Sam Collins
Artist
Sam Collins joined Cape Farewell on the 2008 Disko Bay Expedition, visiting the spectacular Disko Bay area of West Greenland with over 40 international artists, journalists and scientists.
Sam Collins is an artist, designer and collaborator. He has exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions, and has in recent years concentrated on the design and production of large-scale art projects, and theatre.
He has worked with Artangel since 2002, working with artists such as Steve McQueen, Matthew Barney, Gregor Schneider, Kutlug Ataman, Paul Pfeiffer and Heiner Goebbels. As a Designer he has worked on a diverse range of projects with numerous artists and organisations including, LIFT, Homeworks (Beirut) and Cape Farewell.
In 2004 Sam began collaborating with Siobhan Davies Dance as Designer on Bird Song (2004/05), In Plain Clothes (2006) and Two Quartets (2007).
Recent design projects include Il Tempo Del Postino – Group Show, an Opera/Art Exhibition with curators Hans Ulrich Obrist and Philippe Parreno, as part of Manchester International Festival in July 2007, and Richard III – An Arab Tragedy, a contemporary Arabic production of Shakespeare, with Sulayman Al Bassam Theatre Company. Sam also designed Drifting + Tilting – the Songs of Scott Walker, a staged concert performed at the Barbican in November 2008.
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High Arctic Film Weekend
An exciting programme of feature films, documentaries and rare archive material around the Arctic
Dew Line Concert
Cape Farewell North America makes its public debut on 10 Nov in Toronto - tickets on sale now
SHORTCOURSE / UK
A surrogate art school of sorts, hosting a series of unconventional, rural and urban expeditions, including a series of expeditions this October exploring London's infrastructure of water.
U-n-f-o-l-d Events
Follow the exciting series of lectures and events around U-n-f-o-l-d live or via podcast.
Cape Farewell North America
Cape Farewell launches in North America
Ecocide Trial
Can ecocide be considered a crime against peace? Follow the UK Supreme Court's mock trial on 30 Sept.
U-n-f-o-l-d Exhibition
Continuing it's tour in the US, our exquisite new exhibition U-n-f-o-l-d heads to New York, showing at Parsons The New School for Design until 15 Dec. Find out more ›
David Buckland speaking at SXSW Eco
The South By Southwest Music and Media Conference (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, has extended it's programme to SXSW Eco, focusing on the environment, the economy, and civil society, 4-6 Oct 2011. Find out more ›
U-n-f-o-l-d exhibition
Cape Farewell's exquisite new touring exhibition Unfold kicked off in Vienna this May. It's being shown at the University College Falmouth from 26 Nov to 22 Jan 2011, before heading to Chicago.
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