box lid for the Rock Against Racism archive of Syd Shelton and Ruth Gregory

Curator and writer Carol Tulloch and CHELSEA space’s Donald Smith were invited to talk on 16. 03.11 as part of the ‘Graduate Encounters’ series chaired by Prof. Hayley Newman at Chelsea College of Art and Design. The two chose the form of a ‘show and tell’ using selected artefacts from their personal archives with the intention of giving insights into their individual approaches to research and curating. The title,’ The Raw and the Cooked’, was … Continue Reading

Burro fashion shoot archive

Fashion designers Su and Olaf Parker have launched a new website at www.burro.co.uk. Burro was the subject of CHELSEA space #18, Burro: I Feel Alright, curated by Donald Smith in collaboration with the designers in January 2008.

The site is packed with visual information including comprehensive views of the collections, videos of catwalk shows, a “museum” of images and an archive of projects including the CHELSEA space exhibition.

In fact, … Continue Reading