Maria Luiga Gioffre, alumni MA Contempoary Photography at Central Saint Martins, has been selected for the AER residency at Associazione Culturale dello Scompiglio

Penelope’s White Wall, Archeological Park of Scolacium, Italy, still video 70 mins, Maria Luiga

Set up by Professor Lucy Orta UAL Chair of Art for the Environment – Centre for Sustainable Fashion in 2015, The Art for the Environment International Artist Residency Programme (AER) provides UAL graduates with the exceptional opportunity to apply for short residencies at one of our internationally renowned host institutions, to explore concerns that define the 21st century – biodiversity, environmental sustainability, social economy, and human rights. Through research, studio practice, critiques and mentoring the AER programme is designed to envision a world of tomorrow; to imagine and create work that challenges how we interact with the environment and each other.

Read Maria’s successful residency proposal:

PERFORMANCE PROJECT RESIDENCY – MARIA LUIGIA GIOFFRE

Following the aesthetic of my durational performances, Penelope’s White Wall (2017) and Pangea (2017) and Spianatura della sabbia per la genesi della Polvere (2018) I would work with performance and installation at the core of the process in order to produce a work that functions in continuity with the previous ones.

Written by Caglar Tahiroglu, Pandora Peng (MA Art & Science) and Guan Tongyao (MA Narrative Environments) who were selected to participate in the programme

Three students from Central Saint Martins have been selected for a fully-funded intensive program called European Academy of Participation (EAP). They were accompanied by CSM tutor Georgia Jacob. This innovative program is a part of a CSM research project led by the Goethe Institute which brings together 10 organisations from all over Europe, from higher education, from the arts and culture. EAP aims to develop a curriculum and training resources on participatory skills and practices to meet the growing demand from the not-for-profit sector. A syllabus, a course and teacher training, blending distance learning with practice-based teaching are some of the outputs expected.

By Bettina John, MA Theatre Design at Wimbledon College of Arts

What do Harold Pinter, Lady Gaga, the Royal Opera House, Louis Vuitton and the organising committee of the London Olympic games have in common? More clues? Add to that list Kanye West, Sadlers Wells and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Answer: stage designer Es Devlin.

A handful of UAL’s postgraduate students went on an exclusive tour of Es Devlin’s studio in London and an introduction by Es Devlin herself.

A student-led takeover, exploring themes at the intersection of art and science through an evening of interactivity, talks and discussion

The second of three sessions, LL25 Lab #2 delves into ‘Liminal Bodies’ exploring the intersection of the body and technology, ideas of the cyborg and speculative future narratives. Throughout the course of the evening we’ll traverse Body as Im/material, Body as Interface, Body as Conceptual Space, Body as Place.