ABSTRACT
This chapter considers how bringing together the different methodologies of practice of an artist and a sociologist might allow fresh insight into why, how, and for whom art is produced and displayed. It explores an ongoing conversation between practitioners from different fields about what constituted ‘meaningful’ audience engagement from their differing perspectives, and on the best methods for capturing and representing the audience response to, and experience of, contemporary art in heritage settings. Geevor Tin Mine is the largest preserved mine site in England, set in an area of outstanding natural beauty in Cornwall, a key location within the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site. The chance to collaborate on investigating how visitors responded to the ‘Aftermath’ exhibition offered the opportunity to explore how the methodological practices of a sociologist and the practices of a visual artist might usefully combine and intersect.
