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| Posted on 03.04.2009 | Posted by CC
March 2009 UNITE Competition
BACKGROUND
This document is to give you a fuller background to the competition and the student accommodation provider UNITE
THE COMPETITION
Student accommodation provider UNITE is opening a series of new properties in London this year.
To celebrate, UNITE is inviting UAL Fine Art students to create new and original works.
Five different works will be selected from five different winners.
The works will be exhibited in the new properties this summer and used to raise awareness of UNITE’s new properties among students and the media.
Each winner will receive a £500 purchase prize.
INSPIRATIONAL LONDONERS
The works must be inspired by well known Londoners - or people who have had a profound effect upon the city.
It could be anyone as long as they have an inspiring, amusing, shocking or moving story to tell. That might be a well known figure or a lesser known person whose story you think deserves to be told.
You might also want to consider the locations the new properties are based in (see below).
You can choose any medium you wish.
SUBMITTING WORK
Please submit the following:
- If the work hasn’t been produced, sketches and details of materials you will use
- If the work has been produced, two photographs along with details of materials
- Dimensions and any installation requirements
- 150 words on the background to your inspirational Londoner
- Your name, course & college, address, telephone number and email
After submitting proposals, five winners will be selected and asked to produce the works (if they have not already been made).
TIMINGS
The deadline for proposals is Friday 8 May 2009 to the Central Saint Martin’s Fine Art Office, 6th Floor, 107-109 Charing Cross Road by 12 noon.
You will need to complete an agreement form when handing in your proposal (available from the Fine Art Office).
Winners will be selected by Andrew Watson, Jane Lee and UNITE the w/c 11 May 2009.
Winners will hand in the final work before the w/c 8 June 2009 for the work to be exhibited that week in one of UNITE’s London properties. 4 June is the estimated hand-in date but will be confirmed to the winners once they are chosen.
If you have any questions, please call Marie on 020 7514 7008.
Optional
DIGITAL ACTIVITY
If you wish, you can use digital media to document the creative process and tell the story behind the work you produce.
It is entirely up to you how you approach this. You could, for example:
• Create an online diary about your experiences with the project, charting motivations, the creative approach and production
Tools you could consider using include:
• Blog media – using a service such as www.storytlr.com, www.posterous.com or www.tumblr.com to tell a story using a blend of text, multi-media and photography aggregated from other online sources
• Visual media – using tools such as www.qik.com, www.flickr.com, www.picasa.com, www.vimeo.com to capture and present video and photographic material
• Social networks – engage with, motivate and involve the fans and friends of your muse, creating a participatory experience via services such as www.myspace.com and www.facebook.com. Likewise, other online media and communities around your chosen subject
If you do decide to document your work in this way include URLs for any online presence established in your submission.
NEW PROPERTY LOCATIONS AND INFORMATION
• Woburn Place:19-29 Woburn Place, Bloomsbury, WC1H 9DA
• Blithehale Court: 10 Witan Street, Bethnal Green, E2 9DA
• Bartholomew Road: 111-113 Bartholomew Road, Kentish Town, NW5 2BJ
• Ferry Lane: Ferry Lane, Tottenham Hale, N17 8NA
• Quantam Court: 10 King David Lane, Shadwell, E1 0EG
• Newington Court: 2 Collins Road, Green Lanes, Islington, N5 2UF
• Elisabeth Croll House: Vernon Square, 29 Penton Rise, Kings Cross, WC1X 9EJ
UNITE
UNITE is the UK's leading developer and manager of student accommodation with some 36,000 customers throughout 23 key university towns and cities across England and Scotland.
UNITE provides accommodation that is specially designed for their student customers. Recognising that all customers have different expectations and different lifestyles UNITE provides a variety of options to suit customer needs. Living options include studios, spacious one bed flats and shared flats for up to seven people.
UNITE’s rents are inclusive of utility bills, contents insurance and Internet access.
As well as the seven new properties opening in 2009, UNITE also has 11 other properties in London that customers can choose from, offering a wide choice of locations, room types and rent prices.
Visit www.unite-students.com to find out more.
This document is to give you a fuller background to the competition and the student accommodation provider UNITE
THE COMPETITION
Student accommodation provider UNITE is opening a series of new properties in London this year.
To celebrate, UNITE is inviting UAL Fine Art students to create new and original works.
Five different works will be selected from five different winners.
The works will be exhibited in the new properties this summer and used to raise awareness of UNITE’s new properties among students and the media.
Each winner will receive a £500 purchase prize.
INSPIRATIONAL LONDONERS
The works must be inspired by well known Londoners - or people who have had a profound effect upon the city.
It could be anyone as long as they have an inspiring, amusing, shocking or moving story to tell. That might be a well known figure or a lesser known person whose story you think deserves to be told.
You might also want to consider the locations the new properties are based in (see below).
You can choose any medium you wish.
SUBMITTING WORK
Please submit the following:
- If the work hasn’t been produced, sketches and details of materials you will use
- If the work has been produced, two photographs along with details of materials
- Dimensions and any installation requirements
- 150 words on the background to your inspirational Londoner
- Your name, course & college, address, telephone number and email
After submitting proposals, five winners will be selected and asked to produce the works (if they have not already been made).
TIMINGS
The deadline for proposals is Friday 8 May 2009 to the Central Saint Martin’s Fine Art Office, 6th Floor, 107-109 Charing Cross Road by 12 noon.
You will need to complete an agreement form when handing in your proposal (available from the Fine Art Office).
Winners will be selected by Andrew Watson, Jane Lee and UNITE the w/c 11 May 2009.
Winners will hand in the final work before the w/c 8 June 2009 for the work to be exhibited that week in one of UNITE’s London properties. 4 June is the estimated hand-in date but will be confirmed to the winners once they are chosen.
If you have any questions, please call Marie on 020 7514 7008.
Optional
DIGITAL ACTIVITY
If you wish, you can use digital media to document the creative process and tell the story behind the work you produce.
It is entirely up to you how you approach this. You could, for example:
• Create an online diary about your experiences with the project, charting motivations, the creative approach and production
Tools you could consider using include:
• Blog media – using a service such as www.storytlr.com, www.posterous.com or www.tumblr.com to tell a story using a blend of text, multi-media and photography aggregated from other online sources
• Visual media – using tools such as www.qik.com, www.flickr.com, www.picasa.com, www.vimeo.com to capture and present video and photographic material
• Social networks – engage with, motivate and involve the fans and friends of your muse, creating a participatory experience via services such as www.myspace.com and www.facebook.com. Likewise, other online media and communities around your chosen subject
If you do decide to document your work in this way include URLs for any online presence established in your submission.
NEW PROPERTY LOCATIONS AND INFORMATION
• Woburn Place:19-29 Woburn Place, Bloomsbury, WC1H 9DA
• Blithehale Court: 10 Witan Street, Bethnal Green, E2 9DA
• Bartholomew Road: 111-113 Bartholomew Road, Kentish Town, NW5 2BJ
• Ferry Lane: Ferry Lane, Tottenham Hale, N17 8NA
• Quantam Court: 10 King David Lane, Shadwell, E1 0EG
• Newington Court: 2 Collins Road, Green Lanes, Islington, N5 2UF
• Elisabeth Croll House: Vernon Square, 29 Penton Rise, Kings Cross, WC1X 9EJ
UNITE
UNITE is the UK's leading developer and manager of student accommodation with some 36,000 customers throughout 23 key university towns and cities across England and Scotland.
UNITE provides accommodation that is specially designed for their student customers. Recognising that all customers have different expectations and different lifestyles UNITE provides a variety of options to suit customer needs. Living options include studios, spacious one bed flats and shared flats for up to seven people.
UNITE’s rents are inclusive of utility bills, contents insurance and Internet access.
As well as the seven new properties opening in 2009, UNITE also has 11 other properties in London that customers can choose from, offering a wide choice of locations, room types and rent prices.
Visit www.unite-students.com to find out more.
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