Celebrate the build up to the 2012 Olympics with an exciting programme of
creative activities and events
You are invited to the
Creative Campus Initiative Exhibition
in conjunction with the Royal Holloway Garden Party
Sunday 6th June 2010 1.00 - 5.30pm
Windsor Building, Royal Holloway, University of London
Please see below for project details
Royal Holloway, University of London is part of the Creative Campus Initiative, a new consortium of thirteen Higher Education Institutions in the South East delivering a dynamic programme of cultural events and artworks in response to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
Historical, cultural and social issues raised by the Games will be addressed by artists, students and academics alongside new learning materials and workshops with schools and local communities
For further information about the CCI consortium please visit the Creative Campus Initiative website.
Exhibition Brochure
Programme of Events
Map showing location of events
(Admission free of charge)
Ceremonial Cleanse : a sound sculpture
A sculptural installation that alters both the auditory and visual space of its surroundings, with emphasis on the auditory. Conceptually, the installation explores water and ritual, drawing inspiration from ritual elements of the Olympic games and the ritualized usage of water in the suikinkutsu (Japanese water harp) and tea ceremony. For further information please contact: Jeff Warren
Exploring London's Olympic Waterscape
Beginning in Eton Dorney, home of the Olympic “water village”, an expedition will progress toward the Olympic stadium in London, pausing at sites of interest to consider the ways in which London’s waterscape will be utilized, experienced and reinterpreted though the 2012 Olympic Games. For further information please contact: Bradley Garrett
'for Esther Williams and the Lost Olympics; and for Jane Holloway, Elizabeth Jesser Reid and the lost Swimming Pool’
In part an homage to Esther Williams who would have represented the US as a swimmer in the 1940 Summer Games had they not been cancelled, and an examination of women’s physical education at the moments of the founding of Bedford and Royal Holloway Colleges. This performance / film and bookwork will involve translations of archive material into writerly, filmic and choreographic practices. For further information please contact: Ruth Livesey, Redell Olsen or Libby Worth
Going With the Flow
A rowing installation by Gail Pearce, using several rowing boats on dry land to set off projections onto sails, displaying river and water moving images, with the sound of water and memories and thoughts of women rowers to create an immersive installation which involves users on several levels. For further information please contact: Gail Pearce
Music and Dance
This project will create a collaborative performance of three newly commissioned music and dance works. Three composers from Royal Holloway will be paired with choreographers from the London Contemporary Dance School to create new work that takes the dual themes of water and the Olympic ideal as their starting points. The resulting performance will take place in the Windsor Building at Royal Holloway and will feature dancers from London School of Contemporary Dance and musicians from Royal Holloway’s new music ensemble-in-residence CHROMA augmented with talented performers from within the Music department. For further information please contact: Mark Bowden
Olympic Film School
School pupils in years 9 and 10 will have the opportunity to write, film and edit their own films. The films will focus on Olympic themes including: ‘a day in the life of an Olympian’ and ‘my Olympic experience.’ Royal Holloway undergraduates who have participated in the Olympics will share their personal experiences with the students. For further information please contact: Tanya Popeau
Inspiring Minds: Science and the Cultural Olympiad
This springtime series of activities will introduce local children to ways in which scientists support Olympians. Younger children will be invited to test their own model boats to discover a winning design, whilst older pupils will learn the skills of film-making to produce documentaries on sports psychology and illegal doping, and secondary schools will design and build artificial legs for future Paralympics competitors. For further information please contact: Emm Barnes or Jennifer Lardge
The Rowers
Acclaimed model theatre artist Robert Poulter and Royal Holloway’s Puppet Working Group present a production combining toy theatre and live theatre performance. On a journey through time and space witnessed by a couple, a canoe transforms from transport to war machine, vessel of exploration to means of recreation and sport. For further information please contact: Matthew Cohen, Fay Tsitou or Jiwon Yang
To Run
A lyrical and poetic short documentary exploring the mentality of an athlete preparing for the Olympics. Rhythmic and introspective, I intend to focus on the internal struggle against nature and the sport itself. The nature of 'the games' is to be the best in the world at what you do, but what are the consequences? For further information please contact: Ben Golding
Waterworlds
Watery themes inspire students from the Media Arts department to make short films. About 15 films of around 5 minutes duration, made by groups of five or six students, will create a varied and creative comment on the theme of watery worlds for the local Olympic celebrations. For further information please contact: Gail Pearce
The Creative Campus Initiative was officially launched at Royal Holloway
by 9 times gold medal winning Paralympic swimmer, Chris Holmes MBE.
See press release for further details.
Dean of Arts, Professor Katie Normington with Chris
Holmes MBE and Cultural Coordinator, Sarah Hogarth.
If you are interested in the Arts and Sport, contact Cultural Coordinator, Sarah Hogarth, to find out more about how you can get involved in this unique opportunity.
The CCI is funded by the Higher Education Funding Council of England and is an initiative of the HE Cultural Forum
