Swansea & Carmarthen Art & Design Graduate Exhibition Catalogue 2015 Cover Image: Carys Thurlow CarysThurlow Image: Cover An art school experience in a contemporary university Exhibition Tours will be available during the shows please contact the relevant course tutor or email [email protected] for further details. Swansea and Carmarthen www.uwtsd.ac.uk 01792 481285 Cover Image by: Carys Thurlow Surface Pattern Design 1 Foreword Rhagair As the Dean of Art and Design at the to witness an affirmation of the Yn Ddeon Celf a Dylunio Prifysgol Cymru Graddedigion’ hwn yn ein galluogi University of Wales Trinity Saint David exuberance expressed by graduates Y Drindod Dewi Sant (PCYDDS) rwyf i lygadu trwy ffenestri creadigol y (UWTSD) I have inherited a rich legacy from a wide range of disciplines who wedi etifeddu hanes hir a chyfoethog o Gyfadran i weld yr afiaith a ddangosir of excellence in Art & Design education have combined the highest standards ragoriaeth mewn addysg Celf a Dylunio a gan raddedigion o amrywiaeth eang built up over many years. of knowledge and skill to create works adeiladwyd dros lawer o flynyddoedd. o ddisgyblaethau sydd wedi cyfuno’r of outstanding artistry and design. The safonau uchaf o wybodaeth a sgil i I am delighted to present this small work of each graduate is very different Mae’n bleser gennyf gyflwyno’r cipolwg greu darnau o waith o gelfyddyd a ‘snap-shot’ of the amazingly diverse yet they are interwoven to create a rich bach hwn o’r corff o waith anhygoel dylunio eithriadol. Mae gwaith pob un body of work produced by this year’s commonwealth of creativity. o amrywiol a gynhyrchwyd gan ein o’r graddedigion yn wahanol iawn, ond graduates. Being the oldest art college graddedigion eleni. Yn goleg celf hynaf eto maent yn cydblethu i greu casgliad in Wales means that the Faculty of Art Each project on display represents the Cymru mae Cyfadran Celf a Dylunio cyfoethog o greadigrwydd. and Design at UWTSD has seen many culmination of countless hours of hard PCYDDS wedi gweld llawer o newidiadau changes over the past 160 years. The work by the graduates themselves and dros y 160 o flynyddoedd diwethaf. Mae pob prosiect sydd i’w weld yn merger of Swansea Metropolitan the dedicated tutors who have cynrychioli anterth oriau di-rif o waith University with the University of Wales supported and guided them over three Mae uno Prifysgol Fetropolitan Abertawe caled gan y graddedigion eu hunain Trinity Saint David has established a new years. gyda Phrifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi a’r tiwtoriaid ymrwymedig sydd wedi University with an amazing pedigree Sant wedi sefydlu Prifysgol newydd a cefnogi ac arwain y myfyrwyr dros dair dating back back to 1822. I hope you enjoy this showcase of some chanddi hanes anhygoel sy’n dyddio’n blynedd. of the best Art & Design talent in the UK. ôl i 1822. This year the Faculty opened the ALEX If this has sparked your interest then Rwy’n gobeithio y byddwch yn Design Exchange. The Grade II listed why not contact us today to discuss your Eleni, agorodd y Gyfadran Gyfnewidfa mwynhau’r arddangosfa hon sy’n dangos former Central Library in Swansea future at one of the UK’s top colleges of Ddylunio ALEX. Adeilad hen Lyfrgell peth o dalent Celf a Dylunio gorau’r DU. becomes the latest addition to art. Ganolog Abertawe, sy’n adeilad Os ydy hyn wedi ennyn eich diddordeb, Swansea’s expanding Arts Quarter rhestredig Gradd II, yw’r ychwanegiad pam na wnewch chi gysylltu â ni heddiw following its £12 million redevelopment. diweddaraf at Barth Celf Abertawe Dr Ian Walsh i drafod eich dyfodol yn un o golegau celf The new building houses our Industrial yn dilyn ei ailddatblygiad, gwerth Dean of Art & Design UWTSD penna’r DU. Design and Glass courses alongside £12 miliwn. 3D Computer Animation and Games Design. Yn yr adeilad newydd hwn, mae ein Dr Ian Walsh cyrsiau Dylunio Diwydiannol a Gwydr Deon Celf a Dylunio PCYDDS This summer’s exhibition season is more ynghyd ag Animeiddio Cyfrifiadurol 3D than just a collection of exhibitions it a Dylunio Gemau. Mae tymor arddangos is a celebration of a journey or rather yr haf hwn yn fwy na dim ond casgliad o hundreds of journeys. This ‘Graduate arddangosfeydd, mae’n ddathliad o daith, Exhibitions Guide’ allows us to peer neu’n hytrach, o gannoedd o deithiau. through the Faculty’s creative windows Mae’r ‘Canllaw Arddangosfeydd 2 3 The School of Fine Art and Photography Foundation Art & Design Fine Art Photography Art and Design/Celf a Dylunio Art Practice/Celf Ymarferol The School of Visual Communication Graphic Design Advertising and Brand Design Illustration The School of Design and Applied Arts Automotive Design Product Design Swansea Courses Transport Design Surface Pattern/Textiles Advertising & Branding Design 6 Glass Digital Film 8 Digital Media 10 School of Film & Digital Fine Art 12 Media Foundation Diploma A&D 14 Glass 16 Digital Film & Television Production/ Documentary Video Graphic Design 18 New Media Production Illustration 20 Film and Visual Culture Industrial Design 22 Computer Animation/Computer Photography 24 Games Design Surface Pattern/Textiles 26 Music Technology MA 28 New Media Production Carmarthen courses Postgraduate MA Contemporary Dialogues-Fine Art & Design (Carmarthen) Art/Textiles/Photography/Visual Celf a Dylunio 30 Communication MA (Carmarthen) 32 MA Applied Arts/Design/Fine Art Calender of Events 34 4 5 Exhibition dates Venue 1 Boss Brewing Llansamlet, Swansea SA7 9FD Private View 1 May 6.00pm Open to the public 2-4 May 12.00-5.00pm Advertising & Brand Design Venue 2 Rebecca Rolph D&AD New Blood Old Spitalfields Market London E1 6AA Private View Dominic Wint 30 June (invite only) Open to the public 1&2 July 10.00am-8.00pm Contact: Angela Williams Email: [email protected] Tel: 01792 481285 Facebook Tapped Exhibition Twitter @tapped18 Web tappedexhibition.co.uk “This degree show is a demonstration of creative thinking delivered in tangible form. The students hope to evoke, provoke and entertain and most of all create a Ryan Parsons & Dan Norman memorable exhibiton We hope you enjoy the experience!” 6 7 “The resources and staff are great here Our Digital Film and Television Our new ‘state of the art’ facilities allow and we’re encouraged to use them Production programmes at UWTSD sustained engagement, enabling our to their full potential. The course has Swansea are structured in an innovative students to gain the confidence to really helped me decide on my future and flexible way that provides our express ideas through digital film. career path in the film industry as a students with the opportunity to explore Students are continuously encouraged Digital Film cinematographer.” this contemporary media within many to explore and learn the entire processes aspects of filmmaking. Our aim is to from production, editing and camera Tom Gibbs, Graduate produce graduates that take initiative. work, to sound recording. Whether they choose a commercial or independent route, students are encouraged to develop their own personal creative direction. Exhibition Details: Venue UWTSD-SWANSEA, Dynevor Campus Private View Screening: 19 May 5.00-9.00pm Open to the public: 18-22 May Contact: Rob Jones Email: [email protected] Tel: 01792 481285 8 9 The School of Digital Media offers an exciting portfolio of digital media courses, and our practice-based degrees offer an opportunity for the student to develop the key skills necessary for employment in the Digital Media creative and cultural industries. Exhibition dates Venue Alex, BBC & Dynevor Campuses, UWTSD Swansea Private View 19 May 5.00-9.00pm Open to the public 18 -22 May Contact: Paul Hazel Email: [email protected] Tel: 01792 481285 10 11 Fine Art (Swansea) Abigail Littlewood ‘The Fine Art course provides students with the opportunity to grow creatively within a comfortable and non-judgmental environment. During my three years on the course I have been encouraged to push boundaries in order to find the best possible way to express my thoughts and ideas. We have a wide variety of workshops available where we have the opportunity to explore The Fine Art team is pleased to introduce different media’ the 2015 degree show, which is the culmination of much hard work, planning and anticipation, by the graduating Karen Tobin students. This is their chance to showcase their work at a pivotal moment between university and the professional world. Throughout the student’s time at UWTSD Swansea, their studios have been lively places with animated discussions about the creative process and the relationship Exhibition Details between idea and image. No medium or method is excluded – we encourage Venue students to consider which material, Dynevor Campus, UWTSD Swansea object or site is most pertinent for their thoughts from sculptural fabrication Private View to painting and drawing, to video, 22 May 7.00pm performance, and installation. Open to the public 23-30 May There is no hierarchy of medium and a Closed Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday flexibility of approach is paramount. The 10.00am-4.00pm range of work shown here reflects this philosophy, with a myriad of accents Contact: and themes within the context of the Catrin Webster ever expanding and shifting language of Email: [email protected] contemporary arts practice. Sven-Myer Eifion Andreas Tel: 01792 481285 12 13 The Exhibition Utopia |juːˈtəʊpɪə| noun an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. The opposite of dystopia. ORIGIN based on Greek ou ‘not’ + topos ‘place’. Foundation Diploma A&D Exhibition Details: Venue Foundation Studios 5th Floor Swansea Business School UWTSD Swansea Private View: 22 May 5.00-7.00pm Open to the public: 23 & 26 - 28 10am – 4pm Contact: Bella Kerr Email: [email protected] Tel: 01792 481285/481046 Foundation students learn a wide range The busy studios provide a friendly, The course has had another successful of methods and techniques, while enthusiastic atmosphere where you can year, with students gaining places on being encouraged to learn through develop your work and gain confidence.