!
Keep your eyes peeled 👀 for the big reveal this afternoon and 🤞🏻!

We are now accepting applications for GoMA Youth Group 2024/2025! 🎉

Are you interested in museums, galleries, and art? Do you want to develop skills in arts programming and design events for young people? Come join us!

GYG is a group of 18-25 year olds that meet on a Tuesday 3-5pm. The programme offers a space to socialise, make art, learn from professionals in the field and develop your own workshops, events, and exhibitions at GoMA.

Applications close October 28th > https://forms.office.com/e/FxsK1cVrU0

'Head in a Bell is a super generous show. Accept the gift.' John Quin of The National Newspaper talks to artist Scott Myles about his GoMA exhibition, open now 👇

https://www.thenational.scot/culture/24617351.gifts-keep-giving-john-quin-conversation-scott-myles/

Save the date: Our next main gallery exhibition, John Akomfrah’s Mimesis: African Soldier, opening Sat 26 Oct. It's the first time this work - a new acquisition for Glasgow Museums - will be shown in Scotland.
MORE: https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/john-akomfrah-mimesis-african-soldier

Image shows a still from John Akomfrah; Mimesis : African Soldier, 2018
(Three channel HD colour video installation, 7.1 sound
Dimensions variable, 73 minutes)

Courtesy Smoking Dogs Films and Lisson Gallery.

⚡FREE - curator's tour this afternoon⚡
Domestic Bliss: historic narratives and contemporary responses
Gallery 4, GoMA
Friday 20 September, 2-3pm
Free, adults, no booking required, meet in Gallery 4.

Join curator Katie Bruce for a tour of the exhibition Domestic Bliss. This show presents works from Glasgow Museums’ collection reflecting on the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) building’s history as a former house, Royal Exchange and civic space in the centre of a city (Glasgow) that prided itself on historical connections to the rest of the world.

Observing how artists work with fine art, design and craft practices alongside social and political changes, this show explores domestic labour and feminism, public and private space, intimate relationships and historical narratives. We live in a consumerist world where home interior, lifestyle magazines and social media present flawless examples for us to emulate in our own lives. What happens if we question what is seen as ‘domestic bliss’, and whose stories are hidden or revealed?

This event is part of Art History Festival 2024 organised by the Association for Art History.

Domestic Bliss: historic narratives and contemporary responses
Gallery 4, GoMA
Friday 20 September, 2-3pm
Free, adults, no booking required, meet in Gallery 4.

Join curator Katie Bruce for a tour of the exhibition Domestic Bliss. This show presents works from Glasgow Museums’ collection reflecting on the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) building’s history as a former house, Royal Exchange and civic space in the centre of a city (Glasgow) that prided itself on historical connections to the rest of the world.

Observing how artists work with fine art, design and craft practices alongside social and political changes, this show explores domestic labour and feminism, public and private space, intimate relationships and historical narratives. We live in a consumerist world where home interior, lifestyle magazines and social media present flawless examples for us to emulate in our own lives. What happens if we question what is seen as ‘domestic bliss’, and whose stories are hidden or revealed?

This event is part of Art History Festival 2024 organised by the Association for Art History.



Domestic Bliss, installation view

Applications are now open to join Glasgow Museums' Intercultural Youth Group!

This is a group based at the Gallery of Modern Art for young people from ethnic minority groups across Glasgow to come together and explore our vast collection. We’ll use the space as an opportunity to socialise, develop and get creative!

Apply if you:
- belong to an ethnic minority group
- are between the ages of 18-25
- live in Glasgow
- are passionate about museums, heritage, arts and culture

Check out more and apply here: https://galleryofmodernart.blog/glasgow-museums-intercultural-youth-group/

Deadline for applications: 30th September 2024, 11:45pm.