Curating Contemporary Art: Every Second in Between
Monday 14Â Â May continuing until August
Weekdays 8am - 6pm / Weekends 10am - 6pm
White City Place & The WestWorks Studio, 195 Wood Lane, W12 7FQ, London
Every Second In Between is the first large scale public art commission for White City Place. Artist Kyung Hwa Shon will use drawing, collage and digital manipulation to create a site-specific installation that combines fragments of recognisable local landmarks, urban landscape and street signage. Elements of the architecture of Television Centre and the Loftus Road Football Stadium will be seen alongside road markings and brickwork from the Westway and nearby housing estates, making the installation simultaneously unexpected and familiar to passers-by.
Sourcing patterns, shapes and colours from the local built environment, Kyung Hwa Shon has created colourful abstract designs, that will be installed as huge vinyl stickers across the façade of a five-storey building and the outdoor seating in White City Place. The artwork continues with a large scale digital animation of the design inside The WestWorks’s lobby.Â
As research for Every Second In Between Kyung Hwa Shon spent two months walking around the area documenting her experience using drawing, photography and writing. Kyung Hwa Shon has a nomadic practice, routed in what it means to navigate urban space. She is inspired by the writer Charles Baudelaire’s 19th century concept of flânerie (the practice of walking in the city), and Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy book to create the fictional, faceless and genderless character of ‘Stillman’. Much like the concept of flânerie and through ‘Stillman’, Kyung Hwa Shon captures the human experience of walking through cityscapes, occupying urban space and what lies in between personal and communal experience when moving through the city.
Every Second In Between explores how the rise of privately owned public space increasingly blurs the boundaries between public and private experience by capturing the changing flows of people, traffic and information within the shifting landscape of massive regeneration. The artist demonstrates how people in White City are forming connections within this rapidly evolving urban environment – it is fast becoming a new commuter hub for creative individuals, whereas historically it has been home to people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures. Every Second In Between also questions the balance between individual encounter and mass participation within the daily flow and collective movements of crowds.
Every Second In Between is curated by Anna Dufour Montuori, Sara Thorsen Fredborg, Kate Gu, Niamh O’Driscoll, Afra Rebuscini, Wejdan Reda and Poppy Wu as part of the Curating Contemporary Art Programme MA Graduate Projects 2018, Royal College of Art and in partnership with Stanhope.
Free Events
Monday 14th May, 6 - 8.30pm: Exhibition Preview
The WestWorks, White City Place
Artist talk from 6.30 - 7.15pm
As part of the exhibition preview, artist Kyung Hwa Shon will be in conversation with Dr. Filipa Matos Wunderlich (Lecturer in Urban Design, Bartlett School of Planning, University College of London)
Tuesday 15th May, 12pm & 1pm: Lunch Hour Wellbeing Walk guided by artist Ania Bas
Meeting point: outdoor event space, just outside White City Place (previously hosting White City Street Food Market). Artist Ania Bas leads a 45-minute walk to inspire participants to reclaim their lunch hour. More information and booking: http://www.everysecondinbetween.rca.ac.uk
For further information or images please contact Bethany Bull or Kim Pham, RCA Communications Office on t: +44 (0) 20 7590 4127, e: [email protected]
Notes to Editors:
Kyung Hwa Shon
Kyung Hwa Shon was born in South Korea and is a PhD researcher in painting at the Royal College of Art in London. In her practice, the artist explores urban life experience using a wide range of mediums including installation, painting, drawing, sound, video and text. She has recently participated in the SWAP:UK/Ukraine artist residency programme organised by the British Council in Ukraine and the Liverpool Biennial.
Royal College of Art
Engaging in teaching and research, the Royal College of Art offers the degrees of MA, MRes, MPhil and PhD across the disciplines of applied art, architecture, fine art, design, communications and humanities. It offers 28 highly specialised programmes in Art & Design to over 2,000 Master’s and Doctoral students and more than 800 professionals interacting with them – including researchers, professors, art and design practitioners, along with advisers and distinguished visitors. The RCA’s London-based campus is spread across three sites - Kensington, Battersea and White City. The College recently received planning approval for a new flagship building at its Battersea campus which will enable it to continue to compete globally and attract the highest calibre students and future entrepreneurs. www.rca.ac.uk
Curating Contemporary Art Programme (CCA)
Established 25 years ago the MA Curating Contemporary Art (CCA) programme is recognised as an international leader in its curatorial education and training and for its commitment to collaborative group project-based work that integrates theory and practice throughout the two years of the curriculum. The CCA programme approaches the field critically, theoretically and through best practice in commissioning, curating and programming with London-based and international arts organisations and spaces. These partnerships ensure that the knowledge and understanding of these practices is grounded in the context of public audiences, urbanisation and the digital. CCA is part of the RCA’s School of Arts and Humanities, led by Professor Victoria Walsh. This year’s graduate project course has been led by Kelly Large with project tutors, Ben Cranfield and Rebecca Heald. For information about related events, joining the CCA programme and updates on RCA Open Days visit: www.rca.ac.uk/cca
Stanhope
Stanhope is a private developer that creates new urban places and well-crafted workspaces, homes, leisure, retail and cultural destinations throughout London and the South. With over 30 years’ experience of working in partnership with communities, landowners, investors, occupiers and designers, Stanhope is recognised for delivering some of the capital’s best buildings. During this time it has been responsible for the delivery of more than £22bn worth of completed projects; including, mixed use places such as Broadgate, Chiswick Park, Television Centre and Central St Giles and cultural destinations including, Tate Modern, The Photographers Gallery and the Royal Opera House.  www.stanhopeplc.com