Natalie Chu
From Chamberlain institute (West Kowloon) to LCC BA Interaction Design Arts
I am Natalie Chu and I am doing the foundation course in Chamberlain Institute (West Kowloon). I have received the BA Fine Art offer from Chelsea College of Art and BA Interaction Design Arts offer from London College of Communication. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be able to study in UAL as it is one of the top art universities in the UK and It has always been my dream to study in UAL.
I knew about Chamberlain from my parents. As
I came back from the UK after finishing my A-levels and chose to continue my
study in Hong Kong. I think the teachers in Hong Kong are more passionate and
they offer a lot of help compared to the teachers in the UK. It is a very good
environment to pursue your studying for art and design.
The foundation course helped me a lot in
preparing a portfolio as I didn’t do any subject related to Art in my A-levels.
The tutors told me what should be required in my portfolio and gave me direction
and technical help while preparing a portfolio. They inspired me a lot from the
direction of my projects. They really gave me new ideas that I would never thought
about, and they have shared their experience to me which was really inspiring. For
example, when there was a lot to extend from one topic, they helped us to narrow
down, and allow me to choose one or two subtopic that I am interested and to
develop my project.
The one-on-one tutorial really help evaluating
what I have done and gave me ideas what I can do further. They gave both technical
and conceptional advice. When I am lacking context in my projects, they would give
me what direction I could have done. For instance, while I was doing something
about broken mirrors, it is very much a symbol of borderline personality disorder
so that I got research on that. I am very much interested in that and proceed
in my project.
I got lost very often. Sometimes I will be
very confused of what I was doing. I asked my classmates and teachers, and they
give me directions and they convince me what I am doing, and they gave me the confidence
to continue. In the course, there are more practical work than normal sketching
that you would think about art. They are more open-minded for the pathway. There
are different pathways we can explore, even the materials are not only limited
to the normal one that you would have used. If I didn’t join the course, there
will be a big difference. I will be doing accounting, which is boring and not creating,
I wouldn’t have a path to UAL.
For my future job, I am considering about
art therapy as it could help a lot of people. I will have to proceed to my MA
but I think my degree will be very much related to how to express
myself and influence people in my work. Art therapy allows me teach people how
to recognize, acknowledge and express themselves. I think art is very inspiring.
The process of creating is very fascinating, exciting, and interesting. I never
know what I would do next and how I am going to proceed my project.
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