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Knightlights. (2007)
Physical Artefact
BUCKLEY, J. 2007. Knightlights. [Lighting installation].

This installation was commissioned by the IDEAS in Public Space project. It was installed on Knightstone Island, Weston-super-Mare.

Fade away and radiate. (2007)
Physical Artefact
BUCKLEY, J. 2007. Fade away and radiate. [Lighting installation].

This installation was commissioned as part of the SlowSpace FastPace exhibition, which occurred during the Art Trail Visual Arts Festival in September 2007, in Cork (Ireland). The installation was added to the Firkin Crane building.

Portfolio 2001-2007. (2007)
Physical Artefact
AGNEW, M. 2007. Portfolio 2001-2007. [Prints].

These works were created by Michael Agnew between 2001 and 2007 as part of the annual 'Portfolio' project. The project is led by Michael Agnew and Lennox Dunbar, and seeks to provide students with a first hand understanding of the curation, productio... Read More about Portfolio 2001-2007..

The arts as a means of cultural integration: a Chilean case study. (2007)
Thesis
RODRÍGUEZ-REMEDI, A. 2007. The arts as a means of cultural integration: a Chilean case study. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

How might the arts help to unveil and integrate realities so as to facilitate shared meanings and understandings between peoples and thus generate the conditions for the participatory, creative cultural diversity which may contribute to the construct... Read More about The arts as a means of cultural integration: a Chilean case study..

The post disciplinary digital practitioner. (2007)
Conference Proceeding
MALINS, J., PENGELLY, J. and MARSHALL, J. 2007. The post disciplinary digital practitioner. In Bohemia E., Hilton K., McMahon C. and Clarke A. (eds.) Proceedings of the 9th International conference on engineering and product design eduction (E&PDE 2007), 13-14 September 2007, Newcastle, UK. Glasgow: Design Society [online], pages 437-442. Available from: https://www.designsociety.org/publication/28433/The+post-disciplinary+digital+practitioner

As new models of digital practice emerge, new pedagogies are being developed which are adopting a transdisciplinary approach to learning. The paper examines the concept of transdisciplinarity drawing on a range of examples from the USA and Europe. Th... Read More about The post disciplinary digital practitioner..

Craft, souvenirs and the commodification of national identity in 1970s' Scotland. (2007)
Journal Article
PEACH, A. 2007. Craft, souvenirs and the commodification of national identity in 1970s Scotland. Journal of design history [online], 20(3), pages 243-257. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epm015

This article explores the relationship between craft, national identity and the souvenir in 1970 Scotland. Britain experienced a revival of craft practice generally in 1970s' Scotland, but this paper argues that what happened in Scotland was distinct... Read More about Craft, souvenirs and the commodification of national identity in 1970s' Scotland..

Proceedings of the 4th Working in public seminar: a public conversation. (2007)
Presentation / Conference
ON THE EDGE RESEARCH. 2007. Proceedings of the 4th Working in public seminar: a public conversation, September 2007, Edinburgh, UK [online]. Available from: https://ontheedgeresearch.org/s-4

This seminar was the culmination of four seminars, Working in Public, funded by the Scottish Arts Council through a new initiative, Public Art Resources and Research, Scotland. This initiative is to promote excellence and innovation within public art... Read More about Proceedings of the 4th Working in public seminar: a public conversation..

An investigation into the communication exchange between small business client and graphic designer. (2007)
Thesis
CUMMING, D. 2007. An investigation into the communication exchange between small business client and graphic designer. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Graphic designers encounter particular difficulties when undertaking work for small business clients. Identifying the core business values is an essential step to ensure that a successful design solution results. An initial case study involving the m... Read More about An investigation into the communication exchange between small business client and graphic designer..

Souvenirs and the commodification of Scottish national identity. (2007)
Presentation / Conference
PEACH, A. 2007. Souvenirs and the commodification of Scottish national identity. Presented at the 5th Annual international research conference of the Leeds Metropolitan University Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change: things that move: the material worlds of tourism and travel, 19-23 July 2007, Leeds, UK.

This paper will examine the commodification of Scottish craft to satisfy the demands of tourism, and ultimately the problematic outcome of the consumption of craft objects as souvenirs. Using as primary source material the magazine Craftwork: Scotlan... Read More about Souvenirs and the commodification of Scottish national identity..

The artist as leader: constructing a national network to support research into the creative competencies of the artist as cultural leader. (2007)
Report
DOUGLAS, A. 2007. The artist as leader: constructing a national network to support research into the creative competencies of the artist as cultural leader. In Arts and Humanities Research Council, Annual report and accounts, 2006-07. London: TSO [online], page 14. Available from: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/documents/project-reports-and-reviews/ahrc-annual-report-accounts/2006-07

This case study describes how the author is constructing a national network to support research to encourage and enable artists as future leaders.

Away from end product or genre: a protocol as artistic language: evolving a critical framework for contemporary visual art practice in the public (or social) realm, 2000-2003. (2007)
Thesis
BOURNE, S. 2007. Away from end product or genre: a protocol as artistic language: evolving a critcal framework for contemporary visual art practice in the public (or social) realm, 2000-2003. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1437838

For contemporary visual art to be visible and exist as art in peer networks it usually depends upon its transformation into objects. Can we define and test out an alternative visibility more adequate to a production that is 'an act of supplying'? I p... Read More about Away from end product or genre: a protocol as artistic language: evolving a critical framework for contemporary visual art practice in the public (or social) realm, 2000-2003..

Proceedings of the 3rd Working in public seminar: quality and imperfection. (2007)
Presentation / Conference
ON THE EDGE RESEARCH. 2007. Proceedings of the 3rd Working in public seminar: quality and imperfection, 19-20 June 2007, Inverness, UK [online]. Available from: https://ontheedgeresearch.org/s-3

We explored some of the ethical and artistic implications of veiwing the idea of public as a living process of forming of different publics in response to specefic circumstances and through discrete modes of address. How might ethics be judged in the... Read More about Proceedings of the 3rd Working in public seminar: quality and imperfection..

Summary and reflection: quality and imperfection. (2007)
Presentation / Conference
DOUGLAS, A. 2007. Summary and reflection: quality and imperfection. In Proceedings of the 3rd Working in public seminar: quality and imperfection, 19-20 June 2007, Inverness, UK [online]. Available from https://ontheedgeresearch.org/s-3

In embarking on Working in Public, we started out with an implicit assumption that criteria for judging quality in art in the gallery and museum were widely understood and broadly agreed, whereas quality of art in the public sphere was less well unde... Read More about Summary and reflection: quality and imperfection..

Proceedings of the 2nd Working in public seminar: representation and power. (2007)
Presentation / Conference
ON THE EDGE RESEARCH. 2007. Proceedings of the 2nd Working in public seminar: representation and power, 22-23 May 2007, Glasgow, UK [online]. Available from: https://ontheedgeresearch.org/s-2

This seminar explored power in relation to the authority of the artist, institutional authority and authority as individual. In each of these situations the issue of representation was closely linked to how power might be taken and used to develop ne... Read More about Proceedings of the 2nd Working in public seminar: representation and power..

Representation and power: a critical reflection. (2007)
Presentation / Conference
DOUGLAS, A. 2007. Representation and power: a critical reflection. In Proceedings of the 2nd Working in public seminar: representation and power, 22-23 May 2007, Glasgow, UK [online]. Available from https://ontheedgeresearch.org/s-2

The thematic area - Power and Representation emerged in our discussions with Suzanne Lacy as an issue that framed tensions within the Oakland projects' specifically, as well having relevance beyond Oakland. These tensions included the artist's role i... Read More about Representation and power: a critical reflection..

Visual ecologies of remote cultures. [Exhibition] (2007)
Exhibition / Performance
Visual ecologies of remote cultures. Exhibition held on 1-31 May 2007, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.

This set of paintings were exhibited both as part of the '100 Years of Scottish Painting' exhibition, February 2007, Panter and Hall Gallery, London, and also as a solo exhibition held in May 2007 at the Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.

Proceedings of the 1st Working in public seminar: aesthetics and ethics of working in public. (2007)
Presentation / Conference
ON THE EDGE RESEARCH. 2007. Proceedings of the 1st Working in public seminar: aesthetics and ethics of working in public, 27-28 March 2007, Aberdeen, UK [online]. Available from: https://ontheedgeresearch.org/seminar-1

The seminar drew discussion through a range of questions: How we might determine what is art and what is not art? When and where is it appropriate for the artist to speak for others? When art is camouflaged in every day activity, how might we underst... Read More about Proceedings of the 1st Working in public seminar: aesthetics and ethics of working in public..

Aesthetics and ethics of working in public art: a summary. (2007)
Presentation / Conference
DOUGLAS, A. 2007. Aesthetics and ethics of working in public art: a summary. In Proceedings of the 1st Working in public seminar: aesthetics and ethics of working in public, 27-28 March 2007, Aberdeen, UK [online]. Available from: https://ontheedgeresearch.org/seminar-1

The hunch behind Working in Public is that art now exists in the public sphere in unprecedented ways. Working in Public aims therefore to open up greater uncertainty in what we think art is and to provoke more thoughtful and creative responses to wha... Read More about Aesthetics and ethics of working in public art: a summary..

Research papers: leading through practice. (2007)
Journal Article
DOUGLAS, A. and FREMANTLE, C. (eds.) 2007. Research papers: leading through practice. a-n magazine [online], 2007(3), supplement. Available from: https://www.a-n.co.uk/tag/leading-through-practice.

Artist as Leader is a programme that aims to understand the ways artists lead through their practice with a view to informing and developing a critical understanding of the role of creativity in culture. There are two complimentary parts to the Artis... Read More about Research papers: leading through practice..