Goldsmiths' Alumni Blog
Out of the frying pan into the fire? – A tale of two 1960’s halls of residence – I arrived at Bennett Park, Blackheath, as a very green Goldsmiths’ fresher in the late 1960’s, having never lived away from home, let alone having experienced the delights of the Big Smoke. At the time Bennett Park… Read more Guest Post: Out of the frying pan into the fire?
Ngapartji Ngapartji 2005. Lee traces the story in the sand outlining the different moiety and kinship groups explaining to us the complex Anangu lores and relationships. The Sydney city high school girls listen with respect and intrigue … A few days later, we are sitting in the red dirt with Mildred and her sister as… Read more Guest Post: Ngapartji Ngapartji
Exhibition: And The Dark And The Dark Artist Gemma Kauffman invites you to And The Dark And The Dark. This three-person exhibition of painting and sculpture addresses themes of the visionary and the other-worldly and features Gemma Kauffman, Lana Locke and Vanessa Mitter. Private view (first Thursdays): Thursday 5 November 2015, 6.00pm – 9.00pm A-side B-side Gallery, Hackney… Read more Guest Post: And the Dark…
Going viral with Emily Pelleymounter I attended the Visual Anthropology MA course in 2005 and it was challenging for me academically and artistically but it was also the first time that my creativity had been fully supported. Goldsmiths was an environment where not only was it okay to have these ideas, but it was applauded.… Read more Guest Post: Going Viral
The Drama of the Middle East After 8 years teaching in schools and continuing his studies part-time, alumnus Ken Pickering became a Lecturer in a number of Colleges of Education and wrote the book and lyrics for several successful stage musicals. After a period as Professor of Theatre at Gonzaga University in the USA, he… Read more Guest Post: The Drama of the Middle East
Grandad And The Machine presented by Jack Dean My name’s Jack, and I like art. I like the way it transforms places and situations. I like the way it makes people think about life and the universe in new ways. I like the way it forms an outlet for emotions that you otherwise might not… Read more Guest Post: Grandad and the Machine
Behind ‘Ignore Gravity’ Ignoring Gravity is a novel about thinking you know yourself, then finding out that what you know is wrong. Yes, Ignoring Gravity is my first novel, says author Sandra Danby (BA English, 1982). It is about a journalist, Rose Haldane. Yes, I was a journalist. Therefore I must be Rose? Wrong! Yes,… Read more Guest Post: Ignore Gravity
Behind ‘Supercharged’ I am Sebastian Kalwij and I did my MA in Photography and Urban Cultures in 2004. This was 10 years after I graduated in medicine at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I came to London in 1994 to do an MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene… Read more Guest Post: Supercharged
The Making of And So Forth I’m currently in rehearsals for Damsel/Wife/Witch, the inaugural show of And So Forth (ASF), a new London-based company I co-founded earlier this year dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration. Performed by two actors, a singer and a pianist, the show was written by a close partnership of artists: a playwright, a… Read more Guest Post: The Making of And So Forth
Conducting Unfinished Business I went to Goldsmiths to study for my PhD in Historical and Cultural Studies between 1998 and 2004. It was through working on my PhD with Professor Howard Caygill that I truly learnt to write and for that, I owe him a great debt of gratitude. I credit Dr Simon O’Sullivan, who… Read more Guest Post: Conducting Unfinished Business
