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Thursday, 16 October 2014

Gustav Metzger - Facing Extinction, Serpentine Gallery & UCA Farnham Fine Art Students

An ongoing project started in 2012 between UCA Farnham Fine Art and the artist Gustav Metzger, continues this weekend with a collaboration between the Serpentine Gallery, London and UCA Farnham Fine Art students.

Gustav Metzger, James Hockey Gallery UCA Farnham. 2014

Gustav Metzger was a visiting artist at UCA Farnham in 2012 and then worked closely with the fine art team to initiate the Facing Extinction project.

Metzger's participatory work, "Mass Media: Today & Tomorrow" was exhibited in the James Hockey Gallery in Farnham earlier this year. Metzger came again to speak to UCA Farnham Fine Art students about the importance of Walter Benjamin's work and talk about the importance of art with an agenda of cultural critique and political change.

Gustav Metzger. Mass Media: Today & Tomorrow. 2014. UCA Farnham

Following the exhibition UCA Farnham Fine Art lecturer, Andrea Gregson worked closely with curator Rose Lejeune and Gustav to convene and curate the Facing Extinction Conference at UCA Farnham.

This week "Mass Media: Today & Tomorrow" returns to UCA to take a digital form as Fine Art students from Farnham will engage with the artwork for that will be then streamed live to the Serpentine Gallery as part of the 2 day Facing Extinction Marathon event.

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http://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/gustav-metzger-mass-media-todayandyesterdaycouk

Friday, 18 July 2014

UCA Farnham Fine Art Collaboration with Gustav Metzger Review in The Wire

UCA Farnham Fine Arts has been collaborating with Gustav Metzger since his lecture last year. The collaboration has resulted in the exhibition Mass Media; Today & Tomorrow in the James Hockey Gallery and the surrounding artist and student activities. The culmination was the Facing Extinction Conference in June and the subsequent exhibition in the Herbert Read Gallery.

Phil England has written a review of the Facing Extinction Conference in The Wire.

http://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/columns/phil-england_facing-extinction-with-gustav-metzger

Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Gustav Metzger in Resonance FM interview

Ahead of Facing Extinction - The Conference at UCA Farnham this weekend, Gustav Metzger gave an interview on ResonanceFM talking about the conference and his collaboration with UCA Fine Art.

resonancefm.com/archives/19509

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Thursday, 15 May 2014

Gustav Metzger at UCA Farnham Fine Art - TODAY!

The UCA Farnham Fine Art collaboration with artist Gustav Metzger, continues following the success of his exhibition "Mass Media" in the university James Hockey Gallery earlier this year. Preparations for the Facing Extinction Conference at UCA Farnham in June continue, and students were able to meet with Gustav Metzger to discuss their practice and preparation for their final graduating degree show.

The list of conference speakers in June where UCA students and prospective students will be in attendance with delegates and guests has just been updated.

http://gustavmetzgerucafarnham.wordpress.com/

Friday, 28 March 2014

Gustav Metzger - Facing Extinction. Artist Short Film Programme

As part of Facing Extinction - The Exhibition in collaboration with UCA Farnham Fine Art and Gustav Metzger, a screening of artists short film will be screene from Monday 31st until Saturday 15th March.

The programme includes artists, animators, and filmmakers selected from an international open call.

Simon Aeppli, Claire Barwell, Amanda Couch, Barnaby Dicker, Thomas Goddard, Joy Gregory, Ellie Harrison, Evy Jokhova, Miyuki Kasahara & Calum F Kerr, Simona Koch, London Fieldworks, Grant Petrey, Antje Seeger, Vishal Shah, and Vicky Smith.

Gustav Metzger will be attending the screenings on Monday 31st March.

Antje Seeger - Between the Lines 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiR5ZqjzYvo&feature=youtu.be

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Gustav Metzger - Facing Extinction Conference Speakers

The first round of speakers at the Gustav Metzger / UCA Fine Art, Farnham - Facing Extinction Conference in June have been confirmed.

http://gustavmetzgerucafarnham.wordpress.com/

Cover Image Dyrenes Verden – Pattedyr II (Animal Kingdom – Mammals II) by Ingvald Lieberkind c. 1961

Saturday, 15 March 2014

Facing Extinction, The Exhibition, Fine Art Student Responses

Students studying Fine Art at UCA Farnham submitted proposals considering the theme of Gustav Metzger and UCA collaboration "Facing Extinction". With Metzger's participatory work "Mass Media: Today & Yesterday" as the centre piece of the exhibition, students have produced work and spoken with Gustav Metzger about their responses.