Developed from the experience of running artist-led schools workshops at Tate in 2012 – 13, this video work shares the ideas that emerged from Cooper’s sessions in the galleries, with young people and their teachers.Â
Filming, instructing and cajoling her own hand to imitate the bronze hands of sculptures on display at Tate Britain, Cooper plays with given expectations of the role of the artist working in gallery and museum Learning programmes. Moving between the different positions of interpreter, narrator, facilitator, expert, coach, learner, teacher and performer, Bronzin’ (Totally Bronze) proposes learning as a process of experimentation, play and mimicry.