The AA's got a great show this year, especially some diploma work on the ground floor. One particular project is an epic collection of models, drawings, video, soundeffects... Creating the entire environment of the site specific to an Australian outback missile testing range in the corner of a Georgian terrace... amazing.
The work was good, and there was a good depth and breadth to the projects, but there was also a huge evidence of the support the school gives the students in terms of presenting the work they produce. Custom-built rooms within rooms, lighting, new spaces... all are provided to best show off individual projects and sometimes even individual drawings. A huge range of media and focus on the quality of the finished article was obvious. You don't get that at South Bank. There the lecturers were still haphazardly pinning up bits of work to old, whitewashed boards 5 minutes before the start of the Show. No differentiation, no attention to detail - an unreferenced splurge of work. Don't get me wrong... they didn't have much to work with.
The work was good, and there was a good depth and breadth to the projects, but there was also a huge evidence of the support the school gives the students in terms of presenting the work they produce. Custom-built rooms within rooms, lighting, new spaces... all are provided to best show off individual projects and sometimes even individual drawings. A huge range of media and focus on the quality of the finished article was obvious. You don't get that at South Bank. There the lecturers were still haphazardly pinning up bits of work to old, whitewashed boards 5 minutes before the start of the Show. No differentiation, no attention to detail - an unreferenced splurge of work. Don't get me wrong... they didn't have much to work with.
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