Hornsey 1968 by Lisa Tickner
On 28 May 1968, students occupied Hornsey College of Art, initially for twenty-four hours, in a dispute triggered over control of the student union funds. A planned programme of films and speakers expanded into a critique of all aspects of art education, the social role of art and the politics of design. It led to six weeks of intense debate, the production of more than seventy documents, a short-lived Movement for the Reform of Art and Design Education (MORADE), a three-day conference at the Roundhouse in Camden Town, an exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, prolonged confrontation with the local authority and extensive representations to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Student Relations. Forty years on, this account of the Hornsey 'sit-in' and its aftermath draws on interviews with participants and hitherto unpublished archives.
A fascinating read for any lover of artAngel Tickner has succeeded in her aim of furnishing a 'rigorous and useable' account of the event, its prehistory and fallout, providing a valuable and dependable resource fior anyone specially interested in the period, and/or in the politics of art education. Art Monthly This is a serious study of a subject that undoubtedly shook up the system and deserves its own niche in education's on-going story. Camden New Journal A lucid, vivid and sympathetic account of what happened at Hornsey...Tickner brings her formidable research skills to bear on the subject and makes full use of unpublished archives and interviews. Art Book Whilst much has been written on the subject, the book draws on personal experience in a wise and thoughtful way, bringing together much archive material, previously unpublished, to construct a fascinating account of an art school student occupation that was planned to last for 24 hours, but extended into six weeks. This book is a fascinating read and is highly recommended. International Journal of Art & Design Education Undoubtedly, Tickner's book, with its detailed informative endnotes and bibliography, provides a much needed addition to available resources with the benefit of hindsight and with the detached perspective which a highly respected historian can bring to the material - albeit with the post modern problematics of any claim to a single authoritative voice, which Tickner fully acknowledges. The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and Culture
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| ISBN 13 | 9780711228740 |
| ISBN 10 | 0711228744 |
| Title | Hornsey 1968 |
| Author | Lisa Tickner |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2008-05-22 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
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