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The Cabinets of Consequence is an exhibition that explores the interplay between human, environmental and technological activity by drawing on current UCL research in Geology, Neuroscience, Literature, Computer Science and Archaeology.The exhibition examines the following key themes: Agriculture-AnimalsThe scale of current ecological change is often difficult to perceive. Non-humans including animals and insects can be overlooked in their significance and impact upon the Earth’s eco-system.  This part of the exhibition looks at the interplay between natural history and animal worlds. It examines the use of animals in agriculture and farming, and asks: how will food be provided for a growing population of 9 billion people in 2050?Energies-ResourcesThe drive for energy and resources crosses both human and non-human histories. Forms of movement, extraction and displacement of natural resources create a multiplicity of effects. This part of the exhibition showcases the impact of fossil fuel extraction and burning, alongside the entangled military-industrial collisions of war and trade. It asks: when did humans begin to radically alter the Earth and what historical narratives have been created to explain our behaviour?Media-NaturesTechnology is often thought of as a human-centered pursuit and skill. Yet nature has not only inspired the rise of technology, it is materially involved in the production of digital culture. This part of the exhibition focuses on the blurring of technology and the natural world. It reveals the invisible connections that we have come to depend upon and asks: will the technology of today be the fossils of tomorrow?Afterlives-ExtinctionsWith the Earth’s resources dwindling, the possibility of a post-human planet emerges. Our own limits must be confronted in order to contemplate potential scenarios. This part of the exhibition connects the inevitability of finitude and the possible worlds it may bring. It asks: how will we prepare for the future and will our anthropogenic legacies transmit to other beings and planets?Come and visit the Cabinets of Consequence at The Octagon till May 2017.  

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150 years of collecting work by artists at the start of their career. With ever increasing interest in and opportunities for artists in the early stages of their careers, UCL Art Museum teamed up with Zabludowicz Collection to examine issues around collecting new and experimental art. Over this two-day symposium academics, curators, collectors and artists came together to interrogate the term 'emerging' - how is it used and by whom in relation to contemporary art? What is the term's wider historical context? Discussions covered economic and aesthetic value in the emerging art market; explored emerging practice and its relationship to historical narratives, archives and taxonomies; and considered how the current enthusiasm for collecting contemporary art impacts on practices that are still at a formative stage.YouTube Widget Placeholderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUBNGth5yrQ This symposium accompanied Zabludowicz Collection: 20 Years, an exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Zabludowicz Collection which included significant and rarely seen works by over 30 leading artists, and Re-Launch, a show that marked the reopening of UCL’s Art Museum’s main space after a programme of improvements supported by a DCMS/Wolfson award. This presented a selection of existing, newly commissioned and site specific artworks in collaboration with Slade artists created in response to the collections and the theme of re-launch. The programme was organised by Dr Nina Pearlman, Dr Martine Rouleau and Jenny Pistella from UCL and Kelly Large from Zabludowicz Collection.Programme and speakersThe symposium took place at UCL on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 May 2015, with an exhibition preview and live performance by artist Laura Buckley at Zabludowicz Collection.Speakers included:Edward Allington (artist, writer, and professor of fine art at the Slade), Louisa Buck (independent critic / contemporary art correspondent The Art Newspaper), Leah Capaldi (artist), JJ Charlesworth (independent critic / Associate Editor, ArtReview), Dr Ben Cranfield (Curatorial Theory and History, Royal College of Art), Matthew Darbyshire (artist), Ellen Mara De Wachter (independent curator / writer), Attilia Fattori Franchini (independent curator / Co-Founder Open Times – Digital Art Commissions), Chris Hammond (Director, MOT International and lecturer MFA Curating, Goldsmiths College), Vincent Honoré (currently Artistic Director Montpellier Contemporain (MOCO), at the time Director at David Roberts Art Foundation), Kelly Large (Curating Contemporay Art, Royal College of Art, at the time Public Programme Curator, Zabludowicz Collection), Maitreyi Maheshwari (Programme Director, Zabludowicz Collection), Coline Milliard (independent writer), Kirsty Ogg (Director, Bloomberg New Contemporaries), Dr Nina Pearlman (Head of UCL Art Collections), Niru Ratnam (Director START Art Fair / Director Prudential Eye Programme), Dr Martine Rouleau (Programme Manager, UCL Culture), Sarah Thelwall (Creative and Cultural Industries Strategist), Dr Timotheus Vermeulen (Assistant Professor, Cultural Theory, Radboud University / Co-Founding Editor Notes on Metamodernism), Jenny Pistella (at the time Learning and Access Officer, UCL Art Museum). 

The UCL Collections Review was a single, all-encompassing review of the care, use and significance of all the objects in the museums and the teaching and research collections had UCL. Conducted from 2007 to 2009, the project included:the development, piloting and execution of an original methodgathering data in the context of this original frameworkconsolidating working relationships with colleagues across academic departmentswriting Review Reports, which included the history and context of the collections, recommendations for their future management and action plans.The Review revealed that there are 18 collections at UCL, containing a total of 380,000 objects across 190 storage, display and museum spaces. Recommendations from the Review Reports have been incorporated in the strategic plans for each collection and the whole process has allowed us to manage this diverse range of collections centrally and strategically, including the development of a thoughtful and informed disposal program.Are you looking to review your collection? We have written a Toolkit about the UCL Collections Review. The Toolkit includes the background to the project, its main aims and objectives along with tools and exercises to help you develop you own review framework. Download a PDF of the Toolkit.From September 2009 to April 2010, we ran a series of Reviewing Collections Workshops in conjunction with the Museums Association. Download the PowerPoint presentation featured in these workshops.If you would like to know more about our project, or feel it would be useful to share information, please contact us:Jayne Dunn, Head of Collections ManagementSubhadra Das, Curator, Teaching & Research Collections 

This series of hands-on workshops will support staff and research students to think about their approach to community engagement and learn skills and gain confidence in working with external groups.The practical nature of the workshops aims to enable participants to “learn by doing”. You will take part in practical and creative workshops that will help you frame your approach to engagement activities in your own work.These workshops are part of a series of EPSRC funded workshops to increase skills in community engagement. We particularly want EPSRC funded researchers to attend.Upcoming workshops:Communicating Impact through Storytelling – led by Frames of MindIn this two-part workshop you’ll learn skills and techniques to share the impact of your work in more creative and engaging ways.Learn how to use stop-frame animation, film and photography to create visual metaphors to bring your data and engagement projects to life.[[{"fid":"15409","view_mode":"super_xl","fields":{"height":"431","width":"1375","class":"media-element file-medium","format":"super_xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"on the left are three people around a table arranging small objects. On the right is a composite image through a microscope: a virus, a needle and a person wearing an astronaut helmet","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Frames of Mind workshop image","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"height":"431","width":"1375","class":"media-element file-medium","format":"super_xl","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"on the left are three people around a table arranging small objects. On the right is a composite image through a microscope: a virus, a needle and a person wearing an astronaut helmet","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Frames of Mind workshop image","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"431","width":"1375","class":"media-element file-super-xl"}}]]Frames Of Mind is a not-for-profit arts organisation based in Newham, east London. Founders Zoe Flynn and Bo Chapman deliver projects across the community using; film and stop-frame animation and digital arts as a platform for creative expression, to inspire positive communication.We recommend you attend both workshops if possible.Please arrive with a fully charged smartphone (there will be iPad available for those who need them)Workshop 1: Storytelling and My Research - 10am-12.30 2nd NovemberIn this practical creative photography and montage workshop, you’ll explore ways to visually explain your research data to help your audience find meaning and connection.Learn how to use camera angles and shot sizes for dramatic effect, use juxtaposition to affect meaning and utilise the power of the visual metaphor to make your material relatable.This workshop will be held in person ay UCL Bloomsbury. Please arrive with a fully charged smartphone (there will be iPads available for those who need them).Book nowWorkshop 2: Bringing stories to life with stop fame animation - 10am-12.30 16th NovemberUsing an app on your smart phone learn how to bring everyday objects to life. Animation is an extremely accessible but creatively liberating artform which can convey meaning without language.In this workshop you’ll learn how to make 2D and 3D stop frame animation - a playful way to engage participants and demonstrate impact.This workshop will be held in person ay UCL Bloomsbury. Please arrive with a fully charged smartphone (there will be iPads available for those who need them).Book now Future workshops to be added soon!

The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology houses an impressive textile collection and objects reflecting the variety of skilled small scale crafts in the ancient world, such as basketry, leather work, knitting and sprang. Flinders Petrie was himself very interested in how things were made and technologies. It is in this spirit that the museum has had a number of events and plan to do more exploring how we can make these objects and recreate these skills today.Sock it! Making An Egyptian Sock from ScratchFunded by Museums Libraries Archives (MLA), a group comprising U3A members as well as members of the public at drop in events embarked on a project to make two-toed socks, based on the ones dating from c.400-500 AD in the Petrie Museum, from scratch using, as far as possible, methods employed in Ancient Egypt. This took place from October 2009 to March 2010.It was an experimental archaeology project and the emphasis was on the actual processes of making things and experiences on the way!We recorded our progress on a blog, which you can read for more information, photos, videos on how to do single needle knitting and more patterns created by the U3A group.Access a guide to the technique of single needle knitting and a pattern for your very own two-toed sock: Sock it!