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KU Landscape team present workshop at the Van Alen Institute, New York City

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WATER / CITY / TERRITORY:
A design and research collaboration considering the relations between distant cities.
Friday 1 March, 10:00 – 17:00, at the Van Alen Institute, 30 W 22nd St, 6th fl, NYC

Kingston University present a workshop for their design and research collaboration Liverpool New York. Generously hosted by the Van Alen Institute, in New York City, the workshop will begin with a presentation by David Grahame Shane (Columbia University). Throughout the day there will be presentations and discussions between faculty and students from both Kingston University and New York Institute of Technology with a focus on landscape, architecture and urbanism proposals for Red Hook in Brooklyn, New York.

Responses will be offered by Mike Webb (Cooper Union), Giovanni Santamaria (NYIT), Pat Brown (Kingston University) and Ed Wall (Kingston University).

The Liverpool New York project is a design and research collaboration considering the relations between distant cities. The project has been initiated by the MA Landscape & Urbanism and PG Diploma Landscape Architecture programmes in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Kingston University.

Follow the Liverpool New York project on: http://liverpoolnewyork.wordpress.com/ and on Twitter: @liv_ny

Erasmus Partner celebrates 20 years as a university in exile.

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The European Humanities University (EHU), an Erasmus Partner of the School of Art and Design History, has celebrated its 20th anniversary, yet for the last eight years the university has been exiled from its home in Minsk, Belarus, due to political pressure. It is currently based in the Lithuanian city of Vilnius, where the university now flourishes with international funding and support. Though primarily still teaching Belarussian students on campus in Vilnius and via distance learning, the EHU has expanded its English-language provision. The Erasmus agreement with the School of Art and Design history will allow for staff exchange, and the school will welcome the first EHU academic in May to discuss approaches to MA-level courses in visual culture.

See the recent article on the EHU in the Times Higher Education Supplement:

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=422570&c=1

Importing Architecture, an exhibition of 12 international architects – including Kingston’s Head of School

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Importing Architecture, an exhibition of 12 international architects including the Head of School Daniel Rosbottom’s practice DRDH Architects – www.drdharchitects.co.uk - opens tonight at the National Museum of Art, Architecture & Design in Oslo.

The exhibition will run from 23 November 2012 to 7 April 2013 and deal with the relatively new phenomenon of international architects winning public commissions in Norway. Alongside DRDH, who will be exhibiting material on the Bodo Concert Hall and Library, which are currently under construction, the exhibition will include work from Atelier Peter Zumthor (Switzerland), Steven Holl Architects ( USA) Juan Herreros Arquitectos ( Spain ), Renzo Piano Building Workshop ( Italy ), Julian de Smedt Architects ( Denmark ), Kleihues + Schuwerk Architecten ( Germany ). www.nasjonalmuseet.no

The Centre for Useless Splendor and the School of Fine Art presents: LUMIERE et SON_SON et LUMIERE

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The Centre for Useless Splendor and the Staff and Students of the School of Fine Art, Kingston University presents: LUMIERE et SON_SON et LUMIERE

SITE SPECIFIC VISUAL HISTORIES

You are invited to participate in – LUMIERE et SON_SON et LUMIERE – this illumination event will take place on the evening of the 13th December 2012 between 6-9pm, on the south lawn, Market Place side of the grounds of All Saints Church, located in Kingston town centre.

All Saints Church to act as a mythical creative environmental for exhibiting images relevant to the historic life of this site. I’m sure you are aware of the many stories waiting to be retold about the place where the original Coronation Stone is thought to have been kept in the Saxon Chapel of St Mary, which used to abut All Saints Parish Church on this site – such narratives will underpin this immersive experience.

Landscape Interface Studio’s EU Waterways Forward Project

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Landscape Interface Studio (LIS) has been closely involved in the development of the Waterways Forward project’s communication strategy, from its inception in September 2007, working with their client Canal and River Trust (formerly British Waterways).

The project brings together 17 partner organisations from 11 EU countries plus Norway and Serbia and in addition to the final exhibition/conference in Paris a reception for EU policy makers will be held later in December in Brussels which will also feature the full LandscapeIS exhibition including the 3 animations.  For full details of the project follow see:  Waterways Forward INTERREG IVC Project.

Follow our blog: http://waterwaysforward.wordpress.com

This project exhibition will receive exposure across the whole of Europe including the twenty-seven member states of the EU and is a huge opportunity to promote both Landscape Interface Studio, FADA and Kingston University.

For further details about this project visit: http://www.kingston.ac.uk/services-for-business/success-stories/waterways-forward/

For more details about the Landscape Interface Studio see: www.landscapeis.org

I First Saw the Light – Phillip Warnell’s film at The South London Gallery 19 September

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Film Still © Phillip Warnell, 2012
Courtesy, The Royal London Hospital and Archive, Whitechapel.

PHILLIP WARNELL: I FIRST SAW THE LIGHT – AT THE SOUTH LONDON GALLERY

Wednesday 19 September 7-9pm and 20-23 September 11am-6pm, FREE

Phillip Warnell’s new film traces the surviving output of Joseph Carey Merrick, also known as ‘The Elephant Man’.

This event is part of Peckham Artist Moving Image (PAMI) – an initiative to highlight moving image artwork in a concentrated five-day programme of exhibitions and events across Peckham.

Phillip is Course Director of BA(Hons) Filmmaking and MA Experimental Film

http://www.southlondongallery.org/page/phillip-warnell-i-first-saw-the-light-2

Calling all new undergraduate students to the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture

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The Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture welcomes new undergraduates for 2012 and to make life easier here’s some important information for you.

Your Kingston University ‘Getting Ready’ site is now live with all the information you need to make your start a smooth one. Follow the link below for information about the Faculty, student support, accommodation and much more:

http://www.kingston.ac.uk/gettingready/getting-ready-to-study/faculties/art-design-and-architecture/

KEY POINTS

Start date for all undergraduate FADA students- Monday 17 September 10am

All international students welcome and orientation week – starts week before Faculty induction week on Tuesday 11 September with bookable airport pick ups, welcome centre and enrolments see:

http://www.kingston.ac.uk/international/guidance-and-advice/pre-arrival-information/

 

 

School of Art & Design History strengthens bond with ICA

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The School of Art and Design History became the inaugural University Associate of London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2011. The partnership between ADH and the ICA offers all of the school’s students free membership, giving wide-ranging access to one of London’s key cultural institutions. The school organises a series of research seminars and events at the ICA, and each year one student is selected to become the Kingston/ICA intern. We couldn’t imagine a more fitting partner for our wide ranging curriculum, with its focus on the contemporary and the cutting edge, and we encourage all our students to treat the ICA as their central London home. see www.ica.org.uk

Stanley Picker Fellows Take Over the Gallery, May 2012

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Stanley Picker Fellows Take Over the Gallery:
Andy Holden, Daniel Eatock & Marloes ten Bhömer
May 2012

Before the Stanley Picker Gallery closes at the end of May for venue refurbishments, Stanley Picker Fellows Andy Holden, Daniel Eatock and Marloes ten Bhömer will be spending a fortnight in the Gallery developing work on-site and offering the opportunity for others to participate at the following events:

Tuesday 8 May 6-9pm  All Welcome
Andy Holden, Daniel Eatock & Ice, Sea, Dead People
The band Ice, Sea, Dead People – signed to Holden’s label Lost Toys Records – will perform live in the Gallery as visitors are invited to draw onto paper discs, spinning on turntables around the space, and help create a unique picture-disc edition of the band’s new single. Join us for what promises to be a lively evening blurring the boundaries between art, design, music and live performance. Important: If you have a turntable you can bring along on the day, please contact our Participation Programmer Natalie Kay on n.kay@kingston.ac.uk or 020 8417 4074. Assistance with transportation is available upon request.
www.andyholdenartist.com
www.eatock.com
www.iceseadeadpeople.com

Next: Marloes ten Bhömer In Residence at the Stanley Picker Gallery
Friday 18 May 4-5pm All Welcome
Public discussion following a week of collaborative experiment in the Gallery.
We look forward to welcoming you here!
The Stanley Picker Gallery

 

Spaces and Places: British Design 1948-2012

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What: Conferences and Symposia

When: Fri 11 May 2012 – Sat 12 May 2012

Where: Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre

CONFERENCE: Friday 11 and Saturday 12 May, 10.30-17.30
This conference explores the domestic spaces in which we live, the places in which we are educated, where we shop and how we travel from the perspective of world class British design in the post-war period.

Speakers include: David Kynaston, Owen Hatherley, Thomas Heatherwick, Alison Clarke, Cheryl Buckley, Paul Gorman and Jules Lubbock.

In collaboration with the Modern Interiors Research Centre (MIRC), Kingston University.

Day 1: £30, £25 concessions, £15 (ticket includes entry to Thomas Heatherwick evening talk, 19.00 – 20.00)
Day 2: £25, £20 concessions, £10 student
Each day requires booking separately

This event is part of the British Design Season at the V&A.

For tickets and more information visit:

 

http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/1405/spaces-and-places-british-design-1948-2012-2508/