Fine Art Live Lecture Series presents: Emily Jones
Fine Art Lecture Series
We are delighted to invite Emily Jones to speak as part of the 2017 Fine Art Live Lecture Series.
Jones is currently exhibiting at First Continent in Balitmore, USA. Her solo exhibition, Just Us, uses commonplace materials to model archetypal forms. The natural world and its observable phenomena are translated several times over into an array of papier-mâché, gumdrops, and recycled containers.
- From: Thursday 26 October 2017, 5.15 pm
- To: Thursday 26 October 2017, 7.30 pm
- Location: Lecture Theatre 2, Newton building, Main Entrance, Nottingham Trent University, City Campus, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU
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Event details
Can you build a bridge with gumdrops and toothpicks? Why does Penelope Cruz have four gold needles pierced through her ears? How would you organise collective life without representatives?
INCREASE THE AREA OF INVIOLABLE NATURAL RESERVES TO HALF THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH OR GREATER stone soup, hot honey, green lung, concept security, percussive hunting, and every living thing that creepeth upon the earth GO BEYOND MILITARY TERMS FOR HUMAN SECURITY (decarbonise prosperity).
Emily Jones (b. 1987, Leamington Spa) now lives and works in London.
Recent exhibitions include:
- Half Earth, VEDA, Florence, 2017;
- News From Nowhere, Cordova, Vienna, 2016;
- Echolocation, Almanac Inn, Turin, 2016
- We Are The People We Have Been Waiting For, Arcadia Missa, London, 2015
Please visit Jones's website for full details about her work.
No prior booking required
This event is open to students, staff, alumni, and the general public.
Admission is free.
About the Fine Art Live Lectures Series
The Fine Art Live Lecture Series is an initiative by Nottingham Trent University's Fine Art course, whereby creative practitioners are invited to deliver a lecture to current students. The lectures are also open to staff, alumni and the general public.
Please note: The Fine Art Live Lectures take place during term-time only, complimentary refreshments are not served at these events.
The course also has an informal Facebook page giving details about forthcoming lectures.
Enquiries
For all enquiries, please email us or telephone +44 (0)115 848 8492
Image © Emily Jones
Location details
Room/Building:
Address:
City Campus
Goldsmith Street
Nottingham
NG1 4BU
Parking:
Our City Campus is located in Nottingham city centre. There are a number of public car parks within a short walk from the University – Trinity Square and Talbot Street. There is also limited metered on-street parking on Chaucer and Shakespeare Streets.
If you’re intending to park in the city centre, the closest (and largest) facilities to our City Campus are:
- Trinity Square (NG1 4BT): £4.30 - £13.00
- Talbot Street (NG1 5GG): £1.80 - £12.50
- The Victoria Centre (NG1 3QN): £3 - £15.00
Travel Info:
Visitors traveling on the tram are advised to get off at the Nottingham Trent University stop on Goldsmith Street.
Visit our travel pages for campus maps and detailed information on how to get here.
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