Hackney Transients Art Project

The aim of the Hackney Transients Art Project (HTAP) is to celebrate the transient nature of the people of Hackney and the positive effect they have on their community.

Artist need only email examples of recent work and write 150 words as to why they think the project is a good idea. Deadline 7th December 08.

Volunteers just need to drop us an email to tell us a little about them. Interviewees are ongoing from now until March 2009.

Full outline and how to apply hackneytransientsartproject.blogspot.com

Or download an application pack here.

More info email
info.htap@gmail.com

It is not uncommon to hear the people you meet in Hackney say they were not born here, but moved into the area from other parts of the UK, and the rest of the world, before making Hackney their home. Some stay a few years, others for decades, both taking and giving back to their community in a positive way.

BAA Expo & Goldsmiths

Goldsmiths and BAA have joined forces to create a unique contemporary art and design project: the Goldsmiths/BAA Expo Award with afMMXII. Goldsmiths students from all levels and disciplines have proposed innovative installations for Heathrow Terminal 5, culminating in the commission of two artworks for Departures.

This new partnership started last year and has developed into a meaningful and original project. 70 students in 28 teams originally put ideas forward for the installation. Seven of these teams were invited to develop their concepts and presentations with support from BAA, Goldsmiths, world-leading design and communication agency Imagination and cutting-edge art organization afMMXII.

Heathrow’s role as a gateway for the UK and an international crossroads for the world makes Terminal 5 a dynamic public space that is full of potential for creative intervention. The brief evoked diverse, innovative responses from Goldsmiths’ students, who explored such themes as: air travel as a collapse in time and space; the airport as a temporal, non-place of super-modernity; critical awareness of environmental sustainability; global networks of knowledge and connectivity; and the glamour of flight.

Goldsmiths is internationally renowned for contemporary art and forward thinking design. This challenging collaboration between BAA and Goldsmiths forms a new channel for exploring potential relationships between commerce and creative practice. It has generated a fascinating and mutually beneficial critical dialogue between these two influential partners.

After a final presentation, the 2 winning teams were decided by a panel that included Andrew Shoben, Professor of Public Art at Goldsmiths, and Cathy de Monchaux, Goldsmiths’ alumna and international artist. Andrew and Cathy went on to mentor the students through the award process, lending professional insight and critique.

The winning teams were: Sally Hogarth and Emma Johnson who put forward ‘Taking Place’ - a multi media light installation with video imagery from the departure lounges of airports from all over the world; and Lobby, a five strong collaboration who put forward ‘Arc’ - an arc-shaped structure covered with blue Rimex, the edges illuminated by white LED lights behind a band of frosted perspex.

As a result of this collaboration, these artworks will be displayed for 2 months at Heathrow Terminal 5. The works will be displayed simultaneously on the top floor at Terminal 5 from 13 September – 30 October as part of the 2008 London Design Festival.

Art in the Carpark - Liverpool

10th - 17th Sept 2008: Art in the Car Park was a diverse group show in response to the CCP Car Park, Liverpool. The result was a body of new artwork that weaves into the social, economic, political, historical and geographical situation of the site and the city at large.

In the 80s, CCP Car Park, based in the heart of Liverpool, housed the offices of a car-sales business. After it was abandoned, it remained dormant in the portfolio of property developers until its rehabilitation by The Art Organisation (TAO) this year. TAO respond to the unique situation of a city in regeneration, negotiating the use of empty buildings for use as rich and compelling temporary space for artists and art.

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afMMXII Fellows

afMMXII runs on a three-tier system as follows:

1. Founders
2. Fellows (AFFs)
3. Artists

The role of the fellows is to assist in the organisation, development and management of individual projects or initiatives, as well as assisting the founders in establishing new projects and opportunities. Our AFFs are all volunteers as well as practicing artists, with wide ranging backgrounds and good insight into the current workings of the arts.

If you would like to help us out and become an AFF, please contact us at fellows@af2012.org telling us a little bit about yourself, your experiences with the art world, and any skills you can bring to the team.