Hornsey College of Art 1973-76

The Badminton Suite at Alexander Palace, Muswell Hill, in North London was home to the Fine Art Department. All students worked together in a vast central hall with specialist workshops feeding off from this main area. There was no division of year groups, and no division of disciplines – in fact as a student you were encouraged to move freely between all areas, including a new area called 4D.  This is where I naturally gravitated, and this open, multi-disciplinary approach significantly help shape and inform my understanding of the subject from that point onwards.

Eric Snell
2024

Main Studio (detail)
Badminton Suite
Alexander Palace
Muswell Hill
London
1975

Flipped Square

Aluminium strips bolted together
1975

90° (x3) Triangle

Aluminium strips bolted together
1975

Pneumatic String Loop

Wool, compressed air, two wooden boxes
1975

Pneumatic String Loop

Wool, compressed air, human interaction
1975

Mirror Towers

Perspex mirror columns powered by
2 electric motors of differing speeds
1975

Mirror Towers

Perspex mirror columns powered by
2 electric motors of differing speeds
1975

Sound Piece

3 steel pipes
2 electric motors of differing speeds
1975

Magnetic Construction #1

String, 4 nails and 2 ferrite magnets
1975

Magnetic Construction #2

Shaped wooden element, string fixed
to the and floor, 2 ferrite magnets
1975

Nine Poles Final Major Project

9 plastic tubes painted bright red
Powered by nine 1rpm electric motors