Somehow You and I Collide showcased the works of over 70 postgraduate art students in the first year of their course, be it MA Art and Science, MA Fine Art or MA Photography at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. Housed in the underground post-industrial space of Mangle in London’s East End, the […]
February 2017 saw the twentieth anniversary of the cloning of Dolly the Sheep. To mark this event, MA Art and Science first-year student Julie Light co-curated and exhibited a show with Just Glass, a group of established and emerging glass artists. The show focused on the creative possibilities of replication, duplication and repetition using glass […]
The exhibition ‘Tracing Wastelands’ at The Depot in Clapton celebrated the work that students on MA Art and Science at Central Saint Martins produced in collaboration with the Government Office of Science. Text by Ellie Armstrong Not one to turn down a novel set of collaborators, students on the MA Art and Science course enthusiastically […]
‘Side Effects’ and ‘Why Make it Simple, When You Can Make It Complex?’ a collaboration between Arts Catalyst, Robert Whitman, The Performance Studio and MA Art and Science at Central Saint Martins Text by Nicolas Strappini, Virginie Serneels and Monika Dorniak (MA Art and Science) Phase 1: Collaboration with Robert Whitman, ‘Side Effects’ 07/10/2016 Phase 2: Arts Catalyst 29/10/2016 […]
How restrictions can make us more creative in art and teaching — Words by Stephen Bennett, with workshop observations from Lisa Pettibone and quotes from participants. Photos by Çağlar Tahiroğlu. It is October 2016. The leaves are falling, yet it is a time of fresh promise for first-year students on Central Saint Martins’ masters programme in […]
‘Cryptic – Art & Science’ was an innovative show which brought together the work of 15 international artists and scientists from the Central Saint Martins’ Postgraduate Art programme. The participating artists, who were entering the final year of their MA Art and Science studies, investigated topics including what does our genetic make-up say about us; […]
This article first appeared in Spark: UAL Creative Teaching and Learning Journal Vol 1, No 2 (2016) – reproduced with permission Event review of ‘What if… Why not? Creative Risk-taking in Art, Design and Performance’ at Central St Martins, 21st March 2016 Åinne Burke and Neus Torres Tamarit, students on MA Art and Science, Central St […]
MA Art and Science fundraising workshops, March 2016 In March 2016, MA Art and Science staff and students ran a range of creative workshops exploring observations and experimentations in art and science at Central Saint Martins. With many sessions selling out, participants gained some knowledge and hands-on experience with a range of techniques, including slime mould problem solving, […]
Name: Melanie King Year of graduation: 2013 What are you doing now? (Interview During 2013) I am doing a lot of things! I have begun an MPhil at the Royal College of Art, where I’m focusing on what I call “celestography”, which means “to draw from the heavens”. In my practice, I am working on many different […]