Outputs (24)

Aphorisms on art and activism. (2023)
Book Chapter
BLACKWOOD, J. 2023. Aphorisms on art and activism. In DeLappe, J. and Leuzzi, L. (eds.) Incite: digital art and activism. Aberdeen: peacock and the worm, chapter 1100, pages 45-48.

This chapter - a compilation of aphorisms - forms Jon Blackwood's contribution to the collaborative artists' book, "INCITE: Digital Art and Activism", edited by Joseph DeLappe and Laura Leuzzi. The book sought to collate responses from artists, schol... Read More about Aphorisms on art and activism..

Is artists' exploitation inevitable or is it just a question of identifying effective, enduring, preventative frameworks? (2023)
Conference Proceeding
BLACKWOOD, J., JONES, S., BUTLER, D., CALLAGHAN, B., POULTER, S., SEERS, L. and WRIGHT, J. (eds.) 2023. Is artists’ exploitation inevitable or is it just a question of identifying effective, enduring, preventative frameworks? Proceedings of the 2023 Aberdeen mini summit, 16 June 2023, Aberdeen, UK. Wakefield: Axis [online]. Available from: https://www.axisweb.org/aberdeensummit/

Is artists' exploitation inevitable or is it just a question of identifying effective, enduring, preventative frameworks? Developed by independent arts researcher Dr Susan Jones and organised collaboratively with Dr Jon Blackwood, Gray's School of Ar... Read More about Is artists' exploitation inevitable or is it just a question of identifying effective, enduring, preventative frameworks?.

Aberdeen open city. [Exhibition] (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Aberdeen open city. [Exhibition]. Exhibition held on 3-19 March 2023, Aberdeen.

Aberdeen Open City is an exhibition which aims to showcase the range of contemporary art practices shaped by, or located in, the city and identifies loose overlaps and problematics that each of these addresses. The trio of trials that have warped the... Read More about Aberdeen open city. [Exhibition].

Demarco and Yugoslavia in the 1970s. (2022)
Book Chapter
BLACKWOOD, J. 2022. Demarco and Yugoslavia in the 1970s. In Leuzzi, L., Partridge, S. and Shemilt, E. (eds.) Richard Demarco: the Italian connection. Barnet: John Libbey, chapter 7, pages 105-113.

During the Cold War period, relations between the UK and Yugoslavia were couched entirely in the frames of politics, economics or military history; in the later years of socialist Yugoslavia, from the later seventies onwards, links were also develope... Read More about Demarco and Yugoslavia in the 1970s..

Transformational fieldwork, or, How might a sustainable cultural provision in the rural/small town context be framed? (2022)
Thesis
ZEISKE, C.F. 2022. Transformational fieldwork, or, How might a sustainable cultural provision in the rural/small town context be framed? Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2071859

While a lot has been written in the past two decades about the impact of participatory arts on people in urban places, my practice-based research aims to fill the gap in relation to the rural context - often places with little traditional arts provis... Read More about Transformational fieldwork, or, How might a sustainable cultural provision in the rural/small town context be framed?.

Nothing's guaranteed: exhibition of Bosno-futurism. [Exhibition] (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Nothing's guaranteed: exhibition of Bosno-futurism. [Exhibition]. Exhibited 29 July - 25 September 2022, Summerhall, Edinburgh.

This exhibition presents a parallel exploration of the intersection between imagination and technology, and explores the rich aesthetic of Afrofuturism through the work of six contemporary mixed-media artists; Igor Bošnjak, Mladen Bundalo, Lana Čmajč... Read More about Nothing's guaranteed: exhibition of Bosno-futurism. [Exhibition].

Overcoming art. (2021)
Book
BLACKWOOD, J., SAMANDOVA, I., VITANOVSKA, A. and IVANOV, B. 2021. Overcoming art. Skopje: Mala Galerija. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1481532

The origins of this project are in the pre-COVID world. It grew in part out of a desire to map and understand visual culture beyond Skopje; the conflation of contemporary art in North Macedonia with contemporary art in Skopje has been something of a... Read More about Overcoming art..

Dislocations. [Exhibition] (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Dislocations. [Exhibition]. Online exhibition held 21 June - 16 July 2021, Scottish Graduate School for the Arts and Humanities, Glasgow.

This exhibition is an online video art show selected for the summer school of the Scottish Graduate School for the Arts and Humanities. It features work by Elena Chemerska, Ivana Mirchevska, Ahmet Ögut, Mila Panić, Stella Rooney, Olia Sosnovskaya and... Read More about Dislocations. [Exhibition].

Intersections in the art of Elsa James. (2021)
Book
BLACKWOOD, J. 2021. Intersections in the art of Elsa James. Colchester: Firstsite. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1358411

In an era where nuance is prized least of all, for it does not translate well in 140 characters, something of a push back is being experienced in Essex. This is a place whose stereotypical portrayals are not a local, but a global joke. TV shows such... Read More about Intersections in the art of Elsa James..

An alloy made from art and activism, in North Macedonia. (2020)
Book Chapter
BLACKWOOD, J. 2020. An alloy made from art and activism, in North Macedonia. In Steinbock, E., Leven, B. and de Valck, M. (eds.) Art and activism in the age of systemic crisis: aesthetic resilience. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 7, pages 92-103. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429269189-7

This chapter traces the development of an “alloy” of artist and activist strategies in the context of North Macedonia, during Nikola Gruevski’s right-wing conservative government (2006-16) and its turbulent overthrow; the chapter concludes by assessi... Read More about An alloy made from art and activism, in North Macedonia..