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The following notes record the project background and development- from commencement with the Newport Chartist Mural Documentation Project in September 2007, to the expanded  scope as an online resource and archive for Chartist commemoration activities in Newport and South Wales in 2008.

 

[3] Background - chartistnewport.org  [April 2008] 

 

[2] Project outline [Sept 2007] 

 

[1] Announcing the Newport Chartist Mural Documentation Project [Sept 2007]

 

 

[3] Background - chartistnewport.org  [April 2008]

 

chartistnewport.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project lead | John Wilson

 
Advisory | Les James | Roger Cucksey | Paul O'Leary

 

chartistnewport.org has evolved  in the context of a new energy in Chartist commemoration activities over the period 2007-08: / Read more here

 


[2] Project outline [Sept 2007]

 

The Newport Chartist Mural Documentation Project

 

Project team - Background - Aims 

 

 

Project team 

 

 

 

John Wilson 

Guest Curator, Chartist Newport





Roger Cucksey 

Keeper of Art, Newport Museum and Art Gallery 

 

 

 

 

Les James 

Community history activist


  

 

Dr Paul O'Leary 

University of Wales, Aberystwyth

  •  Chartist Insurrection at Newport

 

  


 

Background


Following the exhibition Documenting the City: Art and Society in Newport (May-June 2007), which included public art and the commemoration of Chartism, Newport Museum and Art Gallery was approached by Public Art Wales to discuss the  recording of the Newport Chartist Mural. As a result the Newport Chartist Mural Documentation Project was established with the funding support of Modus. 

 

 

Aims 


 

Commencing with documentation of the the Newport Chartist Mural we plan to:

  • explore the immediate civic context of public art in Newport 
  • plus the wider landscape of Chartism and its commemorative landmarks in Monmouthshire and South Wales as a whole.  
  • and hence this documentation of cultural artefacts leads us to further engagement with the history of Chartism.


The new information environment of the Internet provides an opportunity to extend the museological archive of Chartism, and the potential to engage wider conversation upon the heritage of Chartism and its vital role in the formation of the democratic  public sphere. 

  • Museological aims | The Newport Chartist Mural Documentation Project will pursue two fundamental museological aims: to record  this popular cultural artefact, and to interpret its historical significance within the wider social and cultural history of Newport and Monmouthshire.
  • Digital archive | In the first instance we will produce a photographic and video "facsimilie" record of the Newport Chartist Mural, and these will be archived online as public domain images. 
  • Ongoing research | Further research plus online resources may explore the wider context of Chartism and public art in Newport and South Wales, the Chartist history and geography of South Wales, and current developments in the heritage of Chartism.

 

John Wilson

The Newport Chartist Mural Documentation Project  

Sept 2008 

 

 

[1] Announcing the Newport Chartist Mural Documentation Project [ Sept 2007 ]

 

20 September 2007 | Newport Museum and Art Gallery is producing the Newport Chartist Mural Documentation Project, in partnership with Modus and Public Art Wales. | Read more on the project background here

 

  

The Newport Chartist Mural Documentation Project will be archived online at chartistnewport.org, which we plan to extend into an ongoing project to record the heritage of Chartism and public art in Newport and South Wales.

 

 The Newport Chartist Mural Documentation Project

John Wilson, Guest Curator 
Roger Cucksey, Keeper of Art, Newport Museum and Art Gallery
September 2007
 
 

 

 

 

 

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