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The Spatial Communication Programme presents Linda Florence, surface and installation designer

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Wednesday 22 May 5-6pm
Podium Lecture Theatre

Linda Florence produces bespoke hand printed wallpaper and installation artwork for public, commercial and domestic interiors.  Florence’s printing techniques incorporate a mixture of traditional and new technologies. Clients include the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Jerwood Space, Swarovski, The National Trust, Ted Baker and Penguin. Florence has won multiple design awards including a British Design Award and is currently visiting professor Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin and Senior Lecturer at CSM.

This presentation and discussion of Linda Florence’s work is part of a series of events organised by the Spatial Communication Programme Group as a platform for the discussion of future developments in the field. Key thinkers and practitioners working across boundaries and at the cutting edge of their disciplines have been invited to present their work at LCC.

One Photograph Readings

One Photograph Readings

6.30 – 8.30pm, 22 May 2013

One Photograph has been a featured section in Photography & Culture since 2011, and aims to encourage literary and biographical writing about photography. The Journal of Photography & Culture has invited writers, including Angus Carlyle, Marjolaine Ryley, Simon Watney and Andrew Cross, to reflect on the meanings inherent in a single image.

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PR and Disruption: Embracing and Managing Change | One-day conference

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Wednesday 10 July 2013
9am-4.30pm

How does PR respond to and use disruption – hear from academics and practitioners and embrace disruption by attending “face-off” debates and getting your hands dirty with practical sessions.

PR professionals and academics are invited to attend ‘PR and Disruption: Embracing and Managing Change’, a one-day, low-cost conference exploring the knowledge, strategies and skills needed to communicate successfully in contemporary society being held in central London on 10th July 2013.

The conference, curated by PR academics at the London College of Communication, will feature keynote presentations, case studies and a series of debates by leading international practitioners and scholars. In addition, delegates will have the chance to learn key disruptive PR skills through a range of practical workshops, including app development, creating infographics and film-making.

Confirmed speakers include:
•    Oyvind Ihlen – Professor of Media and Communications, University of Oslo and internationally renowned and prize winning academic
•    Nic Newman – Digital strategist and fellow at Oxford University’s Reuter’s Journalism Institute
•    Dom Burch – Head of Social Media, Walmart-UK
•    John Shewell – Founder and MD at Colab and ex-Head of Communications, Brighton and Hove Council
•    Drew Benvie – Founder and MD, Battenhall and ex-CEO, Hotwire
•    Paul Seaman – MD of West PR-Seaman and PR blogger
•    Tom Allan – International Campaigns Manager, ActionAid

Each speaker has been selected according to their expertise in one of following areas of PR and disruption and will explore one of the following areas:
•    Disruptive skills for effective PR: what is required by a PR practitioner in a world of business disruption? Should they be creative, be able to write well but think visually, be curious, challenging and radical but supportive, empathic and corporate?

•    PR and disruptive media: in a digital media age PR must evolve to deal with multi-media communication across multiple platforms. What does this new ‘media ecosystem’ look like and how can we deal with it?

•    Disruptive PR and society: how does PR best support management by helping the senior team to disrupt and rethink organisational conventions in order to survive the rapidly changing societal and cultural landscape

The event will conclude with networking and drinks among delegates and a wider group of London College of Communication PR alumni. A full itinerary for the day can be downloaded here.

Costs have been kept low to help drive engagement with what the organisers believe to be a range of key challenges and opportunities for the future of PR.

Fees: Full-day tickets: £125 (inc VAT). Half-day tickets (morning or afternoon only): £75 (inc VAT)
Location: London College of Communication, central London
Booking: http://bit.ly/PRdisrupt
Hashtag: #PRdisrupt
Contact: For more information email Simon Collister

 

London College of Exhibitionists | Show 1

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The first of three fantastic exhibitions showcasing the work of LCC’s graduating students.

Show 1
Private View, Monday 3 June 2013, 6-9pm
Opens from Saturday 1 June – Wednesday 5 June 2013
Monday – Wednesday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am -4pm (closed Sundays)

BA (Hons) Photography // BA (Hons) Photojournalism // BA (Hons) Sound Arts and Design // BA (Hons) Film and Television // Access to HE Diploma (Design) // Access to HE Diploma (Media Communication)

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Find out more about show’s 2 & 3.

Learn coding and remix the web at LCC Tech Jam

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Get people hooked on your own Facebook app. Photograph by Stanley Leung, LCC Foundation Diploma Art & Design, Graphic Design Pathway.

On Thursday 16 May London College of Communication welcomes the code crusaders from tech social enterprise Freeformers into The Digital Space for our first ever Tech Jam – a digital immersion workshop where you can learn about coding and have your own Facebook app registered by tea time.

If you’re a graduating student this a fantastic opportunity to add another big string to your creative bow as you take your next step in the creative industries.  All you need are two core LCC traits – desire and curiosity – and by the end of the day you’ll be ready to remix the web and make new ideas come to life.

  • you’ll have your own website up and running in 15 minutes
  • an hour later you’ll have created a social video using YouTube and Facebook plugins.
  • halfway through the day you’ll be a registered Facebook app developer
  • by the end of the day you’ll have created your own Facebook app

So if you fancy learning some of the skills that made 19-year-old Nick D’Aloisio a multi-millionaire – he sold his app Summly to Yahoo for a modest $19 Million -  sign up for Tech Jam on the Freeformers website right here  and make your way to @DigitalSpaceLCC on Thursday.

Freeformers is a social enterprise which focuses on breaking down the barriers to technology and giving young people a way to get involved in the digital economy. They believe diversity is vital in creating a talent pool of people who help businesses innovate or become entrepreneurs themselves. They believe young people are important for businesses because they live and breathe the internet and social platforms.

Sign up for Tech Jam with LCC and Freeformers http://events.freeformers.com/UAL01

 

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Never Seeing Nothing, LCC MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography Online

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This week 13 graduates from London College of Communication’s MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography course (part-time online mode) present their final work in a show entitled Never Seeing Nothing.

The exhibition is open from Monday 13 – Friday 17 May in the Nursery Gallery at LCC.  A private view will be held on Wednesday 15 May, 6-9pm.

UTA BEYER // HEIMLICH

Uta Beyer’s photo essay Heimlich is a conceptual work based on a set of psychological, archaeological, and aesthetic approaches as a basis to explore and represent a group of  20 homes of impoverished old people living in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 2012.

www.utabeyer.com

SAHIDE SANIN // Dalston Calling

These photographs attempt to capture a transition moment, a phase in the social and physical transformation of Dalson in the London Borough of Hackney, a part of London which shares many of the characteristics of cities experiencing similar change across Europe.

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CHRISTINA VAZOU // Behind the Scene of the Greek Crisis,  September 2009 –November 2012

www.christinavazou.com

MAX COLSON // HIDE AND SEEK: the Dubious Nature of Plant Life in High Security Spaces by Adam Walker-Smith

This series of photographs dramatically illuminate what the photographer sees as the ‘suspect’ plants of high security urban spaces (so-called for posing as ‘innocent’ decoration whilst actually being hidden parts of the security apparatus).

www.maxcolson.com

LARA CIARABELLINI // SOMNAMBULISM

Somnambulism investigates Yugoslav collective memory throughout the last three decades, from the death of Tito to the war and its aftermath. Through a metaphorical – photographic – sleepwalk through Bosnia-Herzegovina, the project explores the circumstances that build, destroy and rebuild a Nation.

www.laraciarabellini.com

LINKA ODOM // SPINNING COMPASS

Over the last thirteen years, Linka has travelled to more than twenty-seven countries, inspiring her current project; ‘Spinning Compass’ is a social anthropological photography project about travelers.

www.linkaaodom.com

 

http://www.neverseeingnothing.com/

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Tech Jam

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Thursday 16 May 2013, 9.30am-5.30pm
The Digital Space

Join us for the first Tech Jam in collaboration with Freeformers

Learn coding skills in a relaxed environment in the Digital Space.

To sign up and for more information contact a.acosta@arts.ac.uk

Never Seeing Nothing

 

MA Photojournalism 2012

Private View: Wednesday 15 May 2013, 6-9pm
Exhibition open from Monday 13 – Friday 17  May 2013, 10-5pm

Never Seeing Nothing

Join recent graduates of the MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography (Part-time Online Mode) for their final show.

Featuring photographic and multimedia projects by:
Uta Beyer / Lara Ciarabellini / Max Colson / Richard English / Tracey Fahy / Veronika Lukasova / Linka Odom / Italo Morales / Gunta Podina / Franziska Rieder / Sahide Sanin / Christina Vazou / Dan Weill

More information neverseeingnothing.com/

 

The international ingredients in Sweet Spoon Magazine

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Students on London College of Communication’s MA Publishing course found they had the right ingredients from all over the world when they collaborated to create Sweet Spoon Magazine, a glossy lifestyle magazine for “those who have a passion for baking experimentation.”

The magazine, created by students from Italy, Norway, Ireland, USA and Brazil during the Spring term, features original recipes, sumptuous photography and a range of features on London’s eclectic baking scene, including an interview with Jamie Oliver discussing his earliest food memories.

So what goes into the making of a magazine? We asked some of the young publishers what ingredients they brought to the Sweet Spoon table and how they judged the overall flavour of studying at LCC.

Sweet Spoon project manager, Ingvild Maelum, had a part in every step of the production phase with responsibility for planning, progress management and meetings.

For her the best part of the experience “was being able to work with people from different cultures, with different backgrounds, and be able to learn from each other and from the team experience.”

Ingvild, who studied BA Media Production at Gjovik University in Norway before choosing LCC, also contributed with text, design drafts, and even made the video you can see below.

Most of the pictures in the magazine were taken by Annalaura Masciavè, in her role of photo editor and main photographer. Having previously received a Bachelors Degree in Art, Music and Performing Arts from Roma Tre University in Rome, Annalaura  was impressed by the “international flavour and a creative and stimulating environment” on the MA Publishing course.

In making the magazine students were able to take advantage of the diverse design, media and printing facilities available at LCC with support from the College’s media technicians Jim McBride, Tony Yard and Scott House.

Sweet Spoon Editor in chief Silje Strommen was responsible for planning, producing and gathering content, and making sure that all work was done according to the Sweet Spoon vision.

“I love baking, so when we decided on making a baking and lifestyle magazine I was tickled pink! The project made me appreciate the opportunity to work with an in-house printing team and seeing a whole production of a magazine through.”

“After LCC I hope I’ll be able to line up the perfect job for me. I’m moving back to Oslo, Norway to apply to journalist-related positions and continue working on my digital magazine Jack. And I will continue to bake a lot of sweets, we need to test out all of the recipes in the magazine!”

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Don’t miss Moose on the Loose at LCC in May

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During the month of May, Moose on the Loose, the first Biennale of Research organised by the UAL Photography and the Archive Research Centre (PARC), will explore and celebrate photography and research with events at the London College of Communication (LCC) and at venues across London.

It will include exhibitions, films, study days, conversations, research meetings and launches, exploring themes of war and conflict, women’s photography in the 1990s, the history and legacy of community and photography in the 1970s, photography and queerness and photography and the contemporary imaginary.

Beginning with the opening of the exhibitions Closer and A Model War, which examine war and conflict through photography and material culture, and ending with a series of study days, the Biennale explores both the process and the manifestation of the ever-changing and developing landscape of research.

Moose events are all free and open to anyone. You can see events listings on the LCC events blog or visit mooseontheloose.net for more details. And keep an eye on LCC blog, Facebook and Twitter as we share the best of Moose over the coming month.

This week’s Moose on the Loose highlights

Stuart Griffiths, Flanders House, a week before its closure. Glasgow, 2005

Stuart Griffiths, Flanders House, a week before its closure. Glasgow, 2005

Stuart Griffiths: Closer

Stuart Griffiths began taking photographs when he was a young soldier, carrying a ‘sure-shot’ instamatic camera in his chest webbing alongside 120 live bullets, water canisters and field dressings, whilst on patrol in West Belfast in the late 1980s. Closer is Griffiths’ first solo exhibition. Curated by Val Williams, it was launched at the Brighton Photo Biennale in 2010.

Private View: 6 – 8 pm, Thursday 2 May 2013
Exhibition opens: 3 – 17 May 2013. Mon to Fri 10am – 6pm. Saturday 10am – 4pm
Venue: Upper Street Gallery, London College of Communication

Alexander Cooper Collection

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Graham Goldwater & Alexander Cooper: A Model War

A Model War explores themes of war, conflict and memory through the battered remnants of toy soldiers, the documentation of World War I reconstructive facial surgery and the visual language of aircraft recognition.

Private View: 6 – 8 pm, Thursday 2 May 2013
Exhibition opens: 3 – 17 May 2013. Mon to Fri 10am – 6pm. Saturday 10am – 4pm
Venue: The Well Gallery, London College of Communication

Graham Goldwater, Manoil 73. An anti-aircraft gunner, 2013

Graham Goldwater, Manoil 73. An anti-aircraft gunner, 2013

www.mooseontheloose.net

Twitter: @parc_ual  // Facebook: www.facebook.com/parc.ual  // Moose is happy to announce all Biennale of Research events are free.

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