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Year 3 – Design and Creative Practice III: Magic

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Tutors: Kevin Green, Freddy Tuppen.


Year 3 Design and Creative Practice is driven by an interest in interdisciplinary practice that looks outside of the institution and promotes public facing, socially engaged projects. Combining group work and individual projects we explore and experiment with strategies for creative practice that are sustainable within a wide cultural context, whilst collectively exploring a theme relating to architecture and the built environment.


This year we explored the theme of magic. In doing so we considered the role that trickery, illusion, misdirection and entertainment play in shaping the cities of today. Working across multiple disciplines, the students' projects questioned what an understanding of magic can tell us about human psychology, belief and memory; how to identify where mechanisms such as misdirection or illusion have been adopted in today’s society. They have proposed ways to identify and combat deception through collaboration and collectivity.


We were delighted to be able to invite many talented and inspiring workshop leaders, lecturers and critics to contribute to the module. We would like to thank Alfonso Borragan, Beth Kettle, Victor Mazon, Sophie Page, Adam Shield, Matt Tomkins and The Story Garden for their invaluable involvement.

Group Students

Nyima Murry, Y4, 'Cultures of Care'

This academic year there was growing demand from staff and students to embed climate change into The Bartlett’s pedagogy. 'Cultures of Care' employed the process, language and use of 'ferments' to facilitate this ambition by occupying spaces within the school for staff and students to discuss what creating sustainably means.

Ashley Law, Y3, 'Aurora (Unveiling the Conditioned Women)'

Ashley Law, Y3, 'Aurora (Unveiling the Conditioned Women)'

Fairy tale princesses have subconsciously enforced unattainable beauty standards amongst women. Aurora presents a humanoid representation of Sleeping Beauty’s Princess Aurora, highlighting the impossible nature of the body shown on screen. She empowers fairy tales as a dominant female figure, using her outrageous proportions to bring light to body image positivity.

Hanna Abramowicz, Mari Katsuno, Y3, and Nyima Murry, Y4, 'Smithfield Market 51.518028, -0.102171'

A live performance and installation that explored the everlasting culture of power struggles amongst people through the study of London’s Smithfield Market.

Henri Khoo, Y3, 'Drawing a Landscape of Conjecture'

Reimagining Stourhead through an alternative iconography. The landscape is read through the Temple of Apollo.

Henri Khoo, Pinyi (Joicy) Liu, Eva Tisnikar, Y3, 'Navigational Evolution'

'Navigational Evolution' was an installation that studied the modes and means for navigation, in order to understand better the human position within space and the greater interior of the cosmos. Through filmic principles and elements, the installation explored the representations of the universe and of physical landscapes.

Mari Katsuno, Y3, 'The Islanders'

This project is about the past, present and future of human rituals. It is the story about human attitudes towards rituals, condensed into a case study of a fictional island culture in order to question the present and future state of society.

  • The Islanders

  • Dance Rattle

  • Basket Rattle

  • The Manuscript of the Islanders

  • Fragments of the Blood Receiver

  • Evolution of the Sacrificial Spearheads

  • Fragments of Anglette’s Costume

  • Fragment of the Last Rattle

  • An Account of Ritual Sacrifice

  • The Decree of Ritual Abolition

Eleonora Levis, Y3, 'Turning Inwards: A Personal Exploration of Addressing and Healing Trauma'

The garment mimics the ability of a life jacket to keep people afloat. The jacket is a metaphor to illustrate how trauma can not be removed, but requires one to face it. Heavy and uncomfortable, the garment displays how trauma can be a weight on someone’s shoulders throughout their everyday life.

Tseng-Han (Christina) Lin Hou, Y3, 'Vessel to Nirvana'

This project is an exploration of the urban dwelling on the Buddhist path to Nirvana. Responding to the antithesis of the permanent city and the 'universal truth of impermanence', this project is for a self-sustaining walking dwelling and aimed to allow urban Buddhists to practice 'impermanence' and reach Nirvana.

Moe Atsumeda, Y3, 'Project Studio 5oC'

Studio 5oC is a satire about the treatment and exploitation that Japanese animators face just to pursue their dream career. The project speculates about a future in which the production of animation does not change, requiring studios to change their ways in order to bring people into the profession.

Eva Tisnikar, Y4, 'The Female Voice Archive'

The aim of the project was to engage critically with the city through active listening. A common sound of the modern city is that of a disembodied female voice projected into public spaces. An online archive was created in order to analyse the characteristics of spaces and the way the voice guides the actions of citizens.

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