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Transformation & Revelation

April 20, 2012

Lady Gaga's Monster Ball tour (2009-10), set design by Es Devlin. Photograph by Es Devlin.

Wimbledon College of Art’s Senior Lecturer in Theatre Design, Peter Farley has designed and curated The Society of British Theatre Designers exhibition, Transformation & Revelation. The exhibition, which is showing at the V&A from 17^th March until 30^th September 2012, follows its great success in Cardiff, where approximately 5,500 visitors saw the show and its trip to the Prague Quadrennial, where it won both of the special awards for Sound Design and was seen by approximately 40,000 people.

Exploring the theme of transformation, this exhibition reveals contemporary designs for performance by over 30 British Theatre Designers. It provides an intriguing insight into the designers’ creative process and includes costumes, set models, photographs, drawings, sound productions and lighting designs.

The exhibits include WCA alumnus Richard Hudson’s designs for the Royal Ballet, Pathway Leader of MA Drawing at WCA, Michael Pavelka’s designs for Off the Wall, LCF/V&A Research Fellow, Donatella Barbieri’s film Encounters in the Archive and distinguished former Course Director of Theatre Design at CSM, Ralph Koltai’s designs for An English Tragedy. The exhibition also includes the work of the 2011 overall winner of The Linbury Prize for Stage Design, Hyemi Shin, a recent graduate of WCA.

Admission is free, so why not take a look this weekend?

Originally posted on Wimbledon Blog » News.

Invitation: PANOPTICON / The Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts

April 5, 2012

Four international artists explore observation concepts in our time

….If cameras really add to security of the individual and was where the oppressive regime begins… just what is the right balance between freedom and safety?….

Originally a phrase coined in the 18th century by Jeremy Bentham, a Panopticon allows an observer to observe all inmates of an institution without them being able to tell whether or not they are being watched. Initially, this was utilised as a mechanism of control but now, many years on, the paradigm has apparently changed as control mechanisms are now associated with safety and security.

The exhibition displays different positions and interpretations of four international artists (Germany, Austria, UK) exploring current concepts of observation.

Artists:

Jakob Malek / Nicole Prutsch / Billy-Paul Rousseau / Patrick Rowan

PANOPTICON

The Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts

Private View: Wednesday, APRIL 18th 6pm-9pm Exhibition dates: APRIL 19th – 22nd

www.bowarts.org/nunnery

Future Map 11: Wimbledon

December 7, 2011

The nominees for Future Map 11 have been announced. Wimbledon College of Art graduates included this year are (from top to bottom):

Alex March – MA Fine Art
Poppy Bisdee – BA Fine Art: Sculpture
Jade Heritage – BA Fine Art: Print and Time-based Media
Nathan Murphy – MA Fine Art

Future Map is an annual survey show exhibiting the best cutting edge talent from the graduating year at University of the Arts London. Reviewing all the graduate and postgraduate courses in art, design, fashion and communications, a panel of industry experts chose works they feel best represent the next generation of creativity.

This year’s panel are David Roberts – Collector and Founder of the David Roberts Arts Foundation, Mark Rappolt – Editor, Art Review, Lulu Guinness – internationally acclaimed handbag designer and Matt Stinchcomb – European Director, Etsy.com.

The winner of the Future Map prize – £3,000 and an opportunity to make a commercial edition with the Zabludowicz Collection will be announced in January 2012.

The Future Map 11 exhibition runs from 12 January - 5 February 2012 at Zabludowicz Collection.

www.futuremap.arts.ac.uk

Originally posted on Wimbledon Snapshot » News.

Hiraeth at Lyric Theatre

November 28, 2011

Last Friday 25 November saw Hiraeth, a play written by Wimbledon College of Art BA Theatre Design graduate Buddug Jones being performed at the Lyric Theatre in London as part of their Lyric Lounge series.

Hiraeth explores the decline of Welsh Tradition and identity through the story of one woman’s struggle to escape. Hiraeth was produced in association with multi award-winning international touring theatre company Bear Trap, of which Buddug is a part of.

www.bear-trap.co.uk

Originally posted on Wimbledon Snapshot » News.

Doglegs, Chicanes and Beelines

November 23, 2011

Katie Pratt, Wimbledon College of Art BA Fine Art Painting Pathway Leader has an upcoming show at The Fine Art Society in London.

‘This is her first solo exhibition at The Fine Art Society’s Bond Street gallery, which will display large-scale and smaller works made since 2009. From the late 1990s, Pratt has been making richly inventive works which merge abstract painting with material physicality and the mere possibility of allusion to reality.’

Show dates: 1 Dec 2011 – 7 Jan 2012.

Venue: The Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London W1S 2JT

www.faslondon.com

Originally posted on Wimbledon Snapshot » News.