24 June to 2 July 2011
Open daily, 1 to 4pm
Outdoor room and steps activated through critical dialogue and interdisciplinary activities
Department 21’s platform for the Royal College of Art Show 2011 explores the interface between the private and the public. Located at the borders of the College, the project aims to address questions of ownership, authorship, collective production, as well as the accessibility of educational spaces.
Department 21 is kindly supported by Eurostar and ADM-HEA.
Schedule:
Friday 24 June
1–2:30pm
Guerrilla Tactics
Presentation/Discussion
Access to spaces of public education is under threat; how can the agency of the architect/designer/artist expand to support ethical access to tools, land and resources? Together we will write up our ideas for a guerrilla curriculum.
Organiser: Bethany Wells
Saturday 25 June
1–3pm
On Art Education
Dialogue
With RCA fees to double over the next five years, and with increasingly commercial language being used to describe the value of higher education, how should we articulate the value of art education?
With Christy Johnson (UCA Canterbury), Paul Taylor (Croydon University) and Flag (Chelsea College)
Organisers: Sophie Demay & Bethany Wells
2–2:30pm
The Secret Orientation
Guided tour
Join our guides for an unofficial tour of the RCA show’s backstage.
Organisers Sonya Derman and Min Huh
3–3:40pm
We Are All In It
Sound installation
Deniz Johns
Recorded during the 2011 student protests, this installation brings the student voice back to the College.
3–3:30pm
A Short Walk to Fukushima
Performative lecture
Charles Ogilvie
Sunday 26 June
1–3pm
Environment In D
Music (David Morris, Lingjing Yin and Marc Mckeague)
Lunch provided by Café Château
2–2.30pm
The Secret Orientation
Join our guides for an unofficial tour of the RCA show’s backstage.
Organisers: Sonya Derman and Min Huh
2–4pm
Happening Now
Public Statements
For two hours, D21 broadcasts an open press conference.
With If Not Now Broadcast (Rafael Farias and Tom Merrell)
Monday 27 June
1–2.30pm
Outside the Gallery
Discussion
The public space as an interface between organisations and society. What happens at the edge of art institutions? With Centre For Possible Studies, Artangel & Peckham Space.
Organiser: Sophie Demay
3–5pm
ART/mAP Performance
Public Soul Architecture (Adolfo Guevara, Nicole Milai Ratcliffe
and Sica)
Tuesday 28 June
1–3pm
On Archives
Presentation/Discussion
The score, the performing artist and the public documentation.
With Cecilia Wee (writer & curator) and Émilie Parandeau (curator & performer)
Organiser: Sophie Demay
Wednesday 29 June
All day
Lighting Rig
Intervention
Sam Ely and Lynn Harris
Organisers: Lily Hall, Sabel Gavaldon and Mette Kjaergaard Praest
1–3pm
Designing the Design Process
Round table
Questioning the feasibility of alternative models of engagement beyond the end product, to designing the process of getting to the end and its afterlife.
With Carlos Villanueva Brandt (AA), Theo Lorenz (AA), Roberto Bottazzi (RCA) and Sarah Teasley (chair)
Organiser: Shirley Surya
2–2.30pm
The Secret Orientation
Join our guides for an unofficial tour of the RCA show’s backstage.
Org. Sonya Derman and Min Huh
10–12pm
Summer Cinema
Hosting performance pieces and moving image by filmmakers Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jonathan Caouette and RCA Students. Refreshments will be served.
Organisers: Federico Strate Pezdi, Damien Monteau & Sophie Taylor
Thursday 30 June
1–3pm
Exploring the Gap between Promise and Performance in Technical Drawings
Workshop and discussion
This event aims to raise questions about processes of design, distribution of agency, the abbreviatory and the euphoric provision of detail, and expectations.
Organisers: Luska Mengham and Justine Boussard
Saturday 2 July
1–3pm
Reconsidering the Local and the Global
Re-evaluate the oft-essentialised notion of cultural or national identity and local specificities that shape design’s relation to identity, value and usage through student and alumni projects.
With Mohammed Daud, Prapat Jawaringsan, Jasleen Kaur, Wenjin Yao and Shirley Surya (chair)