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Stephen Felmingham gives talk in Geneva Architecture School
Thursday, 27 November, 2014 — Stephen Felmingham flew out to Geneva in September to speak at the prestigious École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), after being invited to give a lecture on drawing to the Architecture School during the Saul Steinberg exhibition currently showing in their gallery.
<p>Stephen Felmingham, Programme Leader for our BA (Hons) Painting, Drawing and Printmaking degree, flew out to Geneva in September to speak at the prestigious École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne <a href="http://www.epfl.ch/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">(EPFL)</a>.<br /></p>
<p>Hosted at the Architecture School, Stephen was invited to give a lecture on drawing as part of the exhibition 'Architecture by Line, Saul Steinberg' currently showing in their gallery.</p>
<p>The talk discussed the innate human ability to draw and its roots in human development as one of the first tools of communication and story telling.</p>
<p>"Drawing looks at a different kind of thinking and a different kind of knowledge which is much more about potential," says Stephen.</p>
<p>"The idea of the 'thinking hand' in drawing sees the hand as an equal to the eyes in unleashing the artists' thought in action. "</p>
<p>You can watch his talk – <a href="http://archizoom.epfl.ch/S_Felmingham" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">'The Intuitive Hand: drawing as tacit knowledge'</a> below. The lecture was given to staff and delegates from EPFL and was supported by Plymouth College of Art.</p>
<p>– <a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/ba-hons-painting-drawing-printmaking" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Find out more about BA (Hons) Painting, Drawing and Printmaking</a></p>