After a scenic trip on the Great Western, as soon as we landed in Torquay installation of the Agatha Christie exhibition began. I hear the show is popular with visitors, which gives me a warm glow.
Agatha Christie: Destination Unknown
Sat 11 Sept 2021 to Sun 28 Nov 2021
Torre Abbey
The King's Drive
Torquay TQ2 5JE
www.torre-abbey.org.uk/whats-on/agatha-christie-destination-unknown/
(post by Tanya)
Only a few days to go until we install the new Agatha show. Curator Alice Graham and I have been working on it intensively since spring, so it’s great to see the work coming to fruition.
The show takes a fresh angle on her life and centres around the work she did with her husband: archaeologist Max Mallowan. Many times I’ve laughed aloud while designing - it’s her wonderful tales and quotes, you see... it seems Agatha is world famous for good reason! The star objects are original transcripts of her poetry, which are a revelation.
In a lovely full circle moment, I was already an admirer of hubby Mallowan. Since childhood I’ve visited the British Museum to gaze at the Assyrian reliefs he excavated. This led me to studying archaeology at UCL, where he was a professor in earlier days.
Right! Must be off to pack my tape measure, masking tape and toothbrush.
Agatha Christie: Destination Unknown
Sat 11 Sept 2021 to Sun 28 Nov 2021
Torre Abbey
The King's Drive
Torquay TQ2 5JE
www.torre-abbey.org.uk/whats-on/agatha-christie-destination-unknown/
(post by Tanya)
This summer, once again I had the pleasure of working with Alice Graham on the touring show Agatha Christie, Unfinished Portrait. We worked together to deliver the show for the International Agatha Christie Festival. Click the link below for a great video made by The Shorely – you can see me in the background, working alongside Alice and the amazing James and Josh from Art Works Exhibition Services. The show was on at Torre Abbey until 24 November.
The Shorley:
https://www.theshorely.com/articles/agatha-christie-unfinished-portrait-exhibition
Art Works Exhibition Services:
Graphic production by Displayways:
For more on this show on the portfolio section of this website:
(post by Tanya)
The third leg of Agatha Christie, a Life in Photographs is now underway at National Museum Cardiff.
After months behind the computer working on a show, it’s great to get out on site and see it come to life. Install needs some high speed elbow grease but with tight planning and good colleagues it’s a real pleasure. The first job is sorting and laying out panels, frames and objects. To give you an idea, we had around 65 graphic panels, 54 photos, 25 objects, 79 captions and one Kokoschka painting. Alice Graham (curator/project manager) and I did this initial work, laying out the frames first so the Artworks install team could start with the power drills. As the frames went up, Alice and I followed behind installing captions. The showcases were moved into a position that worked with the narrative and allowed good wheelchair access; then we filled them with the objects. We were given two days for install and I'm pleased to say we finished before home-time.
Many thanks to the in-house team at the museum: the conservation, mount-making and project management were exemplary.
Show runs until 3 September 2017.
For more on the show, see this previous entry:
chutneychorus.com/blog/agatha-christie-unfinished-portrait
(post by Tanya)
Here's what's going on or coming up for Tanya:
1. Lead 2D design for the Natural History Museum show Sensational Butterflies, a live butterfly show held in the grounds of the museum. It runs from the end of March until mid-September 2017.
2. Various projects for Museum of London. These include animated GIFs and print design to market talks and events, and teachers' packs for the education team.
3. Working alongside Alice Graham (curator/project manager), she is working on Agatha Christie: A Life in Photographs. This is the third leg of the tour, showing at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff from June 2017.
p.s. We've added our 2017 New Year's greetings anime to our GIF page. Look out for the spinning rooster head and you've found it:
https://chutneychorus.com/gifs/
Agatha Christie: Unfinished Portrait is now showing at Bankside Gallery. It's a photography show of unseen images from Christie's own albums. I've had my fingers in every pie: the 3D design, 2D graphic design and marketing campaign are all my work. The Christie Archive Trust and Agatha Christie Ltd have been great clients - they are a close-knit, enthusiastic group and it's a privilege to work with them.
I've visited a few times and it's rewarding to see Christie fans so engaged with the content. Bingo! (That's an in-joke if you've seen the show).
The exhibition got an enthusiastic response from Kirsty Lang of BBC Radio 4's Front Row:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b066wfp2
Agatha Christie: Unfinished Portrait
Bankside Gallery (next to Tate Modern)
London SE1 9JH
Open daily 11am–6pm
Until 6 September 2015
Touring to Torre Abbey, Torquay for the International Agatha Christie Festival from 11 September.
(post by Tanya)