News
Thursday 4 September 2008
Creative talent staging art and design exhibition (Making - The Future 2, September 10 - October 17)
Giant inflatable sculptures which represent the fragility of humankind as they gradually collapse will be among the eye-catching exhibits at a showcase of Nottingham Trent University graduates' art and design work. Breathe in and Hold it features as part of the Making – The Future 2 exhibition, an inspiring collection of work by recent graduates from the School of Art and Design and School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment.
Undergraduate and postgraduate projects will be on show from September 10 to October 17, spanning a range of courses including fine art, decorative arts, photography, graphic design, textile design and fashion knitwear design and knitted textiles.
Kate Lawrence's project features 3m long x 2m high clear cubes made from plastic dust sheets carefully ironed together to trap the air inside. The sculptures, which slowly deflate over two days, get their inspiration from breathing and mortality, and the notion that people are fragile and can easily break.
"People are usually quite amazed when they see the sculptures, they are really light so tend to move around as visitors walk past them and react to them," said Kate, who studied BA (Hons) Fine Art at the university.
Other work includes photography by Stephen Turner who develops photographs onto glass plates, and, by using spotlights, projects their shadows to merge and fuse into new images. He is showing two pieces both depicting a hand grasping upward for an object, Eve, for an apple, and Pandora, for a locked casket.
Stephen, an MA Photography graduate, said: "Using a simple process I aim to explore myths and the various function of symbols, and alter the traditional photography format to involve a greater sense of materiality and presence."
BA (Hons) Textile Design graduate, Claire Caudwell, is showing a stunning digitally printed and hand-painted length of floral fabric, which focuses on colour, shape and scale and is aimed for the fashion and interior markets. And BA (Hons) Fashion Knitwear Design and Knitted Textiles graduate, Alexa Clark, will exhibit three designs from her collection which were shown at the prestigious Graduate Fashion Week earlier this year.
The Dean of Nottingham Trent University's School of Art and Design, Ann Priest, said: "This important exhibition of our undergraduate and postgraduate students' work demonstrates how craft skills, the innovative use of media materials, and expertise in technologies, link all practices in art and design.
"The aim of the exhibition is to inspire and motivate returning students and staff, and we hope that members of the public will also visit to see this exciting work in a new context."
The exhibition will take place across the university's Bonington Building, Waverley Building and Sir Harry and Lady Djanogly Gallery.
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Notes for editors: The exhibition will be open from 10am-5pm Monday to Thursday, and 10am-4pm Friday to Sunday. Admission is free. There will be a private view on September 24 from 6-8pm.
For further information please contact telephone: +44 (0)115 848 8436 or email: makingthefuture@ntu.ac.uk
Or visit www.makingthefuture.co.uk
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