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Looking forward to seeing this exhibition at the Estorick. If you're interested in dsh we have many fabulous examples in the @UCLSpecColl UCL Small Press Collections: library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/art…... UCL Special Collections are open to all. theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Highly enjoyable @weirdwalk x Supersonic Rooftop Takeover @supersonicfest at the weekend. Still thinking about the all female progressive Morris troupe @BossMorris_ Reinventing and reinvigorating traditions for a new generation, which is how it should be.
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Starting September 2025, based @UCLEast the new BA Art and Technology from The Slade School
This course is for a new generation of artists to create art connected to emerging and disruptive technologies.
Find out more: buff.ly/49bgfAI
@UCL_SCCI @sladeschool
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Booking open for Spineless Wonders: In Touch, on Friday 15 March, 11am-5pm
This latest in the Spineless Wonders series of events looks at small press and artists’ publications through the theme of touch.
Online via Zoom
Free book via Eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/e/837289243…
ALT Hand turning page.
Book now! Spineless Wonders: In Touch, 15th March. Artists, makers, academics and librarians will consider the book as a tactile object, asking how artists’ publications themselves invite and explore the sense of touch. ucl.ac.uk/slade/events/spine… @SladeSchool @UCLHoA @UCLSpecColl
And the BAFTA goes to...! UCL students and staff can watch Christopher Nolan's multi award winning epic Oppenheimer starring Cillian Murphy for free on Kanopy now: kanopy.com/en/ucl/video/1395…
Online training from @UCLSpecColl Introduction to using special collections in your research, Tuesday 6th Feb at 10am. Open to UCL academic staff and research students: eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduct…
We have a current trial for the Alternative Press Index and Archive, a bibliographic database of journal, newspaper and magazine articles from hundreds of international alternative, radical and left periodicals. Send us your feedback: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/library-ejou…
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Delivering this set of three poem-prints (the perambulation of the forests, desire lines, wind poem) to @UCLArtLibrary 🎄 ❣
Small runs of perambulation & desire lines for sale, DM if interested 👀
Esteemed Visual Poet Paula Claire's Virtual Visit to University of Iowa Libraries youtu.be/EePRIQkD7NA?si=MKli…
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We're deeply saddened by the loss of Benjamin Zephaniah, a pioneering Dub Poet and Author whose energy, vibe, and unapologetic work paved the way for Black British Writers. We're forever grateful for his contributions and commitment. He’s legacy will live on forever.
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Looking forward to using our new ten cassette Fluxus anthology box set with @UCLHoA BA students this afternoon in a session on Fluxus event scores. Plus lots of other exciting publications from the @UCLSpecColl Small Press Collections. Perfect end to the week?
Book now! Spineless Wonders of Wales: poetry, presses and zines, 17th Nov, 10am–5pm. Join via Zoom or in person at the National Library of Wales. Includes simultaneous translation for Welsh-language presentations. ucl.ac.uk/slade/events/spine… @SladeSchool @UCLSpecColl @UCLLibraries
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If you're visiting Small Publishers Fair this Fri/Sat, here's a web page with links to a downloadable programme, details of the 80+ books that will be launched during the Fair, and a table plan for the artists and presses:
smallpublishersfair.co.uk/pu…
Today marks the start of #BlackHistoryMonth @ucl. Our Black Studies Subject Guide is a great place to discover the amazing resources in @UCLLibraries, from books and journals, to digital archives, newspapers, films for streaming, radical poetry and more: library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/bla…
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Today marks the start of #BlackHistoryMonth - a time to uncover, recognise and celebrate the invaluable contributions of black people to British society.
For a round-up of all the events and resources celebrating BHM at UCL, read on: ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/sep/ucl-…
#SalutingOurSisters
ALT UCL branded graphic with a bright yellow background with text that reads 'Black History Month'. The text is bold and black, with a thin green and blue outline. To the right of the text, there are small grey dots which vary in size which are there for aesthetic purposes.
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mary Evans as Director of the Slade, who succeeds Slade Professor Kieren Reed, upon completion of his 5-year tenure. We look forward to welcoming Mary on 4 October.
More: ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/ne…
Photo: Christa Holka
@ArtsHumsUCL
ALT Portrait photo of Mary Evans
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Our PHD student Uduma Ogenyi (@SOASHistory & @IOE_London) is seeking to interview black students who were at UCL, IOE or SOAS 1950s-1970s. Would appreciate retweets! Read more about the project here @UCLAlumni @TheUnionUCL @UCLSpecColl @EleanorNewbigin
studentsunionucl.org/article…
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Happy #PrideMonth
Our Small Press collection includes publications from the gay liberation movement, such as "Gay Left: A Socialist Journal Produced by Gay People."
10 issues were published from 1975 and 1980 by a London collective of gay men.
ucl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/…
ALT Cover of Gay Left: A Socialist Journal Produced by Gay People. Number 4, Summer 1977. Cover features an illustration of a Gorilla titled "Monster Male." Gorilla is surrounded by speech bubbles which read "Decisive", "Assertive", "Aggressive", "Stud", "Butch", "Strong", "Cool."
ALT Detail from Gay Left Number 4 with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II above the contents page.
ALT Gay Left: A Gay Social Journal Number 6, Summer 1978. Cover features a collage of several photographs from protests an dnewspapers. Cover reads "Lesbians Splaid+ A Cure for Psychiatry, The State, Repression and Sexuality + Fighting Fascism +Looking at Pornography"