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Sophy Rickett’s new work exhibited in Bristol
To The River (still 4b) by Sophy Rickett
To The River, new work by Sophy Rickett, a senior lecturer in MA Photography at London College of Communication, will be on display at the Arnolfini in Bristol from 3 March to 22 April 2012.
Rickett’s installation incorporates video and surround-sound audio, creating an immersive environment that portrays the anticipation of the crowd on the banks of the river at night awaiting the tidal surge. It takes its inspiration from the Severn Bore – an amazing phenomenon of nature whereby a large tidal wave runs along the River Severn during the moon’s equinox.
Premiered as a part of Artsway’s New Forest Pavilion at the Venice Biennale this year, To The River develops Rickett’s interest in the role of the camera as a mediator between people and the natural world, and explores how light and darkness define and articulate our relationship to space. Predominantly using lens-based media – photography and video – she considers the abstract possibilities and narrative tendencies of these media formats. Made mainly at night, her works are often minimal in character, playing on the latent narrative possibilities of place.
Originally posted on LCC Head of College blog » news.
Design alumni illustrate Financial Times Weekend Magazine
Illustrations created by former London College of Communication (LCC) BA Graphic & Media Design students Johanna Lundberg and Elin Svensson (of Studio Åh), have been published in The Financial Times Weekend Magazine. Åh’s work is featured alongside Tim Hayward’s regular food column, which last week was concerned with modern food packaging.
Memories Served Cold, published in The FT on 24 Feb 2012
Brunch: not over easy, published in The FT on 3 Feb 2012
Proustian pear drops, published in The FT on 2 Dec 2011
Lundberg and Svensson established Åh [o:h] in 2008, both graduated from LCC in 2oo7. See more of their work on their website www.ah-studio.com
Originally posted on LCC Head of College blog » news.
LCF hosts Ozwald Boateng
On Thursday 23rd February London College of Fashion hosted an exclusive screening of the new Ozwald Boateng film ‘A Man’s Story’.
LCF students and staff enjoyed drinks and popcorn courtesy of Red Bull before the screening of the film, a full-length documentary covering the last 12 years of Ozwald Boateng’s life.
After the screening Ozwald Boateng OBE, entered the packed out auditorium to a standing ovation to launch his exciting design competition. Design students nationwide can enter on the ‘A Man’s Story’ Facebook page for the chance of an internship at the Ozwald Boateng studios.
Following the competition launch, students got the chance to ask the man himself some of their burning questions. These ranged from students asking about his sources of inspiration and the belief behind his collections to a marriage proposal!
Originally posted on Snapshot blog at London College of Fashion.
Take Two
22 March – 4 May 2012, 6-8pm
Arts Gallery, University of the Arts London, 272 High Holborn, WC1V 7EY.
Open Monday – Friday 11am – 6pm. Nearest tube Holborn
Simon Linington and William Mackrell’s first “solo” exhibition challenges the boundaries of sculpture, performance and art acts, exhibiting works which are created collaboratively but in competition. Opening at the Arts Gallery on 21 March, Take Two will feature works that appear to be illogical, absurd or destined to sabotage themselves, poised between sincere endeavour and inevitable futility.
Take Two presents a series of performance works through video shown alongside props as relics of the acts. These include the steel bar the duo attempt to hold aloft in a performance of tragicomic endurance, ‘Propping up a Bar’. Preceding the exhibition they will perform ‘Take Two’, leaving marks on the wall as the memory of the action.
Linington and Mackrell’s work is primarily physical and sculptural, dealing with weight, action, space and stature at its core – fundamental concerns of creative practice throughout art history. The duo devises and deploys abstract rules as a conceit to provoke their individual interpretations of their practice and as a means to introduce a sense of chance and constraint.
Key to their work is the introduction of competition within the boundaries of collaborative practice and the absurdist humour that their work ultimately realises. This humour is a reflection of the absurdity that exists in the everyday and is a release for artist and viewer. The artists state: ‘Our refusal to give in to obstacles often provokes repetitive strategies that have the potential to pass through the threshold of tedium and into humour.’
Simon Linington and William Mackrell graduated in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London in 2006 & 2005. The Take Two artists’ book will be available for sale in a limited edition of 10, hand finished and numbered by the artists, priced at £300 exclusively from the Arts Gallery.
Posted on 29 February 2012
Commonplace survey- chance to win an Easter Amazon voucher!
As commonplace has just (quietly!) celebrated its six month birthday, we’ve put together this quick survey to get your feedback on how you use it, what you like about it and how we can improve it for everyone. Please take a couple of minutes to tell us your thoughts – not forgetting to give us your name and email address at question 12 to be put in to the prize draw for one of five £10 Amazon vouchers- to be drawn on the deadline day of Wednesday 14th March, ready for the Easter break.
Please click to complete the survey.
Thanks for your time and contribution!
Siobhan and the commonplace team
Posted on 29 February 2012
The Homeless Film Festival screening: No Fixed Abode
Thursday 26 April 2012 6-9pm
Podium Lecture Theatre, LCC
No Fixed Abode (Picture Palace Films + 104 Media)
The first feature drama made by homeless people. A man wakes up in a homeless shelter. Lost and confused he tries to piece together his life and find out how he got there.
The London College of Communication will host The Homeless Film Festival 2012, a Donkey Stone Films project that provides a platform for homeless people to tell their stories through a series of high quality short films and features, raising awareness by putting the issue of homelessness firmly in the media spotlight.
Posted on 28 February 2012
The Homeless Film Festival screening: Red Card: Giving Exclusion the Boot
Tuesday 24 April 2012 6-9pm
Podium Lecture Theatre, LCC
Red Card: Giving Exclusion the Boot
A beautiful feature doc from Canal+ that follows some of the nations involved in the Homeless World Cup 2011, from the slums and streets to representing their country at the tournament under the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
The London College of Communication will host The Homeless Film Festival 2012, a Donkey Stone Films project that provides a platform for homeless people to tell their stories through a series of high quality short films and features, raising awareness by putting the issue of homelessness firmly in the media spotlight.
Posted on 28 February 2012
The Homeless Film Festival screening: Short Film Programme
Monday 23 April 2012 6-9pm
Podium Lecture Theatre, LCC
Short Film Programme
A selection of short films will be shown. The Homeless Film Festival received hundreds of film submissions from all over the world. A panel of homeless people who took part in our film workshops selected their favourite 80 minutes worth for this free event.
The London College of Communication will host The Homeless Film Festival 2012, a Donkey Stone Films project that provides a platform for homeless people to tell their stories through a series of high quality short films and features, raising awareness by putting the issue of homelessness firmly in the media spotlight.
Posted on 28 February 2012
The Homeless Film Festival screening: Dark Days
Saturday 21 April 2012 1.30-4.30pm
Podium Lecture Theatre, LCC
Dark Days: Dir. Marc Singer
Marc Singer confirmed Q&A.
3 Sundance Film Festival Awards, Best Documentary at the LA Film Critics Association Awards and recipient of the Independent Spirit Award For Best Documentary Feature speak volumes for this masterful 2000 documentary from British director Marc Singer.
The film follows a group of people living in Freedom Tunnel- an abandoned section of the New York City underground railway system and was made with the assistance of the film’s subjects themselves.
The London College of Communication will host The Homeless Film Festival 2012, a Donkey Stone Films project that provides a platform for homeless people to tell their stories through a series of high quality short films and features, raising awareness by putting the issue of homelessness firmly in the media spotlight.
Posted on 28 February 2012
The Homeless Film Festival screening: Voices of Guerrero
Wednesday 18 April 2012 6-9pm
Podium Lecture Theatre, LCC
Voices of Guerrero
An award-winning feature doc giving a unique insight into the lives of Mexican street kids who were given cameras and taught the basics; they then exposed the reality of their world with some truly eye-opening footage aided by Colectivo Homovidens.
The London College of Communication will host The Homeless Film Festival 2012, a Donkey Stone Films project that provides a platform for homeless people to tell their stories through a series of high quality short films and features, raising awareness by putting the issue of homelessness firmly in the media spotlight.
Posted on 28 February 2012
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