Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, NOISE Festival 2014 Curator for Architecture

The renowned British architect behind the Eden Project and London’s Waterloo International Terminal, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, is confirmed as Architecture & Interior Design Curator for NOISE Festival 2014. The former President of the Royal Academy of Arts and RIBA Awards winner will personally rate online entries submitted by undiscovered talent to the arts showcase website NOISEfestival.com, and for his top five choices Sir Grimshaw will be giving career guidance and mentorship.

“I am here to support the NOISE idea about encouraging young creative people to send in their work for consideration and judging; who I will help to pursue their careers and mentor at the end of the whole process” Sir Nicholas Grimshaw

In an interactive Q&A webinar to be broadcast live on 26th March 2014 online for the wider public, 8 artists are selected at random from the best NOISE Festival 2014 Architecture and Interiors entries submitted before then. Those picked for the webinar still remain in the running to be exclusively selected by Sir Nicholas for the 2014 Festival, doubling their chances to gain exclusive access to the phenomenal line-up of NOISE Festival 2014 Curators.

Finding himself homeless in London in the 1960s, Sir Nicholas took advantage of a then Government initiative and founded a co-ownership housing scheme, becoming his own first client in the process. Grimshaw sees this as his breakthrough moment, as a young architect in charge of a substantial London scheme, through which he developed a standing in the industry.

“The most important thing is not to be proud; you have to take on anything whether it is a bus shelter or a bike store for a local school. There is nothing however small that you cannot use some design ability on.”

Recognising the difficulties of the next generation to find breakthrough moments like his own in the 1960s, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw wants to open up career opportunities through the NOISE Festival initiative.
The biennial “NOISE Festival”, produced by the award-winning NOISEfestival.com Charity, offers the best undiscovered creative talent, from across Europe, the unique opportunity to gain recognition, media exposure, mentorship and job opportunities. Simply by entering their creative work, for free, via e-Portfolios on NOISEfestival.com.

In Autumn 2014, the Curator’s choices are announced and offered paid placements with their Curator’s or related leading creative companies. NOISE Festival provides other career boosting outcomes for young artists via media partnerships and pro/amateur collaborations at showcase events. Previous festivals have attracted a total international audience of 8.5million.
The Chairman of Grimshaw Architects, joins a stellar line-up of high-profile Curators across 14 categories such as Fashion, Fine Art, Music, Photography, Graphics, Film, Product Design and Enterprise. The leading names include pioneering musician Brian Eno, prominent fashion designer Giles Deacon, games legend Ian Livingstone CBE (Tomb Raider), acclaimed cartoonist Gerald Scarfe CBE (Pink Floyd’s The Wall), Publicis London’s Creative Director Andy Bird, product design brand SUCK UK, and more.

Watch exclusive Curator interviews online: youtube.com/user/NOISEFestival/
For more on the webinar series: NOISEfestival.com/festival/2014/webinars
For information about the NOISE arts charity, photos and curator access please contact Joe Graham on 0161 237 9009, [email protected]

ABOUT NOISE
NOISE Festival is a national arts charity, based in Manchester, that supports over 10,000 emerging creatives via the ePortfolio website NOISEfestival.com. NOISE provides innovative cultural arts events and projects enabling graduates, NEETs and disadvantaged creatives to develop from amateur to professional-level and access opportunities. Since 2005, NOISE has worked with globally recognised creative mavericks (Zaha Hadid, Sir Norman Rosenthal, Tom Dixon, Badly Drawn Boy) and international media partners (such as MTV, BBC). Funded by AGMA, NOISE supports National arts, educational and grassroots community organisations to enhance their offering.

The NOISE Festival 2014 takes place online, in the media and at exclusive events nationwide. The next generation of creative talent is selected by Curators to take forward to the national Autumn events programme which includes exhibitions, retail events, creative careers conferences and professional/ amateur collaborations. In addition to offering endorsement and tailored feedback, NOISE Curators will offer paid placements where possible to the best emerging talent selected during the short-listing process. Entry to NOISE Festival 2014 is free, by creating an ePortfolio on NOISEfestival.com and putting forward your best pieces of work. The festival is open to all ages. The call for submissions is open now until late Spring 2014. Previous festivals have attracted a total international audience of 8.5million. NOISEfestival.com/Festival/2014 #NOISEfest14

NOISE Festival 2014 Confirmed Curators
Brian Eno (Music & Arts), Giles Deacon (Fashion), Clive Barker (Moving Image), Sir Nicholas Grimshaw (Architecture and Interior Design), Ian Livingstone CBE (Games), Gerald Scarfe CBE (Illustration),Tim Marlow (Fine Art), Elaine Constantine (Photography), Tricia Jones, i-D Magazine (Print/ Zines), Doc Brown (Comedy/ Spoken Word), Thris Tian, Boiler Room TV (Enterprise/ Underground Music), Jude Biddulph, SUCK UK (Product Design), Andy Bird, Publicis (Advertising)

ABOUT SIR NICHOLAS GRIMSHAW – Architecture and Interior Design Curator (b 1939, Hove)
Graduating with Honours from the Architectural Association in 1965 and immediately starting his own practise Sir Nicholas Grimshaw has long been a leading figure in the world of Architecture. Knighted in 2002, elected President of the Royal Academy of the Arts in 2004, conferred as Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts London in 2008. Most notable buildings include the Eden Project in Cornwall and London’s Waterloo International Railway Station. He is currently Chairman of Grimshaw Architects, with offices in London, New York, Melbourne and Sydney, and has won over one hundred awards for architecture and civic design including a RIBA for his design of the Financial Times Printworks in 1989. http://grimshaw-architects.com/ @GrimshawArch

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