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CULTURAL ENCOUNTERS THE FIFTH FORM POST-GCSE PROGRAMME MONDAY 26TH – THURSDAY 29TH JUNE 2017 1 ESSENTIAL INFORMATION CULTURAL • Informal but tidy clothes throughout, ENCOUNTERS including Monday • Footwear suitable for walking Counties, cities, nations and individuals all define themselves through their cultures. When • Bring mobile phone and/or tablets for we ignore our heritage or the work of our taking pictures and using brochure contemporary artists we risk loss of identity. In this project you leave behind the world of exams • Bring backpack or carrier bag for packed and assessments and go out to explore some of lunches the educational territory that is hard to define • Waterproofs if forecast bad and lies well beyond the confines of the school. • Remember inhalers, epipens etc It’s not about knowledge or any preconceived ideas. You won’t like everything you see, but • Bring spending money – we provide that’s not what matters. Go to these exhibitions, packed lunches, an energy bar on return galleries and museums with an open mind. Try journey and water. You may want to to shape a response to what you see and hear, supplement this record some of it as you go through notes, observations and images: use your memory • Swimming gear for Group 8 on Tuesday and your smart phone to record some of your responses. • Shorts acceptable except for the Hindu Temple visit In Thursday’s 10 minute presentation find a lively and engaging way to pass on all aspects of your CONTACT DETAILS experience to the other groups so that a mosaic of the whole event is created. Group 1 (Trip phone 1: 07876831215) John James 23/6/17 Group 2 (Trip phone 7: 07876831213) Group 3 (Trip phone 8: 07701386003) Group 4 (Trip phone 9: 07701386006) Group 5 (Trip phone 10: 07701386007) Group 6 (Trip phone 11: 07701386008) Group 7 (Pay as you go 12: 07933176691) Group 8 (TO BE CONFIRMED) Group 9 (TO BE CONFIRMED) 2 CULTURAL Monday 26th June Tuesday 27th June ENCOUNTERS 6.30am 8.45am Early breakfast for boarders Meet in Egdon 7.00am 9.00am onwards Coach and minibus leaves for London Local trips depart by minibus 10.30am approx 4.00pm onwards Arrive London Trips return to Canford 5.30pm Leave London 8.30pm Late supper for boarders Wednesday 28th June Thursday 29th June LAYARD THEATRE LAYARD THEATRE 9.00am - 9.15am 9.00am - 9.15am Introductory talk Final organisation of presentaions 9.15am - 12.30pm 9.20am - 10.30am (including break) First group of presentations Research with group leaders to prepare a 10 minute presentation about what you have 11.00am - 12.00pm seen and experienced Second group of presentations and awards 2.00pm - 3.00pm Complete research and prepare power-point presentations 3 MONDAY 26TH JUNE - GROUP 1 (LONDON) ART AND HISTORY CET, MEW 7.00am - Leave Canford 11.10am approx. - Arrive London Eye (Then 19 minute walk) 11.30am - Imperial War Museum: People Fighting for Peace and The Holocaust Exhibition http://www.redpepper.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/cnd.jpg http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-london http://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/people-power-fighting-peace-iwm-london-reviewa-moving-nuanced/ 1.45pm - 33 minute walk to National Gallery via Southbank Centre 2.30pm - The National Gallery Self-guided tour, selecting paintings which you will then research and include in your presentation. http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ Select from 30 highlight paintings: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/explore-the-paintings/30-highlight-paintings 4.30pm - Walk to London Eye (15 minute walk) 5.30pm - Coaches depart 5 TUESDAY 27TH JUNE - GROUP 1 (HAMPSHIRE) ART AND HISTORY CET, MEW 9.00am - Leave Canford 10.30am - Catch ferry from Keyhaven to Hurst Castle Travel by boat from Keyhaven to Hurst Castle where Charles I was imprisoned during the English Civil War, and explore its rich maritime history. Tour of castle and time off on beach. http://www.hurstcastle.co.uk/ http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hurst-castle 3.00pm - Catch ferry back to Keyhaven 4.30pm approx. - Arrive at Canford 6 MONDAY 26TH JUNE - GROUP 2 (LONDON) TALKING HEADS SJH (Monday only), BRB, EP (Tuesday only) 7.00am - Leave Canford 11.10am approx. - Arrive London Eye (16 minute walk) 11.30am - 1.00pm - National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery including the annual BP Portrait Competition – select your own winners. http://www.npg.org.uk/ http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bp-portrait-award-2017/exhibition/ 1.00pm - Walk to Saatchi Gallery (43 minutes) 2.30pm - Saatchi Gallery SaatchiFrom Gallery Selfie and Huawei to presentSelf-Expression: From Selfie to Self an-Expression exhibition at one of London’s top contemporary galleries of the history and art of the selfie.Selected Press Images 31st March – 30th May 2017 https://www.saatchigallery.com/ Daniel Rozin Pom Pom Mirror at bitforms gallery, New York http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/arts/from-selfie-to-selfexpression-exhibition-review-imaginative-rich-Rembrandt van Rijn Self-Portrait with Two Circles 2015 c. 1665-69 Custom software, faux fur pom poms, exploration-of-the-evolution-of-a3500856.htmlOil on canvas motors, control electronics, motion sensor, 114.3 cm × 94 cm computer, wooden armature, 121.9 x 121.9 Courtesy Kenwood House, Iveagh Bequest/English Heritage x 45.7 cm. Edition of 6 Photo by John Berens Courtesy bitforms gallery, New York 4.00pm - Walk to London Eye via Westminster (46 minutes) Saatchi Gallery and Huawei present From Selfie to Self-Expression Selected Press Images 5.30pm - Coach departs31 fromst March – 30 thLondon May 2017 Eye Chuck Close Frida Kahlo Big Self-Portrait Self-Portrait With Thorn Necklace and Rembrandt van Rijn 1967-1968 Juan Pablo Echeverri Hummingbird Self-Portrait with Two Circles Acrylic on canvas miss fotojapón 1940 c. 1665-69 107 ½ x 83 ½ inches 1998 to present Oil on canvas on Masonite Oil on canvas © Chuck Close, courtesy Pace 47 x 61 cm 114.3 cm × 94 cm Excerpt from the ongoing series Gallery Courtesy Banco de México Diego Courtesy Kenwood House, Iveagh Bequest/English Heritage Daily passport photos Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Courtesy of the artist Mexico, D.F. / DACS / Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin Frida Kahlo Juno Calypso Self-Portrait With Thorn Necklace and Tracey Emin (not to be used on social media) 7 Honeymoon Suite Hummingbird I’ve Got It All 1940 2000 2015 Oil on canvas on Masonite C-Print Archival Pigment Print 47 x 61 cm 124 x 109 cm 52 x 102 cm Courtesy Banco de México Diego Tracey Emin. All rights Edition of 5 + 2 AP Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Image courtesy of the artist Mexico, D.F. / DACS / Harry Ransom reserved, DACS 2016. Center, The University of Texas at Image courtesy of the and TJ Boulting Gallery Austin White Cube Christopher Baker Hello World! or: How I Learned to Stop Listening and Love the Noise in the Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, 2008 Photo by Sarah Sampedro © Christopher Baker TUESDAY 27TH JUNE - GROUP 2 (SOMERSET) TALKING HEADS SJH (Monday only), BRB, EP (Tuesday only) 9.00am - Leave Canford 10.30am - Montacute House Introduction to Elizabethan culture and architecture from teachers. 11.00am - Elizabethan Welcome Tour Meet outside reception and join scheduled tour for visitors. 12.30pm - ‘Talking Heads 1’ Elizabeth Talbot “Bess of Hardwick” by Brenda Webber – Room 3, Long Gallery 1.00pm - ‘Talking Heads 2’ Robert Carey and his family by Steve Mott – Long Gallery 2.00pm - Depart 2.40pm - 3.40pm - Time off in Dorchester 4.30pm - Arrive Canford 8 MONDAY 26TH JUNE - GROUP 3 (LONDON) EAST AND WEST JRO, HAC 7.00am - Leave Canford 10.30am approx. - Neasden Hindu Temple A visit to Britain’s largest Hindu Temple at Neasden including a short ceremony. Introductory Talk in the Reception Area (5 mins) Short Presentation on Hinduism (15 mins) VDO detailing the History of the Mandir (15 mins) ‘Understanding Hinduism’ Exhibition [if specified] (20 mins) ‘Darshan’ (viewing) of the sacred images in the shrines (10 mins) ‘Ãrti’ - a ceremony (service) which takes place at 11.45am when lighted lamps are waved before the sacred images. (15 mins) [Males and Females will be seated separately during the Ãrti ceremony] Souvenir Shop visit [students may wish to buy souvenirs] (10 mins) There will be an opportunity to ask questions if you so wish, time permitting (10 mins) http://londonmandir.baps.org/ 1.00pm - 17 minute walk to Neasden Tube Station Jubilee Line to Finchley Road then Metropolitan Line to Barbican Station – 28 mins. Then 6 minute walk. 2.00pm - Visit the Museum of London https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london 4.15pm - Walk to London Eye via Millennium Bridge (45 min walk) 5.30pm - Coach departs Please note that a strict dress code operates within the temple complex. Specifically, tops must cover the shoulders, chest, navel, and upper arms. Leg-wear must be at least below knee-length. 9 TUESDAY 27TH JUNE - GROUP 3 (WILTSHIRE) EAST AND WEST JRO, HAC 9.00am - Leave Canford 9.20am - Walk around Badbury Rings Take pictures and sketch 10.45am - Explore Knowlton Church and Earthwork http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/knowlton-church-and-earthworks/history/ http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/eric-ravilious-1817 12.00pm - British Art: Ancient Landscapes - Salisbury Museum The British landscape has been a continual inspiration to artists across the centuries and particularly the landscapes shaped and marked by our distant ancestors. The megaliths, stone circles and chalk-cut hill figures that survive from Neolithic and Bronze Age times have stimulated many artists to make a response. In this major new exhibition curated by Professor Sam Smiles, these unique artistic responses have been brought together to create a new discussion.
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