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Happenings

Happenings

TERMINAL Graduates Interview

Suthata Suthmahatayangkun

Checking my Thai bank account at midday I found almost 500 pounds had been taken out on my card in the past few days. Gone were the months of planning and pitching ideas for special celebrative content for RCA’s Convocation day. I was standing there in front of Barclays on Kings Road arguing and pleading with my...

Explain Yourself: Breakout/Outbreak

Ken Hollings, Sheena Calvert

Outbreak/Breakout is the result of a series of writing workshops open to Year 2 Visual Communication students during the Spring Term of 2021. Those taking part were encouraged to compose a 250-word statement that defined some key aspect of their practice. When read carefully, the texts reveal a breaking down of barriers, the erasing of boundaries and ...

Barter Archive presents Barter Outlet

Pat Wong

Barter Archive presents Barter Outlet, a pop-up exhibition at the newly opened Piggy Cafe in the Billingsgate Fish Market, celebrating its community bonding and memories as a collective response to the market relocation in the next five years. The exhibition is an extension of the two-year long community-led project Barter Archive constructed by the artist Pat ...

Export Radio Journal Entry #6

Louise Gholam

Oie Oie Oie! Here we go, the final stretch towards the RCA graduation show! These last months have provided an interesting development to RCA2021. First envisioned as a fully digital graduation show hosted on a website, the easing out of lockdown in the UK allows us to imagine ‘satellite’ physical events taking place. The Visual Communication path...

Varley Memorial Awards 2021

Richard Doust

Two awards of £2000 for Visual Communication Year One students. Each year, during the Summer Term, the College shortlists five or six students in Visual Communication year one (Graphic Design, Illustration and Experimental Communication), who are invited to present a proposal/project to a judging panel from the Varley Memorial Awards and RCA staff. Two awards of £2000 ea...

Export Radio Journal Entry #5

Dougal Verinder Gedge

Hello! Welcome back to another journal entry from the Export Team. This month has been one of graphic design. For those that don’t know, my main role in the Export group is to lead the art direction \ graphic styles for the posters, identities and products we create. Looking forward to the summer, the Export team ha...

Frame

Frame

The Milkmaid

Andrea Sisó

The Milkmaid is a project about the theatricality of the dinner party. Inspired by the Bachelor’s Dinner from The Futurist Cookbook, the Milkmaid is meant to parody the etiquette of the dinner party guest.  It was created during lockdown when we weren’t allowed to invite people over. If you pretend that your food is your ...

When Terminal: What Is Transit After 18 Months Of Standstill?

Maya Gulieva, Louise Gholam

Walls are not barriers for hope and imagination. — Talha Ahsan, Otherstani I had the endless day, months and months of endless days, and yet my return date bounded this sense of boundlessness, kept it from becoming threatening. — Ben Lerner, Leaving the Atocha Station It feels strange to talk about transit after 18 months of standstill. For the neo-...

Photo Etching

Kristina Kapeljuh

Probably it’s because of the silver grey of the etched areas, that it stands out so loudly. That hydro-coat blue. I never imagined that an artificial blue could be that neon bright outside of the digital-meta-space of the screen. The vivid part of developing the plate is when this mesmerising blue becomes liquid and you’re t...

Inbetween: Countries & Cultures #5 – Half sweet, Half salty

Nayonika Ghosh, Rathna Ramanathan

Inbetween: Countries & Cultures, is a space for candid discussions around transient identities as individuals move to a new country of residence. In this space, the individuals share some anecdotes from their life and experiences as we make our way through a new space, culture and society. Rathna Ramanathan is a typographer, researcher and educator. Originally ...

Inbetween: Countries & Cultures #4 – From testing waters to finding feet

Nayonika Ghosh, Nayanika Chatterjee

Inbetween: Countries & Cultures, is a space for candid discussions around transient identities as individuals move to a new country of residence. In this space, the individuals share some anecdotes from their life and experiences as we make our way through a new space, culture and society. Nayanika Chatterjee is an animator/illustrator based in New ...

Dyslexia in schools today

Alice Kell

This comic came from an interview I conducted with three dyslexic secondary school students. The purpose of undertaking an interview with secondary school students was to get an insight into the experience of dyslexia in young people today. It was important to get first-hand research as a means of developing a resource to support and develop ...

Fodder

Fodder

Barter Auction

@barter_archive second exhibition and auction performance!
06 November 21
Public

DisasterLAB

06 July 21
Public

Comics and Neurodiversity: The Emancipatory Medium

30 June 21
Public

Chronographic Excavation: Dealing with 'Middle-Eastern Archives' in the West | حفر كرون-جرافيك: تعاطي أرشيفات الشرق الأوسط في الغرب

30 June 21
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Monobrow

28 June 21
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Terminal

27 June 21
Public

Neobridge Part 2: Form-bridging in Contemporary Art Practice and Education—Endless Forms, Infinite Discoveries

27 June 21
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Neobridge Part 1: Form-bridging Workshop

27 June 21
Public

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