Special Objects Showcase Westminster

What are the special objects that we hold dear? A publication, open call, and talks programme inspired by the history of - and expertise that resides in - Alfie’s Antique Market.

Sorry this project was unsuccessful, we did not reach our fundraising goal.

£9,053
Raised of £17,077

18
Backers

Costs

Printing including VAT £6,600
Production Fee for Publication and Administration of the talks events and open call £3,000
Design including VAT £3,000
Use of Alfie's Rooftop for talk event £800
Open Call/Paid Commission for local Illustrator £500
Writers Fee £500
Expert Speakers Fee x 2 £500
Distribution of publication £400
Proofing / Editing £300
Audio Hire £250
Other + £96

Public Liability and Employer Insurance £96
Target: (inc. fees) £17,076

Object Agency is an artist-led partnership focused on exhibitions, public programmes, publications and engagement with community, design, art, architecture and alternative or under-explored histories.

Caitlin Yardley is an Australian artist based in London. Her practice draws on institutional research, biography, and material abstraction as methodologies to consider the archive and its relationship to constructions of distance, influence and narrative. Recent exhibitions include Rhythm Without End, Design Museum Helsinki (2021); Mobile Composition, as part of New Viewings, Gallery Barbara Thumm, Berlin (2020); Eclipse Sequence, HIAP, Helsinki (2019); Mobile Composition, Maison Louis Carré with Association Alvar Aalto, Paris (2017).

Katrina Schwarz is a Curator, Writer and Editor, living in the shadow of Alfie's Antique Market. Katrina is Curator of the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2022, and Curatorial advisor, International for the inclusive curatorial platform Art Et Al, supporting neurodivergent artists. She has previously served as International Development Consultant, Europe for the Australia Council for the Arts; Curator, Visual Arts for the British Council and Editor of Art & Australia. Katrina has curated many shows internationally, including as Curator of the expansive touring exhibition David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind, and as Deputy Curator of Sarah Lucas: I Scream Daddio, British Pavilion, 2015 Venice Biennale.

Project Owner: Object Agency The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.

Contractors : Cantina,Deborah Woolf Vintage,David Turley (technician) The team responsible for building or installing the project.