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Richard Launder

Førsteamanuensis/Associate Professor
Avd. for spesialisert kunst
Telefon:55587462
Epost:richard.launder@khib.no
Kontor:Første etasje/1st Floor, Strømgaten 1

Richard Launder is a visual artist working from an interdisciplinary base.

He is Associate Professor at the Department of Art:  MA & BA main tutor & supervisor for Research Fellows.

Specialities: sculpture, site specific &/or contextual installation, performance & the international art scene.

Formerly based in New York, now London; he has been affiliated with KHiB for more than 20 years, he is also active & a regular guest artist in the UK, DK, IT, USA. Launder has widely exhibited internationally with works in many collections & has collaborated with a number of industrial & social sources.
His works often take on a performative character and are frequently staged in public spaces, working through strategies that have their roots in Situationist practices.

Art Research & Development & theoretical related activities include:

  • PLACEHOLDERS'  MA seminar (Sept.2011),
  • (After) the Storm in the Teacup' Camden Arts Centre, London (Feb.2011),
  • ART in the URBAN CONTEXT'  (2000 -)
  • PERIPHERAL PRACTICE/ PERIPHERAL PLACE: Conceptual Clay 1995 - Now' which are both ongoing.


Artist Statement
Richard Launder (UK)
The transient, the un-fixed, the nebulous, have been axis points of his on-going works for some years.

Shift & Drift. 
Hold for some time, alter in some manner, hold once more.
Observe, respond...
Invite participation &/or interaction, hold once again.
Observe, respond...  Articulate:
the liminal,
the gaps,
the suggestions,
the memories
of patinated knowledge/histories within a context.

 

The relationship between the time-based 'held' works & the expanded works that result from this type of restless strategy creates a range of phenomena: works. Installation, video & photography which are sculptural, performative & contextual (various materials/process´s are brought together: clay/ceramic, wood/metal, paper/collage... made, ready-made, manipulated & fabricated) often culturally specific, sometimes participatory & multi-layered.

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Image 1: interdisciplinary installation & performance 'CHOCKS & STRUTTS' . The architectural column, ceramic, metal, bamboo, elastic, wood, metal, plastic, performance clothing.

Conversations

Image 2: 'CHOCKS & STRUTTS: Air Mechanic WRNS S. Jacques', Original photo: Air Mechanic WRNS B.Vicarey, circa 1944, Worthy Down, Winchester, UK. Digitalised photo, collage, drawn, A4. 2011. Exhibited: 'CONVERSATIONS: Brownsword, Launder, Mydland & Suul' Rom8, Nov. 2011, KHiB.