Controlled rummage approaches for Bummock: Tennyson Research Centre

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Bennett, S., Bracey, A. and Maier, D. ORCID: 0000-0003-1738-2001, 2024. Controlled rummage approaches for Bummock: Tennyson Research Centre. Journal for Artistic Research (32). ISSN 2235-0225

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Abstract

'Bummock: Tennyson Research Centre' is an artistic research project involving three artistic researchers: Andrew Bracey, Danica Maier and Sarah Bennett. A bummock is the unseen — submerged — part of an iceberg, and comprises the largest volume of ice, compared with the tip — which is visible above the surface of the water. Likewise, archives hold more items than are commonly viewed or accessed. In Bummock, we choose to bypass the catalogue to engage with materials directly, establishing a 'controlled rummage' method as an alternative approach to standard archive access practice. This iteration of the Bummock project explores, examines, and creates new artistic research from five years of working with the Tennyson Research Centre (TRC), Lincoln, UK.

This exposition has been collaboratively authored by the three artistic researchers and is structured into two sections. The first, labelled the 'controlled section', serves to introduce the project and its core concerns. The second, referred to as the 'rummage section', provides visitors with the opportunity to navigate their own path through the archival objects from the TRC and the artworks created. Within this section, individual reflections and critical discussions on three themes are presented: our past experiences working with archives, the research journey of the project, and potential future directions stemming from our research. The exposition concludes with a collective summary of findings and a film documenting the project.

The contribution of this exposition is twofold: first, to unveil and disseminate the artistic research associated with the project, and second, to identify the key benefits that artists can bring to the archive by employing the 'controlled rummage' approach. The intention is to establish a framework that facilitates future use by other archive users.

Item Type:

Journal article

Alternative Title:

Controlled rummage of approach’s of artist research for Bummock: Tennyson Research Centre

Publication Title:

Journal for Artistic Research

Creators:

Bennett, S., Bracey, A. and Maier, D.

Publisher:

Society for Artistic Research

Date:

19 July 2024