Week three: 23–27 January
Weekly exhibition: Rooluh
MA Art and Science present Rooluh, an exhibition of recent artworks by students that explores how storytelling and language can be used to transmit complex ideas in art and science.
Events are on a first come, first served basis.
Tuesday 23 January
11am – 6pm: Experimental encounters by MA Art and Science students
1–2pm: Lunchtime conversation: with Esi Eshun and Kathryn Yussoff
Professor of Inhuman Geography at Queen Mary University, Kathryn Yussoff’s work is centred on dynamic earth events such as abrupt climate change, biodiversity loss and extinction. She is interested in how these “earth revolutions” impact social thought.
Esi Shun is a London-based multidisciplinary artist and independent researcher. She works primarily with text, sound and performance to investigate some of the socio-economic, psychological and philosophical contradictions of colonialism, and its continuing geopolitical and ecological significances.
Wednesday 24 January
11am – 6pm: Experimental encounters by MA Art and Science students
4–5.30pm: Consensus (Talk)
Consensus is a songwriter, MC, rapper, producer, poet, video editor and the founder of A/V Revolution. Consensus will deliver a talk on his work and will share some of his music. His recent album draws on physics and science to explore the “Origins of the Universe” through the medium of rap music.
Thursday 25 January
11am – 6pm: ‘incidental’ (Performance)
Performances from across the Art programme selected by Helena Goldwater (Course Leader, BA Fine Art) and John Seth (Pathway Leader 4D, BA Fine Art), taking place throughout the day.
Friday 26 January
11am – 2pm: TURNING THE TABLES: Remaking Practice Research with Marketa Uhilrova and Caterina Albano
1–2pm: STILL life: Drop-in drawing activity
2–5.30pm: How to cut a teacher in half with Natasha Brown
“How to cut a teacher in half” is a workshop that uses the form of practical magic tricks to explore what we, as educators, hide from students and what we choose to reveal. The workshop will take the form of a discussion and a practical making exercise.
Saturday 27 January
12–5pm: ‘Extracurricular’ with Marc Hulson and Owen Parry
‘Extracurricular’ brings Owen Parry’s exploratory model of the ‘performance hang out’ into dialogue with the deconstructed, low budget aesthetics of Marc Hulson’s ‘Metahorror’ project. A group of MA Fine Art students, staff and alumni will work together on a day-long durational performance.