Season 3 Episode 5: GoMA at 25 with Malcolm Dickson and Marcus Jack

Glasgow Museums Podcast

Recorded on 22 December 2021 via zoom this conversation with Malcolm Dickson- a curator, writer and organiser, alongside being the director of Street Level Photoworks and Marcus Jack, a freelance curator, writer and print designer. As Malcolm notes he worked with GoMA from its inception, including curating a show, Infinitude, which opened in 2000. This work (and more) that Malcolm has done in Scotland is also part of Marcus’ PHD looking at the history of artists moving image in Scotland since 1970 and was at the heart of an interesting conversation about moving image in Scotland, GoMA’s early ambitions about new media and conservation gaps of key moments in video in Scotland. Timecodes: 00:00 – 2:00 – Introductions 2:00 –19:30 – GoMa opening, memories of 1996 and the cultural scene in Glasgow in the late 1990’s 19:30 – 24.30 – photography in GoMA’s collection and some recent collecting 24:30 – 45:40 – video, artist moving image conservation and early resources. 45:40 – 56:00 - Infinitude, GOMA, 2000 – curated by Malcolm Dickson 56:00 – end – final question about a future for GOMA. Links related to conversations in the podcast Malcolm Dickson https://rewind.ac.uk/people/malcolm-dickson/ Street Level Photoworks https://www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/ Transit Arts https://marcusjack.com/Transit-Arts Pedro Meyer https://pedromeyer.com/en/ New Visions Festival 1996 https://romulusstudio.com/variant/pdfs/issue2/screening.pdf Patricia Piccinini Genetic Manipulation Simulator https://galleryofmodernart.blog/portfolio/genetic-manipulation-simulator/ Troy Innocent http://www.annapappasgallery.com/troy-innocent British Art Show 7 https://galleryofmodernart.blog/portfolio/british-art-show-7-in-the-days-of-the-comet/ Maud Sulter – https://maudsulterpassion.wordpress.com/ Ajamu - https://galleryofmodernart.blog/portfolio/familiar-strangers-portraits-by-ajamu-x/ Rewind https://rewind.ac.uk Stansfield and Hooykaas - https://rewind.ac.uk/people/madelon-hooykaaselsa-stansfield/ MITES https://artquest.org.uk/listing/mites/ ZKM https://zkm.de/en Infinitude https://galleryofmodernart.blog/portfolio/infinitude/