Goldsmiths' Alumni Blog
Very Kind Invention was founded by Class of 2011 alumni Petchpisut Assarasakorn (MA Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship), Thiyaporn Panikbutr (MA Cross Sectoral and Community Arts) and Attanon Wongluang (MA Design and Critical Practice), along with collaborator, Lisa Nantaterm who studied at Central Saint Martins. We caught up with them to find out about their time… Read more Ones to Watch: Very Kind Invention
This year our Media and Communications students continue the Goldsmiths tradition of creating a Christmas animation for our alumni community. [vimeo 148342860 w=500 h=281] We presented our Christmas animation brief at the start of a two-day ‘taster’ in stop-motion animation. Taster modules offer students an introduction to all the practice areas available on the Media… Read more The making of the Goldsmiths Christmas animation
We caught up with squareglass, developed from a student project at Goldsmiths by BMus Popular Music graduates Guy Baron, Robin Paul Braum and Aviram Barath, to find out more about their time at Goldsmiths and what they’re currently working on. squareglass is currently featured in the latest edition of Goldlink, the alumni magazine. squareglass is a… Read more Ones to Watch: squareglass
We caught up with Gruff Theatre, formed at Goldsmiths by Tom Bostock, Holly Shuttleworth, Alistair Foylan and Phoebe Naughton, who met whilst completing their BA in Drama and Theatre Arts. Now two years after graduation, we find out more about their time at Goldsmiths and what they’re currently working on. Gruff’s methodology is rooted in Michael Chekhov’s technique and principles… Read more Ones to Watch: Gruff Theatre
Education, design and entertainment are just some of the diverse sectors occupied by our new Alumni Ambassadors. Goldsmiths is a global institution (we are the 38th most international university in the world ) and our alumni population reflects this. We have newly appointed ambassadors based in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, the Caribbean, Ghana, Indonesia, India… Read more From New Cross to Australia
Caroline von Eichhorn (MA Art and Politics, 2012) along with fellow writers Lu Yang and Christoph Behrens won the #hostwriterPrize 2015. Their story began when Caroline and Christoph travelled to China and contacted several colleagues on the ground via hostwriter, a network that connects journalists around the world. Lu Yang, based in Shanghai, replied immediately and over a… Read more Alumna wins #hostwriterPrize 2015
20,000 Days on Earth directed by Iain Forsyth (MA Fine Art, 2004) and Jane Pollard (MA Fine Art, 2004) won Televisual Best Arts Documentary at this year’s Grierson British Documentary Awards. The Grierson Awards commemorate the pioneering Scottish documentary filmmaker John Grierson (1898 – 1972), famous for Drifters and Night Mail and the man widely… Read more Alumni win at 2015 Grierson British Documentary Awards
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
