Curating Contemporary Art (MA)
Charlotte dos Santos
Charlotte is concerned with the urgency to uproot and dismantle engrained forms of knowledge. She is particularly interested in making art accessible through collaboration and care.
At the Royal College of Art, Charlotte's dissertation research explored the act of listening to the human voice within a gallery context, using Libita Clayton’s Quantum Ghost at Gasworks, London, as the main case study. Titled ‘Voices in the Gallery’, she posed the idea that voice is an eventful and affectual component of an environment that should be considered for its curatorial value. She focused on the collective and empathetic aspects of listening to voice that generate new ways of considering an artwork, archive and institution.
For her graduate project, Charlotte co-curated a week-long online programme in collaboration with Nottingham Contemporary titled Sets and Scenarios. Composed of moving image works, text and performances that unfold in three acts, the programme explored our
heightened proximity to images and what it means to live under their influence.
In March 2020 Charlotte co-curated ‘Eco-Logical Sense’ a group show at the Hockney Gallery, which sought to unearth alternative modes of thought, allowing a nuanced and expanded vision of what a sustainable mindset means today. Prior to coming to the RCA, Charlotte studied Art History at Sussex University and later worked as a curatorial trainee at the Contemporary Art Society. She was selected for the 2020 NEON Curatorial Exchange to Athens (organised by Whitechapel Gallery, London and NEON, Athens).
