Students from London College of Fashion’s BA (Hons) Fashion Illustration course will be creating a live installation artwork today, Wednesday 16th at 18.00.

Come along and watch Noro Kim, AKA the Pig Man, and his course colleagues collaborate on canvas!

School of Media and Communication exhibition at 57 Carnaby Street is open until Monday 21st June.

Second year BA (Hons) Fashion Journalism student Christopher Cunniff speaks to Shreya Patel BA (Hons) Make-Up and Prosthetics for Performance graduate 2009.

4 new videos – displaying latest project work by students on MA Costume Design for Performance – were uploaded today to our Youtube channel and the video showcase.

The Liz and Di installation.

The above installation piece from the Liz and Di show in March has been selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2009. The piece was designed and realised by four BA (Hons) Technical Effects for Performance students: Louise Fricker, Phillipa Downes, Julio Morais and Sarah Millburn.

Sammm Agnew

Charlotte Copeland

In the tech effects workshop.

Preparations are well under way for ’Liz and Di – A Dream Play’, the final-year show for BA (Hons) Technical Effects for Performance. Students Emily Todd, Sammm Agnew, Charlotte Copeland and Jon van Beek (pictured, above) are currently camping out on the 6th floor of John Prince’s St and working hard to complete their creations.

[Photo credit: Xinhua]

[Photo credit: New York Times (view original)]

Lorna Thomas from BA (Hons) Costume for Performance designed the costume for Nelson in his appearance at the Closing Ceremony for the Beijing Paralympics. This achievement follows the role played by LCF fashion design students at the Olympics Closing Ceremony four weeks ago.

In the workshops beneath the Cochrane Theatre, BA (Hons) Costume for Performance students put finishing touches to their creations for The Penguin Café.

Backstage at the technical rehearsal: performers from the London Contemporary Dance School are made up by students on BA (Hons) Make-Up and Prosthetics for Performance.

One of several penguin heads created by students on the BA (Hons) Technical Effects for Performance in preparation for next week’s performances of The Penguin Café.

Electric wolf head by Clare Bryant.

Kirsty Betts tries on her rhino head.

Stephanie Logan and Maria Aburn work on their duck feet.

Charlie James and Vicky Fields from BA (Hons) Make-Up and Prosthetics for Performance prepare iguana heads for next week’s performances of The Penguin Café.

Heidi North, Alice Gosnell and Marianne Hindle work on mermaids’ hair for the show.

This year, students from BA (Hons) Costume for Performance, BA (Hons) Technical Effects for Performance and BA (Hons) Make-Up and Prosthetics for Performance courses will collaborate with dancers from the London Contemporary Dance School to produce a musical dance piece called ‘The Penguin Café’. The performance is a surreal fantasy that explores global environmental issues.

Top: Dancers rehearse in a hall in Bethnal Green.

Above: Students at John Prince’s St put the finishing touches to their costume creations for the show.

(Photography: David Hardy)