performing the space 2009/10: 2010

Monday, 5 July 2010

Summer

Wishing everyone a relaxing, fun and creative summer holiday!

Friday, 28 May 2010

degree show 2009/10

Well done level 3 for great work at the degree show at UH

screen based lev 2 work shown on wall - giving insight to lev 2 activities over the past academic year

enjoy the summer break and see you in the autumn

Wednesday, 19 May 2010

random snapshots from final critique 4th May 2010

rajpreet

nikita

nicola

natalie

maheen

jodiann

jasvinder

james

ewa

emma

ellie

this is a random selection and more images will be posted in due course

thanks to all for a good year - now it's the exhibition - you will help lev 3 to get the studio ready, before the summer break starts. private view 27th May, by invite.

Monday, 17 May 2010

Semester B comes to an end

Performing the space has ended and assessments are taking place. There will be some images posted here later on, showing a selection of the work seen at the final critique.

Look out for info about the end of year / degree show, where a showcase of 2nd year work will also be shown on a screen. 27th May private view. More details to follow.

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

Final critique Tuesday 4th May

This semester has gone very quickly indeed - in a few days final work will be presented - hang on in there and do your very

best to focus on the final stages of this project. I wish you the best of luck and creative energy.

Thursday morning 29th April is set aside for last minute group tutorials 10-12.30 in the studio. It is also submission for the group project Modular System 12 noon. Winners will be announced by Shaun.

Tuesday 4th May Final critique 9.30 start pin up - As always - do start preparations for the final presentation, submission - this includes printed matter, models, posters (A3 this time - see studynet also for previous emails and other info) - you need to be in AB146 setting up first thing Tuesday morning. Pinning up, models in place, A3 document etc.. Allow time to prepare how you are showing your ideas - order of digital presentation, is there clarity even if the project is not known to the audience? Explain well, learn to speak and present through your own visuals.

Kubrick exhibition visit 26th April 2010

We visited the Stanley Kubrick exhibition in St Albans - James Gooch was part of the exhibition design team, his role was to design the exhibition layout. James gave a short talk about his experience.

Thursday, 22 April 2010

getting ready

preparing for final critique 4th May

In today's lecture I talked about the importance of process, and the awareness of the different stages of process. I suggested you 'cut up' the process into a series of 'polaroids', using key images or text to act as a reminder of that particular stage of the process. This is a simple yet effective way of reflecting on previous work and its relevance. Clarity is gained for the editing process and you can start moving to the final stages, adding the last 'polaroid' to the collection..

There are some images from the lecture on studynet to go with your own notes from this morning.

organising ideas through sketchbooks, collage

news..

Next week we are visiting the Stanley Kubrick exhibition / St Albans Museum on Monday 26th April. This is the exhibition that James Gooch worked on so hopefully we will get a bit of inside information..

Details to follow on studynet.

image source: www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk

Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Back in studio

beth maori dance inspiration

A couple of weeks seem a long time away and all of a sudden, spring has sprung. Now there is a new urgency, energy and focus - the project work is being polished, evaluated and reflected upon.

Tutorials took place on Monday 19th April. This, I feel, overall, was a very good session. A lot of thinking and reflecting had taken place over the holiday, clearly, together with development of new work. I also noticed, and discussed with many, how easy it can be to lose track of what one is working on, if that regular focus is not maintained throughout the absence from studio. Regular feedback, discussion and sharing news and ideas with others is so very important for anyone working on new concepts, projects, solutions..

Thursday 22nd April will continue to form part of preparations for submission. There will be a session in the morning with an over view of requirements, what to think about and how best to get ready for the final critique and submission. The date for this is Tuesday 4th May. This will be confirmed via studynet.

Please make sure that you read all briefs for all projects and parts of projects and that you fully understand all requirements and deadlines. Also, please remember the deadline for 2DES0064 is 29th April. You know this.. but no harm with a little reminder here and there..

Friday, 2 April 2010

Breaking up for Easter

We are back in studio Monday 19th April

Happy Easter

You may be interested in this exhibition at RIBA

The Lives of Spaces

9-28 April 2010

image source: riba website

Tuesday, 30 March 2010

pre-Easter critique - reflecting

kathak dance rinaben

That was a long day with a lot of thinking, coming up with ideas, concepts and methodologies.. It was a refreshing and, considering the essay hand-in and other group project work etc., very well delivered set of presentations. I am sure Nancy and Polly will agree 100%. This was great - and exactly what a pre-break crit is all about - getting you to a place from where you can work and develop ideas further, freely, with feedback and new perspectives. A springboard.

Without this, it is a hard task to manage - and anyway - you should be there - taking part, commenting, seeing, hearing, interacting and learning from each other. Every bit of feedback and discussion is going to be relevant in some way, at some stage for every one of you. That is the importance and beauty of the 'dreaded' crit. It is a positive thing - turn it around to become that - what you want it to be - remember, you're in charge of your work, after all - a way of opening new doors and letting some light in. Thanks everyone for being there today - keep going. Get a bit obsessed (get very obsessed), but maybe not to the extent of the student who stayed in the box in the square (ha ha) - those that were there will know - but it's a totally valid reminder of how passionate a project can - and should - become.

Looking forward to seeing mirrored disco suits, smashed plates, forests, balancing acts, reactive walls, gestured messages, navigated interiors, spatial landscapes, trees, roots, playgrounds, cartwheels, morphed cricket games, embedded messages..... and all the rest of it. Just don't stop. yet.

Now, let's go dancing..