Shanghai Exhibition 9–12 October 2014 Cass staff and alumni participated in the Shanghai International Silversmithing and Jewellery Art Exhibition 2014, included Charlotte Gorse, Ellie Corp, Juliette Bigley, Kerstin Haigh, Mah Rana, Marianne Forrest, Maarit Liukkonen, Mara Irsara and Elizabeth Auriol Peers. Gone Too Far 10 October 2014 Cass Film alumna Destiny Ekaragha’s debut feature Gone too far opens in UK cinemas. The movie, which earned four stars in Time Out, is a coming-of-age story written by the award-winning Bola Agbaje, based on her Olivier-winning play. Eschewing clichéd urban narratives of gun crime and drug use, Gone too far focuses on two estranged brothers over a single day as they meet for the first time and struggle to accept each other for who they are. Young Masters Art Prize 14–31 October 2014 Cass Fine Art graduate Bex Massey was shortlisted for the Young Masters Art Prize, which celebrates artists who ‘pay homage to the skills and tradition of the past’. Her work was exhibited alongside the other shortlisted artists at Sphinx Fine Art in Kensington.
Lunchbox Lectures November 2014 The Cass School of Art announced a programme of Monday lunchtime lectures where artists give talks in exchange for their lunch. NEWS: Professor Announces Election Campaign November 2014 Cass Associate Professor in Fine Art Bob and Roberta Smith announced he would stand against Michael Gove in Surrey Heath constituency – part of an ongoing campaign to raise awareness of the importance of art in education. Trace 6–16 November Cass ceramicist Fred Gatley presented his new works at Trace – Artists in Search of a Landscape at APT (Art in Perpetuity Trust) Gallery in Deptford. Book Launch in São Paulo: Unevenness 7 November 2014 Unevenness reflects on Unit 3’s interests in looking and ideas. The book contains selected drawings and texts that articulate the students’ engagement with and speculations on São Paulo’s downtown area, alongside transcriptions of selected lectures given as part of last year’s Brazil Programme at the Cass in London.
#MOSN: Museum of the Shared Now 20–24 October 2014 Cass alumna Nye Thompson created an interactive art experience for London Met Connect Week. The Museum of the Shared Now was a series of experiments in creating an enhanced sense of community in the Holloway Road area as part of Islington Exhibits.
Mirror City November–December 2014 Cass lecturers Pil & Galia Kollectiv showed new work at the Hayward Gallery as part of the Mirror City exhibition. Concrete gown for immaterial flows, a newly commissioned sculptural installation, was accompanied by a series of performances of Nathan Alterman’s ‘Morning Song’.
The Palace that Joan Built October 2014 – April 2016 Cass Fine Art lecturer Mel Brimfield collaborated with songwriter and composer Gwyneth Herbert on a project for Art on the Underground at Stratford Underground Station. Inspired by the legacy of leading theatre director Joan Littlewood, and coinciding with the centenary of her birth.
Chinese Whispers 6–23 November 2014 Cass Fine Art alumna Patricia Shrigley was one of the artists exhibiting in the Chinese Whispers project at Karin Janssen Project Space. The exhibition united UK and Netherlands-based artists. Ex–Factory
PARTICIPATE! 24 October 2014 One-day symposium on participation in learning and teaching at the Cass. Speakers included Cécile Tschirhart, Rosemary Stott, Sandra Denicke, Sandra Sinfield, Debbie Holley and Torange Khonsari. Tokyo Design Week Winner October 2014 Cass lecturer Onur Ozkaya, who teaches Studio 4 Interior Architecture and Design, won a first prize award at the prestigious Dare to Dream design awards in Tokyo. The award-winning project proposed a new chair prototype that developed by exploring the performative qualities of the traditional Japanese kimono dress. Jiao Tong visit 14 November 2014 A delegation from the prestigious Shanghai University toured the faculty with key staff. The visit followed a trip to the Jiao Tong campus by Charlotte Gorse, Associate Dean and Head of the School of Design.
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Mel Brimfield Barbara and Henry – The Musical 18 November – 13 December 2014 Site Gallery, Sheffield Barbara and Henry – The Musical at the Site Gallery in Sheffield is an exploration of an imagined relationship between revered sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, conceived by artist and Cass lecturer Mel Brimfield and singer-songwriter Gwyneth Herbert.