Summer 2011. The new chapter of Central Saint Martins history starts. The historic and important college will move from its Soho site and join other branches of Central Saint Martins in a new purpose-built development in King’s Cross.
As it is the end of an era for this legendary institution, I have found it meaningful to make a documentary film about the art college and the old St Martins school building on Charing Cross Road.
” Not so central Saint Martin’s ” was a name of today’s Evening Standard’s feature about the official press opening of the new Saint Martin’s home at King’s cross ( oddly enough not even all members of stuff were invited to that one). I would like to add not so Saint Martin’s either. It is now ruled by graphic designers, animators and god knows who else while fashion is slowly dying somewhere at the corner.
Fashion people at Saint Martins you will have to make an extra effort. And please stop saying ” i don’t like fashion” It was OK at Charing Cross, because there was a lot of it, now it’s just a betrayal.
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Tomorrow is going to be quite busy, we are filming Katharine Hamnett in the morning and then we are going to the house of Saint Martins most influencial illustrator/ tutor Howard Tangye, not only we are going to film him talking about the role Saint Martins played in his life ( graduated from Saint Martins in 1974 and then he came back there to teach, today Howard is in charge of womenswear) but we will also film a life drawing session, which is very very exciting! I will upload some of his illustrations.
p.s. when we were interviweing Julie Verhoeven she said that Howard was the reason for her to apply to Saint Martins..
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The name of this blog and possibly the film is inspired by a graffiti in one of Saint Martins toilets from about ten years ago.
Today I went to the college to do some research on Stephen Jones, who we are interviewing tomorrow, and also have a look at male toilet on the ground floor, and I thought I would take some pictures of the graffitis that are currently there and will shortly be removed…
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