BRIGHT PUBLICATION SERIES 130 BRIGHT 1: CCW GRADUATE SCHOOL LAUNCH DIRECTORY 2009 131 BRIGHT 2: PARADE 132 BRIGHT 3: THE CURRENCY Of ART 133 BRIGHT 4: GRADUATE SCHOOL DIRECTORY 2010/11 134 BRIGHT 5: RELAY <strong>12</strong>9
130 … The effective academic and structural alliance between <strong>Camberwell</strong>, Chelsea and Wimbledon colleges (CCW), has created an opportunity for a number <strong>of</strong> new and innovative developments in The University <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Arts</strong> London and more broadly within the sphere <strong>of</strong> arts education. The creation <strong>of</strong> the CCW Graduate School is our first major initiative and reflects an academic vision that is predicated on pr<strong>of</strong>iling and celebrating the conditions and ethos that characterize these three specialist art colleges. The rationale <strong>of</strong> the Graduate School is founded upon the repu tations and strong traditions in all three colleges for a well- established, high quality, post<strong>graduate</strong> provision and mature research cultures that are equally comfortable and experienced in support ing practice-led and theoretical-based research in art and design areas. What the Graduate School brings to the current post<strong>graduate</strong> and research provision is a set <strong>of</strong> challenges and questions that address the relationship <strong>of</strong> research to the broader academic and cultural communities, and an assertion that consideration is given to a broader thematic context that reflects issues <strong>of</strong> our time that in turn influences our practices. There are two key aspects <strong>of</strong> the Graduate School that define its distinctiveness: the first is a commitment to create and maintain a direct relation ship between research-focused activity and teaching, and a requirement that all research staff, our pr<strong>of</strong>essors, readers and fellows in particular, play an active role in teaching and supervision, and that their research forms a crucial aspect <strong>of</strong> our student learning experience. The second is the commitment to providing a series <strong>of</strong> overarching thematic reference points that form a catalyst for cross- disciplinary exchange and collaboration, and as a means <strong>of</strong> responding to broader social and cultural agendas that transcend subject-specific concerns. In this respect for the coming year, we have identified the three areas <strong>of</strong> Climate Change, Identities and Technologies as themes that will be explored in our Graduate School Festival and at other points during BRIGHT 1: CCW GRADUATE SCHOOL LAUNCH DIRECTORY 2009 the year when we will be bringing together our research communities and external partners in focused projects and events. … Excerpt from the ‘Welcome Note’ by Pr<strong>of</strong>. Chris Wainwright, Head <strong>of</strong> <strong>College</strong>s Bright 1: CCW Graduate School Launch Directory 2009 Editor: Chris Wainwright Assistant Editor: Kate Sedwell Editorial team: Pr<strong>of</strong>. Oriana Baddeley, Linda Drew, Kate Sedwell Specifications: 272 pages, s<strong>of</strong>tback, 4 colours throughout ISBN: 978-9-9558628-1-6 Publication available online from: http://www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk/ccw<strong>graduate</strong><strong>school</strong>/ archivesandresources/brightpublications Critical Practice (CP) is a cluster <strong>of</strong> artists, researchers, academics and others supported by the CCW Graduate School. Initiated in 2005, CP explores new models <strong>of</strong> creative practice and seeks to engage these models in appropriate public forums, both nationally and internationally. We have participated in exhibitions and seminars, conferences, film, concert and other event programmes. We have worked with archives and collections, publication, broadcast and other distributive media, while actively seeking to collaborate. CP has a long standing interest in art, and public goods, spaces, services and knowledge, and has generated a track record <strong>of</strong> producing original, participatory events. Chelsea <strong>College</strong> <strong>of</strong> Art and Design has a large, contemporary courtyard at its heart: the beautiful Rootstein Hopkins Parade Ground. We collaborated with Polish curator Kuba Szreder to develop a project that would explore the diverse, contested and vital conceptions <strong>of</strong> being in public. We created a bespoke, temporary structure designed by award-winning Polish architects Ola Wasilkowska and Michał Piasecki, within which we produced a landmark event in an amazing location with a host <strong>of</strong> international contributors. PARADE challenged the lazy, institutionalized model <strong>of</strong> knowledge transfer whereby amplified ‘experts’ speak at a passive audience. Our modes <strong>of</strong> assembly, our forms <strong>of</strong> address and the knowledge we shared were intimately bound. This is a document <strong>of</strong> the evolution <strong>of</strong> PARADE, and part <strong>of</strong> its legacy. Introduction by Critical Practice BRIGHT 2: PARADE Bright 2: PARADE – Public Modes <strong>of</strong> Assembly and forms <strong>of</strong> Address Editor: Neil Cummings and Critical Practice Specifications: 176 pages, s<strong>of</strong>tback, sections <strong>of</strong> 2 and 4 colours ISBN: 978-0-9558628-3-0 Publication available online from: http://www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk/ccw<strong>graduate</strong><strong>school</strong>/ archivesandresources/brightpublications 131
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