As the end of week two approaches, students have now defined, set up and constructed their own space within the studios at UCA Farnham. Each person reveals a little about themselves in how they set up their workspace. Here are some 'portraits' of students and the things they have set up on their desks.
This weekend opening on Saturday 28th September UCA Farnham Fine Art and Arts & Media tutor Grant Petrey has work screened in the Dear Serge programme at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea.
"The term monumentality suggests qualities of inertness, opacity, permanence, remoteness, distance, preciosity, and grandeur. Yet monuments are prized precisely because they are not merely cold, hard, and permanent. They are also living vital, immediate, and accessible, as least to some parts of society."
(Monuments and Memory, Made and Unmade, 2003:3)
"A monument is what art history chooses to celebrate and proclaim as a monument."
(Monuments and Memory, Made and Unmade, 2003:2)
3 Hour Project!
On the very first day at University for the Creative Arts students studying on BA (Hons) Fine Art & BA (Hons) Arts & Media worked collaboratively to on an intense project over 3 hours.
From research to exhibition, students explored ideas around the "Monument" on this their momentous 1st day at UCA Farnham.
Inaugural Lecture
Students started the day with Amanda Couch's inaugural lecture on a range of artists who explore the monument in their work including the work of Mark Wallinger, Graham Hudson, Lottie Child and Doris Salcedo.
Students spent some time to reflect on what the project and develop their own responses before then sharing these with each other and then formulating their own project groups.
Students then developed their ideas before starting to realise and construct their Monuments.
Exhibition
Students then exhibited their Monuments in the Quad that explored a range of approaches from intervention, protest, performance and participation.
CASE
Students spent some time reflecting upon their process to write an explanation or manifesto for their response to the project and the production of their Monument that where presented in CASE outside in the Quad.
As the end of week two approaches, students have now defined, set up and constructed their own space within the studios at UCA Farnham. Each person reveals a little about themselves in how they set up their workspace. Here are some 'portraits' of students and the things they have set up on their desks.
