swansea metropolitan university art and design exhibitions 2012

Faculty of Art & Design

GraduateExhibitionsGuide

20122 May – 7 July

Cyfadran Celf a Dylunio

2 Mai – 7 Gorffennaf

2012CanllawArddangosfeyddGraddedigion

“Studying at Swansea Met is a realexperience, by being so close tothe city centre it’s hard to miss outon the buzz of so much going on”

Chloe Mourant

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I would like to take thisopportunity of welcoming youto the exhibition programme2012, of the Faculty of Art andDesign at Swansea MetropolitanUniversity. Founded more than150 years ago, Swansea Schoolof Art (as it was known) has adistinguished tradition;described in Peter Lord's TheVisual Culture of Wales as 'themost successful and prestigiousart school in Wales'.

Today we are at the forefront ofcreativity and employment. Wehave been exhibiting studentwork throughout our long history,in Swansea, Wales, the UK, andoverseas. Students have wonawards, found employment andcommissions and have beenoffered many opportunities tofurther their work and careersfrom these exhibitions. A fewexamples of the many include:-freelance work and internshipswith Bay & Brown, Amanda Kelly,The Graduate Collection,Radley’s, Matthew Williamson,

Tigerprint, George at Asda,Watermark Publishing, Next,Abercrombie and Fitch, Toast,London CommunicationsSchool, Dentsu, Crayon, GolleySlater, Billington Cartmell, Med-co Global Exchange, Tinopolis,the Tate London, and LEGO,Denmark. This year's studentsand recent graduates havebeen celebrated in the nationalpress for their work and havewon several competitions. Just afew examples are:-

- A 2011 graduate has wonthe National Museum of WalesPortrait Commission; a secondyear student won the enterprisesection of The National WoolMuseum project and herproduct is now being sold in fourmuseum shops in Wales

- Two students who worked onthe Passion, a Michael Sheenfilm, with the Faculty’s MovingImage Wales project, havebeen invited to the premiere

- At the Screentest NationalStudent Film Festival inassociation with the BFI FutureFilm Festival, SMU was awardedthe 2012 Screentest Institute ofExcellence Award, and a newaward created this year, BestMusic Video was awarded toone of our graduates.

To see these and many moreexciting, intriguing andprofessional works please visit ourexhibitions and screenings atvarious venues in Swansea andLondon.You are also very welcome toattend our private views.

Hoffwn fanteisio ar y cyfle hwni’ch croesawu chi i raglenarddangosfa 2012 CyfadranCelf a Dylunio PrifysgolFetropolitan Abertawe. Wedi’isefydlu dros 150 blynedd yn ôl,mae gan Ysgol Gelf Abertawe(fel y’i galwyd) draddodiadnodedig; fe’i disgrifiwyd yn ‘TheVisual Culture of Wales’ PeterLord fel ‘the most successful andprestigious art school in Wales’.Heddiw, rydym yn rheng flaencreadigrwydd a chyflogaeth.

Rydym wedi bod yn arddangosgwaith myfyrwyr trwy gydol einhanes hir yn Abertawe, yngNghymru, yn y DU, a thramor.Mae myfyrwyr wedi ennillgwobrau, wedi cael swyddi achomisiynau ac wedi caelcynnig llawer o gyfleoedd i hybueu gwaith a’u gyrfaoedd oganlyniad i’r arddangosfeyddhyn. Ymhlith yr enghreifftiau o’rrhain mae:- gwaith ar eu liwt euhun ac interniaethau gyda Bay& Brown, Amanda Kelly, TheGraduate Collection, Radley’s,

Matthew Williamson, Tigerprint,George at Asda, WatermarkPublishing, Next, Abercrombieand Fitch, Toast, LondonCommunications School,Dentsu, Crayon, Golley Slater,Billington Cartmell, Med-coGlobal Exchange, Tinopolis, TateLondon, a LEGO, Denmarc.Mae myfyrwyr y flwyddyn hon agraddedigion diweddar wedi’udathlu yn y wasg genedlaetholam eu gwaith ac maent wediennill sawl cystadleuaeth. Dymarai enghreifftiau:-

- Mae myfyriwr a raddiodd yn2011 wedi ennill ComisiwnPortread AmgueddfaGenedlaethol Cymru; enilloddmyfyriwr yn yr ail flwyddyn adranarloesedd prosiect yrAmgueddfa WlânGenedlaethol ac mae eichynnyrch nawr yn cael eiwerthu mewn pedwar siopamgueddfa yng Nghymru

- Mae dau o fyfyrwyr aweithiodd ar ‘The Passion’, ffilm

gan Michael Sheen, gydaphrosiect Moving Image Walesy Gyfadran, wedi’u gwahodd i’rpremière

- Yng Ngŵyl Ffilm MyfyrwyrCenedlaethol Screentest mewncydweithrediad â Future FilmFestival BFI, dyfarnwyd GwobrSefydliad RhagoriaethScreentest 2012, gwobr newydda grëwyd eleni, i PFA arhoddwyd y wobr FideoCerddoriaeth Gorau i un o’ngraddedigion.

I weld y rhain a llawer rhagor oddarnau o waith cyffrous,diddorol a phroffesiynol, ewch i’nharddangosfeydd mewngwahanol leoliadau ynAbertawe a Llundain. Hefyd,mae croeso i chi fynychu einrhagolygon preifat.

Professor Andrea Liggins,Dean, Faculty of Art & Design,

Yr Athro Andrea LigginsDeon y Gyfadran Celf a Dylunio

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The School of Research and PostgraduateStudies offers opportunities for well qualifiedpractitioners and theorists in the fields of art,design and media to conduct supervisedresearch at MPhil and PhD levels. At taughtMasters level, the School offers programmesin Fine Art, Photography, VisualCommunication, and Textiles. All staff in theSchool are research-active, and regularlyparticipate in exhibitions, events,conferences and academic publications atan international level.

MA Fine ArtContemporary Dialogues

MA PhotographyContemporary Dialogues

MA TextilesContemporary Dialogues

MA Visual CommunicationContemporary Dialogues

MPhil

PhD

The Exhibitions

Fine Art 6

Design for Advertising 8

General Illustration 10

Graphic Design 12

Photography 14

Surface Pattern Design 16

Video 18

Foundation Art, Design & Media 20

MA Fine Art, Photography, Textiles 22& Visual Communication

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There was a great learning atmosphere...once you have tasted Swansea you willfind it difficult to leave!

Rhian Hullin,Graduate Graphic Design

The Faculty of Art and Design has aninternational reputation and has beenrecognised as a major centre in Wales forArt, Craft, Design and Media studies.

Based at the Dynevor Centre for Art, Designand Media the faculty provides an ‘ArtSchool’ experience in a contemporaryuniversity.

Our Visual Communication courses uniteboth theoretical and historical practiceswithin Art & Design, and the Graphic Design,Advertising Design and General Illustrationcourses emphiasise the strong links betweenvisual and verbal forms of communication.

BA (Hons)Design for Advertising

BA (Hons)General Illustration

BA (Hons)Graphic Design

Our Fine and Applied Arts courses offer anexciting and diverse range of programmesat BA (Hons) level. The Diploma inFoundation Studies (Art, Design & Media) isalso part of the School. We believe inproviding a stimulating and criticalenvironment in which to challenge theboundaries of contemporary Fine andApplied Arts practice. We focus on creativity,innovation and personal development,creating an energetic environment forstudents to thrive in.

BA (Hons)Fine Art – Combined Media

BA (Hons)Fine Art – Painting & Drawing

BA (Hons)Fine Art - 3D and Sculptural Practice

BA (Hons)Surface Pattern Design - ContemporaryApplied Arts Practice

BA (Hons)Surface Pattern Design - Textiles for Fashion

BA (Hons)Surface Pattern Design - Textiles for Interiors

Level 3/4 Diploma in Foundation StudiesArt, Design & Media

Our Photography and Video courses providean opportunity for a creative and theoreticaldialogue to occur between the 'still' and the'moving' image. The contemporary art andmedia industries illustrate the diversepotential for image makers to express theirpersonal views of the world; A philosophywhich is celebrated by the School whereinnovation and a creative personal visionform the basis of the programme structures.

BA (Hons)Photography in the Arts

BA (Hons)Photojournalism

BA (Hons)Documentary Video

BA (Hons)Video

BA (Hons)Video Arts

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BA (H

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Ceramics, Com

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Painting & Drawing

The Fine Art team is pleased to introduce the 2012 degree show which isthe culmination of much hard work, planning and anticipation by thegraduating students. This is their chance to showcase their work at apivotal moment between university and the professional world.Throughout the students’ time at Swansea, their studios have beenanimated places with lively discussion about the relationship betweenconcepts and the appropriate means of expressing these visually. Nomedium or method is excluded – we encourage the students to considerwhich material is most pertinent for their ideas, from fabrication topainting and drawing, to video, performance, and installation.

There is no hierarchy of medium and a flexibility of approach isparamount. The range of work shown here reflects this philosophy, with amyriad of accents and themes within the context of the ever-expandingand shifting language of contemporary arts practice.

The course offers supportand constructive criticismthrough tutorials, but allowsyou to develop your practicalwork as an individual withexcellent resources andworkshops. There aremodules to help develop theprofessional side of your workand gain knowledge ofapproaching galleries aftergraduation.

Philip Cheater Graduate Artist in Residence

Exhibition Details:

VenueSwansea Metropolitan University,Dynevor Campus

Private View:25 May

Open to the public:26 May – 2 June

Contact:Tim Davies Email: [email protected]: 01792 481285

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BA (H

ons)

Design for A

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gExhibition Details:

Venue 1:Swansea Metropolitan University,Dynevor Campus

Private View:11 May

Open to the public:12 – 19 May

Venue 2:Golley Slater, Cardiff

Private View:1 June

Venue 3:Old Spitalfields Market, London

Private View:26 June

Open to the public:27 – 28 Junewww.dandad.org

Contact:Angela WilliamsEmail: [email protected]: 01792 481285

Advertising is ubiquitous; it is embedded into our culture. Usingpersuasive visual and verbal messages to communicate an idea isfundamental to the work of the advertising creative.

This degree show is a demonstration of creative thinking delivered intangible form. The students hope to evoke, provoke and entertainand most of all create a memorable exhibition.

We hope you enjoy the experience!

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Illustration is more than just imagery. It isabout the remarkable moment whenmessage and meaning is visuallycommunicated. Often through intrigue,playful enchantment and evencontradiction, illustration seeks to delight,entertain and question the world we live in.

This year’s exhibition promises to ignite thesenses and illustrate just how diverse thiscreative discipline has become. Embracinga broader notion of this unique art form, ourgraduate show will highlight the way inwhich illustration communicates through arange of cultural and sociological means,in an ever-expanding range of media.

BA (H

ons)

Gen

eral Illustration

Exhibition Details:

Venue 1:Grand Theatre, Swansea

Private View:2 May


Venue 2:New Designers, LondonBusiness Design Centre,Islington

Private View:4 July (invite Only)

Open to the public:5 – 7 Julywww.newdesigners.com

Contact:Duncan MclarenEmail: [email protected]: 01792 481285

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BA (H

ons)

Graphic Design

Exhibition Details:


Private View:11 May


Venue 2:New Designers, LondonBusiness Design Centre,Islington

Private View:1 July (invite Only)

Open to the public:5 – 7 Julywww.newdesigners.com

Contact:David La GrangeEmail: [email protected]: 01792 481285

Graphic Design effectively and creativelyintegrates and manipulates words andimagery to inform, persuade and provokeresponses in a huge variety of areas withinthe wider visual arena (e.g. books, posters,magazines, packaging, websites).

The programme is concerned with the use ofgraphic design in publicity, advertising,information communication and visualcommunications in general. Desk-top

publishing and computer-aided designapplications are central to all studies.

This exhibition demonstrates the wide varietyof approaches that are available to thegraphic designer in a challenging andinnovative way.

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BA (H

ons) Pho

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in th

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Photography in the Arts is concerned with exploration,self-discovery and innovation through the medium ofphotography. Photojournalism enables students toundertake an intensive study of the relationship ofimage and text, the theory and practice of socialdocumentation and practical reportage using themedium of photography.

The Exhibitions

The culmination of three year’s work, students from BAPhotography in the Arts and BA Photojournalism will beexhibiting their work in Swansea and London. Thevarying backgrounds and interests of the studentscombined with the openness and encouragement toexperiment offered by the degree courses, has resultedin diverse and innovative photographic workencompassing documentary, landscape, portrait,fashion, conceptual, constructed and performativeapproaches.

Leaving Swansea with a first class honours degree, I was almostimmediately awarded The Guardian Student Photographer ofthe Year Award. This gave me some work experience at TheGuardian in London; from there I received commissions fromThe Guardian. Based in Manchester, I am now workingfreelance on documentary projects in parallel with advancingwedding photography to target affluent and internationalclients.

Paul Read, Graduate BA (Hons) Photojournalismwww.paulreadphotography.com

Exhibition Details:

Venue 1:Swansea Metropolitan University,Dynevor Campus

Private View:25 May


Venue 2:Free Range, LondonThe Old Truman Brewery,Brick Lane


Open to the public:22 – 25 Junewww.free-range.org.uk

Contact/Photojournalism

Paul DuerinckxEmail: [email protected]: 01792 481285

Contact/Photography in the Arts

Hamish GaneEmail: [email protected]: 01792 481285

BA (H

ons) Surface

Patte

rn Design:

Con

temporary Applied Arts Practice,

Textiles for Fashion &

Textiles for Interiors

Our courses focus on concepts and issues, which arerealised through a variety of innovative approachesand materials. Our multi – disciplinary programmeprovides the framework for students to developdynamic and innovative ideas. The central philosophyis to foster, yet challenge the creativity of those whoare well motivated and versatile and who will enjoyexperimenting with a range of materials.

The Exhibition

We are pleased to offer yet another diverse andstimulating exhibition from the Surface Pattern Designfinal year students. The exhibition offers a highlyimaginative and creative response from the threepathways of the course; Contemporary Applied ArtsPractice, Textiles for Fashion and Textiles for Interiors.The show includes a wide and challenging use ofmaterials, concepts and approaches, resulting in asumptuous exhibition for 2012!

‘The studio is vibrant,the atmosphere isfriendly , and the wholebuilding is a hub ofamazing creativity.’‘I love Swansea!’

Crystal and Jaime….and Suuvi (Finland)

‘Cheap living, excellent facilities,fantastic staff, sun, sea and sand!’

Georgina T.

Exhibition Details:


Private View:26 May


Venue 2:New Designers, LondonBusiness Design Centre, Islington

Private View:27 June (invite only)

Open to the public:28 June – 30 June

Contact:Linda NottinghamEmail: [email protected]: 01792 481285

‘My three years on Surface PatternDesign have opened my eyes to an arrayof techniques and opportunities withinthe design world. I have made friends forlife with both tutors and students.’

Caroline T.

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BA (H

ons) Video

, Video

Arts,

Doc

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tary Video

Our Video programmes at Swansea Metropolitan University arestructured in an innovative and flexible way that provides our studentswith the opportunity to explore this contemporary media within manyaspects of filmmaking. Our aim is to produce graduates that takeinitiative. Whether they choose a commercial or independent route,students are encouraged to develop their own personal creativedirection.

Our new 'state of the art' facilities allow sustained engagement,enabling our students to gain the confidence to express ideas throughdigital film. Students are continuously encouraged to explore and learnthe entire processes from production, editing and camera work, tosound recording.

Exhibition Details:

VenueSwansea Metropolitan University,Dynevor Campus

Private View Screening:25 May

Open to the public:25 May

Contact:Manolo LozanoEmail: [email protected]: 01792 481285

The resources and staff are greathere and we’re encouraged touse them to their full potential.The course has really helped medecide on my future career pathin the film industry as acinematographer.

Tom Gibbs, Graduate

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“I can only say that comingto this University was one ofthe best things I have everdone. University staff arecompetent and helpful. Mytutors pushed me forwardand enlightened me towardsthings I haven’t ponderedbefore. Learning wise, theprocess is smooth and alsopersonalised”

Ricardo Rodrigues

Level 3/4 Diploma in

Foun

dation Stud

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rt,Design & M

edia

In recent years Swansea MetropolitanUniversity’s Foundation Course has becomeone of the most successful in the UK with anoutstanding record of placements and passrates.

Our busy studios provide a friendly,enthusiastic atmosphere where students candevelop work and gain confidence. TheFoundation Diploma course offers the timeand space to discover where individualstudent’s strengths lie, to challenge andconfirm skills and abilities, and to successfullyidentify future directions and careers.

The Exhibition

Foundation students are required to producework, for this exhibition, at Level 4 – equivalentto the first year of BA studies - and this will bea challenging and thought-provoking end ofyear show.

Exhibition Details:

VenueSwansea Metropolitan University,Ty Bryn Glas

Private View:31 May

Open to the public:1, 6, 7, and 8 June

Contact:Bella KerrEmail: [email protected]: 01792 481285/481161

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Exhibition Details:

VenueSwansea Metropolitan University,Ty Bryn Glas


Open to the public:18 – 21 June

Contact:Dr. Paul JeffEmail: [email protected]: 01792 481285

The Art & Design Masters portfolio at SMU is,we believe, unique in Masters provision in theUK. Each programme, Fine Art, Photography,Visual Communication and Textiles, carries theaffix ‘contemporary dialogues’, and this is notmerely to denote the usual claims of inter-disciplinary practices, but it carries an ethos ofexperimental practice and multi-modalitythroughout our pedagogical remit. Studentsfrom the four pathways share a largeproportion of lectures and seminars so ideasand practices can cross-fertilise. Workshopsare offered in all disciplines to allow thestudent to supplement their skill base, andthey are encouraged early on to work acrossdisciplines in a thought experiment whereprocess based projects are disseminated inperformative ‘pecha kucha’ presentations.

There is equal emphasis on materiality as wellas potential non-material and performativeactivities. However it is up to each student todetermine their own discourse within theirchosen medium and to what extent theycreate a dialogue with other media. Someexamples: The architect becomesphotographer, the photographer becomesperformer, the performer becomesphotographer, the painter becomessituationist, the ceramicist becomes weaver,the philosopher becomes textile artist andthe painter becomes... well, painter! In truthmost students are extending their practice,the possibilities are myriad; new dialogues,new discourses, new artists, ...oh and we hada dancer become a photographer once!

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Course

General Illustration

Graphic Design

Design for Advertising

PhotographyPhotography in the ArtsPhotojournalism

VideoVideo, Documentary VideoVideo Arts

Fine ArtCombined MediaCeramics / 3D Sculptural PracticePainting & Drawing

Foundation DiplomaArt, Design & Media

Surface Pattern DesignContemporary Applied Arts PracticeTextiles for FashionTextiles for Interiors

Date

2 May

11 May

11 May

25 May

25 May

25 May

31 May

26 May

Time

19.00

18.30

19.00 – 22.00

18.00

18.30Lecture Theatre1

19.00

18.00 – 20.00

15.00 – 18.00

Dates

6 – 8 Mayclosed extendedweekend

12 – 19 MayClosed Sunday

12 – 19 MayClosed 13, 14

26 May –8 June

25 May

26 May –2 June

1 – 8 Juneclosed extendedweekend

28 May –1 June

Time

10.00 – 18.00

10.00 – 18.00

10.00 – 17.00

11.00 – 16.00

10.00 – 21.00Rooms AC202& AC204

10.00 – 16.00

10.00 – 16.00

10.00 – 18.00

Venue

Grand Theatre, Swanseawww.swansea.gov.uk

Grand Theatre, Swanseawww.swansea.gov.uk

Swansea Metropolitan University6th Floor, Dynevor Campuswww.smu.ac.uk

Swansea Metropolitan University3rd Floor, Dynevor Campuswww.smu.ac.uk

Swansea Metropolitan UniversityDynevor Campuswww.smu.ac.uk

Swansea Metropolitan UniversityDynevor Campuswww.smu.ac.uk

Swansea Metropolitan UniversityTy Bryn Glaswww.smu.ac.uk

Grand Theatre, Swanseawww.swansea.gov.ukC

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Swansea Metropolitan UniversityFaculty of Art & Design Graduate Exhibition 2012

Course

MAFine Art, Photography, TextilesVisual Communication- Contemporary Dialogues

Design for Advertising

New DesignersSurface Pattern Design

Free RangePhotography in the ArtsPhotojournalism

D&AD New BloodDesign for Advertising

New DesignersGeneral IllustrationGraphic Design

Date

15 June

1 June

27 June

21 June

26 June

4 July

Time

18.30

19.00 – 22.00

Invite only

18.00

Invite only

Invite only

Dates

18 – 21 June

6 – 15 JuneClosed weekends

28 June29 – 30 June

22 – 24 June25 June

27 June28 June

5 July 6 – 7 July

Time

10.00 – 16.00

10.00 – 17.00

10.00 – 20.0010.00 – 18.00

10.00 – 19.0010.00 – 16.00

9.30 – 19.00 9.30 – 16.30

10.00 – 20.0010.00 – 18.00

Venue

Swansea Metropolitan UniversityTy Bryn Glaswww.smu.ac.uk

Golly Slater, Cardiffwww.free-range.org.uk

Business Design Centre, Londonwww.free-range.org.uk

The Old Truman Brewery, Londonwww.dandad.org

Old Spitalfields Market, Londonwww.dandad.org

Business Design Centre, Londonwww.free-range.org.uk

Private View Open to the public

Swansea Venues:

Dynevor Campus,SwanseaMetropolitanUniversityDe-La-Beche StreetSwanseaSA1 3EUwww.smu.ac.uk

Ty Bryn Glas,SwanseaMetropolitanUniversity High Street,Swansea,SA1 1NEwww.smu.ac.uk

Swansea GrandTheatre Singleton St,Swansea,SA1 3QTwww.swansea.gov.uk/grandtheatre

Cardiff Venue:

Golley Slater Wharton Place,Wharton Street,Cardiff,CF10 1GS

London Venues:

New DesignersBusiness DesignCentre52 Upper StreetLondon N1www.newdesigners.com

Free RangeThe Old TrumanBrewery91 - 95 Brick Lane,London, E1 6QLwww.free-range.org.uk

D&AD New BloodOld SpitalfieldsMarket,London,E1 6AA

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The Faculty holds open days throughout the year,for further details please visit our website: www.smu.ac.uk

Swansea Metropolitan UniversityFaculty of Art and DesignDynevor Centre for Art, Design and MediaDe-La-Beche StreetSwanseaSA1 3EU

Tel: 01792 481285Email: [email protected]

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