On 11 July, the MA Studios were open to showcase the work of MA Design Expanded Practice students this term on three Transfocality briefs, focusing on pataphysics, the Welsh seaside town of Rhyl and Tilbury Docks respectively.
Student Medina Mukhayer explains how the initial event came to be: “We were given a brief by the Wellcome Trust to create alternative narratives around mental health and to reach out to demographics that are least likely to engage with medical institutions in regard to their well being. In discovering that Afro-Caribbean barbers had taken on the role of unofficial counsellors in their communities, due to social political histories, we wanted to accredit and utilise the organic power by these spaces.
Goldsmiths Design lecturer Rose Sinclair will be running two free workshops this weekend at the V&A, focusing on black British craft, British crafting culture and questioning what constitutes black British textiles. A display from Rose Sinclair’s archive of Dorcas made and inspired memorabilia, ephemera and precious keepsakes will also be available for participants to view during the workshop sessions.
Last week’s BA Design show “The Milk Has Turned Against Us” brought cricket pizza, virtual reality, green giants and performances to Copeland Park in Peckham; the show was open to the public from 14 to 17 June.
We highlighted a few projects from the show on the blog in the weeks leading up to the exhibition; you can find them (again) by following the tag The Milk Has Turned Against Us. The video team at Goldsmiths shot a promo on Aaron Panesar’s project on masculinity:
An article featuring some of the projects from the show has also appeared on the ARTSTHREAD website.
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