{"id":851,"date":"2014-10-07T15:33:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T15:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/?p=851"},"modified":"2014-12-08T15:49:51","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T15:49:51","slug":"ruth-ewan-kicks-off-the-first-visiting-artist-talk-for-201415","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/2014\/10\/07\/ruth-ewan-kicks-off-the-first-visiting-artist-talk-for-201415\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth Ewan kicks off the first Visiting Artist Talk for 2014\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ruth Ewan, based in London who&#8217;s\u00a0practice includes sound, text, print, and process-based live events, often creating context specific art projects, which highlight the continued relevance of particular historic moments to the present.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-852\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2014\/10\/Ruth-Ewan-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ruth Ewan\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2014\/10\/Ruth-Ewan-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/smfa-news\/files\/2014\/10\/Ruth-Ewan-723x1024.jpg 723w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>9th October, 2014<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clock Tower Building (formerly BridgeWardens College), Lecture Theatre<\/li>\n<li>17.30-16.30<\/li>\n<li>Free, everyone welcom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ruth Ewan frequently works with collaborators to realise her projects, which are often grounded in focused research into the social and political history of the site in which they are based.<br \/>\nPrevious projects have involved historians, activists, archaeologists, bakers, school children, buskers and composers.<\/p>\n<p>Ruth\u2019s best known work A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World is an interactive archive of over 1,500 socially engaged songs from across the world which are catergorised into themes such as \u2018Law and Order\u2019, \u2018Feminism\u2019, \u2018Freedom\u2019<br \/>\nand \u2018Slavery\u2019.<br \/>\nThis project has been shown in museums<br \/>\ninternationally including New Museum,<br \/>\nNew York, Prada Foundation, Venice and<br \/>\nTate Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Her audio project &#8216;The Darks&#8217; is currently<br \/>\non show at Tate Britain and she is working<br \/>\ntowards a major solo exhibition at<br \/>\nCamden Arts Centre, London in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/smfa\/images\/visiting%20artists\/Ruth%20Ewan.jpg\" target=\"new\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Download the Poster <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ruthewan.com\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">http:\/\/ruthewan.com <\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frieze.com\/shows\/review\/ruth-ewan\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">http:\/\/www.frieze.com\/shows\/review\/ruth-ewan\/ <\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/context-comment\/video\/tateshots-darks\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/context-comment\/video\/tateshots-darks<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookworks.org.uk\/node\/1749\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">https:\/\/www.bookworks.org.uk\/node\/1749 <\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b01rmnn9\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b01rmnn9<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">http:\/\/www.thewire.co.uk\/in-writing\/the-portal\/ruth-ewan_s-portal <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/artmuseum.pl\/en\/wydarzenia\/rewolucyjny-kalendarz-adwentowy-ruth-ewan\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">http:\/\/artmuseum.pl\/en\/wydarzenia\/rewolucyjny-kalendarz-adwentowy-ruth-ewan <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Ewan, based in London who&#8217;s\u00a0practice includes sound, text, print, and process-based live events, often creating context specific art projects, which highlight the continued relevance of particular historic moments to the present. 9th October, 2014 Clock Tower Building (formerly BridgeWardens College), Lecture Theatre 17.30-16.30 Free, everyone welcom Ruth Ewan frequently works with collaborators to realise &hellip; 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