Installing Exhibitions A Practical Guide

by Smithson, Pete

• ISBN13: 9781408110164
• ISBN10: 1408110164
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-15
• Publisher: A&C Black

Summary

This will be an invaluable guide for all students, artists, makers and craftspeople - anyone in fact who exhibits or displays their own work, or the work of others. It is a practical resource incorporating everything you need to know about setting up your work for display, from preparing the space, to risk assessment and health and safety concerns, fixings, moving and placing work, etc, with separate sections for two- and three-dimensional work and audiovisual displays. The book also includes information about electrics, lighting, and cable management, rigging, and basic construction, as well as tools and materials and the basic kit you will need to get started.

Author Biography

Pete Smithson is Technical Manager for Fine Art at Central St Martins, and this book has been written with the aid of a fellowship grant from the University of the Arts, London.

Table of Contents

acknowledgements	p. 6
introduction	p. 6
considerations risk assessment health & safety	p. 7
basic tools	p. 13
preparation of space moving & placing work packing	p. 34
fixing	p. 53
2-dimensional work	p. 76
rigging	p. 108
audio-visual	p. 119
basic construction	p. 141
electrics cable management lighting	p. 167
useful websites	p. 194
glossary	p. 196
additional notes	p. 204
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.