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The dynamic of the edge: practice led research into the value of the arts in marginal spaces. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DOUGLAS, A., FREMANTLE, C. and DELDAY, H. 2004. The dynamic of the edge: practice led research into the value of the arts in marginal spaces. Presented at Sensuous knowledge 1 (SK1): creating a tradition, 26-28 October 2004, Solstrand, Norway.

This paper articulates an approach to art and design practice that questions two fundamental assumptions: firstly, it is not framed by the creative practice of an individual artist delivering an authored artwork to a public or audience; secondly, it... Read More about The dynamic of the edge: practice led research into the value of the arts in marginal spaces..

Craft connexity: developing a sustainable model for future craft education. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MALINS, J., PRESS, M. and MCKILLOP, C. 2004. Craft connexity: developing a sustainable model for future craft education. In Proceedings of the Challenging craft international conference, 8-10 September 2004, Aberdeen, UK. Aberdeen: Gray's School of Art.

Craft is an anachronism “ discuss ¦ Some twenty-five years ago, on applying for a place at a college of art to study ceramics, Julian was asked to write an essay on the above topic. Naturally he was keen to impress so he responded to the question by... Read More about Craft connexity: developing a sustainable model for future craft education..

Drawing out digital media: degrees of three dimensionality. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MAXWELL, R., PENGELLY, J., HENDERSON, D., DUNBAR, L., ROSS, C., CULLAN, L., WARD, S., MCKENZIE SMITH, S., AGNEW, M., WAIGHT, M. and RINGE, S. 2004. Drawing out digital media: degrees of three dimensionality. Presented at the 2nd Interdisciplinary art/design conference (Pixel Raiders 2), 6-8 April 2004, Sheffield, UK.

"Drawing Out Digital Media" is a research cluster based within Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University. The cluster explores how new technologies might lead to new visual/physical/conceptual forms, and raise questions about existing definiti... Read More about Drawing out digital media: degrees of three dimensionality..

Scenes from a northern art school. (2003)
Physical Artefact
CRANSTON, A. 2003. Scenes from a northern art school. [Paintings].

A series of paintings of studios within Gray's School of Art at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. Done in situ, observing specific locations, they serve as universal signifiers. The paintings were exhibited as part of a group exhibition, 'Albatro... Read More about Scenes from a northern art school..

A sense of place. (2003)
Physical Artefact
DUNBAR, L. 2003. A sense of place. [Paintings].

This set of ten paintings was exhibited in 'Six Royal Academy Artists', 16 October - 5 December 2003, University of Central Florida, USA.

The development of strategies for interdisciplinary collaboration from within the visual arts. (2003)
Thesis
SCOPA, K. 2003. The development of strategies for interdisciplinary collaboration from within the visual arts. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The current cultural climate is stimulating an increasing interest in, and need for, collaboration throughout many fields of practice. Collaborative methods of art production are evident across a range of contemporary visual art practices and opportu... Read More about The development of strategies for interdisciplinary collaboration from within the visual arts..

The analysis, presentation and sustainability of a past Northeast of Scotland 'way of life' through video capture. (2003)
Thesis
CARNEY, D. 2003. The analysis, presentation and sustainability of a past Northeast of Scotland 'way of life' through video capture. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The research upon which the outputs submitted as part of this thesis are based examines the socio-cultural environment of the Northeast of Scotland, from Aberdeen to Cabrach and from Portsoy to Laurencekirk. In total, five hundred and twenty hours of... Read More about The analysis, presentation and sustainability of a past Northeast of Scotland 'way of life' through video capture..

The analysis, presentation and sustainability of a past Northeast of Scotland 'way of life' through video capture. [Dataset] (2003)
Data
CARNEY, D. 2003. The analysis, presentation and sustainability of a past Northeast of Scotland 'way of life' through video capture. [Dataset]

These outputs were submitted as part of Don Carney's thesis, examining the socio-cultural environment of the northeast of Scotland, from Aberdeen to Cabrach and from Portsoy to Laurencekirk. The thesis investigates and visualised aspects of the regio... Read More about The analysis, presentation and sustainability of a past Northeast of Scotland 'way of life' through video capture. [Dataset].

An investigation into art and design graduate careers: towards developing a career progression tool. (2003)
Thesis
BOUETTE, M. 2003. An investigation into art and design graduate careers: towards developing a career progression tool. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The aim of this research was to develop a comprehensive body of research about the careers of art and design graduates, and to utilise the findings in the development of a concept multimedia 'career progression tool'. A critical contextual review of... Read More about An investigation into art and design graduate careers: towards developing a career progression tool..

Adjusting sensibilities: researching artistic value 'on the edge'. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DOUGLAS, A. and DELDAY, H. 2003. Adjusting sensibilities: researching artistic value 'on the edge'. Presented at the 5th International conference of the European Academy of Design (EAD 05): techné: design wisdom, 28-30 April 2003, Barcelona, Spain [online]. Available from: http://www.ub.edu/5ead/PDF/3/DouglasDelday.pdf

An understanding of the relationship between systems of production and systems of value in the visual arts is essential to the production of new sustainable approaches to creativity. Contexts for working situated on the margins such as remote rural l... Read More about Adjusting sensibilities: researching artistic value 'on the edge'..

The virtual design studio: developing new tools for learning, practice and research in design. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MALINS, J., GRAY, C., PIRIE, I., CORDINER, S. and MCKILLOP, C. 2003. The virtual design studio: developing new tools for learning, practice and research in design. Presented at the 5th International conference of the European Academy of Design (EAD 05): techné: design wisdom, 28-30 April 2003, Barcelona, Spain [online]. Available from: http://www.ub.edu/5ead/PDF/10/Malins.pdf

The emergence of new networked technologies such as virtual learning environments (VLEs) and digital libraries are providing opportunities for the development of new virtual tools to assist the design researcher in exploring ideas with the aid of vis... Read More about The virtual design studio: developing new tools for learning, practice and research in design..

Designing a sustainable future: a new approach to influence design practice. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
CULL, K. and MALINS, J. 2003. Designing a sustainable future: a new approach to influence design practice. Presented at the 5th International conference of the European Academy of Design (EAD 05): techné: design wisdom, 28-30 April 2003, Barcelona, Spain [online]. Available from: http://www.ub.edu/5ead/PDF/5%20/CullMalins.pdf

This paper questions the basis of a sustainable approach to product design in an attempt to clarify the key issues which are liable to influence the outcome of the development of new products. The paper describes research undertaken to establish a se... Read More about Designing a sustainable future: a new approach to influence design practice..

Think thingamajig and other things. [Exhibition] (2003)
Exhibition / Performance
Think thingamajig and other things. Exhibition held on 19 April - 15 June 2003, Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus.

Think Thingamajig and Other Things was commissioned as a solo exhibition by Kunsthaus Glarus. The exhibition consisted of three sculptural motifs - a ceramic cube with a pink and black pattern, a large pyramid with a cut out face and a sculptural spe... Read More about Think thingamajig and other things. [Exhibition].

On the edge: a new articulation of the visual arts in rural and remote areas. (2002)
Book Chapter
DOUGLAS, A., GRAY, C. and DELDAY, H. 2002. On the edge: a new articulation of the visual arts in rural and remote areas. In E. McLean and S. Dougherty (eds.) Heaven on earth. Edinburgh: Fruitmarket Gallery, pages 14-27.

This publication was published to accompany the forum Heaven on Earth which took place at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design on 7 December 2001.

Small pieces of Scotland? (2002)
Journal Article
KINCHIN, J. and PEACH, A. 2002. Small pieces of Scotland? Souvenirs and the good design debate 1946-80. Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History, 7, pages 23-30.

For those agencies concerned with the promotion of design and craft in post-war Scotland, and with the development of tourism more generally, souvenirs proved a source of constant anxiety and embarrassment. There were always going to be problems in t... Read More about Small pieces of Scotland?.

Inner becomes outer and outer becomes other, or, You've gotta get into it to get out of it. (2002)
Physical Artefact
TATHAM, J. and O'SULLIVAN, T. 2002. Inner becomes outer and outer becomes other, or, You've gotta get into it to get out of it. [Sculptures].

Inner becomes Outer and Outer becomes Other was commissioned for a group exhibition of forty-one international artists, 'My Head Is On Fire But My Heart Is Full Of Love', 8 May - 9 June 2002, Charlottenborg Udstillgsbygning, Copenhagen. The curators... Read More about Inner becomes outer and outer becomes other, or, You've gotta get into it to get out of it..

Reinterpreting the craft object. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
PEACH, A. and REW, C. 2002. Reinterpreting the craft object. Presented at Craft in the twenty-first century: theorising change and practice, 15-17 November 2002, Edinburgh, UK.

How does an art gallery make its collection more accessible and meaningful to students of design and craft today? How can todays students be persuaded that galleries are not simply places full of old stuff, but instead a potentially valuable and stim... Read More about Reinterpreting the craft object..

The cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe: towards a feminist remodelling of (meta)history. (2002)
Journal Article
KOKOLI, A. 2002. The cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe: towards a feminist remodelling of (meta)history. In-between: essays and studies in literary criticism, 11(1), pages 55-70.

Angela Carter's 1982 short story "The cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe" is a fictional biographical account of the development and "coming to writing" of the author named in the title, while also paying tribute to Poe's poetics of the short story. The infl... Read More about The cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe: towards a feminist remodelling of (meta)history..