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Nafa partners top UK arts, design university to offer more courses
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) graduate Chen Jiaqi (left) talking to Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat about his work, a jewellery collection, at the launch of the partnership yesterday. Mr Heng is flanked by Nafa president Tan-Soh Wai Lan (second from left) and chairman Low Sin Leng. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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Radiant Thought installation by Mohrman
Clay Mohrman s installation Radiant Thought might be the most comforting artwork ever. As you enter the darkened second-floor gallery in Burlington s BCA Center, parting heavy curtains to do so, the suspended assemblage greets you with slowly pulsing lights. You re immediately aware of sound oceanic oscillations, a heartbeat, a disembodied female voice. As you settle into the space around you, find a comfortable place to observe, she says invitingly. You sit on a nearby bench, obeisant. The voice continues on, gently guiding your awareness to your breath, your hands, the top of your head. Finally: Visualize your entire body, in this space, right here, relaxed and at peace. Can you see it?
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AN exhibition celebrating the natural world is being staged by the Informality gallery in Henley next month.
From Nature comprises work produced by artists from around the world with each using different materials for their pieces.
The artists are Forest + Found, Rain Wu, Jamie North, Nienke Hoogvliet, Peter Matthews, Jesper Eriksson and Harriet Hellman.
Materials include coal, wood, root and bone pigment, slag, clay and the ocean.
Forest + Found are a London-based partnership between Max Bainbridge and Abigail Booth. They have worked together since 2014 and exhibit in the UK and internationally.
Wu is a British-Taiwanese artist and architect living and working in London. Her work is conceptually driven and produces a range of art from drawing, sculpture and food performance to architectural installation.
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CFP: “Consent not to be a single being: Worlding the Caribbean” (Symposium)
[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Here is a call for papers for the symposium entitled “Consent not to be a single being: Worlding the Caribbean” to be held in London UK and/or online (depending on what the future holds) in December 2021 (exact dates to be announced). The deadline for submission of abstracts is April 6, 2021, 6:00pm UTC.
Description (from Transnational at Tate): Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational (HTRC:T), University of the Arts London (UAL) and Transnational and Transcultural Arts and Culture Exchange (TrACE) are pleased to announce a jointly organised symposium entitled “Consent not to be a single being: Worlding the Caribbean”. As part of the Worlding Public Cultures London Academy, the symposium takes the Caribbean and Caribbean thought as a starting point to reconsider global histories of art in the context of m
CircleSquare introduces first two hires from Graduate Creative Talent Program
December 22, 2020 Comments Off on CircleSquare introduces first two hires from Graduate Creative Talent Program
The first two University of the Arts London program graduates have joined the CircleSquare office in Hong Kong
Retail marketing and experience agency CircleSquare has announced the appointment of the first two graduates from its Creative Talent Program.
University of the Arts London (
UAL) and the first two graduates
Chloe Tabarie and
Hong Kong office to work alongside senior creatives on digital, content and experiential design.
The program aims to keep CircleSquare ahead of emerging trends driven by Chinese brands arming themselves to compete on the international stage. These are coming to the fore alongside developments brought about by Chinese consumers who require different marketing strategies.