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
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
The 2016 DJCAD Undergraduate Degree Show will be displaying, amongst others, pieces by the Time Based Art and Digital Film soon-to-be graduates. This review will be looking at the works of three artists in that course. James McMaster’s work focuses on wildlife, more specifically the way animals are observed and portrayed in culture. The first Read More
The title ALL SYSTEMS…go is an imperative sentence in history depicting the point of no return. The creators have taken ownership of this terminology to dismiss and reject all the systems that control artists and restrict the art scene. Questioning this, artists Liam Gillick, Anton Vidokle, Miranda Pennell and Dominic Watson present a body of Read More
Commissioned for NEoN Digital Arts, Sounds and Stripes invites the viewer into a realm where old and new technologies mingle. These deeply immersive works from Japanese artist Ei Wada are created by hijacking and modifying outdated electronic devices. Analogue televisions, wires, cameras and speakers are repurposed to become digitally performative musical arrangements. As its name Read More
Videos, performances and prints showcase the creative ability of DJCAD’s talented group of time-based artists. On entering the studios on opening night, the sight that presented itself was one of a curious juxtaposition: two people dressed in military attire and a cluster of hand-crafted puppets. I was instantly intrigued. The little gathering of puppets is Read More