Designing Alternatives symposium
Wednesday 13 June 2012, 11.45 – 17.00
Evolution House Boardroom
Edinburgh College of Art
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Masters in Communication Design
Tuesday 15th May – Sunday 3rd June 2012 / Private View 6pm Thursday 17th May 2012
Work by recent graduates of the Masters in Communication Design at The Glasgow School of Art — Tess Barnard, Laura Frame, Nadine Khatib, Chris Kohler and Kat Sicard. Exploring themes of life, evil, identity, discovery and spatial relationships.
A collection of work created with the sole intention of being displayed within the context of this event.
Music consisting of a systematic playlist of vinyl played in ascending bpm order will take place throughout the night.
Limited free booze.
Friday 18th May
Upstairs gallery
Art School Union.
kieran startup / gareth lindsay
Running over 3 nights next week, G.P. Talks are embracing modern technology* to bring you talks and presentations from designers, printers, illustrators, writers and independent publishers around the world. All at 6pm (ish) in Goodpress @ Mono, Kings Court, Glasgow, Northwest Europe.
Featuring:
Tues 1st May: Catalogue + Benjamin Critton
Wed 2nd May: Megawords + Junk Jet
Thursday 3rd May: Jessica Williams + Ditto Press
Organised by Good Press and Communication Design GSA
Free tickets, and links to participants websites and more info, here: G.P. Talks
Image: Megawords
*skype, a laptop, a projector and a set of speakers.
GSA Pecha Kucha X is on Wednesday 25th April, 6 ish, Students Union, and Vis Com are representing, on a number of levels.
Feat. Edwin Pickstone, Tassy Thompson, Malcolm Murdoch, Michael Dougal, Craig Mulholland, Ian McIlroy, Lauren Currie and Ainsley Roddick (the Duchy), plus more t.b.c.
From Solveig: If you like Music, Palestine, Poetry, or Socialism, then you should buy a ticket for this fundraiser.
starring: Alasdair Roberts, Liz Lochhead, Tom Leonard, Roy Bailey, and more!
Tickets £10 -Unwaged,
£13 – Waged.
Phone 0141 352 4900 for tickets.
Poet, Playwright, and Scots Makar, Liz Lochhead, will be reading;
Singer and guitarist, Roy Bailey, (the man Tony Benn called “…the greatest socialist folksinger of his generation,”) will be playing;
The inimitable poet, essayist and activist Tom Leonard will perform;
Acclaimed folk artist Alasdair Roberts will play a solo set;
Gaelic musician Gillebride Macmillan will be singing;
And rising star of the Scottish Poetry Scene, Billy Letford, will read from his upcoming collection.
All profits will go to funding a trip for Musicians and Poets in Glasgow – including Billy, Liz and Gillebride – to go out to the West Bank, run workshops in the refugee camps around Bethlehem and perform in East Jerusalem. A return trip for Palestinian writers and musicians in planned for 2013, and hopefully we will form an ongoing cultural link and forum for Scottish solidarity with those in Glasgow’s twin city in occupied Palestine.
Interesting Parallel Worlds, in relation to corporate sponsorship of arts and culture.
In talk update news:
The talk from Nick Tweedie that was going to be on the 24th Feb has had to be rescheduled to the 11th May, Term 3, and will also feature illustrator Emily Chappell.
In addition, we’ve a talk on Monday the 5th March. The format for this is slightly different to normal in that it will talk place in the evening in the convivial environment of the Student Union (downstairs), and the point of emphasis will be slightly different, but all that will become apparent on the evening. It’s free but ticketed, and open to anyone who wants to come along, so tell your friends. It features;
—Lizzie Malcolm (Lust/NL) / http://lustlab.net/
—Found Collective / http://foundcollective.com/
—Malcy Duff (Usurper) / http://gianttank.tumblr.com/
If you’d like to come along, get tickets here: Would Work. [01]
It’s dead easy.
Pictured: Brave New Alps, Fortezza Open Archive, from Reading Forms blog
Congratulations to everyone who did such a great job with the Work in Progress exhibition. On a similar topic we were recently alerted to this Reading Forms Blog, ‘Exhibiting Graphic Design Exhibitions‘. It’s interesting to compare a range of different contexts for exhibiting design, and while there is no written narrative, it’s a really useful visual resource to reference, and seems to be fairly regularly updated.
(Thanks to Matt from GoodPress for the link)
Upcoming exhibition at Good Press; Opening 16th February 2012, 6pm.
A solo exhibition of works by Benjamin Rawson.
Anja sent in this following link, from the Mobile Museum, calling for submission on the theme of money. If you a) did the currency project, b) did the banking project, or c) are the head of the Royal Bank of Scotland, you might be interested in submitting some work. Thanks to Anja for the link.
You’ve read about the exhibition, now consider the possibility of perhaps coming to the after-party.
GSA Pecha Kucha VIII. Follow that link there for tickets.
With; Sarah Smith, Lucie Potter, Simon Chadwick, Tony Dunworth, Donald Barr, David Reat, Edward Alexander, Fi Scott, Dress for the Weather, Kate V Robertson and Nathalie De Brie.
Wed 1st Feb. Students Union. 6pm.
Recent work by Chris Kohler.
Friday 27th January
Downstairs Space
Skypark Gallery
5 – 8pm
Announcing Glasgow School of Art’s 4th Year Visual Communication Work in Progress show!
Preview
Thurs 2 Feb. 7-9pm
The Glue Factory
22 Farnell Street
G4 9SE
Exhibition Week Opening Times:
3-9 Feb. 12-6pm
Sponsored by Williams Brothers Brewery.
More info here.
Folk might be interested in this forthcoming event: I personally have some questions about the idea of ‘occupy design’ but undoubtedly the event will be a melting pot of ideas and proposals and one which could lead to some interesting outcomes.
‘This Space Is Not For Hire’ will take place at the Bank of Ideas, an occupied former bank near Liverpool Street Station.
Running across the afternoons of Saturday the 28 and Sunday 29 January 2012, will be a range of talks on topics such as: radical forms of communication and design activism; the precariousness of design employment; and exposing and reflecting upon the ways design is used to give a friendly veneer to the worst kinds of Corporate behaviour.
via Eye blog » Higher ground. Occupy Design is an opportunity to change design, and design for change..
Designs of the Year 2012: Nominations are announced.
Talks this term in Com Des are posted here, for your perusal.
First up, this coming Friday:
13th Jan – Ciara Phillips and Bill Goldsmith (4pm / 2nd Year Studio)
Announcing the next exhibition at Good Press – ’It Is As It Was’ – with some international and UK based artists showing some recent work. The opening night will be on the 12th January and there will be free drinks. All welcome.
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