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davidlmartin
johnoreardon
michaelrdutton
tatiana
hellomeaow
katewiggs
mairiae
jennyruthrichards
amyjacobs
alternativeartcollege
lwildingsmith
jamesrrellison
casualagent
ayat
nimaes
kmrego
theoprice
louisehaworth
raquelmachtus
vlada42
rebeccahartley1990
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ellaackroyd
Project Sites
The Goldsmiths MA in Art & Politics requires students to participate in a group project with different institutional partners. The aim of the group project is, in collaboration with the partner site, to devise projects which explore the rich confluence of, or nexus between, Art and the Political in society. The four project sites for the 2011-12 academic year are:
- Museum of London:
Opened in 1976 on reclaimed bomb devastated land as part of the Barbican Centre development, the Museum of London has an unusual remit: to trace the material and social history of the city from its earliest records to the present day, and has been made famous for its unmatched archival collection marking the social and political high (and low) points of London’s history.
- Greenwich Foot-Tunnel:
Designed by Sir Alexander Binnie in 1899, the Greenwich foot-tunnel opened in 1902 to allow easy transit from south London to the dockland regions. With the exception of some bomb damage at the northern end, the tunnel remains fairly close to its original design and stands as a unique icon of engineering and hydraulics, transit and movement, public cleanliness and hygiene, claustrophobia and subterranea.
- HMP Wormwood Scrubs:
Once described as a ‘penal dustbin’ following an infamous riot by IRA inmates in 1979, Her Majesty’s Prison Wormwood Scrubs, while not the worst in the country, still has high levels of gang and drug related incidents, at the same time as correspondingly low education and reform rates. Recently the original convict built penitentiary was conferred grade II listing.
- Millwall Football Club:
Like most sporting clubs in this country, Millwall was founded in an age of parliamentarianism and imperial expansion; its history dating back to 1885. Located on the Isle of Dogs for the first 25 years of its history, it then remained in New Cross for the next 83 years before moving to its new South Bermondsey stadium in 1993. Infamous for its poor race relations, Millwall’s chant is no less than: “No one likes us; we don’t care!”
