Oldfield Ford's own background has been as a participant in different anarchist and punk movements through the 80s and 90s, before eventually completing an MA is Fine Art at the Royal College of Art. Informed by her investment in the politics of the street, she produces illustration works for a variety of ephemeral media formats including billboards, posters and fanzines, responding to slick corporate designs by using a more homespun drawing aesthetic.

A fanzine will also be produced to provide information about the exhibition and to guide people around the different sites, and a number of informal walking tours have been organised for seeing the posters and exploring different areas of the city centre. Laura Oldfield Ford will also give a University of the West of England lecture at Arnolfini in March 2011, which will focus on her work to date as well as her project for Bristol. Laura Oldfield Ford lives and works in London.

1- 28 February 2011
Arnolfini, Bristol


Design and ceramics renew a shopping center
FMG Fabbrica Marmi and architect Paolo Gianfrancesco, of THG Arkitektar Studio, have designed the restyling of the third floor of Reykjavik's largest shopping center. Ceramic, the central element of the project, covers floors, walls and furniture with versatile solutions and distinctive character.