Darcy Lange studied Sculpture at the RCA and graduated in 1971, the same year as I did. So it was shocking to recently hear that he had died in 2005. How easily we all lose touch with each other. I knew him as a fellow student who would occasionally come by the Fashion School and ask me to sew up some canvasses for his installations.

A dialogue between two artist practitioners.

How does an audience respond to series of visual works presented by two artists?

Harriet Aston’s installation at AND eventSpace transformed a white cool gallery environment into a forest of mysterious soft forms.... This army of self supporting works made of rough fibrous paper, that was destined to wrap bed mattresses, stood deceptively motionless for several days - as if aware of their place in the scheme of things but enjoying their moment of celebrity - until collapsing under their own weight and their special ability to absorb surplus humidity.

The Royal College of Art's 2016 Graduate SHOWs

June 23 – July 3

1-30 June 2016

Organised by Royal College of Art Society + AND Association

“7 hours…” organised by Helena Hartmann took place on a bright but cold day in February. The performance event was part of a collaborative series between AND eventSpace and the RCA Society which invited submissions from artists to use the gallery space for “One Day…”.

Alan Rickman who passed away on January 14 is probably best known as one of Britains leading actors. Following roles at the RSC - The Tempest, Love’s Labour’s Lost - he developed his ‘villainous’ persona in the movies and earned a number of prestigious awards for his work. His more recent villany and most popular film role was the ‘dark’ Professor Severus Snape in the ‘Harry Potter’ series ….

The RCA Society is the original organisation of graduates, staff and associates of the Royal College of Art. As you have been very much part of the RCA’s evolution why not join the RCA Society....and be part of the future? The annual membership fee is only £10. New graduates are entitled to 18 months free membership.

Mourning for the soldiers who were slaughtered in the First World War can never be complete. No final requiem terminates the collective lamentation. Roderick Coyne's photographs of the Somme show the affinity of the French landscape to the corresponding geological formations in south-east England. In this exhibition a whole wall is given over to French and English woodlands together with a computer assisted merger.