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Celestial ceiling: contemporary art, built heritage and patronage. (2004)
Book
DOUGLAS, A. (ed.) 2004. Celestial ceiling: contemporary art, built heritage and patronage. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

The Celestial Ceiling project was developed in partnership with Charles Burnett of Duff House, Banff, the Schleiffer family of Cullen House, On the Edge Research and the artists John McGeoch and Robert Orchardson. Duff House, an Adams building, is pa... Read More about Celestial ceiling: contemporary art, built heritage and patronage..

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 role of artists in the public realm: an investigation into artists' generative processes in context. (1999)
Thesis
SILVER, S. 1999. The role of artists in the public realm: an investigation into artists' generative processes in context. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

A shift in practice towards a process-orientated and collaborative art practice within the strands of art practice in the public realm raises the question, what is the practical contribution artists make to society' which can only be answered by firs... Read More about The role of artists in the public realm: an investigation into artists' generative processes in context..

Working in public: art, practice and policy [online].
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ON THE EDGE RESEARCH. 2007. Working in public: art, practice and policy [online]. Available from http://www.workinginpublicseminars.org/

The partners for this project were Suzanne Lacy, Public Art Resource + Research Scotland, the Scottish Arts Council and On the Edge together with the four venues in the four major Scottish cities, The Foyer (Aberdeen), CCA (Glasgow), University of th... Read More about Working in public: art, practice and policy [online]..

Remote rural culture and contemporary art [online].
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ON THE EDGE RESEARCH. 2005. Remote rural culture and contemporary art [online]. Available from: https://ontheedgeresearch.org/about-phase-1/

Five project partners responsible for cultural development in remote rural places offered their particular challenges, opportunities, expertise and experience to a shared learning space developed by the researchers who were also artists. For example,... Read More about Remote rural culture and contemporary art [online]..

Maakin Lab [online].
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MAAKIN LAB. 2004. Maakin Lab [online]. Available from: http://www.maakinlab.org/

The Maakin Lab project was developed in partnership with the Shetland College Department of Textiles and Design, On the Edge research and artist Susan Benn of PAL. The research challenge offered up by the project partners was how to revalue tradition... Read More about Maakin Lab [online]..