Museum for Object Research

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The above images are from the opening of Neither Use Nor Ornament (NUNO)  at OVADA, Oxford, which showcased the work of 14 artists, including writers, who engage with objects in their practice. It included performance, photography, new writing, art walks, sound art, drawing, digital art, sculpture and installation.

Click here for more information about NUNO, including the exhibition catalogue, artist information, Artist Panel video, audio recordings and more.

To read our evaluation documents click here and here

Enjoy our NUNO project film here 


  • How was it for you? #NUNOproject

    How was it for you? #NUNOproject
    Currently, we lack models for what is needed to challenge the stranglehold neurotypicality has had on our culture. The dynamic it creates for autistic people is, in my view, toxic. So I very much hope that in time NUNO may provide one such needed template for others to riff with.
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  • Why NUNO is a model for inclusivity in the arts

    Why NUNO is a model for inclusivity in the arts
    The recent Neither Use Nor Ornament (NUNO) exhibition curated by artist Sonia Boue bought together two of her peer networks, one a group of artists who work with objects in their practice, the other a small group of autistic or neurodivergent artists who are part of WEBworks, a peer mentoring and support network founded by ...
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  • étude in Z –

    étude in Z -
    I am happy inside this mental clement space, this suspended moment in time and place, just from having found these objects which reach back into time, connecting me to the individual journeys that each item undertook while in my father’s possession. He is gone now, but a part of him – known and mysteriously ...
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  • Dead or alive: the permanence of objects versus the fragility of human existence

    Dead or alive: the permanence of objects versus the fragility of human existence
    Themes of loss and remembrance are present in a lot of the work I make and reflect my fascination with the permanence of objects versus the fragility of human existence – crucially, how things outlive people. The histories associated with everyday objects give the work its meaning, not solely for me, but for an audience ...
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  • All Things Considered…help there’s a live object artist in the room! #NUNO

    All Things Considered...help there's a live object artist in the room! #NUNO
      Hello! I recently attended the most marvellous conference in Cork. I’ve come away refreshed and reminded that conferences can be both stimulating for artistic practice, and also provide a framework for what we artists do. I love a good conference. All Things Considered  had a lovely spirit and provided an unusually good fit with my own areas ...
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  • Portrait of My Father?

    Portrait of My Father?
    Hello there, it’s Sonia Boué. I thought I’d write a quick blog post, but keep it mainly visual. The Museum for Object Research (Arts Council England funded)  #NUNO project is well under way. In fact we’re approaching our fourth month! We have a show and exhibition programme to pull together, and we’ll be making a film ...
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  • 10×10 at 10 – by Kate Murdoch

    10x10 at 10 - by Kate Murdoch
    October 10th, 2018 marked ten years since I first presented 10×10. 10×10 started its journey as part of Deptford X fringe festival in 2008. Ten years on, my intention was to return to the Art Hub studio space in Deptford, SE London, the venue where it was first launched. It was all set for 10×10 to ...
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  • Still in Motion – a solo exhibition of experimental photography by Hugh Pryor

    Still in Motion - a solo exhibition of experimental photography by Hugh Pryor
    Hugh Prior’s fantastic solo exhibition, Still In Motion, kicks off the Arts Council England Funded, Neither Use Nor Ornament Project (#NUNO) at Arts at the Old Fire Station, Oxford. 31 October 2018 – 4 February 2019Monday to Saturday 9am – 6pm FREEThe Old Fire Station, Oxford Image copyright Hugh Prior  Image copyright Hugh Prior 2017
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  • 1.2..3…4….5…..6……7…….8……..9………100

    1.2..3...4....5.....6......7.......8........9.........100
      Performance by Naomi Morris. Photographs by Hugh Pryor Link to Streamed Video of Naomi’s Neither Use Nor Ornament Research Performance 
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  • A Personal History of Art Therapy in less than 100 Objects

    A Personal History of Art Therapy in less than 100 Objects
    At the Museum for Object Research we love to support related work and events. This fascinating exhibition opens 10th September in Sheffield at the Chapel Walk Gallery! It includes contributions by two of our MfOR project artists Dave Edwards and Sonia Boué – indeed creator and curator of the exhibition is Dave Edwards himself. We’ll keep ...
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