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Showing posts with label Archives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Archives. Show all posts
Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Of Croatian Beasts and London Artistic Feasts

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'suspended' It has been an orgy of art since I arrived back in London just over a week ago. Russian/Communism inspired exhibitio...
Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Being (Digital) Humans

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This is strange. I’ve been to many lectures recently but a mild panic about actually having to learn stuff for my skipper exams ensured al...
Saturday, 25 April 2015

Croatian Art on the Horizon: Lecture by Vanja Žanko

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Cursed Crew (2013) I took my new language on an artistic field trip to Wandsworth on Tuesday evening. Kristin Hjellegjerde's gallery...
Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Anticipating research needs; or being there from pitch to party

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Old and New Clare Style Collyer Bristow is home to a long-standing art gallery which presents the best and most interesting contemporary...
Thursday, 22 January 2015

Dresden Conference: Wildgoose Memorial Library

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From theoretical surrealist curiosity to artistic rational enquiry, Jane Wildgoose's presentation on the work which has arisen from h...
Friday, 9 January 2015

Lecture: Exotic birds and animals in the 18th Century garden

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Buy a fine singing bird (1688) If you're an exotic creature, there's no trusting anything outside in January. From tiny tapirs ...
Wednesday, 17 July 2013

Warm welcome from the RCS Library

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How many men have been injured opening bra straps? How many people currently have a cold at the moment? These aren't questions that ca...
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Friday, 5 July 2013

Mapping the Thames at the British Library

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The second 'On the River' Summer School post concerns portrayals of rivers in maps. Having the foresight to do some quick research...
Sunday, 7 April 2013

Tate Britain Print/Drawings: ReTurning to Turner

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'Explosion' in the Tate  On Friday the MA group went on a field trip to the Tate prints and drawings room. It was reminiscent of...
Monday, 16 April 2012

Unlocking the Universe: Off prints and scientific publishing

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I’ve been following the arguments surrounding the publishing of scientific research with interest; what the Guardian are calling an ‘ Acad...
Thursday, 23 February 2012

City Business Library: Can you afford not to know them?

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You may recall that I spent a happy evening in the London Metropolitan Archives looking at their photographs. So when I had the opportunity...
Thursday, 16 February 2012

V&A Photographic Archive: Photography as Art

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The Victorians proved problematic in my previous archive visit post so in the interest of balance, the next one is far more cheerful. The V...
Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Royal Anthropological Institute : Discovering disturbing distances

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The RAI is the world's longest established anthropological organisation with a global membership. Its controversial history is interest...
Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Magnum Photo Agency: ‘No rules, just photographers telling stories’

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'No rules, just photographers telling stories’ is essentially the Magnum Agency motto. Their vast online archive is crammed full of i...
Thursday, 2 February 2012

London Archives: What happened when I went looking for City Dragons...

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Last night took me to the vast  London Metropolitan Archives in Clerkenwell. The only way it can be described is ‘a collection of collect...
Thursday, 26 January 2012

Wiener Library: Information is Powerful

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Having promised the utterances of a renaissance woman here are some musings on something a little more serious. I am currently doing a cou...