Tesla Talk: Nick Turvey, February 18 2009

TESLA@UCL

Artist Nick Turvey: Nature’s Syntax

Wednesday

18 February

6pm– 7pm:

University College London

Gower Street,

London, WC1E 6BT

Garwood Lecture Theatre, South Wing

Abstract

A key aspect of Nick Turvey’s practice is the study of syntax in nature, the processes and patterns common to both consciousness and the organization of physical matter. The work is a form of proto-scientific inquiry, or experiments in natural philosophy; a dialogue between contemporary research and primitive, antiquated or heretical ideas. At a public scale, this translates into a desire to transform urban space with irruptions of musically ordered complexity, opportunities for daydreaming and playful interaction that reconnect us to the tangible world. Of particular concern to me currently is the nature of light and the phenomenon of transparency, resulting in works in which optics plays a major role.

Biography

After training as an architect, and 20 years working with film and video, Nick Turvey returned to study sculpture at the Royal College of Art, graduating with an MA in 2006. He has since won a number of public commissions, was awarded an International fellowship by the Arts Council England in 2007, and received a Royal British Society of Sculptors Bursary in 2008.

Website

www.nickturvey.com

Getting to UCL:

The nearest Tube stations are Euston Square and Warren Street. For full details, see here

How to find the Garwood Lecture Theatre:

Once you enter the main gate of UCL in Gower Street, you will face the Portico in the UCL quadrangle courtyard. Please take the right hand side diagonal and walk to the right corner of the building. You will see the brass tablet indicating South Wing. Enter the second entrance door at the South Wing, and you will find the Garwood Lecture Theatre on the first floor. There will be signs from the entrance that will help you to find the exact location easily.

You may also consult the UCL maps here.

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