Category: Co-Production

  • Art Commission 2024: Sub rosa (Under the rose), Ashutosh Shaktan

    Art Commission 2024: Sub rosa (Under the rose), Ashutosh Shaktan

    What does secrecy look like? How does an information appear when it is a secret, and how does its shape and appearance change when it becomes public? Is it bruised or damaged? If an information or a document is damaged or bruised, does it hold the same value, or has its value decreased in the…

  • Photography Commission: SPIN-MPF

    Photography Commission: SPIN-MPF

    SPIN, in collaboration with The Martin Parr Foundation, is pleased to announce a new photography commission. The Martin Parr Foundation in collaboration with SPIN and the University of Bristol announce a new photography commission.  What does secrecy ‘look’ like? How do confessions matter to society? How does ignorance shape our daily lives and our politics? How should…

  • The A-Z of Secrecy and Ignorance (with We the Curious)

    The A-Z of Secrecy and Ignorance (with We the Curious)

    SPIN, working in partnership with We the Curious, produced and delivered a new interactive and family-oriented learning activity and research project. From mid-November 2021 to summer 2022, visitors to the museum who stopped by the new ‘John James Theatre of Curiosity’, were invited to take part in a learning activity that explored different themes connected…

  • Conspiracy THEORY VIDEO Series, HARVEY DRYER

    Conspiracy THEORY VIDEO Series, HARVEY DRYER

    SPIN is pleased to share a series of animated videos created by Harvey Dryer, Politics and International Studies graduate from the University of Bristol. The Conspiracy Theory Series critically engages with different ideologies and events associated with conspiracy theories and can be watched on SPIN’s YouTube channel. In the first of two animated videos, Harvey…

  • Art Commission 2022: ‘Cash’s Pit’, Emily Graham

    Art Commission 2022: ‘Cash’s Pit’, Emily Graham

    About the Project SPIN, in collaboration with The Martin Parr Foundation, supported the commissioning of a new photographic work by photographer, Emily Graham as part of the second in our series of secrecy/ignorance-themed photography commissions. Read about Emily’s project and browse her limited edition postcards below, a selection of which are available for sale at…

  • Art Commission: ‘Social Suffocation’, Olu Osinoiki⁣⁣, 2020

    Art Commission: ‘Social Suffocation’, Olu Osinoiki⁣⁣, 2020

    SPIN, the Martin Parr Foundation and the Rising Arts Agency worked together to commission a new photo project exploring the visual representation of ignorance. ⁣⁣ Responding to these questions, Olu Osinoiki of Olumedia created the photographic work Social Suffocation (2020). ⁣A selection of Social Suffocation postcards were produced and are available in the Martin Parr…

  • Spin Podcast Series

    Spin Podcast Series

    Working with We are Audio, we produced a unique podcast series on the politics of secrecy including interviews, talks and recordings of SPIN events. For a dose of the latest thinking on secrecy delivered straight to you in podcast form, visit the SPIN website or search for SPIN on your favourite podcast delivery service including…