Artlyst - RIFT Unites 17 Art and Science MA Graduates At Central St Martins

My latest piece for Artlyst focuses on several pieces in RIFT, the MA Art and Science degree show at Central Saint Martins, and finds religion within the merging of art and science:

'the group of which these students are part is characterised by the kinds of enquiry which cannot be understood from a fixed perspective and by questions that defy categorisation. By melding personal imagery with elements of science and religion, we are taken into liminal spaces in which compelling beauty and uncomfortable challenge combine.'

My other Artlyst articles and interviews are:

• Visionary Cities: Michael Takeo Magruder – British Library
• Van Gogh’s Religious Journey Around London
• William Congdon Holy Sites And The Kettle’s Yard Connection
• Mark Dean Premieres Pastiche Mass At Banqueting Hall Chelsea College of Arts
• John Kirby: The Torment Underlying The Civilised Facade
• Curating Spiritual Sensibilities In Changing Times
• Ken Currie: Protest Defeat And Victory
• Bosco Sodi: A Moment Of Genesis
• Bill Viola And The Art Of Contemplation
• Art In Churches 2018: Spiritual Combinations Explored
• Sister Wendy Beckett – A Reminiscence
• Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker On The Legacy Of ArtWay
• Guido Guidi: Per Strada Flowers Gallery London
• Peter Howson Artlyst Interview
• Peter Howson: The play is over – Flowers Gallery
• Camille Henrot: Scientific History And Creation Story Mash Up
• Nicola Green Explores Recent And Contemporary Religious Leaders – St Martin-in-the-Fields
• Art And The Consequences Of War Explored In Two Exhibitions
• Helaine Blumenfeld Translating Her Vision
• Alastair Gordon A Testament To His Faith
• Sacred Noise: Explores Religion, Faith And Divinity
• Bill Viola: Quiet Contemplative Video Installation St Cuthbert’s Church Edinburgh
• The ground-breaking work of Sister Corita Kent
• Katrina Moss Chaiya Art Awards Interview: Where is God in our 21st century world?
• Picasso To Souza: The Crucifixion Imagery Rarely Exhibited
• Apocalypse Now: Michael Takeo Magruder Interviewed
• Jonathan Anderson: Religious Inspirations Behind Modernism
• Michael Takeo Magruder: De / coding the Apocalypse – Panacea Museum
• Giorgio Griffa: The Golden Ratio And Inexplicable Knowledge
• Arabella Dorman Unveils New Installation At St James Church Piccadilly
• Can Art Transform Society?
• Art Awakening Humanity Conference Report
• Central St Martins in the Fields Design Then And Now
• The Sacramental And Liturgical Nature Of Conceptual Art
• Caravan – An Interview With Rev Paul Gordon Chandler On Arts Peacebuilding
• Art Awakening Humanity Alexander de Cadenet Interviewed
• Polish Art In Britain Centenary Marked At London’s Ben Uri Gallery
• Michael Pendry New Installation Lights Up St Martin In The Fields;
• Mark Dean Projects Stations of the Cross Videos On Henry Moore Altar;
• Refugee Artists Learning from The Lives Of Others;
• The Religious Impulses Of Robert Rauschenberg;
• The Christian Science Connection Within The British Modern Art Movement;
• Artists Rebranding The Christmas Tree Tradition;
• Art Impacted - A Radical Response To Radicalisation;
• The Art of St Martin-in-the-Fields; and
• Was Caravaggio A Good Christian?

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Arcade Fire - Signs Of Life.

Degree Show Two Design & Present Imperfect

Degree Show Two Design at Central Saint Martins includes:

• Walking in the City: Open and Closed in London by Soeun An which explores the paradoxes of London life; comfort and crime, multiculturalism and racism; and 
• From Jesus to Yeezus by Kenn Lam explores the parallels between conventional worship and fanatical behaviours surrounding celebrity worship.

Dead Reckoning by Richard Paton featured in the recent present imperfect exhibition in Mayfair where themes and the aesthetics of uncertainty, speculation, absence, ambiguity, silence, nostalgia, the temporary, and the liminal flowed across and between the works. Dead Reckoning refers to an historical navigation method. Starting from a place of certainty by calculating a previously determined position and then advancing that position with the use of instruments and analysis. The process of dead reckoning allows the navigator to know where they are in a featureless ocean.

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Lizz Wright - Old Man.

come, again: degree show 2 design - central saint martins

Degree Shows at Central Saint Martins are a collective cacophony of voices and creativity. Thanks to University of the Arts London Chaplain and Interfaith Advisor, Mark Dean, I was able to see that for myself this evening at the Private View for Degree Show 2 Design.

Crossing disciplines, Show Two spans from design and fashion to drama and cultural enterprise. Projects on show – whether provocation, performance or product – present a future in the making.

Courses featured in Show Two:

• Culture and Enterprise programme: BA Culture, Criticism and Curation, MA Innovation Management
• Drama and Performance programme: BA Performance Design and Practice, MA Performance Design and Practice, MA Character Animation
• Fashion programme: BA Fashion, BA Fashion Communication, Graduate Diploma in Fashion
• Graphic Communication Design programme: BA Graphic Design, MA Communication Design
• Jewellery and Textiles programme: BA Jewellery Design, BA Textile Design, MA Material Futures
• Product, Ceramic and Industrial Design programme: BA Ceramic Design, BA Product Design, MA Design: (Ceramics); MA Design: (Furniture); MA Design: (Jewellery), MA Industrial Design
• Spatial Practices programme: BA Architecture, MA Architecture, MA Narrative Environments

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Pulp - Common People.