24 Place Exhibition and Lost Shops Catalogue — Miranda Florence Hill claude test

Miranda Florence Hill

I am a cultural producer from London, based in Berlin. My practice explores relationships between place, ecology, care and the built environment, and how these shape the ways we understand and inhabit the world. I work across curating, research and writing, and develop collaborative projects through exhibitions, public programmes, site-specific projects and participatory events. I prioritise interdisciplinary collaborations where different languages and ways of working meet, merge and collide.

For the past two years, I led programming at the artist-led organisation Art Gene in Barrow-in-Furness, working across site-specific installations, public art, exhibitions and community projects focused on sustainability, heritage, place and ecology. I am now Associate Curator at Art Gene, where I continue to work on a project basis.

My curatorial approach is grounded in site-responsive, material-led practices and hands-on processes of making. I am inspired by post-natural landscapes where human, ecological, social and industrial histories intersect. I am interested in finding ways to listen and learn from other ecologies, to challenge human-centered perspectives and reveal the often invisible systems of care and interdependence that sustain our shared environments. My experience working in care has informed this approach and shaped my understanding of care as a practice of listening, attention and reciprocity.

I studied History of Art at the University of Manchester and completed an MA in Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art.

For enquiries and collaborations please get in touch.

mirandaflorencehill@outlook.com
+44 7907099600
CV / Portfolio upon request

2025/26
Remember Nature: Intra-actions
Deluge
Sea Like a Mirror
Clay as Parochial Form
Still, She Climbs

2024
Transitional Botijos
Narcissus Dreams
If These Walls Could Talk
That Wet Stuff
Re:discover Barrow: Place

2022/2023
Ecologies of Care: Rethinking Wetlands
Ash Trays
Alternative Beings
PIDGIN: Towards Multilingualism

Place Exhibition and Lost Shops Catalogue
2024

LOCATION
ROLE
TEAM
ARTISTS

COLLABORATORS

Art Gene, Barrow-in-Furness
Curator and producer
Art Gene
Artfly (Chris and Jennie Dennett), Colin Aldred, Enid Milligan, John Hall, Kate Davis, Maddi Nicholson, Matthew Culley, Sarah Hardacre
Full of Noises, Signal Film & Media, Theatre Factory

Place was an exhibition that used the processes of mapping and narrating to tell the story of Barrow’s streets – the histories, memories and collective experiences of individuals who have lived and worked in the town were presented through the lens of art. It was the culmination of the Lost Shops Re:discover Barrow cultural programme (2019-2024), a wider cultural programme delivered in response to Barrow’s High Street Heritage Action Zone. Working alongside arts organisations Full of Noises, Signal Film & Media and Theatre Factory, the programme invited the public into conversation, to share memories associated with Duke Street and Cornwallis Street.

Drawing inspiration directly from people’s stories, works were produced– many of which were included in the exhibition – including film, sound, visual arts and performance, to capture the histories and memories of Duke Street and Cornwallis Street. The exhibition turned the spotlight onto the lives of working people beyond the shipyard, and engaged with themes such as leisure, shopping culture and the everyday experiences of those employed in sectors such as banks, shops and hair salons. It highlighted stories of ‘women’s work’, often less present in the historical record, and the vital contributions women have made to Barrow’s economy and culture.

It prompted reflection and dialogue around our own sense of place and how we choose to represent our surroundings and experiences. Beyond Barrow, the narratives and experiences resonated with the landscapes of other industrial northern towns and high streets and their changing purpose over time. I oversaw the project, co-delivering its wrap-up exhibition and accompanying catalogue to mark the fourth and final year of the project.

I wrote and co-designed the 50-page catalogue for the exhibition which documented the artworks produced during the four-year programme. The catalogue served as both a reflection of the exhibition and a lasting archive of the creative responses to Barrow’s history.