Here is a selection of the degree shows happening this summer in and around London. Please check the college websites in case of any changes before visiting. There is a suggested itinerary at the bottom of this post.
Wimbledon College of Art
17 June 2010 until 23 June 2010 FOUNDATION SHOW
Open: 10.00 - 16.30 Closed: Sunday 20 June Venue: Wimbledon College of Art, Palmerston Road, London SW19 1PB.
Nearest Stations: Wimbledon (mainline & tube), South Wimbledon (tube)
18 June 2010 until 23 June 2010 UNDERGRADUATE SHOW
Open: Weekdays - 10.00 - 20.00 / Saturday 10.00 - 17.00Closed: Sunday 20 June Venue: Wimbledon College of Art, Merton Hall Road, London SW19 3QA.
Nearest Stations: Wimbledon (mainline & tube), Wimbledon Chase (mainline), Merton Park (tram)
http://www.wimbledon.arts.ac.uk/summershows2010.htm
Chelsea College of Art & Design
29 May 2010 until 3 June 2010 FOUNDATION SHOW
Open: Saturday 10.00 - 16.00 / Weekdays 10.00 - 20.00Closed: Sunday 30 May & Monday 31 May
19 June 2010 until 26 June 2010 UNDERGRADUATE SHOW
Open: Saturday & Sunday 10.00 - 16.00 / Weekdays 10.00 - 20.00
University of the Arts London, 16 John Islip Street, London SW1P 4JU
Nearest Stations: Pimlico (tube)
http://www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk/summershows2010.htm
Goldsmiths
Friday 18 June - Monday 21 June 2010 10:00 – 19:00 UNDERGRADUATE
except Sunday 20 June 2010: 12:00- 16:00
University of London
Ben Pimlott Building, St James, New Cross, London SE14 6NW
Nearest Stations: New Cross Gate (mainline/tube).
http://www.gold.ac.uk/art/exhibitions/
The Slade School of Fine Art
22 May 2010 until 27 May 2010 UNDERGRADUATE SHOW (BA/BFA)
10 June 2010 until 16 June 2010 GRADUATE SHOW (MA/MFA)
Open Saturdays & Sundays 10:00 – 17:00, Weekdays 10:00 – 20:00
UCL
Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
Nearest Stations: Euston (mainline), Euston Square (tube), Warren Street (tube).
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/slade09/degreeShows/index.php
Central St Martins
26-30 May, 12:00-17:00 FOUNDATION - BYAM SHAW
2 Elthorne Road, London, N19 4AG
Nearest Station: Archway (tube)/Upper Holloway (tube/rail)
Wednesday 9 June, 11:00-16:00 FOUNDATION
10-11 June, 11-6pm
Saturday 12 June, 11-3pm
(Last entry 30mins before closing)
10 Back Hill, London, EC1R 5EN
Nearest Station: Farringdon (tube/rail)
29 June - 3 July, 12:00-17:00 BA FINE ART – BYAM SHAW
2 Elthorne Road, London, N19 4AG
Nearest Station: Archway (tube)/Upper Holloway (tube/rail)
18-24 June, 12:00-20:00 BA FINE ART
(6pm on 24 June, closed on Sunday 20 June)
107-109 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0DU
Nearest Station: Tottenham Court Road/Leicester Square (tube)
http://www.csm.arts.ac.uk/2010-degree-shows.htm
Bucks New University
12 June 2010 – 17 June 2010
Open: Saturday 10.00 - 15.00 / Weekdays 10.00 - 16.00Closed: Sunday 13 June
Buckinghamshire New University
High Wycombe Campus, Queen Alexandra Road, High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire, HP11 2JZ
Nearest Station: High Wycombe (rail)
http://bucks.ac.uk/about/structure/faculties/design_media__management/faculty_news__events/end_of_year_show.aspx
University of Hertfordshire
Friday 28 May, Saturday 29 May, Tuesday 1 June – Thursday 3 June, from 10.00 – 16.00
Closed Sunday 30 May and Monday 31 May (Bank Holiday)
University of Hertfordshire, College Lane Campus, Hatfield, AL10 9AB.
Nearest Station: Hatfield (rail)
http://www.herts.ac.uk/events/End-of-year-show-2010--School-of-Creative-Arts.cfm
Suggested Itinerary – Saturday 19th June 2010
For lower sixth formers thinking about applying to art school this autumn/winter, the best day to be able to take in more than one show would be Saturday 19th – when in theory it would be possible to do Wimbledon, Chelsea and Goldsmiths. But relying on public transport makes Goldsmiths tricky – particularly at the weekend. Therefore the day could finish with a visit to Tate Britain
09:30 From London Euston to Wimbledon (35 mins): take the Victoria Line (tube) towards Brixton and change at Vauxhall for the mainline (South West Trains) to Wimbledon.
10:00 Walk to the Palmerston Road site (arrive 10:15) then at 11:15 walk to Merton Hall Road (arrive (11:30).
12:30 Lunch/travel back to Wimbledon mainline station. Wimbledon to Pimlico (25 mins): Take the mainline (South West Trains) to Vauxhall then change for the Victoria Line (tube) to Pimlico. Walk from Pimlico to Chelsea College (arrive 13:30)
15:00 Visit Tate Britain - Exhibitions http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/
16:30 Walk back to Pimlico: Take the tube (Victoria Line) back to Euston.
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Friday, 26 March 2010
Work update - screen prints
Alongside the 3-D pictures I have been developing another strand of work using a millstone as a motif.
There is a large old millstone sitting in the school grounds outside the art department. A mill once stood on the site. I like the minimalist form of the millstone (a circle with square in the middle). Also I have capitalised on the the biblical references of millstone's using the colours decorating the altar in the school chapel.
Usually my abstract work is minimalist, formal and flat so it lends itself to screen printing. I am not much of a printer but the screen printing process tends to appeal more to painters and I've been meaning to give it a go for ages.
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Work update - stereoscopes
This week I continued with developing the 3-D pictures. I have built 7 stereoscopes for viewing stereoscopic pairs produced with a very low tech stereoscopic camera. In theory the stereoscopes are not necessary but they do make it easier for most people to view in 3-D. Also I find the stereoscopic pairs of photographs more aesthetic as objects in their own right as well as the process more enjoyable rather than creating the anaglyphs (the offset red/blue channels using photoshop and red/blue specs for viewing) so I am continuing with the 3-D series using the stereoscopic pairs.
The low tech stereoscopic camera consisting of two disposable cameras glued on board exactly parallel and spaced so as the lenses are 6.5cm apart.
The stereoscopic viewers created using 6mm plywood and using +3.5 reading spectacles lenses.
The results are really impressive in terms of the 3-D images they create given the low tech approach. Unfortunately they do not translate over the web but they will be on show at my exhibition in the school at the end of June.
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
What is Human?
Last week I attended the 'What is Human?' conference organised by the religious studies department at school. Topics ranged from Cybernetics, Genetics, Psychology, Creativity and Spirituality and ended with the debate "Global capitalism devalues human beings".
The day started with a talk on Cybernetic Intelligence by Professor Kevin Warwick, Reading University. Kevin's talk revolved around his experiments and research using cybernetics in four areas.
1. Identity through implants
2. Growing brains
3. Changing behaviours
4. Therapy and enhancements
Concluding that "In the future your 'body' does not have to be where your brain is".
The second speaker of the day was Dr Veronique Bataille, Twin Research Unit, St Thomas Hospital discussing genetics which has been informed through her research with twins. There was a good news message for people with moles. Although you have a very slight increased risk to developing skin cancer than those without moles (and she stresses slight), those with moles are likely to age better than those without.
Next Professor Ben C Fletcher, Head of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, in his 'What is Mind?' speech suggested we are "mere poor users of our brain" and supported this with examples including seeing what is not there, blindsight (and Antons Syndrome), illusion of control, boiling frogs, choice blindness, expecting illness, irrational decision making and playing tennis in a comma. His suggestion to overcome these shortcomings and embark upon personal change is to 'Do Something Different" in order to break habits and get people "outside themselves".
The last speaker before the debate was Mark Dowd (TV programme maker and environmentalist) delivering a speech on Creativity and Spirituality. He suggests that today many people see themselves as spiritual but not necessarily religious, that is, believing but not belonging. He also suggests that for a creative act there has to be a change of state or a breakthrough moment. He proposed 4 stages of creativity (inception:the idea, incubation, inspiration - the journey to be actual and the work) and proposed that artists are just a channel for god's work.
Finally the debate, despite a very convincing case by Matthew Sparrow proposing global capitalism is dehumanising the majority sided with the opposition Patrick Cowie who basically agreed with Matthew's speech but suggested that it was human nature not capitalism which was to blame for the ills of the world and that the large global companies are in a position to to good.
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Exhibitions: London February - May 2010
Exhibitions I will be trying to make over the next few weeks and months.
Decode: Digital Design Sensations at the V&A until 11 April 2010
Van Doesburg at Tate Modern until 16 May 2010
Crash at the Gagosian until 1 April 2010
Van Gogh (again) at the RA until 18 April 2010
Mat Collishaw, Tracey Emin, Paula Rego at the Foundling Museum until 9 May 2010
Art & Language at the Lisson Gallery until 27 February 2010
Charles Avery at Pilar Corrias until 31 March 2010
Richard Wilson at Saatchi Gallery until 7 May 2010
Ori Gersht at Mummery+Schnelle until 27 February 2010
John Stezaker at The Approach until 7 March 2010
Identity (again) at the Wellcome Collection until 6 April 2010
Ron Arad: Restless at The Barbican until 16 May 2010
Frank Ackermann at White Cube Masons Yard until 1 April 2010
Pop-Up Banksy
I like the notion of pop-up "spaces" creating temporary galleries and cafes. The latest one to catch my attention is Banksy's pop up cinema, Lambeth Palace.
Unfortunately tickets are sold out but you can see images of "Exit through the gift shop" on Time Out's website.
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