CSAD News
CSAD Magazine interview: Tom Palmer, BA Graphic Communication graduate on organising shows for automotive companies
17
May
Palmer describes his work as conceptual. He values the ability to participate in the early stages of a project and to help define the ideas for the project before others contribute to it.
“I work conceptually and develop sort of worlds around how things look and feel and how you feel when using them. Back when I was on the course, digital was really just emerging. It was interesting for anyone I think. The good thing about the Graphic Communication course is that it didn’t seek to make you specialist in one particular area. From early secondary school, I knew I was destined to do graphic design in one form or another. Art direction is a little bit more the birth of an idea and a project,” he explains.
Read the full interview on the CSAD Magazine website.
CSAD Graduate Lauren Nicolas: Guardian Young Documentary Film-Maker Runner-Up
16
May
Recent BA Illustration graduate Lauren Nicholas has been commended for her entry into a documentary film-making competition organised by The Intergenerational Foundation, the Guardian and the National Union of Students. Open to people between the ages of 16 and 30 the competition brief invited young film-makers to produce a film that tells us your views on the big picture or gives us a perfectly formed snapshot of your own experiences.
Entries were judged by Christopher Hird, Dominic Minghella and the Guardian’s Becky Gardiner. Lauren’s film was one of two highly commended by the judges in the Documentary category.
“Life after Uni is Lauren Nicholas’s highly commended animation in the Intergenerational Foundation young film-makers’ short film competition in association with the Guardian and the National Union of Students. It tells in an imaginative way the story of Lauren and her friends’ difficulties of finding a job after graduating” – The Guardian
You can view more of Lauren’s videos and animations on her website: www.lauren-nicholas.com
Microworld: Arcadia
08
May
Featuring the work of CSAD staff Wendy Keay-Bright and Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos, Microworld:Arcadia is a ‘living’ art space in the heart of Cardiff, filled with magical projections, robots and electronic sounds, which will grow, transform and evolve in response to user activity. For two weeks in May, visitors will be able to immerse themselves in an interactive digital wonderland.
Arcadecardiff,
Queens Arcade,
Cardiff,
CF10 2BY
21st May to 2nd June, Open Daily 12-6PM (closed Mondays) ADMISSION FREE
http://www.facebook.com/events/433842956702938/
Our staff: Allan Jones, Painting Technical Demonstrator in the Fine Art department
08
May
Allan Jones, Painting Technical Demonstrator talks about his love of things germanic and history: ‘Someone once said that the activity of painting has not changed since the 13th Century and to a certain extent that’s true. But looking at these images you realise that painting hasn’t changed much for 30,000 years. I have visited numerous cave sites in the Dordogne in France and Cantabria in northern Spain and these works never fail to amaze me.’
Read the full interview on the CSAD Magazine website.
Our graduates: Arthur Lanyon (BA Fine Art 2005-2008)
08
May
Arthur Lanyon, a fine artist who now lives in Penzance, grew up around painting. Son of renowned artist Matthew Lanyon and grandson of Peter Lanyon, Arthur comes from a dynasty of painters.
“I guess it must have had an impact. I was always drawing and painting when I was little,” he says. “That’s got to have something to do with it. If your brain is being wired in that way, then it’s only natural that you’ll carry on in that way. There’re quite a few of us in the family. My dad’s brother is an artist as well.”
Read the full interview on the CSAD Magazine website.
