Brand Archives – CSM Degree Show 2013

Brand Archives at Central Saint Martins Degree Show 2013, 18 June—5 July
Photographs © 2013 Pedro Carvalho de Almeida

New Cross Army Surplus

Wood sole and studs army boots specials at MilitaryKit.com.
1) Manchester 2) Manchester!
"but it's trainers I like, have some 38 freshbox pairs of Adidas not to wear them, just look, love it"

our trade is life

Screenshot from Bergman's Scener ur ett äktenskap, 1973.

Yes it is a shoe shop

Established in 1940, this shop is the last of a breathe.

Paradise of exquisite gems for Dr. Martens lovers, collectors and archivists, somewhere in Northwest London around NW6 and NW10. More clues? This is just one of the back rooms there.

Too good to share!

Vivre Sa Vive, Jean Luc Godard, 1962

Vivre sa vie : film en douze tableaux is a 1962 French film directed by Jean-Luc Godard, featuring Anna Karina (Nana). The title means "To Live Her Life: A Film in Twelve Scenes".
Taking on the existentialist words of Godard in the voice of the 'philosopher' speaking to Nana, who might represent human condition, "to be completely at one with what you love takes maturity."
Despite it's not one of Godard's best-known films it won the Special Jury Prize in Venice, enjoying  an extremely positive critical reputation: "a perfect film" and "one of the most extraordinary, beautiful, and original works of art that I know of" (Susan Sontag).

Walsh of Bolton x OiPolloi from Manchester

Walsh of Bolton x OiPolloi from Manchester

my id

I Love London!

"On Saturday 8th June at 2pm the organisers of The World Naked Bike Ride will be using Granary Square as one of their 5 designated starting points before making their way to their final destination at Wellington Arch. We are expecting up to 50 cyclists to arrive onsite at 2pm and will congregate in the North Eastern corner of the Granary Square. The attendees will be de-robing at 3pm and departing site by 3:15pm from a designated, cordoned off area.

The public spaces at Kings Cross will be open to all as usual, but please do be aware that there will be nudity on Granary Square during these times." 

What do artists do all day?

A BBC documentary following the daily life work of Cornelia Parker.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b02tg2z2/What_Do_Artists_Do_All_Day_Cornelia_Parker/

Le Coq Sportif Lady Eclat 1986 x Heimstone 2013 + Petrew 1984

Le Coq Sportif Lady Eclat (1986) x Heimstone (2013) + A sort of an early preview by Petrew (1984)

Brand Archives at Central Saint Martins

Here some results of the challenge addressed to MA Culture, Criticism and Curation students at CSM. Brand archives' case studies included from Casa 7, Cortebel, Northampton Museum, Walsh, and Ruth Boots. Students responded nicely.

"Brand Archives, from dust to blooming is part of a Post-doctoral research project based at Central Saint Martins, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The project discusses the radical potential of archives of material culture as generative tools to promote cultural diversity and to foster brand innovation. It aims at developing awareness of the value of brand archives as rich resources for designers, cultural organizations, and commercial companies, where brand heritage is, or has, the potential to become a critical or defining asset.

Narrative objects was a workshop in two parts. In Part 1: Probes and triggers students engaged with a collection of objects, images and personal stories provided by people with different backgrounds and interests around the subject of collections and archives.

By getting to know better those narrative objects through engaging with given contextual accounts, in Part 2: Immersive interactions participants were asked to respond to those objects in narrative and curatorial terms. Possibilities for interpretation included, among others: establishing connections between objects and images; creating categories and clusters of information; identifying gaps to their understanding; finding patterns, contrasts and similarities."

 

Photographs and text courtesy of Pedro Carvalho de Almeida

Cultural crossover

Church’s x adidas Originals Consortium London Trainer

Artistic collaboration of the year? of the decade?

"Very generous of those Robots....
Daft Punk's album Random Access Memories is leaked in its entire glory. Streaming now on ITunes.
Catch it here before it vaporises." http://bit.ly/127T5nF Yes we're Happy!

Sense-making

Here to broadening the scope of someone's mind and soul.
Taking from CSM Research/UAL words: make sense!