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‘An exhibition that showcases a range of work from across all of Central Saint Martins’ disciplines…

Film making and acting, fashion and textiles, fine art and photography, costume and theatre design, graphic and product design, jewellery and ceramics, architecture and environment.

11 January to 26 March
10am – 7pm Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm Saturdays

Lethaby Gallery
Central Saint Martins
Southampton Row
London WC1B 4AP

Admission is free

We show the extraordinary talent to have come out of Central Saint Martins in the last two decades. Much of the work belongs to the Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection, which has been proactively collecting work by staff, students and alumni throughout this period of expansion and change. We are also grateful to the many artists and designers who generously loaned items for display.’ CSM website

EL Sajjadah has been invited to be exhibited in the International Invention Fair, Kuwait. The invitation directly came from the Kuwait Science Club under the patronage of His Highness the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

This unique convention in the Middle East was received with great importance locally, regionally, and internationally. It highlighted the inventions, innovations and creativity of youths. The convention also promoted Kuwait’s modernity and its role in encouraging and supporting the inventors and participants in this public service.

Soner Ozenc has been invited to take part in ‘40 Stations’ project by Muammer Yanmaz -recently exhibited at Space Gallery.

‘40 Stations centers on the debate surrounding immigration and borders in Europe by looking at the role of migration and the phenomenon of individuals crossing borders and contributing to the mixing and enriching of cultures. A unique photographic project by Turkish artist Muammer Yanmaz the project follows on from previous 40 Stations exhibitions in Paris and New York developing the themes of identity, migration and assimilation. Through a series of 40 black and white portraits of Turkish individuals taken at stations of their choice in London Muammer provides a revealing insight into the creativity that stems from the migration and movement of people from Turkish origins who are contributing to the busy, metropolitan landscape of London.

Projects in the series have been shown at Mavi Jeans Art Gallery/İstanbul, Marmara Manhattan Art Gallery/New York, French Cultural Center/İstanbul, Bureau de la Culture et de l’Information de Turquie/Paris and the London project will shortly travel to Istanbul.

To complement the London exhibition the British Council has commissioned British photographer Annabel Elston to create a series of portraits in response to Yanmaz’s London settings. Annabel’s photographs present 40 members of the British community in Turkey.’ Space Gallery website

Read the British Council article here.

The Workington Winter Lightworks Festival returned for a second year at the beginning of 2007 to showcase a diverse range of work by thirteen of the hottest and most innovative young designers and artists from near and far. There were participating artists from Sweden, Iran, Turkey, Korea and Taiwan as well as Penrith, Brampton and Cleator Moor. The festival commissions new light-based artworks, and borrows existing artworks, for display in shop windows in Workington town centre. The aim is to brighten up the town during the dark winter months.

The festival trail was open to the public every day until the end of March 2007. Each artwork was accompanied by a text panel with more details about the artist and artwork.

Artist: Soner Ozenc & John Wischhusen
Artwork: Glowings
Location: Barclays Bank, Finkle Street
Up and coming London-based Turkish designer Soner Ozenc’s blue Glowings are luminescent butterfly lights that give off a soft diffused glow from their wings. They were made as part of a joint project with product and lighting designer John Wischhusen, whose work explores the process of mechanical movement.

‘ There’s been so much amazing stuff on display at the London Design Festival we’ve had a hard time covering all of it. One real stand-out of design innovation is Soner Ozenc’s electroluminescent fabric gadgetry, spotted at this year’s Designersblock by the Core77 crew. Ozenc’s Time Curtain is a transparent piece of hanging fabric that displays the time in elecroluminescent LED-style numbers…’ Inhabitat

Read the full article here.