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- Degree Show website launched by final year students of Contemporary Lens Media
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- Would you like to see Open Houses come to Heanor?
- Conservation at the Carfax Tower, Oxford
- Head of School exhibits at Sam Scorer Gallery, Lincoln
- New Art in Lincoln over Bank Holiday weekend
| Degree Show website launched by final year students of Contemporary Lens Media Posted: 10 May 2013 04:06 AM PDT  Creative Exposure is the name of the Degree show from graduating students of BA (Hons) Contemporary Lens Media and is now available to view online. The show previews on Friday 31 May (invitation only) and continues through to 14 June. This year the show is located in the Architecture building on the University's main Brayford campus, as the programme relocated earlier this year to this site after many successful years at Thomas Parker House on Silver Street / Freeschool Lane. Other Art and Design programmes showing at the Architecture building this year include Jewellery and Object, Fashion, Animation, and Product Design. |
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| Conservation at the Carfax Tower, Oxford Posted: 09 May 2013 10:17 AM PDT  A site visit to Oxford was made on 8 April 82013 by Paul Croft and Dr Rachel Faulding (above) of Crick Smith, the commercial arm of our Conservation and Restoration department, to assess and sample the 16th century statues (currently in the care of Oxford Museum) to see what evidence remains of the early allocation of colour.  Paint samples were removed from both the originals and replicas for comparison, along with samples removed from the bells themselves and the traces of paint on the inscription above.  The Carfax tower is all that remains of the 13th century church of St. Martin's in central Oxford. The church had undergone significant rebuilding during its lifetime, with the early nave and chancel being demolished in 1819 and rebuilt. This new structure survived only until the end of the 19th century when the nave and chancel were again demolished to make way for a new road widening scheme, leaving only the tower still standing.  The remaining clock and striking "quarter boys" are now a popular tourist attraction, but have suffered over time, requiring a programme of restoration and repainting. The earliest account of the quarter boys is entered in the council minutes of November 24th 1592 appointing Tomas Bull for the "repairinge and kepinge of the clocke jacks, chyme and dyall at Carfoxe during his life".   When the early church was demolished in 1819 the clock, quarter boys and bells were removed and stored in the Town Hall until 1898 when the clock was reconstructed by Payne & Son of Oxford who reported that the clock now had sufficient power to work the quarter boys if they were replaced. The dial and accessories were subsequently erected on the east wall beneath a gabled pediment displaying the carved lettering FORTIS EST VERITAS (Truth is Strong) – the motto on the Oxford coat of arms. The original 16th timber quarter boys were later replaced with metal replicas and painted in blue, scarlet and gold, with flesh, hair, eyes and lips picked out accordingly. Research and analysis by Crick Smith using optical microscopy with UV fluorescence has defined the historic colour schemes on the 16th century statues and approval has been granted by the local Conservation Officer to repaint the replicas in the early colours defined by this research exercise. This means an end to the blue jackets and gilded helmets on the replicas – both if which were originally painted in a grey oil paint, presumably to resemble steel. Red and grey belts and skirts with additional gilding in gold leaf to the sandal straps and shoulders. All flesh tones remain a dull pink with the hair and moustaches picked out in dark brown. Evidence was also uncovered for the bells and portico inscription being originally gilded. |
| Head of School exhibits at Sam Scorer Gallery, Lincoln Posted: 09 May 2013 07:53 AM PDT  This exhibition, By-Product Exchange Society, comprising small collages, drawings and photographic works by UKartist Alec Shepley, documents the informal or 'unofficial' side of his practice. Stretching back over fifteen years of creative practice and referencing partial, cut, defaced or torn images, broken or wonky structures and using fragmentary and fragile/waste materials found on the floor of his studio, gallery stores and in skips etc, these works draw together his 'workings out'. In other words, they are the more intimate and reflective by products often made on a domestic scale i.e. on the kitchen table, and in the stolen moments during larger, more formal gallery projects.  These works reflect his concerns around interrupting or diverting the 'narrative flow' of the image and provide and insight into his broader project to advance the idea of art as a moment of exchange and resist the notion of the institutionalization or commodification of art.  The exhibition runs from 1-12 May at the Sam Scorer Gallery, Drury Lane, Lincoln and is open daily 10am – 4pm. |
| New Art in Lincoln over Bank Holiday weekend Posted: 09 May 2013 07:30 AM PDT  Red Herrings and Chinese Whispers will take place over the May bank holiday, 25 - 27 May, bringing new artists commissions to Lincoln alongside artist's films, talks and one off events. Exploring the history and rumour of a small inconspicuous island located in the heart of the city centre, Lincoln Art Programme will draw upon historical reference and geographic insight to bring artistic interpretations to the Brayford. Artist commissions include a new floating neon work by Tim Etchells looking at the parallels between the Brayford Pool and a small adjacent pond, an excursion around the Island with Blue Firth on a swan pedalo accompanied by an audio piece that responds to your GPS location and a procession by Ian Giles which ends in the ceremonial smashing of a future archaeological find. Lincoln Art Programme have collaborated with NABROAD, to commission Norwegian artists Benedicte Clementsen and Kurt Johannessen, who have developed new performances in response to the Brayford site. Benedicte's performance responds to the islands single willow tree and looks at local mythology, whilst Kurt Johannessen presents a performance that questions visible realities. Alongside the commissions will be screenings of The Creation As We Saw It by Ben Rivers, as well as a programme of talks by artists, historians and geographers which will present an alternative view of the Islandfrom the river banks. PROJECT HUB Throughout the weekend Lincoln Art Programme will be housed within the Lincoln Canoe Club Hub, on the Brayford Wharf East. Here you will be able to collect a printed programme, sign up for talks and events and access further resources. |
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