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Sindy, a model of British fashion in the 1960's
A University of East London (UEL) academic will exhibit a display of British vintage fashion doll Sindy in celebration of the doll’s popularity during the ‘Swinging Sixties’.
This is when the UK’s cultural influence spread across the world in the 1960’s. The movement was so significant, many of the innovations can still be seen to influencing the arts today.
Helen Carter, Programme Leader of Fashion Design at UEL will use the exhibition to explore how the launch of Sindy in 1963 coincided with the countries explosion of youth culture.
The display will feature many examples of vintage 1960’s Sindy dolls, her friends and the fashions and accessories of that time. The exhibition will also highlight how fashion artifacts such as the doll’s clothes relate to the period of huge change and revolutionary ideas.
The exhibition takes place at the V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green which houses the UK’s national collection of childhood-related objects. One of the finest collections in the world, it spans from the 1600s to the present day, featuring toys, dolls, games, puppets, children’s clothing and furniture.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
The National Gallery
Inside Out is a major new arts festival organised by nine of London’s leading creative universities.
It is the UK’s first-ever festival of higher education and will see a range of cultural events taking place all over the city, both on-campus and at leading cultural venues in the city including King’s Place, Somerset House and the National Portrait Gallery.
From film and music to theatre and visual art, from exhibitions and screenings to workshops and debates, the Inside Out Festival will add an extra splash of colour and energy to the city’s university campuses in October.
The participating universities are:
- University of the Arts London
- Birkbeck, University of London
- City University London
- The Courtauld Institute of Art
- Goldsmiths, University of London
- Guildhall School of Music & Drama
- King’s College London
- Queen Mary, University of London
- Royal Holloway, University of London
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Two girls looking through the walls of a yurt (source: SOAS)
A new exhibition at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) gives a fascinating insight into Kazakh craftswomen living in the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia.
Kazakh textiles, photos and videos are displayed bringing to life the craftswomen behind the artefacts. A furnished yurt (Mongolian house) is richly furnished with embroidered felt and woven textiles. These textiles are made of a mixture of raw materials derived from local herds, such as sheep’s wool and camel hair.
The Kazakhs form the largest minority in Mongolia and are dependent on domestic animals for their livelihood, for both food and shelter.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Students showcasing their ideas to potential investors
Made in Brunel showcases the fresh talent and creativity of students from Brunel University’s School of Engineering and Design. This year’s show is entitled ‘Thinking out Loud’ and will take place in the city’s Business Design Centre from the 9-10 June.
The show, now in its 19th year, showcases an array of design, engineering and multimedia projects that have been specifically developed to address some of the modern world’s biggest issues; such as climate change, well-being and health, transport, personal safety and security.
A wide range of industry professionals attend the show looking to find tomorrow’s talented designers and engineers. This provides Brunel’s students with a unique opportunity to network with important industry figures while attracting investors to their products, concepts and technologies.
Simon – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Le Corbusier - The Art of Architecture at the Barbican (source:www.barbican.org.uk)
Le Corbusier is widely acclaimed as the most influential architect of the 20th century and while he never designed any buildings in London, his influence and ideas dominated the designs of the city’s planners during the 1960s and 70s.
A major retrospective called Le Corbusier – The Art of Architecture is taking place in the Barbican Art Gallery in London, examining Le Corbusier’s architecture and radical ideas for reinventing the concept of a modern utopian living. But it’s his tiny summer cabin on display at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) that is the most impressive, and free to enter.
His holiday home, or Cabanon as he called it, has been re-created within the RIBA’s restaurant and you are allowed to explore the 14-square metre space, complete with bed, desk and bathroom. The half-mirrored windows would have originally looked out over the Mediterranean but in this re-creation you can spy on the diners as they tuck into meals prepared by Michelin-starred chef, David Cavalier.
The simplicity and human-scale of the Cabanon is a far cry from the plans and buildings associated with Le Corbusier the architect.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Rivington Place: an arts space with a difference (source: www.rivingtonplace.org)
Rivington Place is an amazing building. Built by architect David Adjaye, an alumni of the Royal College of Art, its jagged roof was influenced by a Sowei mask from Sierra Leone.
The building is home to the first permanent public space dedicated to culturally diverse visual arts and photography in the UK and it regularly hosts a series of free exhibitions. Currently you can enjoy a photography exhibition by South African artist Santu Mofokeng, who has catalogued the lives of rural tenant farmers with a series of intriguing images.
In addition to the gallery spaces, the building contains the Stuart Library, a specialist reference resource for art students and researchers. It contains a unique collection of monographs, exhibition catalogues, slides and over 80 international art periodicals.
Unlocking your creativity has never been so easy.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
The Affordable Art Fair: 12-15 March
The Affordable Art Fair returns to the tranquillity of Battersea Park with a host of hot buys for art-loving Londoners.
From the 12-15 March, art fans can enjoy a colourful world of paintings, sculpture, photography and original prints, all priced between £50 and £3,000.
The Fair is a great opportunity to pick up an investment on a budget – be it artwork by a big name or an up-and-coming artist.
Art students can enjoy the Fair from an academic point of view, studying the diversity of techniques and ideas of original artists collected in one place from hundreds of UK and international art galleries.
The adventurous and curious can also sign-up for the Fair’s education programme with dozens of free artist-led talks and workshops. Why not join a hands-on printmaking session that allows you to create and take home your own prints?
Simon – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Charles Darwin (source www.nhm.ac.uk)
Most of London’s major museums are free, including the British Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Science Museum. But recently the Natural History Museum has been getting a lot of press attention because of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. The Museum is celebrating the anniversary with a special exhibition.
The Darwin exhibition celebrates his ideas and their impact on how we view the world today. It was Darwin’s revolutionary theory that changed our understanding of the world and the exhibition contains rare exhibits and chronicles his life’s work.
And from September 2009 Museum visitors and scientists can share the excitement of exploring, studying and preserving the natural world in the new Darwin Centre. This 8-storey, £78 million landmark building completes the Darwin Centre’s development, which is the most significant expansion at the Museum since it moved to South Kensington in 1881.
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Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
Eat Our Shorts Film Festival
Four films produced by students studying the MA in Filmmaking course at Goldsmiths, University of London, will be shown at BFI Southbank as part of the annual festival Eat Our Shorts.
The festival showcases films and videos made by students and recent graduates from some of the leading film schools and media departments in the UK.
The filmmakers will discuss their films with the audience immediately after the screenings giving current students a unique opportunity to learn from the experiences of other young filmmakers.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
The British Library not only contains 14 million books and 920,000 journals it also stages a rolling programme of free exhibitions. Its latest exhibition, Taking Liberties, explores the 900-year struggle for Britain’s freedoms and rights.
Rights such as free speech, free press and the rule of law were all milestones in the development of Britain’s constitution and were often a result of either a violent struggle or a product of hundreds of years of debate.
(Source: Visit London)
The exhibition contains iconic documents such as the Magna Carta, produced in 1215 by King John of England to acknowledge the population’s rights and freedoms, and the Minutes of Committee for Abolition of Slavery which sat for the first time in 1787.
A series of thought-provoking lectures support the exhibition including talks from Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti, a tireless advocate of human rights, and Polly Toynbee who discusses the state of women’s rights a century after the suffragettes. You can listen to all of the lectures on the British Library’s website.
The exhibition uncovers the roots of our democracy but also demonstrates that over time these rights and privileges change and should not be taken for granted.
Kevin – www.studylondon.ac.uk
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