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CDrom for secondary schools - Selecta!* *Designed by Sepake Angiama, this CD was recommended by QCA as one of the top 8 Art + Design Resource projects nationwide. **Special thanks to Heather Corcoran for her online project management |
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AAVAA online was a project in partnership with Diversity Arts Forum. It was initiated by Alana Jelinek of terra incognita. The archive was begun in 1986 by Eddie Chambers and is currently based at UEL (University of East London). The AAVAA online project put this important archive online so that anyone could access the information. It was hoped that the online resource would be accessible for anyone interested in the history of art generally and, specifically, in artists from African and Asian descent living in Britain. AAVAA online was accessible - written in a language that most people will understand. We chose to avoid academic or artworld jargon so that the information in the archive was widely accessible. The archive spans approximately 100 years of visual art achievement in Britain by Black artists - here defined as artists of African and Asian descent - from 1900 - 2000. It was therefore not a contemporary archive but an historical one. As an archive it is partial, as all archives are, but it was hoped that AAVAA online would be at least a starting point. The
online archive was accompanied by a CDrom, Selecta!, which was made by
and for secondary schools. The CD focuses on the artwork by 20 artists
from the 200 in the archive - It
was aimed at helping young people understand contemporary art generally
and concepts around exhibiting art like curating and interpretion. Launched 14 September 2006 Due
to circumstances beyond the control of terra incognita, the website is
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terra
incognita projects aim at challenging audiences, the status quo, the
definition of art - all things 'art' that are worth doing and that
aren't
being done or supported by anyone else.
