http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 Most Recent Submissions from emlyn on Central Station Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:51:44 GMT Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:51:44 GMT hello@thisiscentralstation.com (CenSta) hello@thisiscentralstation.com (CenSta) KickApps Feed Builder 2010-07-23T11:51:44Z 95 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/searchEverything.kickAction?as=126249&includeVideo=on&includeAudio=on&includePhoto=on&includeBlog=on&sortType=recent 0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Fold-up-Pop-Up-Book-Shop/BLOG/2487842/126249.html Can't escape a good pop-up experience nowadays. But seeing as books were a bit ahead on the pop-up curve, it only seems right that there should be dedicated pop-up bookstores too. Sadly, I missed this recent incarnation in London, as part of the London Festival of Architecture:  http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/temporary-bookshop-is-open-and-shut-case/5001892.article [image] This was a specialist architecture bookshop – a collaboration between RIBA Bookshops and Claire Curtice Publicists. It was designed by studio Campaign – I really like their pared back approach to retail design, but this project looks particularly well concieved, elegant and sustainable (apparently they recycled the cardboard afterwards too).A shame because I wish this could have come North. Thankfully we do have Aye Aye books (who I purloined the link from) to bridge the gap up here in Glasgow.   Can't escape a good pop-up experience nowadays. But seeing as books were a bit ahead on the pop-up curve, it only seems right that there should be dedicated pop-up bookstores too. Sadly, I missed this recent incarnation in London, as part of the London Festival of Architecture:  http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/temporary-bookshop-is-open-and-shut-case/5001892.article [image] This was a specialist architecture bookshop – a collaboration between RIBA Bookshops and Claire Curtice Publicists. It was designed by studio Campaign – I really like their pared back approach to retail design, but this project looks particularly well concieved, elegant and sustainable (apparently they recycled the cardboard afterwards too).A shame because I wish this could have come North. Thankfully we do have Aye Aye books (who I purloined the link from) to bridge the gap up here in Glasgow.   Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:51:44 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Fold-up-Pop-Up-Book-Shop/BLOG/2487842/126249.html emlyn 2010-07-23T11:51:44Z Central Station Can't escape a good pop-up experience nowadays. But seeing as books were a bit ahead on the pop-up curve, it only seems right that there should be dedicated pop-up bookstores too. Sadly, I missed this recent incarnation in London, as part of the London Festival of Architecture:  http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/temporary-bookshop-is-open-and-shut-case/5001892.article [image] This was a specialist architecture bookshop – a collaboration between RIBA Bookshops and Claire Curtice Publicists. It was designed by studio Campaign – I really like their pared back approach to retail design, but this project looks particularly well concieved, elegant and sustainable (apparently they recycled the cardboard afterwards too).A shame because I wish this could have come North. Thankfully we do have Aye Aye books (who I purloined the link from) to bridge the gap up here in Glasgow.   architecture, aye-aye, books, design, festivals, london, pop-up nonadult false Fold-up Pop-Up Book Shop text blog architecture,aye-aye,books,design,festivals,london,pop-up 63 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 2487842 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Fold-Up-Pop-Up-Bookshop/PHOTO/10022322/126249.html Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:43:33 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Fold-Up-Pop-Up-Bookshop/PHOTO/10022322/126249.html emlyn 2010-07-23T11:43:33Z Central Station architecture, books, festival, london nonadult false Fold-Up Pop-Up Bookshop photo architecture,books,festival,london 22 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 10022322 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Design-Is-History-dot-com/BLOG/2474487/126249.html http://www.designishistory.com Not a treatise on the anachronisms of a discipline, rather a brand new 'Design for Dummies' instant visual reference.If this was a book you'd never buy it because it's low on detail – however online it might just be the most succinct directory out there on key graphic designers and movements. I suspect it will change and grow too – the creator says he's open to suggestions. One to bookmark... Thanks to Daniel Gray on twitter for the link – twitter.com/scandb http://www.designishistory.com Not a treatise on the anachronisms of a discipline, rather a brand new 'Design for Dummies' instant visual reference.If this was a book you'd never buy it because it's low on detail – however online it might just be the most succinct directory out there on key graphic designers and movements. I suspect it will change and grow too – the creator says he's open to suggestions. One to bookmark... Thanks to Daniel Gray on twitter for the link – twitter.com/scandb Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:36:36 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Design-Is-History-dot-com/BLOG/2474487/126249.html emlyn 2010-07-20T12:36:36Z Central Station http://www.designishistory.com Not a treatise on the anachronisms of a discipline, rather a brand new 'Design for Dummies' instant visual reference.If this was a book you'd never buy it because it's low on detail – however online it might just be the most succinct directory out there on key graphic designers and movements. I suspect it will change and grow too – the creator says he's open to suggestions. One to bookmark... Thanks to Daniel Gray on twitter for the link – twitter.com/scandb nonadult false Design Is History (dot com) text blog 117 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 6 1 2474487 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Paper-Sniffers-Revolt/BLOG/2411500/126249.html Social media is still a relatively unknown quantity for a majority of cultural institutions. I’ve become used to turning up to seminars and hearing the envangelisation of social media to artists and galleries, and to an extent have become a part of that too with this very platform. I’ve spent the past 18 months convincing certain folk who would rather someone else deal with ‘all this internet stuff’ that they should pick up these brilliant new tools to find and engage audiences. But at a workshop this week, it was put to me that now social media is a proven winner, printed marketing material had finally met the shredder. The End. Introducing a social media strategy is an easy win for arts marketeers. Do away with print – save time, hassle and the environment, with the added bonus of being the revolutionary who drags everyone into the 21st Century. In theory, it sounds great. As black and white as a halftone dot. Except this whole trade-off between design and print, and social media, is a bit of a misnomer. But let’s compare them for a moment:Print has been around for a long, long time. For the sake of argument lets pick out a landmark year – 1450 – when Gutenburg started getting his fingers inky doing some nice brochures for the Lord. That’s 560 years. Twitter? 4 years. [I’m aware social media was around a bit before that, but then I’m not counting back to The Dead Sea Scrolls, God’s innovative but ill-fated roll-folded direct marketing campaign]. Right now there’s a lot of ‘what’s next?’ questions and prophesizing, and Web 3.0 chin stroking, but no-one really knows for sure where this is all heading. We can see some platforms are already dying (Bebo is the latest casualty, MySpace a hollow Murdoch shell of it’s innovative heyday). Point being, just because this new stuff is great – and we should all embrace it – we shouldn’t chuck out all the brilliant old stuff. So, here's my 4 part plea to the design/print naysayers... First off, adopting Social Media shouldn’t be about giving design a bodyswerve. Effective social media marketing is designed – it’s a nuanced combination of images and text just like anything you put on paper, and needs to be considered in the same way. Secondly, Social Media shouldn’t be thought of as a cheap alternative to design for print – if anything social media takes more time – once you’ve created something it’s only the beginning of a journey that requires constant feeding, monitoring and interaction. Third, if we’re talking solely about arts marketing, then surely we’re still appealing at core to a visual culture that places intricates values on form, content and aesthetics? Rather than killing off printed material, social media essentially presents an opportunity to focus on making smaller runs of better print. As a designer I take little joy in squeezing on more and more information that could be communicated on a website, or sending out large runs of cheap, digitally printed flyers. I’m a fully paid-up stock sniffing, type fetishising, paper grammage nerd, so I’m biased... but when you are communicating something as potentially complex as artists’s work, combined with the values of a gallery, isn’t it worth the effort to attempt to represent that properly? Most importantly, design and print is a hugely important part of visual culture, and works in tandem with visual art. A great example of this is Neil McGuire's piece I wrote about a few weeks ago that was produced for the ECA Masters show and in itself became part of the exhibition. There must be more examples, and better arguments. Am I preaching to the converted, or is print pulped? Image: Invite for Baldvin Ringsted, +44 141 Gallery by The Press – Emlyn Firth/Edwin Pickstone  Social media is still a relatively unknown quantity for a majority of cultural institutions. I’ve become used to turning up to seminars and hearing the envangelisation of social media to artists and galleries, and to an extent have become a part of that too with this very platform. I’ve spent the past 18 months convincing certain folk who would rather someone else deal with ‘all this internet stuff’ that they should pick up these brilliant new tools to find and engage audiences. But at a workshop this week, it was put to me that now social media is a proven winner, printed marketing material had finally met the shredder. The End. Introducing a social media strategy is an easy win for arts marketeers. Do away with print – save time, hassle and the environment, with the added bonus of being the revolutionary who drags everyone into the 21st Century. In theory, it sounds great. As black and white as a halftone dot. Except this whole trade-off between design and print, and social media, is a bit of a misnomer. But let’s compare them for a moment:Print has been around for a long, long time. For the sake of argument lets pick out a landmark year – 1450 – when Gutenburg started getting his fingers inky doing some nice brochures for the Lord. That’s 560 years. Twitter? 4 years. [I’m aware social media was around a bit before that, but then I’m not counting back to The Dead Sea Scrolls, God’s innovative but ill-fated roll-folded direct marketing campaign]. Right now there’s a lot of ‘what’s next?’ questions and prophesizing, and Web 3.0 chin stroking, but no-one really knows for sure where this is all heading. We can see some platforms are already dying (Bebo is the latest casualty, MySpace a hollow Murdoch shell of it’s innovative heyday). Point being, just because this new stuff is great – and we should all embrace it – we shouldn’t chuck out all the brilliant old stuff. So, here's my 4 part plea to the design/print naysayers... First off, adopting Social Media shouldn’t be about giving design a bodyswerve. Effective social media marketing is designed – it’s a nuanced combination of images and text just like anything you put on paper, and needs to be considered in the same way. Secondly, Social Media shouldn’t be thought of as a cheap alternative to design for print – if anything social media takes more time – once you’ve created something it’s only the beginning of a journey that requires constant feeding, monitoring and interaction. Third, if we’re talking solely about arts marketing, then surely we’re still appealing at core to a visual culture that places intricates values on form, content and aesthetics? Rather than killing off printed material, social media essentially presents an opportunity to focus on making smaller runs of better print. As a designer I take little joy in squeezing on more and more information that could be communicated on a website, or sending out large runs of cheap, digitally printed flyers. I’m a fully paid-up stock sniffing, type fetishising, paper grammage nerd, so I’m biased... but when you are communicating something as potentially complex as artists’s work, combined with the values of a gallery, isn’t it worth the effort to attempt to represent that properly? Most importantly, design and print is a hugely important part of visual culture, and works in tandem with visual art. A great example of this is Neil McGuire's piece I wrote about a few weeks ago that was produced for the ECA Masters show and in itself became part of the exhibition. There must be more examples, and better arguments. Am I preaching to the converted, or is print pulped? Image: Invite for Baldvin Ringsted, +44 141 Gallery by The Press – Emlyn Firth/Edwin Pickstone  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:01:21 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Paper-Sniffers-Revolt/BLOG/2411500/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-25T15:01:21Z Central Station Social media is still a relatively unknown quantity for a majority of cultural institutions. I’ve become used to turning up to seminars and hearing the envangelisation of social media to artists and galleries, and to an extent have become a part of that too with this very platform. I’ve spent the past 18 months convincing certain folk who would rather someone else deal with ‘all this internet stuff’ that they should pick up these brilliant new tools to find and engage audiences. But at a workshop this week, it was put to me that now social media is a proven winner, printed marketing material had finally met the shredder. The End. Introducing a social media strategy is an easy win for arts marketeers. Do away with print – save time, hassle and the environment, with the added bonus of being the revolutionary who drags everyone into the 21st Century. In theory, it sounds great. As black and white as a halftone dot. Except this whole trade-off between design and print, and social media, is a bit of a misnomer. But let’s compare them for a moment:Print has been around for a long, long time. For the sake of argument lets pick out a landmark year – 1450 – when Gutenburg started getting his fingers inky doing some nice brochures for the Lord. That’s 560 years. Twitter? 4 years. [I’m aware social media was around a bit before that, but then I’m not counting back to The Dead Sea Scrolls, God’s innovative but ill-fated roll-folded direct marketing campaign]. Right now there’s a lot of ‘what’s next?’ questions and prophesizing, and Web 3.0 chin stroking, but no-one really knows for sure where this is all heading. We can see some platforms are already dying (Bebo is the latest casualty, MySpace a hollow Murdoch shell of it’s innovative heyday). Point being, just because this new stuff is great – and we should all embrace it – we shouldn’t chuck out all the brilliant old stuff. So, here's my 4 part plea to the design/print naysayers... First off, adopting Social Media shouldn’t be about giving design a bodyswerve. Effective social media marketing is designed – it’s a nuanced combination of images and text just like anything you put on paper, and needs to be considered in the same way. Secondly, Social Media shouldn’t be thought of as a cheap alternative to design for print – if anything social media takes more time – once you’ve created something it’s only the beginning of a journey that requires constant feeding, monitoring and interaction. Third, if we’re talking solely about arts marketing, then surely we’re still appealing at core to a visual culture that places intricates values on form, content and aesthetics? Rather than killing off printed material, social media essentially presents an opportunity to focus on making smaller runs of better print. As a designer I take little joy in squeezing on more and more information that could be communicated on a website, or sending out large runs of cheap, digitally printed flyers. I’m a fully paid-up stock sniffing, type fetishising, paper grammage nerd, so I’m biased... but when you are communicating something as potentially complex as artists’s work, combined with the values of a gallery, isn’t it worth the effort to attempt to represent that properly? Most importantly, design and print is a hugely important part of visual culture, and works in tandem with visual art. A great example of this is Neil McGuire's piece I wrote about a few weeks ago that was produced for the ECA Masters show and in itself became part of the exhibition. There must be more examples, and better arguments. Am I preaching to the converted, or is print pulped? Image: Invite for Baldvin Ringsted, +44 141 Gallery by The Press – Emlyn Firth/Edwin Pickstone  nonadult false Paper Sniffers Revolt text blog 247 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 4 1 2411500 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_JKerry/PHOTO/9684986/126249.html http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_JACOB-KERRY/photo/9548274/126249.html http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_JACOB-KERRY/photo/9548274/126249.html Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:46:17 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_JKerry/PHOTO/9684986/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-23T20:46:17Z Central Station http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_JACOB-KERRY/photo/9548274/126249.html degree show, gsa, painting nonadult false JKerry photo degree show,gsa,painting 62 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 9684986 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Lizzie-Malcolm-Archival-Impulse/PHOTO/9626723/126249.html Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:53:39 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Lizzie-Malcolm-Archival-Impulse/PHOTO/9626723/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-17T14:53:39Z Central Station nonadult false Lizzie Malcolm – Archival Impulse photo 47 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 1 9626723 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_GSA-Vis-Com-Degree-Show-Last-Chance-to-see/BLOG/2401170/126249.html I've already reviewed the GSA BA and MFA Degree Shows. My last review proper is a department close to my heart, Visual Communication. I'm going to keep this short and sweet and pick out some of the graduates I thought were doing interesting things. Standout? Lizze Malcolm. Lizzie has captured still images from unrewound Library archive videos. In the show you access each image by running your thumb across Rachel Whiteread-esque casts of VHS tapes – another unexpected but thoughtful detail. For an online interactive version go to http://www.archivalimpulse.com/  . Her show chimes with a lot of the data themes in this year's MFA (see Ellie Harrison, Oliver Braid for example). It's compulsive viewing, but quite apart from the deeply theoretical processes it's just always refreshing to see a design student fo something which doesn't look like design. There seems to be an obsession in some quarters for preparing design students for industry – a hunger for graduates to ape the grafik zeitigeist. That's all fine – we should –  but Glasgow School of Art is an art school – a place for research and experimentation. Let them get on with it, and enjoy it while it lasts. [image] Showstopping photography: Jennifer Wilcox (link to VisCom10 site). Hulking great black slabs of ski-lift engineering against the white-out slopes of Glencoe. All composition, contrast and impact. I met Rydo on the stairs on the way out. We were both clutching handmade postcards of the delicately screenprinted geometric works of Grace Gallagher.  We're both clearly men of exquisite taste. Or maybe we're just gluttons for delicately screenprinted geometric work. Either way, this is delicately screenprinted geometric work worth seeing in the flesh. Lastly, check out the almost OCD level work of Natasha Kurth. She's made a newspaper centre page spread collating every CMYK registration mark from the Guardian from 23/10/09 to 01/12/09. I really hope the Guardian publish it.       GSA Visual Communication Degree Show, Foulis Building, Renfrew St. Friday 12 June – 19 June, 9am – 9pm. http://www.gsa.ac.uk/degreeshow2010/http://www.viscom10.com/ I've already reviewed the GSA BA and MFA Degree Shows. My last review proper is a department close to my heart, Visual Communication. I'm going to keep this short and sweet and pick out some of the graduates I thought were doing interesting things. Standout? Lizze Malcolm. Lizzie has captured still images from unrewound Library archive videos. In the show you access each image by running your thumb across Rachel Whiteread-esque casts of VHS tapes – another unexpected but thoughtful detail. For an online interactive version go to http://www.archivalimpulse.com/  . Her show chimes with a lot of the data themes in this year's MFA (see Ellie Harrison, Oliver Braid for example). It's compulsive viewing, but quite apart from the deeply theoretical processes it's just always refreshing to see a design student fo something which doesn't look like design. There seems to be an obsession in some quarters for preparing design students for industry – a hunger for graduates to ape the grafik zeitigeist. That's all fine – we should –  but Glasgow School of Art is an art school – a place for research and experimentation. Let them get on with it, and enjoy it while it lasts. [image] Showstopping photography: Jennifer Wilcox (link to VisCom10 site). Hulking great black slabs of ski-lift engineering against the white-out slopes of Glencoe. All composition, contrast and impact. I met Rydo on the stairs on the way out. We were both clutching handmade postcards of the delicately screenprinted geometric works of Grace Gallagher.  We're both clearly men of exquisite taste. Or maybe we're just gluttons for delicately screenprinted geometric work. Either way, this is delicately screenprinted geometric work worth seeing in the flesh. Lastly, check out the almost OCD level work of Natasha Kurth. She's made a newspaper centre page spread collating every CMYK registration mark from the Guardian from 23/10/09 to 01/12/09. I really hope the Guardian publish it.       GSA Visual Communication Degree Show, Foulis Building, Renfrew St. Friday 12 June – 19 June, 9am – 9pm. http://www.gsa.ac.uk/degreeshow2010/http://www.viscom10.com/ Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:45:34 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_GSA-Vis-Com-Degree-Show-Last-Chance-to-see/BLOG/2401170/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-17T14:45:34Z Central Station I've already reviewed the GSA BA and MFA Degree Shows. My last review proper is a department close to my heart, Visual Communication. I'm going to keep this short and sweet and pick out some of the graduates I thought were doing interesting things. Standout? Lizze Malcolm. Lizzie has captured still images from unrewound Library archive videos. In the show you access each image by running your thumb across Rachel Whiteread-esque casts of VHS tapes – another unexpected but thoughtful detail. For an online interactive version go to http://www.archivalimpulse.com/  . Her show chimes with a lot of the data themes in this year's MFA (see Ellie Harrison, Oliver Braid for example). It's compulsive viewing, but quite apart from the deeply theoretical processes it's just always refreshing to see a design student fo something which doesn't look like design. There seems to be an obsession in some quarters for preparing design students for industry – a hunger for graduates to ape the grafik zeitigeist. That's all fine – we should –  but Glasgow School of Art is an art school – a place for research and experimentation. Let them get on with it, and enjoy it while it lasts. [image] Showstopping photography: Jennifer Wilcox (link to VisCom10 site). Hulking great black slabs of ski-lift engineering against the white-out slopes of Glencoe. All composition, contrast and impact. I met Rydo on the stairs on the way out. We were both clutching handmade postcards of the delicately screenprinted geometric works of Grace Gallagher.  We're both clearly men of exquisite taste. Or maybe we're just gluttons for delicately screenprinted geometric work. Either way, this is delicately screenprinted geometric work worth seeing in the flesh. Lastly, check out the almost OCD level work of Natasha Kurth. She's made a newspaper centre page spread collating every CMYK registration mark from the Guardian from 23/10/09 to 01/12/09. I really hope the Guardian publish it.       GSA Visual Communication Degree Show, Foulis Building, Renfrew St. Friday 12 June – 19 June, 9am – 9pm. http://www.gsa.ac.uk/degreeshow2010/http://www.viscom10.com/ nonadult false GSA Vis Com Degree Show – Last Chance to see text blog 576 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 1 1 2401170 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Exclusive-Preview-GSA-BA-Fine-Art-Degree-Show/BLOG/2387836/126249.html Following on from the GSA MFA Exclusive Preview, I got access yesterday to the BA Fine Art show, previewing tonight (Thurs 10). Rather than a blog, I've created a profile (Preview.GSA_BA_FineArt) and uploaded a Portfolio of images of personal favourites from Painting & Printmaking, Sculpture and Environmental Art, and Fine Art Photography. There's also some additional shots of the show in the main profile. For a comprehensive run down of the entire show and graduates, please visit:http://www.gsa.ac.uk/degreeshow2010/   Also, look out for a special film about the GSA Degree Show, made by photographer and GSA alumni Martin Clark, coming up later today. Following on from the GSA MFA Exclusive Preview, I got access yesterday to the BA Fine Art show, previewing tonight (Thurs 10). Rather than a blog, I've created a profile (Preview.GSA_BA_FineArt) and uploaded a Portfolio of images of personal favourites from Painting & Printmaking, Sculpture and Environmental Art, and Fine Art Photography. There's also some additional shots of the show in the main profile. For a comprehensive run down of the entire show and graduates, please visit:http://www.gsa.ac.uk/degreeshow2010/   Also, look out for a special film about the GSA Degree Show, made by photographer and GSA alumni Martin Clark, coming up later today. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:44:49 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Exclusive-Preview-GSA-BA-Fine-Art-Degree-Show/BLOG/2387836/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-10T11:44:49Z Showcase Work Central Station Following on from the GSA MFA Exclusive Preview, I got access yesterday to the BA Fine Art show, previewing tonight (Thurs 10). Rather than a blog, I've created a profile (Preview.GSA_BA_FineArt) and uploaded a Portfolio of images of personal favourites from Painting & Printmaking, Sculpture and Environmental Art, and Fine Art Photography. There's also some additional shots of the show in the main profile. For a comprehensive run down of the entire show and graduates, please visit:http://www.gsa.ac.uk/degreeshow2010/   Also, look out for a special film about the GSA Degree Show, made by photographer and GSA alumni Martin Clark, coming up later today. degree shows, fine art, gsa, showcase work nonadult false Exclusive Preview: GSA BA Fine Art Degree Show text blog degree shows,fine art,gsa,showcase work 143 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 Showcase Work 0 2387836 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Exclusive-Preview-GSA-MFA-Degree-Show/BLOG/2384378/126249.html The Glasgow School of Art MFA Degree Show 2010Glue Factory, 15 Burns St, Speirs Lock*a collection of work also appears at CCA. Preview:Glue Factory, Friday 11 June, 5–7pmCCA, 7–10pm Exhibition Runs from Saturday 12 – Saturday 26 June This year’s MFA is sited in The Glue Factory*. Used earlier this year for Glasgow International, the space provides a much less uniform space than the awesome, hangar like Tramway, with odd quirky rooms and warren-like staircases. Today, after weeks of sunshine, Glasgow is buckling under an intense rainstorm, and The Glue Factory resembles a bit of a leaky ship. This is a familiar Weegie set-up then - unsuspecting, post-industrial, grimecore warehouse plays shelter to conceptual work, which in turn pays site-specific homage. [image]It's possible to identify two broad (and very generalised) strands present at the show. One is the site specific, post-industrial kind mentioned above, the other a more detached practice which relates to contemporary phenomena – chiefly data and the internet.In the post-industrial, site-specific camp are artists like Sarah Forest, and Olga Schulz, who has installed an interestingly minimal sculptural shelter based on a peeling poster. Tom Harrup has taken all the heavy-duty rawness almost full circle. His light installations take apart and celebrate machinery - everything is recycled, junk-yard-sourced and unfinished – yet in the darkened space these are two of the most hypnotic and graceful interventions you’ll encounter. Rings of light ebb and float mid-air, a theatre iris breathes a pattern against a dull brick wall. [image] [image] Perhaps Tom is the conceptual bridge to the other camp of artists who deconstruct the technical and the digital. Ellie Harrison needs no prior introduction to Central Station members, and her works often have an online presence. She shows her witty General Election Drinking Game in it’s entirity here. Emily Donnini has made a slick piece which re-presents top google-searches of various countries as stop-frame animations back-projected onto floated glossy perspex screens. Maybe the most intriguing graduate is Oliver Braid. Braid has presented a framed drawing – six pencil portraits in a detailed but slightly schoolboy style. Five of the portraits are of male graduating BA artists whom Braid considers to be the ‘hottest’ in the year. The images are culled from their Facebook profiles. The 6th image is a distorted reimagining of the artist as a sort of Facebook Zombie. A tangled off-white sculpture made from glue sits atop the frame – “the content of his gluepot”, Graham Ramsay, one of the MFA tutors explains.   [image][image][image]           How do I begin to unravel Post-Relational Aesthetic Onanism via Social Networking? Do I even want to? Seeing as we’re exploring the medium here, I have, in the interests of thorough research, befriended Oliver Braid on Facebook*, and will attempt to get him onto this very platform, and perhaps he can have the last word. Who knows, he may already be lurking as I write. In the meantime, here’s a Quentin Crisp quote from his artist’s statement:“People who have learned to sing will always have richer, rounder voices. People who’ve learned to dance will always have bigger, bolder movements, but as for pottery and basket-weaving, what good are they? The moment the doors of the evening institute clang shut behind you you are back where you started. On the way home you might get into an argument with a stranger at a bus stop. It’s no good saying I can’t express myself you’ll have to come and see my baskets.” Quentin Crisp, 1980 *UPDATE. Friend request accepted.   Thanks to Graham Ramsay, MFA Tutor, for the tour, and to Kirsty Barr for organising. The Glasgow School of Art MFA Degree Show 2010Glue Factory, 15 Burns St, Speirs Lock*a collection of work also appears at CCA. Preview:Glue Factory, Friday 11 June, 5–7pmCCA, 7–10pm Exhibition Runs from Saturday 12 – Saturday 26 June This year’s MFA is sited in The Glue Factory*. Used earlier this year for Glasgow International, the space provides a much less uniform space than the awesome, hangar like Tramway, with odd quirky rooms and warren-like staircases. Today, after weeks of sunshine, Glasgow is buckling under an intense rainstorm, and The Glue Factory resembles a bit of a leaky ship. This is a familiar Weegie set-up then - unsuspecting, post-industrial, grimecore warehouse plays shelter to conceptual work, which in turn pays site-specific homage. [image]It's possible to identify two broad (and very generalised) strands present at the show. One is the site specific, post-industrial kind mentioned above, the other a more detached practice which relates to contemporary phenomena – chiefly data and the internet.In the post-industrial, site-specific camp are artists like Sarah Forest, and Olga Schulz, who has installed an interestingly minimal sculptural shelter based on a peeling poster. Tom Harrup has taken all the heavy-duty rawness almost full circle. His light installations take apart and celebrate machinery - everything is recycled, junk-yard-sourced and unfinished – yet in the darkened space these are two of the most hypnotic and graceful interventions you’ll encounter. Rings of light ebb and float mid-air, a theatre iris breathes a pattern against a dull brick wall. [image] [image] Perhaps Tom is the conceptual bridge to the other camp of artists who deconstruct the technical and the digital. Ellie Harrison needs no prior introduction to Central Station members, and her works often have an online presence. She shows her witty General Election Drinking Game in it’s entirity here. Emily Donnini has made a slick piece which re-presents top google-searches of various countries as stop-frame animations back-projected onto floated glossy perspex screens. Maybe the most intriguing graduate is Oliver Braid. Braid has presented a framed drawing – six pencil portraits in a detailed but slightly schoolboy style. Five of the portraits are of male graduating BA artists whom Braid considers to be the ‘hottest’ in the year. The images are culled from their Facebook profiles. The 6th image is a distorted reimagining of the artist as a sort of Facebook Zombie. A tangled off-white sculpture made from glue sits atop the frame – “the content of his gluepot”, Graham Ramsay, one of the MFA tutors explains.   [image][image][image]           How do I begin to unravel Post-Relational Aesthetic Onanism via Social Networking? Do I even want to? Seeing as we’re exploring the medium here, I have, in the interests of thorough research, befriended Oliver Braid on Facebook*, and will attempt to get him onto this very platform, and perhaps he can have the last word. Who knows, he may already be lurking as I write. In the meantime, here’s a Quentin Crisp quote from his artist’s statement:“People who have learned to sing will always have richer, rounder voices. People who’ve learned to dance will always have bigger, bolder movements, but as for pottery and basket-weaving, what good are they? The moment the doors of the evening institute clang shut behind you you are back where you started. On the way home you might get into an argument with a stranger at a bus stop. It’s no good saying I can’t express myself you’ll have to come and see my baskets.” Quentin Crisp, 1980 *UPDATE. Friend request accepted.   Thanks to Graham Ramsay, MFA Tutor, for the tour, and to Kirsty Barr for organising. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:27:01 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Exclusive-Preview-GSA-MFA-Degree-Show/BLOG/2384378/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-08T16:27:01Z Central Station The Glasgow School of Art MFA Degree Show 2010Glue Factory, 15 Burns St, Speirs Lock*a collection of work also appears at CCA. Preview:Glue Factory, Friday 11 June, 5–7pmCCA, 7–10pm Exhibition Runs from Saturday 12 – Saturday 26 June This year’s MFA is sited in The Glue Factory*. Used earlier this year for Glasgow International, the space provides a much less uniform space than the awesome, hangar like Tramway, with odd quirky rooms and warren-like staircases. Today, after weeks of sunshine, Glasgow is buckling under an intense rainstorm, and The Glue Factory resembles a bit of a leaky ship. This is a familiar Weegie set-up then - unsuspecting, post-industrial, grimecore warehouse plays shelter to conceptual work, which in turn pays site-specific homage. [image]It's possible to identify two broad (and very generalised) strands present at the show. One is the site specific, post-industrial kind mentioned above, the other a more detached practice which relates to contemporary phenomena – chiefly data and the internet.In the post-industrial, site-specific camp are artists like Sarah Forest, and Olga Schulz, who has installed an interestingly minimal sculptural shelter based on a peeling poster. Tom Harrup has taken all the heavy-duty rawness almost full circle. His light installations take apart and celebrate machinery - everything is recycled, junk-yard-sourced and unfinished – yet in the darkened space these are two of the most hypnotic and graceful interventions you’ll encounter. Rings of light ebb and float mid-air, a theatre iris breathes a pattern against a dull brick wall. [image] [image] Perhaps Tom is the conceptual bridge to the other camp of artists who deconstruct the technical and the digital. Ellie Harrison needs no prior introduction to Central Station members, and her works often have an online presence. She shows her witty General Election Drinking Game in it’s entirity here. Emily Donnini has made a slick piece which re-presents top google-searches of various countries as stop-frame animations back-projected onto floated glossy perspex screens. Maybe the most intriguing graduate is Oliver Braid. Braid has presented a framed drawing – six pencil portraits in a detailed but slightly schoolboy style. Five of the portraits are of male graduating BA artists whom Braid considers to be the ‘hottest’ in the year. The images are culled from their Facebook profiles. The 6th image is a distorted reimagining of the artist as a sort of Facebook Zombie. A tangled off-white sculpture made from glue sits atop the frame – “the content of his gluepot”, Graham Ramsay, one of the MFA tutors explains.   [image][image][image]           How do I begin to unravel Post-Relational Aesthetic Onanism via Social Networking? Do I even want to? Seeing as we’re exploring the medium here, I have, in the interests of thorough research, befriended Oliver Braid on Facebook*, and will attempt to get him onto this very platform, and perhaps he can have the last word. Who knows, he may already be lurking as I write. In the meantime, here’s a Quentin Crisp quote from his artist’s statement:“People who have learned to sing will always have richer, rounder voices. People who’ve learned to dance will always have bigger, bolder movements, but as for pottery and basket-weaving, what good are they? The moment the doors of the evening institute clang shut behind you you are back where you started. On the way home you might get into an argument with a stranger at a bus stop. It’s no good saying I can’t express myself you’ll have to come and see my baskets.” Quentin Crisp, 1980 *UPDATE. Friend request accepted.   Thanks to Graham Ramsay, MFA Tutor, for the tour, and to Kirsty Barr for organising. degree shows, gsa, mfa nonadult false Exclusive Preview: GSA MFA Degree Show text blog degree shows,gsa,mfa 532 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 2384378 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Oliver-Braid-3/PHOTO/9532268/126249.html Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:07:47 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Oliver-Braid-3/PHOTO/9532268/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-08T16:07:47Z Central Station Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory nonadult false Oliver Braid 3 photo 55 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 9532268 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Oliver-Braid-2/PHOTO/9532267/126249.html Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:06:59 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Oliver-Braid-2/PHOTO/9532267/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-08T16:06:59Z Central Station Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory nonadult false Oliver Braid 2 photo 57 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 9532267 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Oliver-Braid-1/PHOTO/9532263/126249.html Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:06:14 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Oliver-Braid-1/PHOTO/9532263/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-08T16:06:14Z Central Station Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory nonadult false Oliver Braid 1 photo 53 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 1 9532263 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Ellie-Harrison/PHOTO/9532239/126249.html Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:03:18 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Ellie-Harrison/PHOTO/9532239/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-08T16:03:18Z Central Station Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory nonadult false Ellie Harrison photo 43 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 9532239 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Olga-Shulz/PHOTO/9532217/126249.html Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:01:54 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Olga-Shulz/PHOTO/9532217/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-08T16:01:54Z Central Station Part of the GSA MFA 2010 show at The Glue Factory nonadult false Olga Shulz photo 53 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 1 9532217 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_They-Do-Things-Differently-Here-ECA-MACATS/BLOG/2383065/126249.html ‘They Do Things Differently There’ECA Masters of Contemporary Art Theory, Talbot Rice Gallery, EdinburghPreview Night – Friday 4 June | Open 5-19 June The title is apt. They do do things differently there. 'They' being the Masters students of Contemporary Art Theory, ‘There’ being Edinburgh College of Art, the ‘Thing’, the main event, is the curation of a final year show in the Talbot Rice Gallery. A lot of those students are, or have been, artists themselves, but they aren’t making the work on show – it’s the making of the show that they’re being assessed on. 11 curators. 12 artists. 1 space.The elephant in the corner? The tricky group dynamics. How do you achieve a coherent show with twelve voices? How do you ensure that your audience isn’t overwhelmed by the noise of a group curated group show? It’s difficult not to consider this, and imagine conversation and conflicting visions as you walk around some brilliant but at first seemingly disconnected pieces. The ‘Mastercats’ say that the project “has evolved and developed from our shared interest in the archival process, influenced initially by the historical significance of the gallery itself. Exploring the practice of collecting and exhibiting has become the foundation for this exhibition.”So perhaps all the pieces are there to be put back together again by the viewer – a sort of customisable collection. With all archives, there is a process of sifting and searching for value and meaning. Neil McGuire – After The News – has produced a catalogue which is considered part of the show, presented as a kit of parts that you assemble yourself in the gallery. (Worth getting your hands on one, it’s a conceptually sound and beautiful bit of work in it’s own right.)There is a rawness, and a vintage/other era slant to lots of the work. Sawn in half wardrobes housing nick-nacks and pottery all painted white, Dada-esque upturned pianos, screen-printed sheet metal, haphazard groupings of old televisions, fanzines. Omar Zingaro Bhatia’s family cassette selection provides some lighter interactive entertainment on a ’70’s stereo. I was personally pleased to see a reappearance of some recent Glasgow folklore – Raydale Dower’s ‘Drapeau Noir’ – or at least the black-flag-with-hole that hung outside the Gi temporary venue until just last month.  An exception is The Otolith Group [now Turner nominated and as such considered a bit of a curatorial coup] who have a film projected here, and for practical reasons it sits outwith the main space in the refurbished Georgian gallery. It’s a documentary that portrays the intense details of working life for some of the lowest paid workers in India, and inevitably lends some perspective. These creative decisions and ideas are a product of an open ended dialogue and process. There’s been an effort to push out research and development onto social networking platforms and blogs, and a series of panel discussions (one of which I was lucky enough to attend and speak at) with creative professionals in an aim to pool collective knowledge and resources. Go to the TDTDT site (also designed by Neil McGuire) to explore links and images, delivered via delicious tags and pdfs. Or attend the next discussion on Saturday, (2–4pm, with Nicolas Oddy, Anne-Marie Kramer, Daniel Watt). The MasterCats show is a collection of works well worth seeing, but perhaps what they all do really differently are all those collaborative project aspects – that's really what sets them apart and sets future works and collaborations in motion. ‘They Do Things Differently There’ECA Masters of Contemporary Art Theory, Talbot Rice Gallery, EdinburghPreview Night – Friday 4 June | Open 5-19 June The title is apt. They do do things differently there. 'They' being the Masters students of Contemporary Art Theory, ‘There’ being Edinburgh College of Art, the ‘Thing’, the main event, is the curation of a final year show in the Talbot Rice Gallery. A lot of those students are, or have been, artists themselves, but they aren’t making the work on show – it’s the making of the show that they’re being assessed on. 11 curators. 12 artists. 1 space.The elephant in the corner? The tricky group dynamics. How do you achieve a coherent show with twelve voices? How do you ensure that your audience isn’t overwhelmed by the noise of a group curated group show? It’s difficult not to consider this, and imagine conversation and conflicting visions as you walk around some brilliant but at first seemingly disconnected pieces. The ‘Mastercats’ say that the project “has evolved and developed from our shared interest in the archival process, influenced initially by the historical significance of the gallery itself. Exploring the practice of collecting and exhibiting has become the foundation for this exhibition.”So perhaps all the pieces are there to be put back together again by the viewer – a sort of customisable collection. With all archives, there is a process of sifting and searching for value and meaning. Neil McGuire – After The News – has produced a catalogue which is considered part of the show, presented as a kit of parts that you assemble yourself in the gallery. (Worth getting your hands on one, it’s a conceptually sound and beautiful bit of work in it’s own right.)There is a rawness, and a vintage/other era slant to lots of the work. Sawn in half wardrobes housing nick-nacks and pottery all painted white, Dada-esque upturned pianos, screen-printed sheet metal, haphazard groupings of old televisions, fanzines. Omar Zingaro Bhatia’s family cassette selection provides some lighter interactive entertainment on a ’70’s stereo. I was personally pleased to see a reappearance of some recent Glasgow folklore – Raydale Dower’s ‘Drapeau Noir’ – or at least the black-flag-with-hole that hung outside the Gi temporary venue until just last month.  An exception is The Otolith Group [now Turner nominated and as such considered a bit of a curatorial coup] who have a film projected here, and for practical reasons it sits outwith the main space in the refurbished Georgian gallery. It’s a documentary that portrays the intense details of working life for some of the lowest paid workers in India, and inevitably lends some perspective. These creative decisions and ideas are a product of an open ended dialogue and process. There’s been an effort to push out research and development onto social networking platforms and blogs, and a series of panel discussions (one of which I was lucky enough to attend and speak at) with creative professionals in an aim to pool collective knowledge and resources. Go to the TDTDT site (also designed by Neil McGuire) to explore links and images, delivered via delicious tags and pdfs. Or attend the next discussion on Saturday, (2–4pm, with Nicolas Oddy, Anne-Marie Kramer, Daniel Watt). The MasterCats show is a collection of works well worth seeing, but perhaps what they all do really differently are all those collaborative project aspects – that's really what sets them apart and sets future works and collaborations in motion. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:25:55 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_They-Do-Things-Differently-Here-ECA-MACATS/BLOG/2383065/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-08T00:25:55Z Central Station ‘They Do Things Differently There’ECA Masters of Contemporary Art Theory, Talbot Rice Gallery, EdinburghPreview Night – Friday 4 June | Open 5-19 June The title is apt. They do do things differently there. 'They' being the Masters students of Contemporary Art Theory, ‘There’ being Edinburgh College of Art, the ‘Thing’, the main event, is the curation of a final year show in the Talbot Rice Gallery. A lot of those students are, or have been, artists themselves, but they aren’t making the work on show – it’s the making of the show that they’re being assessed on. 11 curators. 12 artists. 1 space.The elephant in the corner? The tricky group dynamics. How do you achieve a coherent show with twelve voices? How do you ensure that your audience isn’t overwhelmed by the noise of a group curated group show? It’s difficult not to consider this, and imagine conversation and conflicting visions as you walk around some brilliant but at first seemingly disconnected pieces. The ‘Mastercats’ say that the project “has evolved and developed from our shared interest in the archival process, influenced initially by the historical significance of the gallery itself. Exploring the practice of collecting and exhibiting has become the foundation for this exhibition.”So perhaps all the pieces are there to be put back together again by the viewer – a sort of customisable collection. With all archives, there is a process of sifting and searching for value and meaning. Neil McGuire – After The News – has produced a catalogue which is considered part of the show, presented as a kit of parts that you assemble yourself in the gallery. (Worth getting your hands on one, it’s a conceptually sound and beautiful bit of work in it’s own right.)There is a rawness, and a vintage/other era slant to lots of the work. Sawn in half wardrobes housing nick-nacks and pottery all painted white, Dada-esque upturned pianos, screen-printed sheet metal, haphazard groupings of old televisions, fanzines. Omar Zingaro Bhatia’s family cassette selection provides some lighter interactive entertainment on a ’70’s stereo. I was personally pleased to see a reappearance of some recent Glasgow folklore – Raydale Dower’s ‘Drapeau Noir’ – or at least the black-flag-with-hole that hung outside the Gi temporary venue until just last month.  An exception is The Otolith Group [now Turner nominated and as such considered a bit of a curatorial coup] who have a film projected here, and for practical reasons it sits outwith the main space in the refurbished Georgian gallery. It’s a documentary that portrays the intense details of working life for some of the lowest paid workers in India, and inevitably lends some perspective. These creative decisions and ideas are a product of an open ended dialogue and process. There’s been an effort to push out research and development onto social networking platforms and blogs, and a series of panel discussions (one of which I was lucky enough to attend and speak at) with creative professionals in an aim to pool collective knowledge and resources. Go to the TDTDT site (also designed by Neil McGuire) to explore links and images, delivered via delicious tags and pdfs. Or attend the next discussion on Saturday, (2–4pm, with Nicolas Oddy, Anne-Marie Kramer, Daniel Watt). The MasterCats show is a collection of works well worth seeing, but perhaps what they all do really differently are all those collaborative project aspects – that's really what sets them apart and sets future works and collaborations in motion. degree shows, eca, mastercats, rocca, talbot rice nonadult false They Do Things Differently Here | ECA MACATS text blog degree shows,eca,mastercats,rocca,talbot rice 176 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 2 1 2383065 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_EDDY-MERCKX-2-/PHOTO/9491594/126249.html Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:50:08 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_EDDY-MERCKX-2-/PHOTO/9491594/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-04T09:50:08Z Central Station nonadult false EDDY MERCKX 2 photo 29 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 9491594 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_EDDY-MERCKX-/PHOTO/9491592/126249.html Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:48:47 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_EDDY-MERCKX-/PHOTO/9491592/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-04T09:48:47Z Central Station nonadult false EDDY MERCKX photo 24 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 9491592 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Degree-Shows-2010/BLOG/2367423/126249.html Central Station will be covering and promoting selected shows, and we'd like our members from around the globe to share their own images and thoughts – whether you are a new graduate, a tutor, a practitioner or a visitor.  There is a group for everyone involved or interested in this year's Degree Shows. Please join it here, and we can keep you updated on all the essential Degree Show Event info – the openings, the parties and most importantly the great work that's being produced. If your show isn't featured on our events page yet, then it's easy to add it here. Watch out for our own blogs too, including an exclusive preview of the most exciting graduates from Glasgow School of Art's BA and MA shows. Central Station will be covering and promoting selected shows, and we'd like our members from around the globe to share their own images and thoughts – whether you are a new graduate, a tutor, a practitioner or a visitor.  There is a group for everyone involved or interested in this year's Degree Shows. Please join it here, and we can keep you updated on all the essential Degree Show Event info – the openings, the parties and most importantly the great work that's being produced. If your show isn't featured on our events page yet, then it's easy to add it here. Watch out for our own blogs too, including an exclusive preview of the most exciting graduates from Glasgow School of Art's BA and MA shows. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:13:23 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Degree-Shows-2010/BLOG/2367423/126249.html emlyn 2010-06-01T14:13:23Z Central Station Central Station will be covering and promoting selected shows, and we'd like our members from around the globe to share their own images and thoughts – whether you are a new graduate, a tutor, a practitioner or a visitor.  There is a group for everyone involved or interested in this year's Degree Shows. Please join it here, and we can keep you updated on all the essential Degree Show Event info – the openings, the parties and most importantly the great work that's being produced. If your show isn't featured on our events page yet, then it's easy to add it here. Watch out for our own blogs too, including an exclusive preview of the most exciting graduates from Glasgow School of Art's BA and MA shows. abertay, ba, berlin, bristol, csm, degree, degree_shows, djcad, eca, falmouth, free, free_range, goldsmiths, graduates, grays, gsa, kingston, leeds, liverpool, ma, manchester, northumberland, nottingham_trent, range, rca, sheffield, shows, swansea, udk, ulster, uwe nonadult false Degree Shows 2010 text blog abertay,ba,berlin,bristol,csm,degree,degree_shows,djcad,eca,falmouth,free,free_range,goldsmiths,graduates,grays,gsa,kingston,leeds,liverpool,ma,manchester,northumberland,nottingham_trent,range,rca,sheffield,shows,swansea,udk,ulster,uwe 312 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 2 0 2367423 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_UTG-Aberdeen-Breaking/BLOG/2345732/126249.html News has broken in the last few hours that Aberdeen City Council this evening have voted against the preservation of the historic Union Terrace Gardens and Peacock Visual Arts (previously approved and funded) new gallery, and in favour of Sir ian Wood's concrete retail scheme. Full article on the BBC here. Word leaked out via Facebook and Twitter, where currently there is much rage (look under #UTG) being directed at Wood, the pantomime villain of the piece. Despite rounds of protest, a 10,000 strong petition, public consulation and a vote in favour of keeping the gardens, apparently democracy, sustainability, logic and conventional wisdom are all asses when it comes to to the age old corruptive influence of money and power. It's a shameful day for Scotland and Britain, not just Aberdeen, and we all have to hope that this absurd vanity project can by halted be some higher heejuns somewhere who won't buckle under the pressure like ACC did tonight. News has broken in the last few hours that Aberdeen City Council this evening have voted against the preservation of the historic Union Terrace Gardens and Peacock Visual Arts (previously approved and funded) new gallery, and in favour of Sir ian Wood's concrete retail scheme. Full article on the BBC here. Word leaked out via Facebook and Twitter, where currently there is much rage (look under #UTG) being directed at Wood, the pantomime villain of the piece. Despite rounds of protest, a 10,000 strong petition, public consulation and a vote in favour of keeping the gardens, apparently democracy, sustainability, logic and conventional wisdom are all asses when it comes to to the age old corruptive influence of money and power. It's a shameful day for Scotland and Britain, not just Aberdeen, and we all have to hope that this absurd vanity project can by halted be some higher heejuns somewhere who won't buckle under the pressure like ACC did tonight. Wed, 19 May 2010 23:27:23 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_UTG-Aberdeen-Breaking/BLOG/2345732/126249.html emlyn 2010-05-19T23:27:23Z Central Station News has broken in the last few hours that Aberdeen City Council this evening have voted against the preservation of the historic Union Terrace Gardens and Peacock Visual Arts (previously approved and funded) new gallery, and in favour of Sir ian Wood's concrete retail scheme. Full article on the BBC here. Word leaked out via Facebook and Twitter, where currently there is much rage (look under #UTG) being directed at Wood, the pantomime villain of the piece. Despite rounds of protest, a 10,000 strong petition, public consulation and a vote in favour of keeping the gardens, apparently democracy, sustainability, logic and conventional wisdom are all asses when it comes to to the age old corruptive influence of money and power. It's a shameful day for Scotland and Britain, not just Aberdeen, and we all have to hope that this absurd vanity project can by halted be some higher heejuns somewhere who won't buckle under the pressure like ACC did tonight. aberdeen, peacock, utg nonadult false UTG Aberdeen _ Breaking text blog aberdeen,peacock,utg 299 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 5 2 2345732 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_New-Heatherwick-Routemaster-design/BLOG/2341746/126249.html Ding Ding! Bus-spotter's and design geeks alert – Thomas Heatherwick does Routemaster update.   The man behind the current UK Shanghai Expo pavillion, Thomas Heatherwick, has collaborated on a new version of the classic Routemaster bus. Full artcile in DeZeen here I like the sound of the greener internal workings. But, first impressions of the bus design – a bit of a dated compromise?I think BoJo might be spot on with 'swooshy'. Am cynically wondering if the appointment of Heatherwick was a bit of PR gimmick. Love or loathe? Am sure we'll be treated to plenty of soundbites from old cockney characters saying, "ooh well it aint as nice as the old one is it?" What do you lot reckon? Incidentally, you may remember we've had previous with the old Routemasters, at our Glasgow launch... Ding Ding! Bus-spotter's and design geeks alert – Thomas Heatherwick does Routemaster update.   The man behind the current UK Shanghai Expo pavillion, Thomas Heatherwick, has collaborated on a new version of the classic Routemaster bus. Full artcile in DeZeen here I like the sound of the greener internal workings. But, first impressions of the bus design – a bit of a dated compromise?I think BoJo might be spot on with 'swooshy'. Am cynically wondering if the appointment of Heatherwick was a bit of PR gimmick. Love or loathe? Am sure we'll be treated to plenty of soundbites from old cockney characters saying, "ooh well it aint as nice as the old one is it?" What do you lot reckon? Incidentally, you may remember we've had previous with the old Routemasters, at our Glasgow launch... Mon, 17 May 2010 14:09:04 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_New-Heatherwick-Routemaster-design/BLOG/2341746/126249.html emlyn 2010-05-17T14:09:04Z Central Station Ding Ding! Bus-spotter's and design geeks alert – Thomas Heatherwick does Routemaster update.   The man behind the current UK Shanghai Expo pavillion, Thomas Heatherwick, has collaborated on a new version of the classic Routemaster bus. Full artcile in DeZeen here I like the sound of the greener internal workings. But, first impressions of the bus design – a bit of a dated compromise?I think BoJo might be spot on with 'swooshy'. Am cynically wondering if the appointment of Heatherwick was a bit of PR gimmick. Love or loathe? Am sure we'll be treated to plenty of soundbites from old cockney characters saying, "ooh well it aint as nice as the old one is it?" What do you lot reckon? Incidentally, you may remember we've had previous with the old Routemasters, at our Glasgow launch... bojo, design, heatherwick, london, routmaster nonadult false New Heatherwick Routemaster design text blog bojo,design,heatherwick,london,routmaster 88 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 2341746 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Picture-3png/PHOTO/9312364/126249.html Mon, 17 May 2010 14:01:26 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Picture-3png/PHOTO/9312364/126249.html emlyn 2010-05-17T14:01:26Z Central Station nonadult false Picture 3.png photo 29 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 9312364 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_APB-Subterranean-Homeless-Design-Blues/VIDEO/1007795/126249.html aye, i know this is a bit embarrasing... but seeing as it got your attention it'd be good to know what you think about the point i'm trying to get across. oh and big cheers to mathieu for grabbing his guitar and quickly learning the tab to this, and to genny for carrying on filming whilst it started hailing! aye, i know this is a bit embarrasing... but seeing as it got your attention it'd be good to know what you think about the point i'm trying to get across. oh and big cheers to mathieu for grabbing his guitar and quickly learning the tab to this, and to genny for carrying on filming whilst it started hailing! Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:56:54 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_APB-Subterranean-Homeless-Design-Blues/VIDEO/1007795/126249.html emlyn 2010-04-30T15:56:54Z Central Station aye, i know this is a bit embarrasing... but seeing as it got your attention it'd be good to know what you think about the point i'm trying to get across. oh and big cheers to mathieu for grabbing his guitar and quickly learning the tab to this, and to genny for carrying on filming whilst it started hailing! apb, design, exhibitions, scotland nonadult false APB: Subterranean Homeless Design Blues video apb,design,exhibitions,scotland 173 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 3 7 1007795 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Another-Opening/BLOG/2305189/126249.html Pssst. Glasgow's best kept art secret? Nomi's Kitchen. A cool flat in St Vincent Crescent which the owner has turned into a gallery. I've been once before and watched Helena Ohman MacCardle's and Victoria Skogsberg's curated films... This time there's an opening a day between 6-8 (during GI) resulting in a cumulative installation of works reacting to one another. Brilliant artists and soup and bread for £2. All details here: http://nomiskitchen.com/ Pssst. Glasgow's best kept art secret? Nomi's Kitchen. A cool flat in St Vincent Crescent which the owner has turned into a gallery. I've been once before and watched Helena Ohman MacCardle's and Victoria Skogsberg's curated films... This time there's an opening a day between 6-8 (during GI) resulting in a cumulative installation of works reacting to one another. Brilliant artists and soup and bread for £2. All details here: http://nomiskitchen.com/ Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:13:17 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Another-Opening/BLOG/2305189/126249.html emlyn 2010-04-19T13:13:17Z Central Station Pssst. Glasgow's best kept art secret? Nomi's Kitchen. A cool flat in St Vincent Crescent which the owner has turned into a gallery. I've been once before and watched Helena Ohman MacCardle's and Victoria Skogsberg's curated films... This time there's an opening a day between 6-8 (during GI) resulting in a cumulative installation of works reacting to one another. Brilliant artists and soup and bread for £2. 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Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:28:10 GMT http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_White-Bikes-david-dale-2/PHOTO/8613705/126249.html emlyn 2010-04-19T11:28:10Z Central Station White bikes spotted at David Dale Gallery – ATypical Root Launch Party, 19/4/10. nonadult false White Bikes @david dale 2 photo 77 0 0.0 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=9926555&as=126249 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/126249/photos/PHOTO_5190196_126249_9926555_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 8613705 9926555 Bronze 515 http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_White-Bikes-david-dale-1/PHOTO/8613701/126249.html White bikes spotted at David Dale Gallery – ATypical Root Launch Party, 19/4/10. White bikes spotted at David Dale Gallery – ATypical Root Launch Party, 19/4/10. 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