Lecture
A Song About Family
A Family Lecture by Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader
In collaboration with the the Royal College of Art, School of Architecture and Somerset House Studios.
We are delighted to host Christine Sun Kim’s and Thomas Mader’s lecture on their art practice as a family. In their lecture, they will investigate the beauty and challenge of family cocreation and provide insights into the unconventional flag newly waving at the Goethe-Institut London.
Christine has produced a book that contains empty scores drawn by a variety of artist friends, as well as her husband and daughter, for her recent show at Secession Vienna. In teaching her daughter how to draw scores, Roux created a score titled “A song about family”. While the score Roux contributed to Christine’s Secession book is empty, the new flag is fully populated with her made up musical notes and symbols. After having drawn the score, she asked her mom to interpret the score for her.
This score, which in itself already resembles a flag in a slight breeze, serves as the design for the family’s flag while staying at Goethe-Institut London. A score as a flag also functions as a gentler and more open approach to the flag format than the usual flags that are very determinate and limited in design and message. This particular flag shows support for artist families in an institutional setting and at the same time relates to drawing being a shared practice amongst the members of the Kim/Mader family.
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Language: English and British Sign Language (BSL)
Price: Free, but registration is required via Eventbrite. The lecture will be followed by a reception in the Goethe-Institut Library.