An Open Letter to the Vice Chancellor and Higher Management of Falmouth University
Having just graduated, i’ve had some time to think about education – first of all to know how important it is, and how fortunate I am to have received it. But, I’m also reminded of the changes that are happening, and those that wish to profit from education at the expense of others, so I’d like to set the record straight. Our university is successful because of the creativity and passion of its staff and students, and the community we live in. Not because of you. Your role should be to support these three groups, but increasingly it is becoming a role focused on profit and the transformation of our education and locality into a business plan – this does not represent us and our ideas. As students, we will leave this with thousands of pounds of debt, and as locals we will struggle to afford housing for our families in the area we call home because of your insistence to expand and refusal to listen and co-operate with those around you. This is not to say I am unappreciative of my time here, nor is it a personal attack. It is the expression of my experience-based opinions, something which your establishment does not allow its staff (or sometimes students) to do free from fear or intimidation. Please, read this carefully, and think about how to build a healthier, happier and less commercial relationship to those around you, who are suffering from the current stubbornness, greed and deaf ears that you have built around you – we are not your business and education is not for sale. naturaltheatre.co.uk
Natural Theatre Company has been making people laugh in nearly 80 countries for 45 years. Combining a unique style of visual comedy with an impeccable eye for detail, we produce a delightfully absurd walkabout theatre from over 100 characters and scenarios. Natural Theatre is the UK brand leader in comic interactive street theatre and interactive performance. Our trade mark is immaculate and well observed characters placed in surreal situations. Our work is accessible, fun, improvised, interactive and highly photogenic. The Natural Theatre Company performs a huge array of classic interactive character sets: it is perfect theatrical artistry, corporate entertainment, and community participation! It is like a "greatest hits" of street theatre with startling new work being added all the time. Drawing a Presence 2016, Newlyn Gallery
newlynartgallery.co.uk/drawing-a-presence-2016 WORKS: Tom Stockley x Aimée Barkany - Call//Response (text) Maddie Broad - Gallery Game and We Try To Fit Through The Gallery Doors (performance with audience) Oran Perrett x Tony Njoku - To Escape (video/sound) Tom Stockley x Escape Wave - In Harmony (video/sound) Morgan Webb - Land of Giants (photography) Louie Newlands - Modular and Solargraph (photography) Aimée Barkany x Dominic Mckiernan - Can Linger (photography/sound) + performances by: Escape Wave the hideous trend Big Dance Company photos © Ian Kingsnorth Photography a performance at FISH////FINGERS, a 2nd year photography exhibition at Space 37
peformance poetry/comedy/costume F I S H F I N G E R S 4 L Y F (AKA the successful destruction of my own degree show)
SCORE FOR PERFORMANCE: "Boil 100 eggs. Write ART on each one. Put chicken hat on head. Hand out to audience so everyone has some art." participation, art as entertainment, no white space plz |
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