Talk
Rachel Pimm in conversation with Zoe Laughlin
11 Aug 2016
Event times
6.30-8pm
Cost of entry
This event is free to attend. Booking is required via Eventbrite.
Address
- 171 Union Street
- Southwark
- London
England - SE1 0LN
- United Kingdom
Rachel Pimm discusses her Jerwood Solo Presentations commission, her interest in manmade materials and their natural and chemical histories and applications.
About
With Zoe Laughlin co-founder/director of the Institute of Making and the Materials Library project. Chaired by Chris Fite-Wassilak, writer, curator and previous Jerwood Visual Arts Writer in Residence.
Zoe Laughlin holds an MA from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design and a PhD in Materials, Division of Engineering, King’s College London. Working at the interface of science, art, craft and design of materials, her work ranges from formal experiments with matter to materials consultancy and large-scale public exhibitions and events. Partners for these include Tate Modern, Hayward Gallery, V&A and Wellcome Collection. Current areas of interest are The Sound of Materials, The Taste of Materials and The Performativity of Matter, with outputs ranging from theatrical demonstration lectures to the making of instruments and features on radio and television.
Chris Fite-Wassilak is a writer, critic and curator based in London. He regularly contributes to Art Monthly, Art Papers, Art Review and Frieze, and co-organises the quarterly event ‘hmn’ with Anne Tallentire. A short book of new essays, Ha-Ha Crystal, will be published by Copy Press this autumn.
