Isabella Isabeau, Author at Isabella Isabeau

fashitecture_pilot

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020Isabella IsabeauLeave a comment

Held at Studio Isabella Isabeau in May 2017 this event collected artists, makers, artisans and the attending public in one space. The idea for this kind of event was originally conceived out of frustration with the limited forms of exhibition particularly in a growing fashion industry in Kampala. It presented an interactive way of...

All good things must come to an end

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018Isabella IsabeauLeave a comment

I have mixed feelings when it comes to our final show. On the one hand, I’m excited to close this chapter and see what another holds. On the other hand, I can’t help but be in a constant state of internal panic. If there’s anything I have picked up over the past year and...

Talking recipes: Kimchi

July 30, 2018July 30, 2018Isabella IsabeauLeave a comment

Tate Britain has come up with a cool way to address the modern day problem of loneliness in cities through a community garden installation titled A common ground designed by social arts practice, Something and son. The garden features fountain sculptures with voice recognition sensors is designed to instigate sociability – talking sets the fountains to...

New Glow formula

May 16, 2018May 16, 2018Isabella IsabeauLeave a comment

The opening of the ‘New Glow Formula’, a presentation of commissioned collaborative works by Isabella Asiimwe, Rosa Doornenbal and Irene Lee. ‘New Glow Formula’ is the first of three exhibitions in ‘Crossings,’ an exhibition series showcasing interdisciplinary partnerships across Goldsmiths’ MFA Fine Arts, MA Expanded Practice, MA Black British Writing and MA Computational Arts...

silver lining

April 6, 2018April 6, 2018Isabella IsabeauLeave a comment

Taking a somewhat tedious task and turning it into a enjoyable moment while cutting up the sticker icons to be placed on the dial for our School Of Metarules gaming project is exactly what led to the discovery of these unexpected and delightful geometric shapes. When rearranged, they seemed to form most interesting...

IT LITERALLY STARTED WITH A MAN IN HEELS

March 22, 2018March 23, 2018Isabella IsabeauLeave a comment

LARP a type of role-playing game in which participants physically act out scenarios, typically using costumes and props. SORD School Of Reality Design The freedom allowed to us by the SORD brief was both exciting and daunting, I recall having no clue where to start as a point of interest and research. Luckily, now...

#freewalking SOM

March 19, 2018March 19, 2018Isabella IsabeauLeave a comment

As an experiment on mobility and understanding our place in our physio-contextual surrounding, we were given these instructions and set out. The images here tell the story of our journey. The calming nature of free-walking was unexpected and highly insightful, I recommend it. Captured in photograph are the thoughts, conversations, giggles and dead ends....

Second Hand.

February 10, 2018February 28, 2018Isabella IsabeauLeave a comment

One of the last activities of the clothing distribution cycle, the giving away of clothing, getting rid of old style, hand me down, passing on; Second hand clothing. I was interested to know more about how this process works here in London in contrast to Kampala; my home country. The investigation started at the...

MANIFESTO_Draft2 – Through [the] fabric

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018Isabella IsabeauLeave a comment

The ideas reflected in this manifesto relate back to the question posed to us in the weeks before breaking off for the holidays; what role do you want to have in the future regarding design. It had to be a practical aspiration so as to step out of ambiguity and assist in the construction...

SORD

January 9, 2018February 6, 2018Isabella IsabeauLeave a comment

SCHOOL OF REALITY DESIGN – DAY 1 Notes to self: I should probably say school of unreality as the core of this project is to imagine an entirely new reality of the learning institution at Goldsmiths University. If reality is created , how do we go about designing this new school; what do...