A Unified Work of Art

Coinciding with the final weekend of 'Degree Show Two: Design' at Central Saint Martins, the college presented 'Art Night: A Unified Work of Art', a project which celebrated the centenary of the Bauhaus and its continuing legacy in art education today. In response to the Bauhaus' renowned parties, students from across all disciplines at Central Saint Martins transformed Granary Square into a unified work of art, bringing together performers and the public for one night only on 22nd June 2019. "The Bauhaus… shone into the winter night. The windows stuck on the inside with metallic paper; the white and coloured bulbs… these, for one entire night, transformed the building, this workshop, into the university of united form" - Oskar Schlemmer, Bauhaus Professor of Performance, 1929. As a collaborative group of artists, for this event, we created an interactive installation entitled 'Aluminium Theatre Set', comprising over-sized silver props, reconfigurable painted boxes, a clothes-rail full of capes and masks to dress up in, and three giant, three-metre-tall, multi-coloured shapes: a sphere, a pyramid and a cube. These three geometric structures were used as performance spaces and backdrops by members of the public who created their own performances with us, as well as by performers from other projects whose work excitingly cross-pollinated with ours.

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'Aluminium Theatre Set' (sphere, cube, pyramid, props, masks, capes, etc.) by Monika Kühne-Jørgensen, Mohini Mehta, Mita Vaghela, Saroj Patel and Christopher Pearson / Triangular banqueting table of edible bread sculptures by Sondos Azzam and Sarah Allen / Copyright © John Sturrock 2019

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Copyright © Adam Razvi 2019
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Sara True in costume and headdress designed by Maggie Campbell within 'Aluminium Theatre Set' cube structure by Monika Kühne-Jørgensen, Mohini Mehta, Mita Vaghela, Saroj Patel and Christopher Pearson / Copyright © John Sturrock 2019

Copyright © Adam Razvi 2019
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Copyright © Christopher Pearson 2019
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Maggie Campbell performing in flame-like outfit designed by Jus Gunstek on what became the Art Night dance-floor / Copyright © John Sturrock 2019

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Dance collaboration between Anni Kruus and Naira Mushtaq for which the fountains were programmed to the rhythms of the Raag Darbari / Copyright © John Sturrock 2019

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