PROGRAMME was a series of planned projects and incidental events, programmed and facilitated by Ella Gibbs for Temporary Accommodation. Over the two month run of the exhibition these events spread from the New Gallery - transformed by Ella into her 'studio' - to the ancillary spaces that surround the Whitechapel's galleries: the education room, the café, the meetings room, the lecture theatre. As a whole, the project was something of an experiment for both Whitechapel and Ella. From the Gallery's perspective, it was a departure from the usual 'end product' that exhibitions inevitably present. At the start of the show only nine events had been planned; the rest of the Programme had been left open to fortuitous encounters and chance responses, a space in which ideas could be tested and shared without the burden of having to become a 'finished work'. As an overall framework, Ella had provided a simple invitation, an opportunity to use Whitechapel as a forum for "events, incidents, meetings and ideas: things people have been wanting to do for some time but haven't had a chance to."

At the project's close, the number of participants had grown exponentially. This website was born out of a desire to bring these differing elements together, to momentarily fix and wrestle from evaporation all that had occurred; but also to continue the debates initiated here during the exhibition's seven and half weeks. What follows is a combination of 'live' responses, written while the project was still developing, and reflections that look back on PROGRAMME since it ended. The site has drawn on the passion, time and energy of many individuals. Its overall structure was devised by Ella Gibbs, who was joined by Calum Kerr as the site's Technical Programmer; his imagination and commitment have been the mainstay of the project's development. We are deeply indebted to Space Studio's Mentoring Scheme, which enabled Calum to participate in the making of this site, and to the support that Space have given throughout its realisation. Most importantly, we would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Ella, and to all those who have participated and collaborated with her in the realisation of PROGRAMME. Contributors were invited to edit and design their own sections of the site. In doing so the original spirit of Ella's intentions remain. The time that they have so willingly given has enabled Whitechapel to learn from artists and to continue the debates, discussions, and inspiration initiated during Temporary Accommodation.

Andrea Tarsia
Curator

Technical Requirements

• Close down all other applications before you enter
• Click on appropriate desktop icons to download free versions of Acrobat Reader 4 and QuickTime5
• For Mac users drag bottom right hand corner of desktop window to fit your own screen size
• For PC users click resize button on top right hand corner of the desktop window
• To leave the site, click on the 'zip escape icon'
• To visit Whitechapel home page, click 'whitechapel' icon
• Click 'mail' icon to send your comments to 'programme'

Credits

Designed & edited by Ella Gibbs

Designed & programmed by Calum F. Kerr

 

Additional design by Anna Best, B+B (Sophie Hope & Sarah Carrington), Paul Granjon, Amanda McGregor, David Lillington, Andrew Marsh, Amy Plant, Anna Richardson, Françoise Rod, Tomoko Takahashi, Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre & Vicky Wright

 

Additional contributors: Lise Autogena, Antonia Blythe, Anna - Lisa Cattani, Neil Chapman, Jason Dean, Emily Druiff, Andrea Encinas - Meade, Dan Eastmond, Christine Frost, Lorraine Harnett, Marc Hulson, Gabriel Ilori, Kapitol K, Rosemarie Lopez, Rachael Matthews, Rod Melvin, Janice MacLaren, Lennart van Oldenborgh, Owen Oppenheimer, Judith Palmer, John Peck, Hannah Rickards, Kate Rogers, Naomi Saloman, Zuky Serper, DonnaMarie Sharpe, Olivier Sorrentino, Karen Stallard, Isa Suarez, Bill Waltier, Bettina Wilhelm

 

Whitechapel Art Gallery credits: Rebecca Morrill (Website & Publicity Co-ordinator), Andrea Tarsia (Curator), Alistair Raphael (Senior Programmer - Education)

 

Produced and commissioned by the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 2001