The former Anthropologist, and one of the first artists to use the internet as a source for her work, has a new show opening at the Tate Britain 1 February. Well worth a visit!
Archive for the ‘Cultural London’ Category
The President Speaks
No, not Barak! But Simon Sankaraya (”Sanky”), the D&AD president and creative director at allofus
This is a great call to arms for all creatives and, on a side note, the use of YouTube is great! Click for different languages.
Adventures In Motion Festival 2010
onedotzero & BFI Southbank join forces once again to present an array of audiovisual & cinematic experiences, exclusive previews, feature films, playful interactive installations, talks & workshops. From offbeat to the radical onedotzero_adventures in motion aims to push the boundaries of creativity, presenting the most progressive new short films, creative talent and moving image work from around the world.
Highlights include the free Interactive and Screen-based Installations for audiences to engage and play with.
And Live Audiovisual events with a live set by DJ Yoda at the BMI IMAX.
To book for ticketed events click here.
Poisonous & Remedies
When you look at pills, they look so perfect, so sure. It’s hard to believe that each one comes with a list of side effects as long as your arm. ~Damien Hirst.
The Gagosian Gallery plays host to new paintings by Damien Hirst from two series, Poisonous & Remedies running between October 11-November 20.
In Poisons, single images of varying human skulls are silkscreened in black UV ink with charcoal onto large-scale canvases, they are then titled after a toxic chemical, suggesting possible cause of death.
In the Remedies, Hirst provides an ambivalent, disconnected antidote to the darkness of the Poisons. Colored resin and plaster pills are scattered across a white painted ground, creating a topography of clustered and chaotic arrangements, he adds washes of watercolor to mimic the residue of identifiably branded pills, which appear to seep into the canvas.
Katie Corris
For the next four weeks we will have the talented Graphic Designer Katie Corris guest posting on the blog. Katie, a recent graduate from the Glasgow School of Art, has just joined FriendsOfOurs as an intern. Katie’s favourite colour is blood red, she supports Newcastle United and listens to Ratatat. Having lived in the capital for only one week (!) we will follow Katie as she explores London using Facebook Places. Find Katie on Facebook and you can follow her in realtime!
V&A Digital Design Courses
Fancy trying out Digital Design? The Victoria & Albert Museum, in South Kensington, are currently holding a range of Digital Design courses, work-shops and drop-in events. Full programme here.
Ways Of Seeing
“If anyone can be credited with having changed photography over the past two decades, it is Wolfgang Tillmans.” (The Telegraph, 2010)
Wolfgang Tillmans at the Serpentine Gallery 26 June- 19 September 2010.
2012 Getting Closer By the Day
The London Olympic Committee has just announced that Danny Boyle will lead the designs of the Olympic Ceremonies. Boyle will, together with filmmakers Stephen Daldry and Hamish Hamilton curate the opening and closing ceremonies. If you want a closer look at the Olympic site East London restaurant Bistrotheque has opened up a pop-up restaurant, Studio East Dining, in an architectural pavilion 34m above the Olympic Park, atop the construction site of Westfield’s giant new Stratford City complex. It’s London based architects Carmody Groarke who have designed the restaurant that will stay open from 16 June to the 4 July.
Pick Me Up at Somerset House 23 April – 3 May 2010
Opening this Friday is Pick Me Up, the first contemporary graphic art fair in the UK. Art and design collectives and galleries, including Concrete Hermit, Le Gun, Nobrow andPeepshow will set up shop at Somerset House selling specially commissioned work. Some of the highlights include screen-printing workshops run by Print Club London with invited guest designers drawn from the great and the good of the graphic design world, and a programme of film screenings curated by It’s Nice That.
Paper artist Rob Ryan (above right) will be hosting an open studio throughout the entire run of the fair, relocating his paper cutting studio and printing presses from his studio in East London so that visitors can follow the entire process of the creation of Ryan’s work.
Sounds very exciting indeed!
