Sunday 24 June 2012

Winners of the MFI Graduate Award 2012, supported by Flat Time House: Eiko Soga and Francesca Blomfield

We are delighted to announce that the winners of the MFI Graduate Award 2012 are Eiko Soga and Francesca Blomfield.

From a selection of eight students, Eiko and Francesca were chosen by Clive Phillpot, a trustee of Flat Time House.

Clive was a former librarian at Chelsea School of Art and became the Director of the library at the MoMA in 1977. Clive also founded the special collections at Chelsea Library and has a very long standing connection with the college.

Flat Time House is the former home and studio of the artist John Latham. Flat Time House operates not just as an exhibition space but also as an artist's house and living archive, bringing contemporary work together with John Latham permanent collection.

The MFI Graduate award is awarded to recent graduates with the aim of supporting their professional developments as artists. As awardees, Eiko and Francesca will form part of a discussion and study salon, MFI Group, which is based at Flat Time House in Peckham, South East London.

Pictures of Eiko's work can be seen below. Scroll down further to see pictures of Francesca's work.



Eiko Soga, degree show piece, '151617181920212223062012'


'My interest lies in exploring the relationship between space, light and the mind in order to explore notions of the intangible world.  I am fascinated in the way natural light subtly reveals unexpected images, sensations and time. I chase after the light and the instantaneous act of taping a simple line on surfaces in various spaces enables me to engage with momentary encounters and appearances of light and to work with the invisible and chance in an everyday and minimal scale.

The process of photography is important in my work as it exposes the dialogue between human perception and the photographic image enabling me to compare and relate my visual perception and imagination to the images which photography has captured.

Another aspect of my work is the creation of site-specific spaces, which are prepared for the viewer to encounter images such as fleeting moments of changing natural light and to provoke their own perception and imagination.
Part of the source of my work stems from my sense of being part of a diaspora which has emphasised subtle differences and nuances of meaning through shifting cultural translation.  In a sense this parallels my experience of the visual fleeting world and it’s psychological dimensions.'

Eiko Soga, 2012
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To see more of Eiko's work, please visit her website at: www.eikosoga.com


Pictures of Francesca's work can be seen below: 



Friday 22 June 2012

Winner of the Acme Studio Award 2012: Rafal Zajko

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Acme Studio Award 2012 is Rafal Zajko.

From a selection of seven students (short-listed by Martin Newth and Gill Addison) Rafal was chosen as the winner by Julia Lancaster, Sally O'Reilly and Jemima Brown.

The Acme Studio Award is a year long rent-free studio housed at Acme's Childers Street studios in Deptford provided by Acme Studios. Also included in the prize is a bursary of £2,500 provided and supported by the Chelsea Arts Club Trust.

Pictures of Rafal's work for his degree show piece can be seen below:

Charm over SubstanceHD video, 3 minutes 30 seconds, London, 2012

'Working in a variety of media, I play with the traditional roles of varying artistic mediums. In this manner my sculptures become props, performances become documentations of actions, and films (through a process of layering, repetition and re-recording) become a physical manifestation of an idea.

The objects I make can either be centre stage in one of my films, or else become hidden as a series of props or backdrops. The “object” playing the role of a character in a film – its parts undefined, its position unclear. This lack of a fixed plot or focus maintains a sense of flux in the work whereby I never know where the project will end. My only objective is that the process itself is the focus.'

Rafal Zajko, 2012
To see more of Rafal' work please visit his website at: www.rafal-zajko.com

Wednesday 20 June 2012

WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!

Over the next few days we will be announcing the winners of the five prizes out of the eight of the Chelsea Student Awards. Please keep checking back for more details on the prize winners and prize providers!

Monday 11 June 2012

NEW CHELSEA PRIZE! APPLY ASAP!

This is a call out for a new prize very kindly donated and supported by the Chelsea Arts Club Trust.

It is a £600 Jessops voucher. Jessops is the UK's largest specialist photographic retailer though it also sells products ranging from printers, projectors and software. The voucher can be spent on any product from Jessops. 

To be eligable for the award please send a short proposal up to 200 words to Chelseaprize@gmail.com stating how your practice relates to digital media and how you see yourself using media equipment in the future. 

The deadline for proposal submsissions is Wednesday 13th June @ 10pm. Please feel free to attatch any photos/links to films within your application, knowing that we will be going around the degree show and will be aware of your final piece. 

GOOD LUCK!!

Sunday 10 June 2012

Acme Studio Award Short-list 2012

Thank you to all of those who applied for the Acme Studio Award this year. The applicants who were shortlisted are as follows:


Bex Williams
Francesca Blomfield
Hannah Collins
Sarah Davies
Tom Ramsey
Rafal Zajko
Jack Harris



We would like to say a huge thank you to Acme Studios for presenting the award this year and for their generosity and support.

Emely Award Short-list 2012

Thank you to all of those who applied for the Emely Award this year. The applicants who were shortlisted are as follows:



Masumi Hirayama
Isabelle Gressel
Taya Fraser
Natasha Whittle
SALT
Anna Garland Dale
Sophie Drewett

We would like to say a huge thank you to Rosalie Schweiker for presenting the award this year and for her generosity and support.

Jotta Award Short-list 2012

Thank you to all of those who applied for the MFI Graduate Award this year. The applicants who were shortlisted are as follows:




Isabelle Gressel
Jack Harris
Jake Caleb and Mario D'Agostino
Masumi Hirayama
Natasha Francesca Martone
SALT
Sean Hedman
Simon Bramley

We would like to say a huge thank you to Jotta for presenting the award this year and for their generosity and support.

MFI Graduate Award Shortlist 2012

Thank you to all of those who applied for the MFI Graduate Award this year. The applicants who were shortlisted are as follows:

Eiko Soga
Lydia O'Hara
Francesca Blomfield
Isabelle Gressel
Natasha Whittle
Hana Yun
Masumi Hirayama
Olive Han

We would like to say a huge thank you to Flat Time House for presenting the award this year and for their generosity and support.

Ovalhouse Theatre Award Shortlist 2012

Thank you to all of those who applied for the Ovalhouse Theatre Award this year. The applicants who were shortlisted are as follows:

Sophie Drewett
Selma Dahhouki
Jake Caleb and Mario D'Agostino
Lydia O'Hara
Isabelle Gressel
Rajee Sukumaran
SALT

We would like to say a huge thank you to the Ovalhouse Theatre for their generosity and support and for providing the award for this year.