Sankofa Whispers: Remembering, Reflecting and Reframing Screenings of contemporary films works that explore African Diasporic memory practices and knowledges, from the artists Barby Asante, Halima Haruna, Onyeka Igwe, Nuotama Bodomo, Jennifer Martin and Rhea Storr. Followed by a discussion with Barby Asante, Filmmaker, curator and DJ Rabz Lansiquot and Filmmaker, researcher and educator, Judah […]
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MARKING THE LINE: CERAMICS AND ARCHITECTURE LOCATION | Sir John Soane’s Museum, London DATE | 8 March – 27 April 2013 Artists celebrate the classical and the contemporary at Sir John Soane’s Museum In an exciting project, four leading ceramic artists have created works inspired by Sir John Soane’s house and collections, which challenge where […]
The Ceramics Research Centre (CRC-UK) is a leader in the debates surrounding international contemporary ceramic practice and critical discussion is essential to the development of the discipline. Members of the Centre are committed to exhibiting and publishing, as well as hosting and participating in conferences, symposia and dialogues. Developing from their original focus on ceramic […]
Philip Lee lives in the UK and has been performing with clay since 2003. He has a BA in Ceramics from the University of Westminster (2001) and an MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins (2007). Philip Lee is a performance artist whose essential material is his own naked body and earth materials. His […]
BIOGRAPHY Zahed Tajeddin was born in Syria; he presently lives and works in London. He studied chemistry, fine arts and ceramics and in 2006 obtained a Masters Degree in Artefact Studies from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London. Currently he is working on his PhD in the School of Media, Arts and Design […]
BIOGRAPHY Laura Breen’s PhD Re-modelling Clay: Ceramic Practice and the Museum in Britain (1970-2014) was part of the Ceramics in the Expanded Field project. She also has a BA in History of Art and Design (first class) from Manchester Metropolitan University and an MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies from The University of Manchester. This is […]
Somerset House Symposium: Matters of Life & Death LOCATION | Somerset House DATE | 10 December 2013 A one-day symposium held in association with Julian Stair’s exhibition Julian Stair: Quietus, the Vessel, Death and the Human Body. An interdisciplinary panel discussed themes arising from the exhibition including rituals surrounding death, historical cremation and burial practices, […]
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The Museum, the Artist and Intervention LOCATION | V&A Museum DATE | 10 January 2012 THE MUSEUM, THE ARTIST AND INTERVENTION Keynote speakers Alun Graves (Curator of Ceramics V&A), Professor Jorunn Veiteberg (Professor of Curatorial Studies and Craft Curator) and James Putnam (Freelance Curator) were invited to address the subject of collections, how museums can […]
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