Royal College of Art School of Arts & Humanities PhD exhibition mentored and curated by Beaconsfield.
Sohaila Baluch, Martin Bonney, Flora Bowden, Hannah Clarkson, Federico Clavarino, Caroline Douglas, Daniel Durnin, Marisa Ferreira, Alexis Pearse Flynn, Xiangyin Gu, Hengzhi Gong, Anju Marie Kasturiraj, Kahyun Lee, Charlie Lee-Potter, Carmen Mariscal, Gabrielle Mowat, Folashade Elizabeth Olukoya, Amy Peace Buzzard, Minna Pöllänen, Damien Roach, Roshana Rubin Mayhew, Linn Phyllis Seeger, Varvara Keidan Shavrova, Chris/Christina Simons, Katrine Skovsgaard, Lika Tarkhan-Mouravi, Messua Wolff, Xiao Yu, Jinya Zhao.
2-10 February 2024
Wednesday – Saturday, 12-5pm.
Preview: Thursday 1 February 2024, 6-8pm.
‘Chasma’ might refer either to an abyss or a meteor and seems an apt metaphor for the processes of research.
PhD research is required to add to existing knowledge about a topic: to contribute towards filling the breach. Sometimes the new knowledge acts like a meteor shedding light as it travels out into the public space.
We are delighted to welcome back artist-researchers from the RCA’s School of Arts and Humanities in another exhibition mentored by Beaconsfield. Some students return with new works, and many more have not previously exhibited here. The works in this 2024 exhibition are all further steps in the process of excavating new knowledge – new expressions of the untold and yet unseen.
Further insights into the research are offered through performative actions on three days as follows:
Thursday 1 February
Varvara Keidan Shavrova (6.30pm), Gabrielle Mowat (6.45pm), Anju Marie Kasturiraj (7pm) Katrine Skovsgaard (7.30pm).
Saturday 3 February
Sohaila Baluch (12-5pm), Katrine Skovsgaard (4pm).
Saturday 10 February
Roundtable discussion and performances with contributions from Sohaila Baluch (12-5pm), Hannah Clarkson (12-5pm), Alexis Pearse Flynn (12-5pm), Varvara Keidan Shavrova (1pm), Minna Pöllänen (1.30pm), Gabrielle Mowat (2pm), Martin Bonney (2.30pm), Roshana Rubin Mayhew (3.30pm), Katrine Skovsgaard (4pm).
Download CHASMA FLOORPLAN with artist statements here.
Stitching the Future Handout – Saturday 10 February 2024 at 2:30pm