
Curate and promote an arts exhibition on the gig economy
Host Researcher: Dr Ioan-Cosmin Popan
The exhibition ‘Multimodal. Dis-order at work’ will be held between 6-11 June 2022 in the Geoffrey Manton building at Manchester Metropolitan University. It draws insights from the research project ‘Doing gig work: Social implications of platform-based food deliveries’, which investigates the working conditions of platform food couriers (i.e Uber Eats, Deliveroo etc.) in three European cities. The exhibition will showcase artistic outputs including graphic illustrations, comics, video footage and fanzines.
We invite you to be part of the team which organises and promotes this exhibition to the academic community and the public. We are particularly interested in students with a background or interest in arts and/or arts curating.
We will ask you to join us for 3-4 days prior to the exhibition (in late May or early June; dates will be confirmed) for the organisation of the exhibition artifacts and a media training session. This will be followed by six days of effective internship during the period of the exhibition (6-13 June 2022). We will cover your travel and subsistence expenses up to a total of £20/day.
In A Nutshell...
- Gain hands-on experience ... assisting with organising and promoting a multimedia arts exhibition
- Collaborate ... with an interdisciplinary team of sociologists, visual anthropologists and artists
- Acquire ... valuable, professionally relevant experience and skills
- Receive full training ...... don’t worry if you don’t have experience with curating or promoting an exhibition; we will train you, and you can shadow others who do have experience
- Earn up to 300 Rise points ... which can be recognised within your degree.
Schedule
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31/05/22 to 05/06/22
Offering assistance with risk assessment procedures. This will be done prior to the exhibition -
31/05/22 to 11/06/22
Organisation and display of the artistic artifacts You will be responsible for the organisation and display of the artistic artifacts prior to the exhibition. Since the exhibition is itinerant, a general sense of the overall layout will be available as guidance. -
05/06/22 to 11/06/22
Offering guidance and assistance to the audience This will be done with the help of the fanzines which are available to the public free of charge. These printed brochures contextualise the exhibition within the research project and enable access to additional multimedia online content. -
05/06/22 to 11/06/22
Production of a web article You will be responsible for the documentation and production of a short article which reports on the exhibition. You will receive training on how to write for an online audience.