This year’s Art & Philosophy graduates have presented an exciting host of work, covering a diverse range of subjects and mediums. Art & Philosophy work can be found at various locations throughout the show. Positioned outside at the back of the Crawford building, Ahmad Deeni’s work considers the politics of space by creating a literal Read More
This is a great time to be a designer in Dundee, UNESCO City of Design. We are now in the midst of the first ever Dundee Design Month, (http://www.dundeedesignmonth.com ) and among the wealth of new events on offer make sure you do not miss the Product Design section of the DJCAD Annual Degree show. Read More
While many students incorporate film and digital elements into their displays the six students in the Time-based Art and Digital Film category have chosen to make this medium the primary focus of their creative work. Laura Cesa’s multi-media installation addresses the issue of her racial identity. Cesa is part Scots andpart Filipino, and in her Read More
With sweeping views of the Tay, this year the top floor of the Crawford Building is aptly suited to some of the young artists and their work; there is a strong theme of being connected to the landscape through geological observation or site-specific myths. As I begin my travels, I find myself in the Scottish Read More
Digital Interaction Design embraces one of the smallest groups of students in this year’s Final Year Degree Show, but their work is sure to exert an enormous impact on the design world of the future. The atmosphere on entering the building and meeting up with the helpful and professional Joanna Helfer of the Art and Read More
Perhaps more than any other exhibition space in the Degree show, the Animation displays demonstrate all the processes by which the end products are realised, and the extent to which teamwork plays an essential role. The “end products” are stylish, witty short films running in a recently refurbished and comfortable lecture theatre. Sitting in the Read More
I came away from the textile design graduate exhibition having picked up a substantial selection of business cards. In the one I’m holding, I can see repeating motifs – a distant sun emerging from an earthly globe, its horizontal rays transforming a dark cloud, a shadowy mountain. I’m holding Kirsten McLoskey’s card upside down, her Read More
Should you find yourself arriving to this year’s DJCAD degree show in need of a bit of relaxation, then consider heading straight to the lower foyer in the Cooper Gallery to experience the immersive Ego Death by Laura Stubbings. Inner peace restored, prepare to focus on some of the amazing work on display. Focus and Read More
Students here know how to justify their Department’s place. Too easily seen by some as mere adornment, that facile view fails to consider what these students take on board…jewellery can be worn when textiles are not, often occupying a far from trivial, enduring, intimate and symbolic connection with the wearer or holder. There is no Read More
Ingela Ihrman is a Swedish artist and ‘We Thrive’ at Cooper Gallery is her first UK solo exhibition. Ihrman explores the complex relationship between humans and animals or plants in her work. Using a mixture of tactile handicraft, performance art, installation, video and writing, she creates absurd theatrical pieces that are often humorous, showing a Read More