For the second year running, the work of a 115 member has been nominated for the Designs of the Year award. Last year, Front Yard Company’s Plant Lock was nominated and this year, E. chromi – a project by James King, in collaboration with students at Cambridge University and fellow designer Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg – will feature in the exhibition which opens 16 February.
Lisa Gornick will be exhibiting the drawings that she makes when she isn’t making films. The pop-up exhibition here at Workplace 115 will be open on Friday 10 and Wednesday 15 December from 6pm until 9pm and from the 10 to the 23 December, by appointment.
Last week, bright red leaves fell from the Crimson Glory Vine in our front yard. Dan gathered them up so that they could be enjoyed a little longer.
A new member has joined Workplace 115. We are pleased to welcome artist Aileen Harvey. Aileen will be taking over Ryan’s old desk, sharing Unit 4 with Mike, Dan and Duncan.
PlantLocks stacked & waiting to be delivered to Barts Hospital.
Timelapse photography would sometimes show the atrium space at 115 filling and emptying like an estuary.
Jack Schulze (former 115 member) and colleagues at BERG have made a spectacular film with three-dimensional translucent words floating in space. The opening scene was shot here at 115 and Timo Arnall has photographed the building beautifully.
Dip, Lisa Gornick’s new film is about an unlikely friendship that grows between pickpocket Jason (played by Robert Sheehan) and Asad (Said Mohamed) a Somalian immigrant aboard a London night bus. It airs Channel 4, Thursday 26 August, 11pm (also on http://www.channel4.com/programmes/coming-up/video/series-5/episode-7/dip).
‘…ratchets up the tension…hugely impressive’
– Jonathan Wright, Guardian
The weekly co-op lunch was prepared by Duncan this week, setting a high standard. Chorizo, peppered olives, smoked salmon, halloumi and baba ghanoush were enjoyed by all.
We spent the best part of Tuesday evening in the backyard of the recently defurbished Southampton Arms, saying goodbye to Roland Früh. After two-and-a-half years with us, he is returning to Zurich, before going on to join Corina Neuenschwander (also in the picture) in Arnhem. We already miss him!
Lennon Naked from scriptwriter Robert Jones aired on BBC4 last Wednesday. The drama charts the years 1967 to 1971, ‘from Beatle John to enduring and enigmatic icon’. See Robert’s blog here and view the film on BBC iPlayer.