Gorsky is Vesna Goldsworthy’s first novel, although she has previously written a memoir and a poetry collection. She moved to London from Belgrade when she was 25 and she writes in English, which is her third language. Gorsky is a re-telling of The Great Gatsby, set in the twenty first century London. Throughout the novel, Read More
There are two major problems with The Improbability of Love. The first is that it’s just too long and the second is that it’s dull. The large cast of characters and their sub-plots are exhausting. There is an ensemble cast of at least eighteen different characters, each with a section dedicated to their point of Read More
The Animation section of the DJCAD degree show never fails to impress. There’s a palpable excitement as you pass through the Cooper Gallery and lower corridor; the various posters displaying background art and character sketches track the development from rough sketches to the sleek final product. This year’s work continues to raise the bar with Read More
Every single year at the DJCAD Degree Show, some of the most thoughtful and inclusive works come from the Digital Interaction and Production Design course. Upon leaving the lifts and entering into the design hub of Level 5, a comforting hum of electricity radiates from the rooms to the right. In other disciplines, personal issues Read More
This year’s selection of work from the Time Based Art and Digital Film faculties is slightly more fragmented than previous years. The pieces are spread throughout DJCAD, sharing many areas with Fine Art works. Rather than diluting their impact, however, this allows the pieces to be shown alongside other pieces that match their aesthetic or Read More
A variety of beautiful work occupies Level 6, the home of the architecture department. Like previous years, the architecture students have come together to display the very best of their work, exhibiting to visitors that Dundee is the place to watch for up and coming young architects. Ranging from fresh, vibrant hand drawings by first Read More
Illustration is a strange discipline, considered by many to be the awkward spawn of Fine Art and Graphic Design, and almost impossible to define. The annual DJCAD degree show provides the perfect opportunity to throw open the doors of the seldom-visited basement, showcase our “emerging talent” and attempt to answer that burning question: what is Read More
Fossil Sunshine is one of those innovative and fruitful encounters between science and art. Having completed a course in creative writing at Warwick University and worked as an International Writing Fellow at University of Iowa (gaining much literary recognition along the way), Michael McKimm is now a valuable member of the Geological Society of London’s Read More
This year’s Art, Philosophy and Contemporary Practices exhibition showcase some great talents; all have produced a variety of artworks with deep, thought-provoking themes, this review offers a quick journey through the displays to give you a taste of the work. Craig Black has used the sense of touch, associated with his disability, into a body Read More
As the promotional posters rightly proclaim, this year’s Degree Show boasts a whole host of emerging talent. Up on the top floor of the Crawford building, the brightly lit studios with pristine white walls are home to the work of this year’s Graphic design graduates. Whilst the work is perhaps not as flamboyant or vibrant Read More
