Black Box Website

A collaborative project with Elliot Hammer in the form of a workshop for the 3rd year Typo/graphic students at the LCC, working with Tim Hutchinson and Ben Prescott of Bark Design.

'The So Called Utopia of the Centre Beauborg' was written in 2007 by Luca Frei. It describes a social experiment in Paris which was given to the Parisian to develop a culture independent from the Parisian bourgeois. Although this was a fictional account of this event similar ideas have been realised on this model. During 1969-70, first year sculpture class at the Central School of Art undertook a radical experiment in which the students were given no restrictions other than the materials with which to work with. This was repeated every day for a year during which time no critical feedback was given.

Black Box draws from these experiments in order to challenge and motivate students beginning their final year by providing them with a range of social situations which require a solution. It also aims to provide a reference point to which the progress of the students may be traced.

To view all imagery and read more about the project please visit the Black Box website. Also view the online invitation to the workshop here.

All photographic recordings of this workshop were taken by the extremely talented Harry Watts.

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