Tania Kovats, Hannah Rickards and partnership Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie are the first residency artists for the North West Cambridge development and have each been working with three University academic departments: Astronomy, Earth Sciences and Archaeology respectively. The inaugural year of this programme sees the artists become the first residents of the development site where they will create artistic outcomes inspired by work with their research department, for members of the public to engage with and enjoy.
Working with the department of Astronomy, Tania Kovats is currently exploring a series of artistic outcomes linked to the GAIA project – the first three-dimensional mapping of the Milky Way which was launched this year. Hannah Rickards will share her early artistic ideas from her research with the Earth Sciences department, and, after participating in the archaeological winter dig, Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie are exploring ancient forms of building to intertwine the future development with archaeological practice.
The ‘Deep time, earth to solar system’ talk will be given on Friday 25 October at 6.30pm at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. Tickets are free but advance booking is required via www.nwcambridgeart.com
COB BUILDING WORKSHOP
Also running during the Festival of Ideas is an open, hands-on cob building workshop led by Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie which will take place on Saturday 26 October from 10.30am-4pm as part of the Pre-history day at Cambridge Archaeological Unit. Admission is free and no booking is required.
Visit www.nwcambridgeart.com for full event details and to learn more about the wider Art programme for North West Cambridge.