slapdash Issue No. 2 Spring/Summer 2011
Hey All,
Welcome back! Hope you had a terrific Easter Holiday. We are now into the home stretch, hand-ins looming, and the temptation to sunbathe and leave it all to the last minute grows ever stronger. We though we would offer up a last little mag from the Slapdash team reflecting on some of the highlights of the year and as always a display of some of your beautiful work. We hope you have had an enjoyable year - we have! Some of the improvements we have started and are continuing to make this year are: a greater Students’ Union presence around the campus, more interaction with Course Reps, a colour printer in the library and an improved Arts Bar which is now equiped with games, a display of student’s artwork will closely follow. After lengthy discussions with the Uni we have finally come to an agreement to open various departments within the campus later on a Friday, hopefully until 6.30pm... a small but important victory which will hopefully enable next years Sabbatical Officers more opportunity to build on these achievements.
Emma and myself wish you the best summer wherever you are. For those in their last year we wish you the best of luch as you embark on the scary but exciting arena of LIFE. For those of you that still have some sand left in the hour glass, lucky you... it flies by quicker than you will realise so get more involved. All of our clubs and societies will be up and running as usual, so it is a perfect opportunity to involve yourself in areas you ahd previously though about but shrugged off. The worst thing you can do is leave AUCB with regrets! Anyway....here it is - enjoy.
Harry Atkinson AUCB SU President
Student Union
A Different Pair of Eyes Hope 2 Cycle NUS National Conference RAG Week
Lifestyle and Entertainment
Time For Tea: Key Lime Pie Recipe Ed Sheeran Festival Line-Up 2011
Art, Design and Media
Fashion: Summer Treats Creative Websites The Oscars 2011 This Is Collective Philip Townsend Documentary House of Fraser Ad Campaign All In Music Video BHF Photography Winner: Matthew Town Student Artwork
AUCB Sports, Societies and Events Sahaja Yoga Meditation Sports, Clubs and Societies Social Dance Showcase Chinese New Year
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Design Christina Button Contributors Harry Atkinson Ben Brooks Christina Button Kate Griffiths Tristan Griffiths Rebekah Isaac Jennifer John David John Pedrick Tanya Pye Anushka Tay Jeff Tong Emma Wilson Front Cover Image Marta Rudyk Photography Nauman Abdul Hafeez Jamie Middleton Simon Poole-Anderson Tom Rowe 1
Every year students flock to The Arts University College Bournemouth to study and this year I became another to do the same. Like many of the first years I had all the worries you would expect: will I be accepted, will I make friends, can I cope living away from home and most importantly how am I going to find my course/ did I pick the right one. However unlike quite a few of the fresher’s I had a little more to worry about. I have an unseen disability which could potentially kill me: I’m seriously allergic to citrus fruits. Anything which contains them, right down to the cleaning products and the dyes I may have had to use for my course could end up harming me.
Unseen disabilities are more common than many think and can affect a person’s day to day life quite radically, some are difficult to understand whilst others are simple to explain. Some laugh off their problems and hide what’s going on whilst others don’t have a choice but to be serious. For example many students can use a washing machine without the worry that the person who has used the machine before them may have used some kind of solution that could cause them to become covered in a rash. Or even that when washing up, the liquid won’t cause your hands to swell twice the size they originally are. Sounds weird doesn’t it, that a small satsuma could cause so much harm.
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First Year at University, a Different Pair of Eyes Well 8 months on I’m happy to say things have never been better. I love my course; the lecturers and students within Costume are amazing and have supported me through everything and we have all become really good friends. The disability support at AUCB has done so much to help me, I would of never thought back in September I would get this much support. So this is for those who are hiding or laughing off their disabilities, you are not alone. AUCB is one of the most caring places with helpful staff and students who understand. Whether you are a fresher or about to enter your final year of your course, help is available to you and my advice is - grab it with both hands, you won’t regret it.
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Hope 2 Cycle This local charity is based in Shaftesbury and started visiting the Arts University College campus in 2010. Together with Simon Adams, the Students’ Union felt it to be a mutually beneficial arrangement for them to visit the campus more regularly. A monthly visit now takes place and each time AUCB students are able to buy good quality second hand bikes at a reasonable price. Gary manages the visits and along with his team also repair the bikes for staff and students on campus at a very cheaply. In November Hope 2 Cycle were allocated 30 bicycles to distribute around the area to Institutions where people may be in need of transport. Gary chose to give three of these second hand bikes to AUCB and these were allocated courtesy of Student Services to Prep HE students who were not eligible for any maintenance grants, funds or bursaries. In February, Gary bought the bikes to campus and these were gratefully received by the students.
Hope 2 Cycle is a charity that assists people who may have mental health issues to make progress with their treatments by encouraging them to work along with the charity in the fixing and construction of used bikes and bike parts. This gives them focus and can assist their recovery whilst at the same time it also gives assistance to various Institutions that may have people in need of transport. It encourages people to be environmentally conscious and provides a cheap and healthy alternative to buses and cars.
If you would like to have a look at Hope 2 Cycle’s stock or have a bike in need of repair please bring it along to every first Wednesday in the month between 11am – 3pm in the Courtyard area of AUCB campus.
Rebekah Isaac
NUS National Conference is the sovereign body for the NUS and Student Unions. It sets policy for the year ahead in each of the 5 zones and elects the President, Vice Presidents and Block of 15 representatives on the National Executive Council. This is also where the budget for the year ahead is decided through the Annual General Meeting (AGM). For the second year running the conference is held at The Sage in Newcastle, Gateshead. As well as it being at an iconic landmark for the UK during the conference from 12-14 April 2011 you as students can follow what is happening. You will be able to watch National Conference live on the NUS website along with all the breaking news, live tweets, photos, videos, policy and much more.
This year 4 of the executive committee members for AUCB SU, Harry Atkinson (President), Emma Wilson (Vice President), Emmie Isaac (Prep HE Officer) and Tanya Pye (R.A.G Officer) get to represent you as students at the Conference. This year is a big year for students due to the cuts in education and funding. As well as this there is the whole question of Arron Porter and his reasons for his resignation from being president of the NUS, making him the the first NUS leader not to stand for re-election since 1969. As Aaron is stepping down, a new president must be found. Running for the position are Mark Bergfeld, Liam Burns, Thomas Byrne and Shane Chowen.
Want to know more about conference, people running in the election or just want your voice listened to? Go onto the NUS website at www.nus.org.uk.
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R.A.G. Week
28th March – 1st April
Before you ask, no this isn’t an April Fool’s joke, but worthy causes which we would like to thank you for supporting. This year we chose 4 charities to support: SOS Africa, Cancer Research UK, LC Disability and the Japan Tsunami Appeal. Mini activities have been happening every day this week in aid of R.A.G., such as the Monday cake sale where yummy butter cream cakes, rice crispy blocks and Haribo topped cakes were purchased and consumed quite happily. Tuesday and Wednesday we had a variety of fun fair based activities such as butt heads, shoot the clown and hook the duck. Were you the lucky winner of the duck game? Thursday saw the turn of a very successful tombola and Friday 1st of April will hopefully show the same for our raffle. Wednesday 6th April was our Easter egg hunt which was lots of fun! We gave everyone a treasure map and hid lots of chocolate all around campus and the winning team won everybodys entry money!
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We will also be doing a charity hitchhike event called LEGGIT on the 18th April where you have to get as far away from Bournemouth in 36 hours. Good luck to all the teams!! Looking forward to seeing how far everyone gets. Everyone here at the Students’ Union would like to thank Becki’s Bits and Bobs for the donated raffle prizes and thanks to all of you; due to your kindness and generosity we have raised enough to give substantial amounts to each charity.
Do you have a charity you feel is deserving, want to take part in R.A.G. next year or want to run an event yourself? Pop into the Students’ Union Office and speak to the R.A.G officer or go online to the student union website at www.aucbsu.co.uk/index. php/about-su/executivecommittee.
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Time For Tea
A plea, a call-to-arms, and a smashing recipe for a key lime pie. I can see it straight away. Those of you who are first-years and have finally (finally!) fled the nest are by now sitting in your messy bedrooms, surrounded by piles of unwashed laundry and empty cans, having mastered the art of cooking pasta without boiling a hole in the bottom of the saucepan and – en route to freedom! – dispelled all your mother’s fears for your safety (and your diet) with an upturned nose and a disgusted wave of the hand. You can take care of yourself. Eating a bowl of Frosties at 5pm feels very liberating, and there’s the aforementioned pasta (sauce cooked fresh from the jar) for when you want something more substantial. Otherwise there’s pizza, right? Yeah. Right.
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The average plate of student food disgusts me. I’m not being snobbish, and it’s not because I’m a girl that I like cooking. (Suggest that and I’ll hit you on the head with my [feminist] sewing kit.) I’m just truly, madly, deeply obsessed with food, and the sight of people existing day after day after day on frozen garlic bread saddens me to the bottom of my heart. The flipside to is that whilst these types of food are convenient, they are anything but healthy. But more importantly, if you’re watching your budget – and if you intend to hit those clubs in town as often as you’d wish, you’ll want to keep hold of that student loan – you’ll be alarmed to discover that buying these products are often more expensive. In my first year, I spent an average of £17.50 a week on groceries. Compare that to the cost of an order from Dominoes and you’ll soon get thinking.
For a really easy recipe that sounds fancier (and harder) than it is, try making this key lime pie. One spoonful will have you salivating at the glands, so it’s perfect if you want your new housemates to like you, or to impress a potential date. It’s also good for when your parents come to visit (read: spy and check up on you). This will subtly infiltrate their minds with the idea that that they don’t need to ring you every day to check up on you.
Anushka Tay This recipe is slightly adapted from the one on http://www. jamieoliver.com/recipes/ fruit-recipes/key-lime-pie.
It’s fairly likely that you will have a lot of the equipment at your digs, left over from previous tenants or accumulated for you by your parents. It not, you can pick items up quite cheaply at Wilkinsons or Asda. • Scales • Whisk • Rolling pin • Self-sealing sandwich bag • Large mixing bowl • Cheese grater • Citrus press • Metal or glass pie dish, approx. 22cm • Spatula • Small saucepan • Wooden spoon
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For the crust: • 12 digestive biscuits • 135g melted unsalted butter • Optional - 1 heaped teaspoon ground ginger For the filling: • 4 egg yolks (see step 7) • 400ml tin condensed milk (a smallish tin should do) • The juice of 5 limes • The zest of 2 limes
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To make the crust: 1. Pre-heat the oven to 175°C or gas mark 3. Grease the pie dish with butter. 2. Crush the digestive biscuits by putting them in a sandwich bag and smashing the biscuits to a very fine powdery texture. 3. Melt the butter on a low heat in a saucepan. Turn off the heat, tip in the crushed biscuits and stir thoroughly. Add the ground ginger if you want added zing. 4. Transfer to the pie dish and spread evenly across the bottom and up the sides, pressing down firmly with a metal spoon. 5. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove from the oven and leave to cool. To make the filling: 6. First separate the yolks. Do it over 2 bowls. Crack the egg carefully on the side of a bowl and very gently tip the egg white out into the bowl, using one half of the egg shell as to shield the yolk and stop it from falling out. Whisk the egg yolks in a bowl. 7. Gradually whisk in the condensed milk until smooth. 8. Add the lime juice and zest and whisk so that everything is smooth and mixed in well.
9. Carefully pour the filling into the baked pie crust and level it over with the back of a spoon. 10. Return to the oven for 15 minutes. 11. Remove from the oven and leave to cool. When completely cool, place in the fridge for at least 6 hours (overnight is best). 12. Remember to turn off the oven!
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To serve: 13. If you’ve got the munchies or are having a bad day, attack with a table spoon and allow yourself to write off basically consuming a tin of condensed milk in one sitting. 14. If you’re making this to impress serve with a few artfully-placed lines of whipped cream (use that electric whisk – NOT the type from a can!) topped with more grated lime zest. 15. And finally, unless you’re a budding communist, I advise you not to let your housemates try any. At least not until you’ve eaten nearly all of it.
Enjoy!
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Ed Sheeran This uber talented singersongwriter originally from Halifax, West Yorkshire, has been making music for as long as he can remember, and began recording back in 2005, which led to the release of his first EP, The Orange Room EP, followed over the next two years by a self-titled Album and a second in 2007 called Want Some?. Now a household name, Ed Sheeran is gracing stages all over the UK, and in 2009 alone he managed to rack up an outstanding 312 gigs! This self-created target originated from him reading an interview with James Morrison, who claimed to have done 200 gigs in a year. In order to acheive this number of gigs, Ed, the now self-proclaimed ‘Sofa Surfer’ left his rented flat to stay with friends and fans around London, which he still does to this day. In 2009 he released another EP, You
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Need Me just before going on tour with Just Jack. In Feb 2010, local talent scout and brainchild behind SB.TV, Jamal Edwards, noticed Ed’s unique skills released a video through their popular social media site, which then lead to him being approached by Example asking him to go on tour. At the same time Ed was busy releasing his second Indie release, the critically acclaimed Loose Change EP, which features one of his most popular songs, The A Team, whose video was created for a budget of £20! Don’t get it twisted when it comes to money, this artist is a rising superstar, with his head fully into his music, and puttng his all into every performance and release. Something that the local masterminds of the new event and music brand Ice-Creamed.co.uk realised and booked Ed to appear at
their launch night at The Old FireStation back in February. Appearing alongside other local talent such as Salena Mastroianni amongst others. The launch event was a huge success and the brand recorded a video interview with the rising star which will probably be live on their website by the release of this magazine, so do please check it out. In the interview Ed descibes himself and his set for the night as acoustic soul, chillout and talks about his time on tour with Example, his plans for the future and speaks very highly of Salena’s live performance. Ed is also a big fan of Twitter where he regularly tweets, so for all the latest check him out at twitter.com/edsheeran.
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The biggest and baddest of them all. If I had to go to just one, it’d be this. The line up is crazy! But also there’ll be no Glasto next year! 22nd- 26th June
For the quirky and downright weird. The only festival you’re likely to see a dwarf riding a tricycle while balancing a fish bowl on his head. 22nd-25th July
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Now deadlines are coming to an end, why not treat yourself to a Summer pick-me-up. Here are a few to inspire you….
Emma Wilson
1.Taupe Organza Corsage Headband, Topshop, £4.00
7. Sunseeker Stripe Twist Bandeau, Asos, £38.00
2. Wendy Nude Twist Wedges, Topshop, £60.00
8. Pink Floral Zip Front Bralet, Topshop, £20.00
3. Nails in War Paint, Topshop, £5.00
9. White American Eagle Print Crop Roll Sleeve Tee, Topshop, £18.00
4. Beaded Front And Ankle Multi Strap Gladiator, Boohoo, £20.00 5. Oversized Canvas Shopper, Asos, £20.00 6. Jersey Newspaper Print Knot Back Maxi Dress, Boohoo, £15.00
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13 of the Best Creative Websites Atlas Obscura
Best for: Anyone with a desire to travel or explore If you’re going to another country or simply want to explore the UK, this site is a great place to look first – it is a vast collection of strange and unusual attractions that probably won’t be included in tourism books, along with details on opening times, prices, etc. With over 100 sites in the UK alone, Atlas Obscura is a huge resource. www.atlasobscura.com
Best for: All creative areas Behance is one of the best portfolio sites out there. A slick way to present all areas of creative work, it looks great and provides customisable profiles. www.behance.net
Best for: Creatives with interests outside of art and design Boing Boing is a blog collecting not only art and design, but also news and websites of all sorts of interests, especially politics, science, technology and odd news. www.boingboing.net
Etsy
Flickr
Behance
Best for: Fashion, Costume, Crafts, Textiles Etsy is a major source for selling all sorts of handmade goods, especially small, shippable items such as jewellery. www.etsy.com 16
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Best for: Photography You must have seen this site by now! A good source for uploading your own photos, creating photo collections and stock images (look for the Creative Commons section). www.flickr.com
DeviantArt
Best for: Art, Illustration, Fan Art A vastly populated, informal online community site allowing users to upload images and writing. www.deviantart.com
Kickstarter
Best for: Anyone working on a large-scale project A Dragon’s Den for creativity. If you’re working on a major project that costs a lot of money, you can upload details to the site and other interested users can donate. Users can also give gifts and offers to donators once their project is on its feet as an incentive to contribute. www.kickstarter.com
Best for: Art, Illustration, Graphic Design, Photography Pinterest is a handy way of bookmarking images and photos you like online, giving you a virtual pinboard. (Note: at the time of writing, the site is still in its beta stage and invitiations may take a while.) www.pinterest.com
NOTCOT
Best for: All creative areas NOTCOT is a frequently updated site collecting the best art, design and media projects online. Users can also submit any good links they find, and unlike most artsy websites, the site also collects beautifully designed food! www.notcot.org
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TED
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Best for: Everyone Simply download Firefox (if you haven’t got it already), install StumbleUpon and tick all of your interests. This will give you a browser button that will quickly take you to random websites suited for you. You can also bookmark sites you like. A good device for research and very addictive as a timewaster! www.stumbleupon.com
Best for: Art, Fan Art, Film, Animation Updated several times a day, Super Punch is a blog collecting all sorts of visual art and design, with a focus on pieces inspired by or used in famous movies and games. www.superpunch.blogspot. com
Best for: Graphic Design, Multimedia, Industrial design, Architecture A video site presenting TED Conferences, which are non-profit events featuring talks and lectures from lots of successful and famous people. Creative speakers include J.J. Abrams, Steve Jobs, Stefan Sagmeister and Philippe Starck. www.ted.com
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Best for: Film, Animation Vimeo is a video site, which is in some ways superior to YouTube – it looks better and all content is created by the uploaders. A good way to showcase your work or simply browse other projects. www.vimeo.com
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Oscar Buzz As a child there was always one TV event I was allowed to stay up for, one reigning extravaganza of stardom, celebrity and self assured bourgoise- the Oscars. Now maybe I’m becoming that most cantacerous of beasts, but the magic of yesteryear seems slowly to have drained from the wand. If you weren’t rolling around clutching your sides at a celebrity decapitation from Billy Crystal, then the sheer sight of a toothy smile from Jack Nicholson was enough to keep you watching for the million hours of unedited air time. Maybe my nostalgia for the Oscars stems from its birth at the genesis of Hollywood, when the studio system crafted, polished and veneered gods. The teams behind Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Bogart etc. were the greatest that ever lived, they understood the ephemerality of stardom which was more closely linked to talent.
Today lorry loads of stars come and go almost as quickly as you can say their names. Fame has taken a nose dive, and in no small part because of the rise of TV. The state we find ourselves in today is systemic of the culture we live in. The Hollywood system couldn’t go on forever, and in many ways that is a good thing. I can’t help wondering however, that through mediums like the internet and TV we have lost something……mystery. And every good star has to have a level of mystery, of intrigue. That is something almost impossible to grasp these days in a 24 hour global village of CCTV, paparazzi hysteria and blogging. The Brits did mightily well this year, Colin Firth, an actor I at first despised as a clone of Hugh Grant, have since respected as harking back to that golden age of cinema; witty, suave and with a quintessential English politeness.
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Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Best Motion Picture of the Year The King’s Speech
Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (production design) Karen O’Hara (set decoration)
Achievement in Directing
Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
Achievement in Cinematography Wally Pfister (Inception)
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Best Animated Short Film
The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann)
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Toy Story 3
Adapted Screenplay The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
Original Screenplay The King’s Speech - David Seidler
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
In a Better World (Denmark)
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Christian Bale (The Fighter)
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network)
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Inception (Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo and Ed Novick)
Best Live Action Short Film God of Love (Luke Matheny)
Best Documentary Feature Inside Job (Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs)
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Achievement in Sound Editing
Inception (Richard King)
Inception (Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb)
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Achievement in Film Editing
Rick Baker and Dave Elsey (The Wolfman)
Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (The Social Network)
Achievement in Costume Design
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland)
Best Documentary Short Subject
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Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
We Belong Together (from Toy Story 3, music and lyrics by Randy Newman)
Strangers No More (Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon)
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If, like us, you want your work to be seen beyond the studios of the AUCB by a community of creative professionals and students then This Is is something you want to get involved in. This Is is a Bournemouth based collective consisting of five 3rd year Visual Communication students who host a bi-monthly print sale and exhibition at 60 million postcards. In hosting these events, we set out to help students to get their brilliant work out to a wider audience of creatives, both up-andcoming and industry-based. This exposure will hopefully lead to opportunities such as collaborations, commissions, placements and jobs - vital for us students who are about to enter the creative industries. Each event has its own themed creative brief that is open for anyone to take on. Entrants create a piece of art, design or illustration relating to our set theme, for print at A2 size, which, if selected, is exhibited for sale at the event. We are a non-profit organisation so we ask for a small fee to cover the cost of printing 5 copies of your
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piece. After paying this every penny from the sales of your print goes directly back to you. After the event you can choose to either have any of your unsold prints returned to you or displayed for sale on our online gallery and shop. To view previous work from This Is events go to www.shop.thisissomething. co.uk. If print-based work isn’t your thing, we are always looking to hear ideas from people working within other disciplines. All specialisms are welcome and we have previously featured installation-pieces, 3D-models, live illustration and projection art. We are also currently running an open competition called This Is What You Make It, the brief is to create a piece of work for the huge wall in 60 million’s beer garden. If any of these opportunities sound good to you, check out our website www. thisissomething.co.uk for more info or get in touch at contact@thisissomething. co.uk. Helping students showcase their talents is one thing that motivates us but This Is is also about cultivating a
community of like-minded creative people. In bringing to Bournemouth the type of art and culture-based events that creatives in London and other cities are familiar with, we are offering an alternative to the standard student club-night that dominates Bournemouth nightlife. Our next event is This Is The Start Of Summer and is taking place on Tuesday 24th of May. This theme is all about celebrating the season of long days, warm nights and light tans! We hope to see you there, or even better, you and your work. Work for this event should be submitted before the deadline of Monday 9th of May, for more information and details go to: www. thisissomething.co.uk. If you just want to get in touch with us about collaborating, submitting work or just to tell us we’re cool, tweet us @thisissomething or find us on Facebook.
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Phillip Townsend and the Gallery Exhibition Documentaries Back in the Autumn term, Simon Beeson - Head of Architecture - stood in our Level 6 production meeting and appealed for a film student to make a documentary. The film was to be about the exhibition of the Architect Sir Peter Cook’s work which would shortly be displayed in the AUCB’s expanded gallery ‘Text + Work’ in the North Building. I am not a documentary student - over the last two years on the Film Production Course I have studied nothing but Sound Recording, Sound Editing and most of the other
job roles contained within the Sound Department. It surprised me therefore to find myself volunteering to make the Sir Peter Cook documentary motivated by the simple desire to reconnect with what lead me to study film in the first place – A need to tell stories and all the artistic expression that contains. Tom Rowe, a friend and fellow 3rd year, acted as Director of Photography (DOP) on this first documentary with me on Sound and later Craig Jay who is currently in the 2nd year edited. The film was
entirely successful although a long delay in finding an editor who could work with the HDV format highlighted my lack of experience as a Producer and how the project had almost entirely relied on chance from the very beginning. This said however, I’m very proud of that first documentary, the form of it is very professional and it feels like a good piece of artistic expression rather than the corporate marketing tool I later found out it was intended to be.
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“The opportunity exists (at Text + Work) to meet and interview some of this country’s truly inspirational artists.” Early in January 2011 I was invited back by Violet McClean - the Senior Gallery Officer - to make a second documentary about photographer and AUCB Honorary Fellow Phillip Townsend and the temporary exhibition of his work produced by The Lowry in Salford, Greater Manchester. (www.thelowry.com). There were restrictions this time however, in a meeting between Violet McClean, DR Ceri Higgins (senior lecturer, BA Hons. Film Production) and myself it was agreed that the filming was to be limited to one hour of footage on the afternoon of 17th February
and would focus more on an interview with Phillip Townsend and documenting the talk that was to be held later the same day in lecture theatre two. I became a little disheartened at this pointthe project was starting to feel less artistic and more corporate. I was struggling in earnest to find anything artistically compellinganything worth telling a story of other than interviewing Phillip Townsend. Tom Rowe was unavailable due to commitments to the EMP films which had started shooting late in February. As a result I was left without
a DOP so I called in a favour with Simon PooleAnderson, a current MA student and M.D. of Hybrid Vision Film LTD (www. ahybridvision.com) who also provided primary camera equipment and also attained the assistance of a 1st year student- Jonny Hodgetts. What we committed to film that day consisted of a short introductory interview with Violet McClean, quite a few cutaways of Phillip Townsend’s work (these are illustrative shots that can be cut in over the top of an interview to add additional interest for the viewer) and the interview with Phillip himself.
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“I was lucky enough to spend nearly an hour interviewing this national treasure that should really have a feature length documentary made of about his life”
This was the joy for me, simply because of how interesting a man he is. Fascinating to talk to, with many stories including how he sat quietly and watched as the Beetles first met Maharishi Yogi. Or how he was Rupert Murdoch’s Butler - of Fox/News Corporation fame (www.avaaz.org/en/ the_kingmaker) - for nearly six years in the 1980’s, something he explains as 24
investigative journalism. In all I was lucky enough to spend nearly an hour interviewing this national treasure that should really have a feature length documentary made of about his life. As I write this our documentary is still being cut together -with a little difficulty- by Craig Jay. This is because we simply couldn’t cover the lecture Phillip Townsend gave that day due to the fact we had to return our equipment
to the film technical store before 5pm that day as it was closing early. This and other time constraints meant that we basically did not have enough coverage to effectively tell this story- or at least coverage we can actually use without offence! The gallery documentaries are now planned to be covered by the Documentary students on film as part of their coursework- a conclusion beyond my expectations for this project.
The bottom line is that until you can prove something is possible on the film course not many people have the time to take notice and I am happy that I’ve managed to leave a legacy for future film students to become involved with and I would strongly suggest any film student interested in documentary does get involved. Whilst the Text + Work gallery is a challenging environment for a filmmaker to work in and remain creatively focused everyone who works there is extremely warm and welcoming and the opportunity exists to meet
and interview some of this country’s truly inspirational artists. Once this has gone to press both the Sir Peter Cooke RA and Phillip Townsend documentaries should be available on the computers in the Gallery resource centre opposite the Origins Café.
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David John Pedrick Sound Department 3rd year film March 2011 Pictures: Tom Rowe Phillip Townsend Simon Poole-Anderson
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Ad Campaign for Criminal, House of Fraser Photographs taken by a Commercial Photography student from the Arts University College at Bournemouth have been selected for the new Spring/ Summer 2011 advertising campaign for men’s cult clothing brand Criminal. Faith Mason’s images were selected from among those of six other students from the University College, to promote the high-profile brand. Launched from a bedroom in Bournemouth over a decade ago and now a concession brand at House of Fraser, Criminal is renowned for its edgy, subversive attitude with the brand’s designers drawing inspiration from ‘street life and the revolutionary spirit of youth’. Commercial Photography students were given garments from the Criminal Spring/ Summer range and asked to arrange their own photo shoots, models and locations. Their brief was to update the Criminal image and move it forward as a more preppy, body-conscious brand in an innovative way. The images were then judged by House of Fraser professionals and a selection chosen for their website and for use in store.
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Faith, whose ambition is to work in fashion photography, was thrilled to be chosen as the winner “I’m just so grateful for the opportunity. To be able to create something for Criminal is amazing and I’ve learnt so much from the whole experience.” Faith also received a £500 House of Fraser voucher. Tom Spearman, Marketing Manager for Menswear at House of Fraser, commented “We were really impressed with the standard of work on display. There were some fantastic images across the board.” Kieran Webber, a buyer for Criminal, remarked “We liked the cinematic feel and the movement in Faith’s images”. The panel agreed that the standard of work displayed by all the students was incredibly high.
Kieran Webber (Criminal), Faith Mason, Tom Spearman (House of Fraser) and Paul Hayes (HoF) outside the Criminal window, House of Fraser, Bournemouth
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Commercial Photography Course Leader Conrad Tracy facilitated the project, working alongside professional designers and buyers from Criminal and House of Fraser. He commented, “The project started during an educational visit to New York two years ago, where the students used Criminal clothing to shoot ‘street fashion’.. With the success of the NY images, Kieran Webber at Criminal and I came up with the idea of running a ‘live’ project with the students, who were then asked to pitch their ideas to a panel at House of Fraser and then create work to the brief. They have once again clearly risen to the challenge, producing some excellent fashion images that will help to generate interest in their work and kickstart their future careers as professional photographers. House of Fraser has been incredibly supportive of the collaboration and I am delighted to see our students continuing the tradition at AUCB for creative commercial photography.” After the success of this competition for the second year running, the Arts University College at Bournemouth is hoping to run another photographic competition with Criminal during the next academic year. The winning images from this year’s competition can be seen on display in the window of the Bournemouth store.
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All In Music Video Last year a group of BA Film Production students created the official music video to All In by dubstep group Dubba Jonny. Since its upload to the UKFDubstep YouTube channel in September, the video has had over a whopping 757,000 views. We spoke to director Jamie Middleton about the project...
Who made up the production team? Gotta give credit to Katie McBride who designed the set, Benn Capon who produced it, Howard Bland who edited it, Sam Meleady who let us destroy his house for it and Chai Rolfe who shot it.
How did you get involved with the project? I’d known Brian (one half of the band) from back home, so we’d done little music videos before. Dubba actually spawned from a little jokey YouTube thing called Duke & Kuvah we’d been doing for a while. We went about trying to think of an ‘arty’ concept for it and in the end Chai (my cinematographer) just suggested emulating the house parties Dubba had already been playing.
Which camera and specialist equipment did you use? We shot it on a 7D with a shoulder mount, fairly basic. We had a mate who lent us his club lighting which really made it though... And a parachute which we hung up in the main room. What have you got coming up for us next? We’re shooting the next Dubba Jonny video soon, and doing another video for some guys called Dexcell. Music videos seem to be the way forward at the mo.
Who is your favourite director? Hands down Gaspar Noe. He does some really trippy stuff. There’s a few references in this video to him and his style - The party atmosphere and bright colours. We painted this entire room in neon patterns and shapes, theres a few nice shots in the video of it.
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What was the concept behind the video? The general concept was just to show a guy and his mates on a night out drinking and partying. There were a lot of house parties going on that time last year, and that was how the guys got their fan base up so quick. Obviously because it was a music video we amped up the production value and look of the house. But I still love the grimey fact we had the band playing in the kitchen of a student house, grounded it a bit more.
Where can we see more of your work? We set up a little YouTube channel, but we haven’t really kicked that off yet: www.youtube.com/ crackingpictures.
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BHF Photography Winner: Matthew Town
Level 5 BA Commercial Photography student Matthew Town has recently been declared Student Winner for a photography competition by the British Heart Foundation. The competition brief asked contestants to convey the word ‘heart’. Here’s what Matthew had to say about his winning piece, ‘The Stage’:
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“To me ‘heart’ is all about having the courage to face anything. I have tried to represent it by showing where people perform, having the courage to show people you can do it. “Within my images I have added the factor of an audience which tends to put you at your most vulnerable, but being able to overcome fear we are able to achieve great things.”
The photo was picked out of over 800 entries and has been published in The Independant on Sunday. It will also be on display in all 600 BHF stores across the United Kingdom. To see all the winning entries, go to www.bhf. org.uk/get-involved/ fundraising/red-for-heart/ photo-competition.aspx. For more of Matthew’s work, check out www.matthewtown. co.uk.
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Sahaja Yoga Meditation This method of meditation focuses on a unique energy that lies within all of us, a life energy that is present in everything. In meditation you can become thoughtlessly aware. You may be more familiar with this than you think, every time you find something stunning, especially in nature or art - an awesome sunset, a breathtaking image, etc. - you become thoughtless! We usually find it difficult to be totally in the present because our mind is either thinking about the future or the past. Being in the state of thoughtless awareness is being in the present. You are free to think about whatever you want, but you don’t have to entertain any unwanted thoughts in your mind at all. Thus you can have true control over your mind. Interestingly, your mind becomes very relaxed yet completely focused on any tasks you need to perform in your daily life. The Sahaja Yoga meditation meetings run on Thursdays from 5pm in AUCB are an easy way to learn all the basics about this subtle energy and how we can use it to enter a true state of meditation.
Founded in 1970 by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, meditation centres are established in every major city around the world – always free of charge. Numerous high schools and universities also integrate meditation programmes into their curriculum, creating an utterly unique learning experience. Shri Mataji travelled around the world for four decades, teaching meditation to thousands of people. She spread a message of inner peace and balance in more than 100 countries. In addition, She oversees numerous humanitarian and non-governmental projects, including: • A hospital and international cancer research centre in Mumbai, India • An International Arts academy in Vaitarna, India • An NGO that provides shelter for the destitute and homeless in New Delhi • The European-based Theatre of Eternal Values, which spreads the message of inner peace and eternal values through the Performing Arts.
“There cannot be peace in the world, unless we find peace within ourselves”
- Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Shri Mataji has also been nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize and Mahatma Gandhi recognised her deep and special qualities when she stayed at his ashram as a young girl. Later she studied medicine and took an active role in the movement for the independence of India. Meditation is not limited to the moment we do it. It expands to everything we do during the day. With the aid of this meditation we can become more dynamic and creative, our relationships improve and we are just amazed to see how everything simply works out. You can discover ways to focus your attention on various energy centres to start developing dormant potentials within you. As a result, you will gradually be able to develop skills in all spheres of life. It can help us manage our studies more calmly and in a more balanced way and it will also help us to communicate better with others.
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A Personal Experiment and freedom of choice The aim of Sahaja Yoga is to freely give as many people as possible the opportunity to try the technique regardless of cast, religion, social position or economic status. Sahaja Yoga does not require us to believe anything that cannot be proven with our own experience. The best approach is to treat it like a personal experiment and see for yourself whether or not it gives you any benefits. We look forward to meeting you! Sahaja Yoga meditation meetings run on Thursdays from 5pm in the Arts Institute Bournemouth (check with reception or student union for room). Check out the following websites for more information: visit www. coolcheck.org which has many great articles and videos of young peoples personal experiences of meditation and www. sahajayoga.org.uk for the UK main site.
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Sports Clubs & Societies Social This year for the first time the Students’ Union has seen a large increase in the number of sports, clubs and societies. Each application to set up a new club has been accepted and the Students Union seeks to support each one both financially and in terms of bookings and organisation. The Students’ Union has worked closely with each Captain or organiser of the clubs to ensure that they have rooms booked, courts and places to play and equipment required. All of the clubs are extremely well attended and all students attending are extremely enthusiastic in their support and participation. The Sports Officers also organised a sign up day as a follow up to the Freshers Fayre sign up. This was to encourage all existing students to think about either joining a club or perhaps setting up their own. We have just had confirmation of an Associate Membership to BUCS, just in time to register our professional athlete Paul Oluyemi for the long jump competition at BUCS later in April 2011. It also means
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that our sports clubs such as football are now eligible to compete against other FE and HE Institutions in the Univeristies and Colleges league. We hope to gain full membership in the summer. This is good news for all of our sporting students whether individuals or teams here at The Arts University College Bournemouth. Listed are clubs which all AUCB students are eligible to join: • Football • Mixed Football • Rugby • Badminton • Hockey • Basketball • Surfing • Yoga • Netball • Breakdance Society • Dance Society • Knitting Society • Craft Society • Film Society • Life Drawing • Clothed Life Drawing • Drama Group
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On the 23rd February we had the first sports social of the year! Held in the Arts bar, we had an awesome turn out including members of AUCB Rugby, Dance, Football and many more (you’d be surprised how many sports teams we have here). All the clubs got together and enjoyed the buffet (we’re talking seriously mean nibbles here) and free drinks provided by AUCB SU, and proceeded to drink the bar dry, literally, we actually had to leave the Arts bar and venture into town as they ran out of beer. The evening climaxed in Kukui in a frenzy of drunken ‘athletes’, Finn was crying again (every time). But everyone else had a really good time! So if anyone fancies taking part in our next outing… JOIN A SPORTS CLUB, email me (Ben Brooks) at 3161656@ live.aucb.ac.uk with any questions you might have and I will get back to you as soon as… Peace n Love :-)
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After weeks of hard work and two nights of jam-packed dance and entertainment, AUCB Dance Society have raised £565.26 for Winston’s Wish, with their Showcase on the 5th and 6th of April at Rubyz Cabaret Club. The charity is the leading childhood bereavement charity and the largest provider of services to bereaved children, young people and their families in the UK. They offer practical support and guidance to families, professionals and anyone concerned about a grieving child. The charity is also very dear to the members of the dance society as they helped one of our dancers through the loss of her father. We all feel very proud to have raised money for such a good cause and had the time of our lives working on the show.
The show itself consisted of 22 dancers performing 20 acts in various styles of dance from contemporary to breakdance (with an appearance from AUCB and BU’s Breakdance Society) and even some rather raunchy can-can performances! Furthermore we had a performance by the fabulous Dame Kitty; one of the lead performers at Rubyz Cabaret Club and also had some members of the AUCB Rugby Team taking their tops off to show their support. The finale had the entire audience on their feet dancing alongside the performers and I have never seen so many smiling faces! It was certainly an event not to be missed so for those of you who did… watch this space and come along next year as it will be even bigger and better! (Especially as the rugby lads are already planning their strip tease!)
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Chinese New Year The second Chinese New Year celebrations made a welcome return to brighten up the last month of winter with a host of Chinese traditions and culture overtaking the whole of the campus (including the library). Determined to make this year’s event bigger and better than the last, we jam packed the day with lots of activities for everyone to partake in.
The Refectory and Arts Bar were transformed with red decorations and lanterns, traditional Chinese New Year music was pumped out into the courtyard, and the eagerly anticipated Chinese lunch menu was back with more mouth-watering options than before. This year we had people tying red bracelets signifying protection from evil spirits onto the students on campus,
a selection of Chinese tea handed out to all entering the Arts Bar, Chinese calligraphy being taught using traditional equipment and wishing lanterns for students to write their dreams and aspirations on to be released to the heavens later that evening. As well as a martial arts demonstration we were treated to the energetic performance from the Yi Quin Lion Dancers.
intentions of synchronising all ten lanterns to float off at the same time was swiftly abandoned as the task became more about wishful thinking and hope that the lanterns would fly. Through determination, motivation and “Chinese power� we successfully sent off nine of the dreams to huge cheers and group spirit. Thank you to all the people who help make this event enjoyable for everyone: to the SU and International Office for their support, the chefs for the wonderful food, the decorators, bracelet tying
people, tea distributors, photographer, calligraphers, lantern lighters and lantern releasers for making this possible, and my core team of helpers who were there from the start. On behalf of the University College, I like to wish you a Happy New Year, hope the Year of the Rabbit brings you great luck, happiness, and prosperity.
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Not limited to just the Arts Bar, the cheeky and playful lions made their way across the campus involving the whole of the university college in the celebrations. The turn out was even larger than last years, with people even making full use of the extended balcony of the Arts Bar to watch the spectacle. The final event of the day was in the form of the wishing lanterns release, to send the dreams of the University College into the sky. To say that things ran smoothly would be a slight exaggeration; our original
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And now the time has come, for us to face, the final curtain. And not just for us, Aaron Porter, President of the National Union of Students is also stepping down this year having served one term. We met him recently at a talk and sat with him to discuss some of his views on the direction of Higher Education. To say it’s been an eventful year would be a huge understatement. What with student protests at fee rises, the ongoing strategy to improve the Arts Bar and the soon to be introduced longer opening hours we’ve had a lot to contend with. We’ve loved every second of being part of the SU and thank all of you for helping us! SU on the couch gave us a great opportunity to hear your opinions outside the confines of our office. Our office has also undergone a makeover, making use of a range of quirky vinyls to decorate our clinical walls. We’ve still got an explosive Graduation Ball to organise, so prepare yourselves. The revolving door of the SU spins again and with that…. We’d like to introduce you to the next team of Sabbs….. drum roll please…… Your President: Joe Barnett Vice-President: David Pedrick
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