Teaching objects from the Camberwell Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) Collection and the live learning environment are on display in Camberwell College of Arts Library over the Autumn term this academic year. The display explores representations of wind.
Subtle Subtitle Masks and Wind-Suit are designed by Colin Priest, Senior Lecturer from the Interior Futures Programme. They humorously reference the characterful Japanese wind bells in the ILEA Collection. The masks were improvised during lockdown and used in online teaching. They employ household objects and everyday materials to enable conversation and make the invisible visible.
The wind-suit has been added more recently. Together the masks and the suit are used as learning resources in a studio context. They have been used to help MA and BA Interior and Spatial Design students expand their ideas of accessible media and inclusive film space.
Developing Remote Access to Collections
The first Subtle Subtitle Mask was displayed in The Domestic Imaginary, November 2021. This was a display of works ‘remote-sensing’ the collection (exploring ways to access museum collections remotely, during the Covid-19 pandemic).
It was configured by a UAL community of practice, the In-Heritage Group. The In-Heritage Group was established over the pandemic by academics and technicians from across Illustration, 3D Product and Furniture and Interior and Spatial Design.
The Group seeks to expand interdisciplinary research and knowledge exchange activity between heritage objects, sites, and settings to stir narratives in places.
Find out more
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