'No Cover Up', Glasgow Women's Library
'Following a residency in 2019, Ingrid Pollard presents new work in response to the Lesbian Archive held within Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL). Having worked with Ingrid over this period, it is an honour to write this text for No Cover Up.
The Bradford 12. Colin Roach. Section 28. Hands Off Grenada. Newham 8. Lenthall Road Workshop. Lesbian Line. Black Lives Matter.
By pulling together these various strands of history, Ingrid’s work demonstrates the ways in which social movements are necessarily interconnected, and the futility of trying to separate them. Interviews on bookshelves, fabric prints draped on walls, books with hidden recesses, posters and prints across both floors of the library highlight the way in which connectivity abounds.
The voices that you hear are individuals who are included within, or connected to, the archive. These include Claudette Johnson, Pam Isherwood, Pragna Patel, and Adele Patrick. A microcosm of the women’s liberation movement during the 80’s, alongside various other protests and demonstrations adorning GWL’s walls, the archive connects all.
Echoing the architecture and materiality of the library, Ingrid’s work is analogue in a digital world. Dealing directly with the ‘sweetness of the place,’ and the context of the library itself, the visitors and the archive, it’s an old style rejuvenated by the new. Though many contemporary exhibitions work to fit within a white cube, these works depend upon and speak to their surroundings. It is integral therefore to place you, the viewer, in your current context.'
Ingrid Pollard and curator Freya Monk-McGowan discuss No Cover Up for Encounters: A Glasgow International Podcast here. You can download the audio transcript here: Encounters Podcast Transcript_Ingrid Pollard and Freya Monk McGowan_GWL
The Bradford 12. Colin Roach. Section 28. Hands Off Grenada. Newham 8. Lenthall Road Workshop. Lesbian Line. Black Lives Matter.
By pulling together these various strands of history, Ingrid’s work demonstrates the ways in which social movements are necessarily interconnected, and the futility of trying to separate them. Interviews on bookshelves, fabric prints draped on walls, books with hidden recesses, posters and prints across both floors of the library highlight the way in which connectivity abounds.
The voices that you hear are individuals who are included within, or connected to, the archive. These include Claudette Johnson, Pam Isherwood, Pragna Patel, and Adele Patrick. A microcosm of the women’s liberation movement during the 80’s, alongside various other protests and demonstrations adorning GWL’s walls, the archive connects all.
Echoing the architecture and materiality of the library, Ingrid’s work is analogue in a digital world. Dealing directly with the ‘sweetness of the place,’ and the context of the library itself, the visitors and the archive, it’s an old style rejuvenated by the new. Though many contemporary exhibitions work to fit within a white cube, these works depend upon and speak to their surroundings. It is integral therefore to place you, the viewer, in your current context.'
Ingrid Pollard and curator Freya Monk-McGowan discuss No Cover Up for Encounters: A Glasgow International Podcast here. You can download the audio transcript here: Encounters Podcast Transcript_Ingrid Pollard and Freya Monk McGowan_GWL
You can download a Microsoft Word version of the Exhibition text handout here: Ingrid Pollard Exhibition Handout
You can download a Microsoft Word version of the audio transcripts for Ingrid Pollard’s ‘audio-books’ here: Combined audio-books audio transcripts Ingrid Pollard 2021
You can read this blog post for a list of some of the references shared by Ingrid Pollard in relation to campaigns and demonstrations such as Bradford 12, Newham 8, Who Killed Colin Roach, and Hands Off Grenada.
Ingrid Pollard, No Cover Up, is selected for and supported by Glasgow International 2021 Across the City Programme. Funded by Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund which is run by the Museums Association.
You can download a Microsoft Word version of the audio transcripts for Ingrid Pollard’s ‘audio-books’ here: Combined audio-books audio transcripts Ingrid Pollard 2021
You can read this blog post for a list of some of the references shared by Ingrid Pollard in relation to campaigns and demonstrations such as Bradford 12, Newham 8, Who Killed Colin Roach, and Hands Off Grenada.
Ingrid Pollard, No Cover Up, is selected for and supported by Glasgow International 2021 Across the City Programme. Funded by Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund which is run by the Museums Association.
