20 May 14.00-16.00

Workshop: Objects Stories, led by Karen Richmond & Michael Hurley

A workshop based on constructed histories and narratives: Where did objects within the exhibition Thingness: The Collection come from and what is their story? The process would form an alternative catalogue, featuring an image of each item along with its newly acquired title and narrative.

Michael Hurley is currently a lecturer on the BA 3D Design Course at Camberwell College of Arts, (University of the Arts London). He studied Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery MA at the Royal College of Art. http://michaelhurleydesign.wordpress.com

Karen Richmond is Course Director of BA 3D Design, Camberwell College of Arts. Karen studied Sculpture at Kingston University and in 2000 studied Design Products at the Royal College of Art, London. www.karenrichmond.net

Venue: Camberwell Space; Limited places, booking required

Photo: Paolo Giudici

16 May 10.00-12.00

Workshop: Stuff to Savour, Tony Hayward

'Stuff to Savour' is a workshop that will explore the possibility of collections holding 'conversations' with us and each other; as part the Thingness: The Collection exhibition.

Tony Hayward is an artist, publisher and teacher. Forming collections as reference material is intrinsic to his work and within teaching and publishing. 'Made in India' is a unique collection of 400 artefacts of small batch-produced utilitarian objects. He has shown extensively in Europe, US and Asia and is a Visiting Lecturer at a number of institutions including the Royal College of Art and Camberwell College of Arts.

Venue: Camberwell Space; Limited places, booking required

Photo: Paolo Giudici

8 May 13.30-16.30

Workshop: Take Me Make Me, Bridget Harvey & Meghan Hutchins

Meghan Hutchins and Bridget Harvey are two makers studying MA Designer Maker at Camberwell College of Arts. They are united by their passion for materials, objects, design and process, small batch production and handwork.

Participants will be presented with small boxes of materials, and given free choice to make whatever they wish with the contents. Materials will be common place and a selection of tools and bindings will be available. Participants are also encouraged to contribute their own materials to the workshop.

Drop-in (limited places 8 people at any one time age 16+)

Bridget Harvey’s practice manifests in adornments; conceptual or practical objects for body or space, using traditional and non-traditional techniques. The works address questions about making, materials, processes and mending, allowing time to stop and think about actions, objects and choices, and to play. Bridget is exhibiting in The Geometrics at Kingsgate Gallery, and will be undertaking a residency at Anglia Ruskin University, both in April 2013. http://bridgetharvey.co.uk

Meg Hutchins is a jeweller working with a range of materials including porcelain and silver. She chooses materials for their particular sensory qualities, often using them in combination to create contrast between materials. The objects are intended to be touched, prompting interaction between wearer, object, and the wider world. Participants will be presented with small boxes of materials, and given free choice to make whatever they wish with the contents. Materials will be common-place and a selection of tools and bindings will be available. People are also encouraged to contribute their own materials to the workshop. http://meghutchins.com/

www.jmbcollective.blogspot.co.uk

Photo: Paolo Giudici

3 May 10.30-12.30

Morning Residency: Committee
(Harry Richardson & Clare Page)
Camberwell Space

Committee is a partnership between Harry Richardson and Clare Page who met whilst studying fine art. Since then they have conducted a series of experiments in commercial activity that have led them to work within the design industry.

Following their noses, rather than any defined career path, they have come to design products as varied as lighting, rugs, ornaments, furniture, textiles and wallpaper, for brands such as Established & Sons, Moooi and Lladro. During this time they have also maintained a studio practice producing self-initiated and commissioned works borne of academic interest for galleries and institutions around the world.  

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Thingness

Much of Committee’s work is based upon an investigation and reworking of existing ‘ready-made’ objects – a review of ‘things’ as they are today that asks what objects should become tomorrow.

‘It is our belief that any manufactured object - its function, its aesthetic; how it was made, how it was/is used, and how it will be discarded – offers a rich story of humanity. And that collected together, the world of objects could offer any alien in the universe all it could ever want to know about human beings – our strengths, our frailties, both physical and psychological.’

Photo: Paolo Giudici

25 April 2013

A talk by Chrystel Lebas as part of the Thingness: The Collection exhibition.
13.00-14.00
Ceramics Lecture Theatre, Peckham Road, Camberwell College of Arts
(places limited, please arrive early)

Chrystel Lebas was born in France and lives and works in London. 
A graduate from the Royal College of Art, her photographs and films have been exhibited internationally and her works are held in several private and public collections. She has published two monographs: L’espace temps-Time in Space (2003) and Between Dog and Wolf (2006) and has contributed to numerous Photography and Visual Arts journals. Stemming from her interest in looking at how landscapes contain psychological significance in relation to visually concealed histories, Chrystel Lebas employs photography and the moving image, to address a wider understanding of the complex encounter between man and nature. Lebas’s current research (part funded by UAL) supports current photographic and film works made in Scotland drawing from The Natural History Museum collection of Sir Edward James Salisbury’s Botany photographs and The National Galleries of Scotland collections of photography by John Muir Wood. Lebas is an Associate Lecturer at the UAL and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Richmond the American International University in London.

http://www.chrystellebas.com

Photo: Paolo Giudici

23 April 2013

16.30 - 17.30
Talk: Thingness, Maiko Tsutsumi
Ceramics Lecture Theatre, Peckham Road, Camberwell College of Arts
(places limited, please arrive early)

17.30 - 20.00
Thingness: The Collection, Opening event
All Welcome

16 April - 25 May 2013

Opening event: 23 April, 5.30 - 8pm

What role does the ‘materiality of things' play in our relationship to the objects we create and consume?

The above question was the starting point of the Thingness exhibition and symposium held in Camberwell College of Arts in 2011. Second in series, Thingness: The Collection presents a group of objects selected from the Camberwell Collection. Along with an accompanying series of workshops and talks, the exhibition explores the ‘affective’ potential of objects, as well as a range of approaches by artists and designers working in response to archives and collections.

The Camberwell Collection originates from a circulating collection assembled by London County Council and later Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) for educational purposes. The items in the collection were collected and circulated in schools between 1951 and 1976. The collection was acquired by Camberwell College of Arts in 1990 following the disbandment of ILEA.

Thingness: The Collection will begin with a selected group of objects. Invited artists and designers will respond to the characteristics of the objects; what they infer as their ‘presence’ in a materialist sense or ‘physiognomic appeal’, rather than its intended function. In this way, we hope to bring to light the space between the intended meaning of objects and where the projected meanings and narratives may begin to emerge.

Thingness: The Collection is facilitated by Karen Richmond (Course Director, BA 3D Design, Camberwell College of Arts) and Maiko Tsutsumi (Subject Leader, MA Designer Maker, Camberwell College of Arts), in collaboration with David Garnett (Conservation Technical Staff, Camberwell College of Arts).

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A series of talks and workshops will be taking place throughout the duration of the exhibition.

Talk: Thingness, Maiko Tsutsumi
23 April 16.30-17.30
Ceramics Lecture Theatre, Peckham Road, Camberwell College of Arts
(places limited, please arrive early)

Talk: Artists working with archives, Chrystel Lebas
25 April 13.00-14.00
Ceramics Lecture Theatre, Peckham Road, Camberwell College of Arts
(places limited, please arrive early)

Morning Residency: Committee (Harry Richardson & Clare Page)
3 May 10.30 12.30
Camberwell Space

Workshop: Take Me Make Me, Bridget Harvey & Meghan Hutchins
8 May 13.30-16.30
Camberwell Space
Drop-in (limited places 8 people at any one time age 16+)

Workshop: Stuff to Savour, Tony Hayward
16 May 10.00-12.00
Camberwell Space
(Booking required, limited places: 15 people)

Workshop: Objects Stories, Karen Richmond & Michael Hurley
20 May 14.00-16.00
Camberwell Space
(Booking required, limited places: 15 people)

Talk: Response to the Exhibition
Richard Wentworth
22 May 17.30-18.30
Lecture Theatre, Wilson Road, , Camberwell College of Arts
(Places limited, please arrive early)

Talk: The History of ILEA Collection, Maria Georgaki
Workshop: Object handling session, David Garnett
22 May 14.00-16.00
Camberwell Space
(Booking required, limited places: 15 people)

Booking and enquiries:
camberwellspace@camberwell.arts.ac.uk