{"id":2924,"date":"2018-11-10T14:52:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T14:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2018-11-16T15:03:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T15:03:19","slug":"smfa-visiting-artist-talk-david-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2018\/11\/10\/smfa-visiting-artist-talk-david-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"SMFA Visiting Artist Talk &#8211; David Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2925\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2925\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2018\/11\/David-Cross-Bonjour-Tristesse-2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2925 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2018\/11\/David-Cross-Bonjour-Tristesse-2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2018\/11\/David-Cross-Bonjour-Tristesse-2010.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2018\/11\/David-Cross-Bonjour-Tristesse-2010-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Tristesse&#8217; David Cross, 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0November<br \/>\n5 \u2013 7pm<br \/>\nClock Tower Lecture Theatre, Historic Dockyard Chatham<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cArt is what fills the gap between how the world is and how I\u2019d love it to be.\u201d<\/em> &#8211; David Cross<\/p>\n<p>David Cross will be speaking about critical engagement and context-specificity both in his individual work, and that of Cornford &amp; Cross.<\/p>\n<p>As a contemporary fine artist with Cornford &amp; Cross, David produced sculptural installations that engage with issues at the intersection of visual culture, resource scarcity and conflict.<\/p>\n<p>As a postgraduate educationalist, he encourages an interdisciplinary, research-oriented and socially engaged approach to the design profession.<\/p>\n<p>Through participating in and facilitating public debate, he aims to stimulate critical engagement with the separation of cultural activity and everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>These events are FREE to attend and open to all. Book online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/vote-100-celebrating-women-composers-parliament-week-tickets-45652269166\">Eventbrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Tuesday 13th\u00a0November 5 \u2013 7pm Clock Tower Lecture Theatre, Historic Dockyard Chatham \u201cArt is what fills the gap between how the world is and how I\u2019d love it to be.\u201d &#8211; David Cross David Cross will be speaking about critical engagement and context-specificity both in his individual work, and that of Cornford &amp; Cross. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2018\/11\/10\/smfa-visiting-artist-talk-david-cross\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SMFA Visiting Artist Talk &#8211; David Cross<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22922,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[81427,24626,124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22922"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2924"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2930,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924\/revisions\/2930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}