On show from the MFA Art, Society & Publics course this year are works displaying a great variety of artistic thought and skill, fostered by a course that encourages investigation, research and personal artistic freedom. Inspired by films of Mike Leigh and John Cassavetes, the video works presented by artist Julian Joseph are far from Read More
The Art and Humanities postgraduate course at Duncan of Jordanstone gives students a chance to push defined boundaries of art, embracing all forms of individual artistic output. This allows each student to explore their own defined techniques and pathways to realise their artistic expressions without limitations or restrictions. Consider the work of Oana Mocanu: a Read More
This was another great chance to see the work of some of the artists involved in the Oscillations project earlier in the year. On Floor 6 of the Crawford Building were Chris Gerrard, Sumit Mondal, Ginny Elston, Amanda Adam, Sharon Mottram and Patricia Ramaer, along with visiting artist Alex Peterson from the University of Minnesota. Read More
Science meets art in this fascinating display showcasing the work of Emma Price, Sarah Jaworski, Emily McCulloch, Alexandra Noelle Johnson, Crystal Symes and Mhairi Tavendale. A high level of technical, medical and artistic skill is required for this course, the only one of its kind in the world. These are detective stories, and we begin Read More
Death is an important subject in biology. After all, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace independently arrived at the concept of natural selection by contemplating death. After reading Thomas Malthus’s notorious Essay on Population, they realised that, unchecked by death, the ability of living things to reproduce would quickly result in astronomical numbers of every Read More
Duncan of Jordanstone’s MSc Animation & VFX course has a reputation for producing artists of exceptional skill and talent, and, after a team of graduates scored themselves a BAFTA last year, expectations for the course’s output are high. Occupying the Animation corridor in the art college’s Crawford Building, the MSc Animation and VFX display is Read More
“This little patch of ground was exactly that: common. And all the richer for it.” In a sense, this sentence summarises both the strengths and weaknesses of Common Ground. In particular, pragmatic people are likely to ask: “If it is so common, what warrants writing so extensively about it?” From a reductive perspective, one might Read More
One might think that if you are the Gorley Putt Professor of Poetry and Poetics at Cambridge University creative attempts might turn out to be overly academic. Or you could be Simon Jarvis and write Jerusalem Deleted, which is an epic poem – an unusual choice considering that most contemporary poetry tends to be published Read More
Our Poet Laureate – Carole Ann Duffy – is no stranger to supporting a good cause, so it was no surprise when she announced her Shore to Shore tour to celebrate and support both poetry and independent bookshops all around the UK – which she believes are “so often the cultural heartbeat of their local Read More