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Jane Rendell,
Ossian Ward,
Miraj Ahmed & Kelly Chorpening
Site Specifics
Evening Lecture
An in-conversation event between architectural historian
Professor Jane Rendell (
UCL) and art critic and writer Ossian Ward as part of ‘Between Thought and
Space’, a collaborative research project with an exhibition at Dilston
Grove,
Southwark Park between 7 May – 7 June
2015. The discussion will explore the value of interdisciplinary approaches to site-research, in relation to the contexts of both the Dilston Grove exhibition and contemporary practice in general. ‘Between thought and space’ project leaders
Kelly Chorpening and Miraj
Ahmed will introduce and facilitate the discussion.
Between Thought and Space is an exhibition at Dilston Grove, Southwark Park where a diverse group of creative practitioners spanning areas of visual art, architecture, sound art and choreography were asked to respond to a specific space. The acquisition of knowledge begins through physical movement and close observation, and soon becomes words, drawings, photographs and recordings. How can these processes of discovery be prolonged to promote exchange and innovation? In this, there is a desire to imagine how, often in the most fleeting moments, ideas are at play.
There will be a drinks reception following the talk.
Participating Artists: Miraj Ahmed,
Isha Bøhling, Kelly Chorpening,
Pierre D'Avoine,
Shin Egashira,
Matt Franks, Issam Kourbaj,
Jeffrey T Y Lee,
Theo Lorenz,
Ian Monroe,
Foster Spragge and
Tony Thatcher.
Jane Rendell is a writer and architectural historian. Her books include Site-Writing (
2010),
Art and Architecture (
2006), and
The Pursuit of
Pleasure (
2002) and she is currently working on a new book on transitional spaces in architecture and psychoanalysis. She is co-editor of
Pattern (
2007),
Critical Architecture (2007), Spatial
Imagination (
2005), and is Professor of Architecture and Art, and
Vice Dean of
Research at the
Bartlett, UCL.
Ossian Ward is
Head of
Content at
Lisson Gallery and a writer on contemporary art. Until
2013, he was the chief art critic and
Visual Arts Editor at
Time Out London and has contributed to magazines such as
Art in America,
Art + Auction,
World of Interiors,
Esquire,
The News Statesman and
Wallpaper, as well as newspapers including the
Evening Standard,
The Guardian, the
Observer,
The Times and
The Independent on Sunday. Formerly editor of ArtReview and the V&
A Magazine, he has also worked at
The Art Newspaper and edited a biennial publication,
The Artists’
Yearbook, for
Thames &
Hudson from 2005-2010. His new book, titled
Ways of
Looking: How to
Experience Contemporary Art is published by
Laurence King.
Kelly Chorpening is an artist who exhibits internationally: Fabbrica
Europa (
Italy), Voorkamer (
Belgium),
Camberwell Space and Dilston Grove (
London). Many of her projects are co-developed as books, published by:
Studio International (
USA),
Loughborough University/
Marmalade Press,
Bright Publications (London), RGAP and Sint-Lucas Visual Arts (
Ghent), and OPAK,
FAK,
KULeuven (Belgium). Her conference presentations include: ‘Just what is it that makes today’s art schools so different, so appealing?’ (
ICA, London), ‘What makes a good drawing?’ (
The National Gallery, London), ‘
Drawing out’ (
RMIT,
Melbourne), ‘
Crossing the Line: Drawing in the
Middle East’ (RMIT Melbourne and the
American University Dubai), ‘
Camera Lucida II’ (
Royal Society London), ‘A history uncovered; A future imagined’ (
Paris College of Art,
France) and ‘DRAW2014’ (
Carnegie Mellon University, USA). She has been the
Course Leader for
B.A. (
Hons) Drawing at
Camberwell College of Arts,
UAL since 2006. www.kellychorpening.com
Miraj Ahmed is a painter and architect who has taught at the AA since
2000 - he currently is a
Unit Master of
Diploma 1. He is also an Associate Lecturer at
Camberwell College of Art and was a
Design Fellow at
Cambridge University from 2006-2014.
- published: 05 Jun 2015
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