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The Bartlett Kiosk: The Diplomatic Bags

01 April 2019–05 April 2019, 9:00 am–5:00 pm

The diplomatic bag by Theo Jones

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Chee-Kit Lai
02031087337

Location

Ground floor
22 Gordon Street
London
WC1H 0QB
United Kingdom

About

This week, Theo Jones from Architecture MArch, Unit 11, is exhibiting two projects from his Diplomatic Bag series, in which both objects fold and unfold to conceal and reveal themselves.

The Diplomatic Bag

Diplomatic bag by Theo jones
Travelling across borders this diplomatic bag carries the minimum architectures to establish a physical foothold. A quadrat was used to sample the border conditions between Switzerland, Germany and France for this project.
 

Unfolding a Home of Diplomatic Containment

Diplomatic jacket by Theo Jones
This State of the Internet diplomat jacket reflects the story and experience of Julian Assange. Julian lived, via political asylum, inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London for seven years. From leaked documents, it was established that Ecuador considered transporting Assange to another country in a diplomatic bag. For some time after this, the Met Police scanned objects exiting the embassy for heat signatures.
 

About The Bartlett Kiosk

The Bartlett Kiosk is the school's micro exhibition space for student work. Located next to the entrance of our Bloomsbury home, 22 Gordon Street, The Bartlett Kiosk presents installations to the general public at street level. 

If you are a student or group of students interested in exhibiting in The Bartlett Kiosk, please contact Patrick Weber with your proposal.

Images: Courtesy of Theo Jones.