Alison Bramwell
Lecturer: Art History & Theory
Phone: 0800 762 786
Research Expertise:
Installation and performance. Curatorial practice, creative programming in re-use situat . Public Art: strategic, ethical, democratic implications . The effects of geo-mobility on contemporary practice . Self-organisation in an arts context.
Research Publications
Journal Article
Bramwell, A. (2007). Occupying the pavement. Scope (Contemporary Research Topics): Art , Otago Polytechnic research journal, issue #2 November 2007. 4500 words.
Bramwell, A. (2006). Blue Oyster (Dunedin) Artist run initiatives. Artlink Magazine, Issue: Vol 26 No 2. 500 words.
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Bramwell, A. (2006). Curatorial Review: Play - An Exhibition. Junctures: the journal for thematic dialogue, 7: Play, December. 119-122.
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Bramwell, A. (2006). Sonata in 13 parts. 'Appliance', Artists Alliance magazine, January. 2400 words.
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Exhibition
Bramwell, A. (2009). Fairgame: Don Hunter and Ana Terry, catalogue essay. Southland Museum and Art Gallery, William Hodges Fellowship, Invercargill, January. 1500 words.
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Bramwell, A. (2009). Another futile fortification. "Jump into the Unknown", 13th Nine Dragon Heads International Environment Art Symposium 2009, Busan, South Korea. Project curated by Park Byoung Uk, supported by Swiss and Austrian embassies,Pro-Helvetica and the Korean Red Cross, April 19th-22nd. sculptural installation, 1.7m x 1.7m x 17.m.
Bramwell, A. (2009). Fragile fortress. "Jump into the Unknown" 13th Nine Dragon Heads International Environment Art Symposium 2009, Jeju Island, South Korea. Project curated by Park Byoung Uk, supported by Swiss and Austrian embassies,Pro-Helvetica and the Korean Red Cross, April 16th-18th. 11 light towers installed as a single work.
Bramwell, A. (2009). Recreational Bureaucracy. Installation and performance action primarily located in parking areas and commercial postering sites in Christchurch City. Physics Room's Public projects programme, Christchurch. Curated by Kate Montgomery. Supported by Creative New Zealand, 26 September -26 October.
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Bramwell, A. (2009). Unstable institutional memory: 10 years at the Blue Oyster, group exhibition. Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, September. 5 artist installations, 3 gallery spaces used.
Bramwell, A. (2009). ...etwas verloren (...something lost). Installation for "Subdokumenta", curated by Jusuf Hadžifejzovic, in unoccupied commercial space Skenderija shopping center, Sarajevo, Bosnia, installation 5m x 3m.
Bramwell, A. (2009). Under construction (series continued). Manifest of change and inner experience, international exhibition held during Artisterium 09 arts festival, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi History Museum - Karvasla. Tbilisi, Georgia. Supported by Georgian Ministry of Culture and Goethe institute, October 9-18. installation, large suspended sculpture.
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Bramwell, A. (2008). Falling (lowering sky). installed in "Come Ashore" exhibition as part of Nine Draon Heads international Environment Art Symposium. The project was supported by the Austrian and Swiss embassies, Exhibition was held at Cheong-ju Artists Residency, Cheong-ju city, South Korea. June 10-16. 7 meter wall drawing.
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Bramwell, A. (2007). Border creature (aquatic alarum). Exhibited in "Come Ashore", group exhibition, at Cheong-ju Art center, During 12th Nine Dragon Heads International Environment Art Symposium, Cheong-ju City, South Korea. In association with Swiss Embassy, June 2007. one sculptural object.
Bramwell, A. (2007). Stop. installation work produced for "come Ashore" exhibition at Cheong Ju Public Art Gallery, Cheong-ju City as part of the programmed events of 12th Nine Dragon Heads International Envirnment Art Symposium, Cheong-ju Exhibition 12-14 June, symposium programme as a whole 6-16th June.
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Bramwell, A. (2007). Caution: herd corners. Installation work as part of RAP, curated by Michelle Armistead for Blue Oyster Gallery, November. one installation work.
Bramwell, A. (2006). Stand. 'Home Front' exhibition with Iain Cheesman at Forrestor Gallery, Oamaru, 3 free standing works, 3.5m tall.
Bramwell, A. (2006). Labud. 'Change Concept' exhibition curated by Nine Dragon Heads in association with the International Peace Centar for the Turkish Culture Center during Sarajevska Zima 2006, Sarajevo. Bosnia & Herzegovina, February. one sculpture.
Bramwell, A. (2006). Still. '129 Oaks' exhibition with Iain Cheesman at Aigantighe Gallery in Timaru. refering to the 'Hitler Oaks,' oak seedlings presented to 129 outstanding athletes including mile runner Jack Lovelock, at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, 17 June - 23 July. large sculptural installation.
Bramwell, A. (2005). Detour (contact and avoidance). Large scale digital tryptich produced for 'Play', international artists performance and exhibition event, Cheong-Ju Public Art Gallery, Cheong-ju City, held during 10th Nine Dragon Heads International Environment Art Symposium, South Korea, Pre-exhibition catalogue of participants. Cheong-ju Culture Center, 16-19 April, 2005. wall work, 1.8m x 2m total.
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Bramwell, A. (2005). Escape velocity (vectors of transport and desire). An installation produced for exhibition at Hocken Library and Collections 'Terminus at the Hocken.' The first of a series of events occurring under the title of Terminus Public Art Project 05. (Refer NRO's), Terminus at the hocken, September 13- November 5 2005. 5 sculpture works exhibited.
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Bramwell, A. (2004). Unintentional detour. Solo sculpture project shown at Sea Level, Tasman. Nelson, NZ, 14 September - 10 October. 7 sculpture works.
Bramwell, A. (2003). Flotsam: letter to my mother (unstable coding, more like a wreckage than a sentence). A temporary site specific work, installed during 'Co-Incidence: redefining symposium.' Ten artists working with site, Pakawau, Golden Bay. Project produced directed and curated by Ali Bramwell (refer CRE's)supported by Creative New Zealand, Documentary catalogue produced, 'Co-Incidence: redefining symposium'. December 22, 2002- January 3, 2003. 6 sculptural peices, 2m x 2m x .6m.
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Bramwell, A. (2003). Gabriels day off. Solo exhibition project at Little River Gallery, Little River, Banks Penninsula, Exhibition dates 25 July - 14 August. 5 drawings ink on gesso, 1 steel sculpture.
Bramwell, A. (2003). Sharp thinking about quiet things. Solo project as part of the juried emerging art series at Center of Contemporary Art, Christchurch. Selected by Warren Feeney, 11 June - 12 July, 2003. 6 sculptural works.
Bramwell, A. (2002). Transitional Places : Moving from, moving towards. Solo sculpture project produced for exhibition at Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, Documentation of the works is included as an appendix to the thesis of the same name, submitted for Masters of Fine Arts examination. Copy held at Bill Robertson Library, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin. Exhibition dates: 16-27 April, 2002. 3 large steel sculptural works.
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Bramwell, A. (2001). Three points of tension. Solo installation project shown at Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, Documentation is included as an appendix to a thesis titled 'Transitional Places: Moving from, moving towards' submitted for examination for Masters of Fine Arts. Copy at Bill Robertson Library, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin. 29 May - 29 June, 2001. 5 peice large scale installation.
Conference Contribution - Oral presentation
Bramwell, A. (2005). Imminence and Permanence. Presented during 'Dawn Light' Conference with the theme: nature as a changing cultural construct in an increasingly global contemporary arts environment. Held at Ourimbah Campus, University of Newcastle, 24th September, 2005. 1 hour.
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Bramwell, A. (2004). Working as an artist in New Zealand. Presentation made for two day conference held during the Symposium 'Art meeting in Bergkvara, 2004,' Bergkvara, Sweden, Day 1 'Contemporary art from a pedagogical point of view': 4 September, 2004 Day 2 'Global perspectives': 5 September, 2004. 1 hour.
Artefact/Object
Bramwell, A. (2005). Tension: web (paradox and kinetic tension, sensual delerium and unreasonable anxiety). Sarajevo Depot Kafe. Curated by Jusuf Hadzifejzovich. Shown in two venues with different artists, International Peace Center Gallery; Gallery IPC-É', and Musee Attentat, Sarajevska Zima 2005. Sarajevo, Bosnia i Herzegovina, Referenced in Sarajevska Zima 2005 published programme, special programmes section. IPC-É' from Feb 17-28 2005, Musee Attentat from March 1-14 2005. 3m x 2m approx area, installation.
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Bramwell, A. (2005). Unintentional detour (warning signs). Large suspended sculpture produced for 'Refreshing the Pallet' held at Retort Gallery, Dunedin, 'Refreshing the Pallet' documentary exhibition catalogue. Exhibition dates: 4-25 March, 2005. 1 large suspended sculpture.
Bramwell, A. (2005). Schmeidzeile/ Marienplaz 28.2.05 (Wasserburg document, from travel documents series). 'Grosse Kunstausstellung', exhibition curated by Andreas Pytlik, Rathaus und Ganserhaus, Wasserburg, Germany, Exhibition catalogue. June 2005. 16 drawings.
Bramwell, A. (2005). Sarajevo Document (Travel documents series: thinking about leaving having only just arrived. Forensic travel, evidential tourism, bureucratic fetishism and souvenirs of discontent). Produced for the exhibition 'Far close neighbours,' Nine Dragon Heads International Artists Exhibition, Gallery Novi Hram, Sarajevo, Bosnia i Herzegovina. During 'Sarajevska Zima 2005' the annual Sarajevo Winter Festival, Exhibition catalogue. February 7-19 2005, Novi Hram, Sarajevo City, Bosnia. large wall work, 3m x 1.2m.
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Bramwell, A. (2004). Sketchbook, a handfull of unsigned ideas (constitution of authorship, value and originality). Shown in 'Beautiful Garbage' at Cheong-ju culture center, Cheong-ju city, South Korea, during Nine Dragon Heads 9th International Environment Art Symposium. Participants were 33 artists from 21 different countries, 3/4-5/4/2004 Cheong-ju Culture Center. 42 individual prints.
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Bramwell, A. (2004). 'Shroud: detour' ( nostalgia fetish and loss distanced by a certain absurdity of content). Work shown in 'Beautiful Garbage: New Zealand and Australia Contemporary Artists,' Pici Gallery, Seoul, South Korea. In association with Nine Dragon Heads International Art Foundation. Co-curated by Ali Bramwell Neil and Berecry-Brown (refer CRE's), 2 exhibition catalogues produced 'New Zealand Contemporary Artists' and 'Australian Contemporary Artists' Gallerie Pici. Including texts from the curators, and letters from NZ Ambassador David Taylor, Gallery director Professor Jang Shin Duk. April 16-24, 2004. 1 wall work, 3 sculptures shown.
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Bramwell, A. (2004). Access: Detour (providing an ethical dilemma in the physical form of an inefficient barrier : exposing the mechanisms of social consent to cultural restriction). Temporary site installation in a parking garage, produced during '9th Nine Dragon Heads International Environment Art Symposium', Taecheong Ho, Chungbuk, South Korea. The symposium had 35 exhibiting participants from 21 different conutries, 1 April- 5 April, 2004. 3 part installation, total area 7m x 2m x 0.8m.
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Bramwell, A. (2003). Calf club blues (bridesmaid, runner up, also ran, wallflower). puroduced for 'Portable: the Blue Oyster import/export company,' curated by the Blue Oyster Arts Trust; a three gallery exchange exhibition series between Blue Oyster Gallery, Enjoy Public Art Space and High Street Project. Shown in all three venues, Shown at Enjoy public art space 29 Oct - 6 Nov 2003, High Street Project 11-29 Nov 2003, Blue Oyster Gallery 9-20 Dec 2003. 3 steel works.
Bramwell, A. (2003). Nomadic Bunkers (schema for mobile urban protection units). Produced for 'Strange things might work' an exhibition exploring the process of drawing for sculpture shown at Blue Oyster Gallery. Including work by sculptors Paul Cullen and Peter Nicholls, 30 September -11 October, 2003. 6 digital images.
Bramwell, A. (2000). Swarm. Kinetic installation work produced for the exhibition 'Swarm' held at Blue Oyster Gallery. Cathy Helps also produced work, parallel in theme but not collaborative, Documentaion included as an Appendix in Master of Fine Arts Thesis 'Transitional Places: Moving from, moving towards'. Copy held in Bill Robertson Library. 2-12 August 2000. 10m x 6m variable dimensions.
Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings
Bramwell, A. J. (2009). Douglass Bagnall, Adam Hyde, Walker & Bromwich: Intertidal. A critical response from Ali Bramwell. Online publication, Litmus Research Initiative, Massey University Wellington, April. 2300 words.
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Other
Bramwell, A. (2007). Sighing, just out of earshot. Exhibition curated for Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin. Includes the work of: Neil Berecry-Brown & Lee Ji Eon, Lisa Benson, Thom Vink & Saara Erkstrom, Viel Bjerkeset Andersen, Gordana Andelic-Galic, Shown in Blue Oyster: Dark Side and Lower Galleries, 23 October - 11 November. 10 works by internationally experienced artists.
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Bramwell, A. (2007). Twilight. Work shown as part of "...the space between..." a public art project in Mann st Gosford, Australia. Curated and organised by Neil Berecry-Brown and Lee, Ji Eon for Browns Cows, Work shown from 12-16 February. One work.
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Bramwell, A. (2005). Schema (specific tension illustrated by familial constriction). The work is permanent large scale public commission, commissioned by Chiemseeart Project, an art in the landscape project in the Chiemsee area of Bavaria, Germany. Curated by Andreas Pytlik, Located near Hoslwang, Bavaria, Germany. Signposted locally, maps available online at official website. Opened to Public 27 February 2005, permanent installation. Ground area approx 40m x 50m, height 6m, 10 trees.
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Bramwell, A. (2005). Terminus Public Art Project. A site specific project involving a 1000km journey between two cities in the S. I., N.Z. Directed produced and curated by Ali Bramwell in association with Hocken Collections, Blue Oyster Gallery, Otago Sculpture Trust and Nelson Arts Festival, www.terminus05.net.nz. 'Terminus: Nelson' Haulashore Island, Nelson 20/10 -22/10/05, 'Terminus: Dunedin' Customhouse Quay, Dunedin 26/10-30/10/05. Public seminar day: 29/10 Hocken library and collections. 'Terminus:Hocken' 23/9-5/11/05. 'Green for NZ' Blue Oyster 25/10-12/11/05. 48 individual works, 4 conference papers.
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Bramwell, A. (2005). Four horsemen: carousel. The work is part three of three related installations located in different sites under the umbrella Terminus Public Art Project. The three works all involving vectors of desire, movement trajectories and opposing control mechanisms, 'Terminus:Dunedin' 26/10-30/10/05. Approx 6m x 6m ground area, 2m height.
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Bramwell, A. (2005). Free: escape velocity. The work is part two of three related installations located in different sites under the umbrella Terminus Public Art Project. The three works all involving vectors of desire, movement trajectories and opposing control mechanisms, Terminus Public Art Project, Terminus: Nelson, Haulashore Island Nelson Festival of the Arts. October 20- 22, 2005. Installation, 15 m variable.
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Bramwell, A. (2005). Lotus feild (Industrialised metaphors in the littoral zone). Site specific work produced during 'Dawn Light Symposium' directed by Browns Cows, one of two linked exhibitions Gosford City Gallery and grounds, Central Coast, Australia. Linked conference at the Ourimbah Campus of the University of Newcastle, ref ORO, Dawn Light Symposium: 13-25 September 2005, Exhibition: 20 September-14 October, 2005. Conference: on the 24th of September, 2005. ref ORO. 9 peice site installation, variable dimensions.
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Bramwell, A. (2005). South Island Artnotes. A monthly column giving an overview, context and opinion on art activity in South Island New Zealand. Published in the Artnotes section of Art Monthly Australia magazine, Issue numbers in 2005: 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186. Issues published with my content in 2005: April 2005, May 2005, June 2005, July 2005, August 2005, September 2005, October 2005, November 2005, December 2005. 9000 words total output, 1000 each issue.
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Bramwell, A. (2004). South Island Artnotes. A monthly column giving an overview, context and opinion on art activity in South Island New Zealand. Published in the Artnotes section of Art Monthly Australia magazine, Issue numbers: 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176. Issues published with my content in 2004: March 2004, April 2004, May 2004, June 2004, July 2004, August 2004, September 2004, November 2004, December 2004. @ 9000 words, 1000 each issue.
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Bramwell, A. (2004). Two faced (leveraging ideas of historical amnesia and layers of social nostalgia and a deliberate mystification of the past, evidenced by a wilfull forgetfulness). Public installation in/on a disused military bunker. Produced for Art Meeting 2004, Bergkvara, Baltic Coast Sweden hosted by the Kulturmagasinet in Bergkvara. 12 participants from 6 countries including Denmark, Austria, Sweden Britain and Japan, Project catalogue produced documenting each of the twelve works produced. including short texts from each participant. Art Meeting in Bergkvara, symposium: 23/8- 5/9/2004. Conference 31/8, 1/9/2004
public exhibition: 5/9-19/9/2004. large scale public work.
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Bramwell, A. (2003). Broken logic. (Involving innapropriate repair, or the arrogance of making a remedial gesture when none is needed). Temporary site installation using an existing irrigation ditch, produced for public exhibition during 8th Nine Dragon Heads International Environment Art Symposium, Taecheong Ho, Chungbuk, South Korea, Symposium dates 26 April- 10 May. Public exhibition 4-6 May. 70m installation.
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Bramwell, A. (2002). Feild. Temporary site installation on a public sports ground in Munui, Chung-buk. Produced for public exhibition during 7th Nine Dragon Heads International Environment Arts Symposium, South Korea, May, 2002. Site installation, approx 7m x 4m ground area.
Bramwell, A. (2001). Nostalgia. Temporary site installation on a concrete retaining wall, produced for public exhibition during 6th Nine Dragon Heads International Environment Art Symposium, South Korea, 26 April- 10 May 2001. Installation approx 10m, variable dimensions.
Performance
Bramwell, A. (2008). Falling (waiting for the sky to fall). Performed as part of "Come ashore", Nine Dragon Heads International environment art symposium, Cheong-ju Artists residency, Cheong-ju City, South Korea. The project was supported by the Austrian and Swiss embassies, June 10. 10 minute performance.
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Bramwell, A. (2007). Please wait-wait-stop. Nine Dragon Heads International Environment Art Symposium, June 2007. duration 10 minutes.
Bramwell, A. (2006). Kiss Protocol:. 11th International Environment Art Symposium Nine Dragon Heads 2006, DMZ & JSA. in association with the Neutral Nations supervisory comission and the Swiss Embassy, April 13 to 24. 10 Minutes, 1 sculptural artifact.
Bramwell, A. (2006). Under construction (provisional community). work exhibited as part of Performance Series, curated by Charlotte Dick, hosted by Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, NZ. The series was supported by funding from Southern Trust and CreativeNZ, performance event and sculptural installation.
Bramwell, A. (2006). Walking with swan: stone sleepers. Curated by Mr Park, Byoung-uk, Nine Dragon Heads. included in: 'Sarajevska Zima' run by International Peace Center. Sarajevo, Bosnia i Herzegovina, 21 February. 1 hour, 1 sculptural articfact.
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Bramwell, A. (2006). Blind Landscape. 11th International Environment Art Symposium Nine Dragon Heads 2006, Mt Geumgansan North Korea, April 13-24. 4 images.
Bramwell, A. (2005). Kitset Fido (I lost my dog). Performance with artefact produced for public exhibition during '10th Nine Dragon Heads International Environment Art Symposium,' Taecheong Ho, Chungbuk, South Korea. The event was attended by 36 artists from 17 countries, Symposium: 17-25 April 2005, Performance as part of public exhibition: 20 April, 2005. Performance: 1/4 hr.
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Bramwell, A. (2001). Proxy. Performance with related artefacts left as an installation, produced for 'A night of performance' at the Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, Video document created, 'A night of performance at Blue Oyster Gallery' copies held by Blue Oyster gallery and Otago Polytechnic School of Art. Performance on 20 February 2001, exhibition 21 February - 3 March, 2001. performance: 1/4 hr , artefact: 3m x .6m area.
Thesis
Bramwell, A. (2002). Transitional Places: Moving from, moving towards. Thesis produced for Masters of Fine Art Degree, Otago Polytechnic School of Art. supervised by Robert Garrett and Derek Ball, examined by Fiona Gunn and Michele Beevors, Bill Robertson Library, Dunedin. Thesis Published March 2002. 59 Page text, 9 substantial individual works.
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