Haruka Hashiguchi at Chelsea College of Art Postgraduate Summer Show

Haruka Hashiguchi, Sunlight Tracing, cotton, cloth, cotton and silk thread and ink, 2011
We asked Haruka Hashiguchi to tell us more about her work Sunlight Tracing which features in her Master of Fine Art Degree Show Show at Chelsea College of Art.

'I traced the sunlight coming through the window in the space for 2 weeks by tracking the movement and stitching over it. I chose a part of the window’s shadow on the floor as a mark at the beginning of each day, so that I could track the movement of sunlight throughout the day and I could find it again even after clouds passed and hid the sun. The pattern of stitching was dependent on the clouds and the brightness of the sunlight of the day. I'm calling this piece "Sunlight Tracing". The materials I used are cotton cloth, cotton and silk thread and ink ( for the time stamp).'

First meeting of The Primordial Plasma Club

The first meeting of The Primordial Plasma Club will take place on Tuesday July 26th at The Kings Arms.

WHERE & WHEN

Date: Tuesday 26 July
Time: 7.30pm until whenever
Venue: The Kings Arms - http://www.hostmoreleisure.com/kingsarms/
251 Tooley St
London
SE1 2JX

ABOUT

The Primordial Plasma Club is an informal monthly meet up. Whilst talking about art is a big part of the club, meeting up, having a drink and chat about what you're working on, or what is on your mind is the most important element.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT/ TOPIC FOR FIRST MEETING

'Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe the rest is real, when in fact all of Los Angeles and the America surrounding it are no longer real, but of the order of the hyperreal and of simulation. It is no longer a question of a false representation of reality (ideology), but of concealing the fact that the real is no longer real, and thus of saving the reality principle.
The Disneyland imaginary is neither true nor false: it is a deterrence machine set up in order to rejuvenate in reverse the fiction of the real.'

Jean Baudrillard, Hyperreal and imaginary, Simulacra and Simulations, Selected Writings p175

The first part of the evening will consist of a discussion around exhibitions that we've seen during the summer. Possible shows to discuss could include Christoph Büchel's community centre at Hauser & Wirth, Mike Nelson's I, Imposter at the British Pavillion and Paul Etienne Lincoln at South London Gallery or anything else you might want to bring to the table.