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Week two: 16–20 January

Weekly exhibition: The Value of the Copy

Value of the Copy is a teaching, learning and research project that considers the contemporary and historical value of study collections, shares practices and experiences related to copies and processes of reproduction.

The project brings together the staff and students of four international art schools: Beaux Arts (Paris), Glasgow School of Art, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (Den Haag) and Central Saint Martins.


All events are on a first come, first served basis.

Tuesday 16 January

11.30am – 12.30pm: When I’m with you by Katherine Fry screening

A feature-length stop motion animation, a domestic psychodrama set in a doll’s house. Warning: contains possible references to domestic violence and suicidal ideation.

1–2pm: Lunchtime Conversation: Catherine Grant & Katharine Fry

Catherine Grant is a Reader in Modern & Contemporary Art and Dean for Education at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Grant is an art historian who researches feminist and queer histories in contemporary art, as well as exploring the creative possibilities of writing contemporary art history.

Katharine Fry is an artist working from performance into video, staging unsettling encounters with uncanny bodies to question how women’s identities are are shaped by the physical and social structures that contain them.

2–5.30pm: hypersea out of body, out of mind – into water (Talk)

MRes Art Theory and Philosophy invite you to a collective exhibition bringing together screenings, readings, listenings and workshops, holding a space to imagine bodies.


Wednesday 17 January

11am – 1pm: Value of the Copy with Martin Westwood

A live-streamed discussion with remote partner art schools: Beaux Arts (Paris), Glasgow School of Art, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (Den Haag) and Central Saint Martins.

1.30–3.30pm: Workshop with The Peoples Museum and Edith Neville Primary School, Somers Town, led by Andy Law and Elizabeth Wright

Alumni and students from the BA Fine Art course  have been working with The Peoples Museum in Somers Town to digitally scan the Gilbert Bayes finials and remodel the stolen and missing sets. This workshop with Year 6 Edith Neville Primary School and MA Industry 4.0 Students, will explore how to make touchpoint designs for accessing the new Peoples Museum digital trial in Somers Town.


Thursday 18 January

11am – 6pm: ‘incidental’ (Performance)

Performances from across the Art Programme selected by Helena Goldwater (Course Leader, BA Fine Art) and John Seth (Pathway Leader 4D, BA Fine Art), taking place throughout the day.

1–2pm: Lunchtime Conversation: Alex Schady and Hadas Kedar Cancelled

Friday 19 January

11am – 2pm: TURNING THE TABLES: Remaking Practice Research with Marketa Uhilrova and Caterina Albano
12–2pm: STILL Life: LEFTOVER (Eating DNA) and PomPom Lemons

Risa Ueno will demonstrate how she works with organic matter, “I knit milk, I knot celery, I cook wool, and I spice linen," while Sarah Cole and Maise Mitchinson offer the opportunity to make your own pompom fruit.

2–3pm: ‘Half-Way To Cloud Mountain – The Stories' Story, with Paul O’Kane

Paul O’Kane will talk about his stories and how they became marginalised by other, more professional or strategic, forms of art writing and publishing.

3.30–5.30pm: Sound and Vision: The roles of music in artist videos with Mick Finch

This event will screen vidoes from artists: Fiona Banner, Mick Finch, Oona Grimes, Andrew Hart, Mario Rossi, Alex Schady and John Seth. Where the role of music is central. The screenings will be the pretext for a mediated 30 minute discussion.


Saturday 20 January

12–5pm: CHALLENGE THE BADGER! Amaani Farah

Come one, come all and test your strength in a fight against the mighty Badger. Put all that is macho on the line and show us your moves if you dare step up to the ring! Give it your all for a chance to win the elusive champions belt where you can milk your winnings if you’ve got what it takes to beat the Badger.

Performance will reset every 10 minutes.

12–5pm: El Carrito with Nina Gonzalez-Park

Se vende, se compra! Come to El Carrito, we will be preparing totopos and Doritos for everyone to have a little taste of what decolonisation might be.