The Elements of Drawing: John Ruskin’s Teaching Collections at Oxford
The University of Oxford owns the majority of the teaching collections and catalogues assembled by John Ruskin for his Oxford drawing schools in the third quarter of the 19th century. This material, which included drawings by himself and other artists, prints and photographs, is now in the care of the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology.
Gabriela Albergaria: hither and thither
Sonia Boyce: For you, only you
At the invitation of the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art, Sonia Boyce conceived a collaborative project that addressed itself to the boundary between classical music and sound art. Her partners in this enterprise were Alamire, a consort of some of Britain’s finest early music singers, and the Greek composer Mikhail Karikis.
Rob Kesseler: Hortus in vitro
Hortus in vitro is a permanent, site-specific installation in the greenhouses at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden.
Annie Cattrell, Peter Fraser, Tim Head and Nicky Hirst: Salt Bridges
Oxford University’s Department of Biochemistry commissioned a new building from Hawkins\Brown Architects to provide state-of-the-art research facilities and an outstanding host environment for its academics, students and visiting researchers.
Tania Kovats: Museum of the White Horse
The Museum of the White Horse was a personal response by Tania Kovats to our historic and ongoing fascination with the Uffington White Horse, an ancient monument carved into the chalk downland in southwest Oxfordshire, and comprised a travelling landscape museum housed in a converted horsebox.
Richard Woods: NewBUILD
At the invitation of the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art, Richard Woods employed his trademark block-printing approach to create a super-sized red brick graphic, which he used to envelope the exterior of the 14th-century Long Room at New College, Oxford. NewBUILD confused the College’s architectural heritage with a skin-deep makeover technique borrowed from primetime television.
Tony Grisoni’s Prime Cuts
Tony Grisoni was involved in many different areas of film making before turning to screenwriting. Queen of Hearts (1989), directed by Jon Amiel, was his award-winning first feature. Since then he has worked closely with numerous directors, including John Boorman, Terry Gilliam and Michael Winterbottom.
A Weekend with Alex Cox
Punk Filmmaker Rebel Artist Anarchist Coffee Drinker
Something Paradoxical: A day of films by Pawel Pawlikowski
The acclaimed Polish documentary and feature film director Pawel Pawlikowski began his career in television, making award-winning documentaries for the BBC during the heyday of the Corporation’s arts programming. His distinctive mixing of fact with elements of the personal and poetic has challenged expectations of the television documentary and continues into his work for cinema.
Janna Levin: NESTA Dream Time Fellowship
