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Japan blues: ao, ai, midori, aizome, ao-ja-shin. (2017)
Book Chapter
CLARKE, J. 2017. Japan blues: ao, ai, midori, aizome, ao-ja-shin. In Harkness, R. (ed.) An unfinished compendium of materials. Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen [online], pages 85-88. Available from: https://knowingfromtheinside.org/files/unfinished.pdf

These impressions of blue have come from reflecting on visitors responses to my use of the colour blue during a residency in Japan that focused on making and exhibiting 24 24-hour cyanotype photograms. The exhibition was arranged as an act of remembr... Read More about Japan blues: ao, ai, midori, aizome, ao-ja-shin..

Plant matter: 'A play of forces'; after translating entropy. (2017)
Book Chapter
CLARKE, J. 2017. Plant matter: 'A play of forces'; after translating entropy. In Harkness, R. (ed.) An unfinished compendium of materials. Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen [online], pages 85-88. Available from: https://knowingfromtheinside.org/files/unfinished.pdf

This work explores ideas of excess and entropy, working with ikebana arrangements of plant matter at different stages of freshness and decay, partly in order to explore the related ideas of photosynthesis - essentially the ordering of disordered matt... Read More about Plant matter: 'A play of forces'; after translating entropy..

Sulla re-installazione e l'esposizione di film e video d'artista degli anni Settanta e Ottanta: alcuni spunti su un dibattito critico aperto tra pratica e teoria. (2017)
Journal Article
LEUZZI, L. 2017. Sulla re-installazione e l'esposizione di film e video d'artista degli anni Settanta e Ottanta: alcuni spunti su un dibattito critico aperto tra pratica e teoria. Imago: studi di cinema e media, 14: Il paesaggio sonoro negli studi di cinema e media, 7(2), pages 217-232.

In the last decade, there have been numerous projects and studies focused on researching, recovering, cataloging and restoring the film and artist videos of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, both in Europe and the USA. These projects are symptomatic of gro... Read More about Sulla re-installazione e l'esposizione di film e video d'artista degli anni Settanta e Ottanta: alcuni spunti su un dibattito critico aperto tra pratica e teoria..

交流 kōryū. (2017)
Book
CLARKE, J., HANAHUSA, R., LAI, I.-C., LUCAS, R., LYNCH, H., MILLER, M., SUGITA, Y., TAKAHUSHI, M. and VIONNET, C. 2017. 交流 kōryū. Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen [online]. Available from: https://knowingfromtheinside.org/files/koryu.pdf

The title I have given this book, 交流kōryū, is a Japanese word that can be broadly translated into English as ‘exchange(s)’. Its meanings correspond to the breadth of meaning ‘exchange’ offers in English, including acts of giving and receiving (ofte... Read More about 交流 kōryū..

Still life and the act of looking. (2017)
Presentation / Conference
GILMOUR, L. 2017. Still life and the act of looking. Presented at the 2017 Celebrating the achievements of Albert Morrocco symposium, 14 December 2017, Aberdeen, UK. Hosted on Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society [online]. Available from: http://www.med-chi.co.uk/news/current-programme/event/127-heritage/

14th December 2017 was the 100th anniversary of the birth in Aberdeen of the celebrated artist Alberto Morrocco. This is also the anniversary of the foundation of the Medico-Chirurgical Society. The Heritage Group arranged the Heritage Symposium on 1... Read More about Still life and the act of looking..

Improvisation as experimentation in everyday life and beyond. (2017)
Book Chapter
DOUGLAS, A. and COESSENS, K. 2017. Improvisation as experimentation in everyday life and beyond. In Coessens, K. (ed.) Experimental encounters in music and beyond. Leuven: Leuven University Press [online], pages 159-176. Available from: http://lup.be/products/107961

In this chapter we analyse two interrelated projects across the fields of visual art and music, philosophy and anthropology. Calendar Variations (2010-11) is a visual activity initiated by Anne Douglas, visual artist and researcher. A Day in My Life... Read More about Improvisation as experimentation in everyday life and beyond..

A polyphonic essay on memory. [Video performance] (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
ROSS, A., MEIKLE, G. and LEUZZI, L. 2017. A polyphonic essay on memory. [Video performance]. Performed on 9 November 2017, as part of the 9th North-East of North digital arts festival (NEoN Festival 2017): media archaeology, 7-12 November 2017, Dundee, United Kingdom.

Drawing from the REWIND Artists Video Archive and research project European Women's Video Art in the 70s and 80s (EWVA), a Polyphonic Essay on Memory is a performance, presentation, screening and discussion on the theme of memory. Each curator will u... Read More about A polyphonic essay on memory. [Video performance].

Mappe, liste e classificazioni: l’opera di Luca Vitone tra immagine e parola sulle tracce di Joseph Cornell e Georges Perec. (2017)
Journal Article
LEUZZI, L. 2017. Mappe, liste e classificazioni: l'opera di Luca Vitone tra immagine e parola sulle tracce di Joseph Cornell e Georges Perec. Engramma [online], 150, article ID 3311. Available from: http://www.engramma.it/eOS/index.php?id_articolo=3311

This article examines the fundamental relationship between word and image in Luca Vitone's artistic research and practice. In particular, it analyses and tries to assess the relationship between images (including photographs and maps) with specific v... Read More about Mappe, liste e classificazioni: l’opera di Luca Vitone tra immagine e parola sulle tracce di Joseph Cornell e Georges Perec..

Conquest of photography: a tale of abstraction versus the richness of images. (2017)
Presentation / Conference
HAMLYN, J. 2017. Conquest of photography: a tale of abstraction versus the richness of images. Presented at a symposium on contemporary photography, 27 October 2017, Regensburgh, Germany.

The aim of this presentation is to bring into relief the degree to which our language-centric view of the world obscures our understanding of photography and depiction more generally. Or, as Wittgenstein put it: 'Philosophy is the battle against the... Read More about Conquest of photography: a tale of abstraction versus the richness of images..

Captured state: new art from Macedonia. [Exhibition] (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Captured state: new art from Macedonia. Exhibition held on 7 October - 30 November 2017, Summerhall, Edinburgh.

An exhibition of Macedonia artists Ephemerki (Jasna Dimitrovska and Dragana Zarevska), Verica Kovacevska, OPA (Slobadanka Stevceska and Denis Saraginovski), Igor Toshevski and Bojan Ivanov, curated by Jon Blackwood.

In conversation: is care in opposition to design? (2017)
Presentation / Conference
FREMANTLE, C. and MCHATTIE, L.-S. 2017. In conversation: is care in opposition to design? Presented at Does design care...? An international workshop of design thought and action, 12-13 September 2017, Lancaster, UK [online], pages 95-98. Available from: https://www.designresearchforchange.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Does-Design-Care-for-web.pdf

We need to challenge underpinning assumptions of design including 'Who does it?' 'What's it for?' and 'How do we learn to do it?' are brought into sharp focus by the question of care. Care might even be something conceived to be in opposition to desi... Read More about In conversation: is care in opposition to design?.

The future of design support: what can we learn from design support experience in the UK, Estonia and Turkey? (2017)
Journal Article
GULARI, M.N., MELIORANSKI, R.-H., ER, O. and FREMANTLE, C. 2017. The future of design support: what can we learn from design support experience in the UK, Estonia and Turkey? Design journal [online], 20(Supplement 1): proceedings of the 12th European Academy of Design conference (EAD12): design for next, 12-14 April 2017, Rome, Italy, pages S669-S680. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1353013

This article provides a comparison of design support landscape of three countries: the UK, Estonia and Turkey. The economic and political development patterns and experience of design support within these countries lead to different models of design... Read More about The future of design support: what can we learn from design support experience in the UK, Estonia and Turkey?.

Rethinking water: a CAAS (city as a spaceship) design approach. (2017)
Conference Proceeding
FAIRBURN, S., IMHOF, B. and MOHANTY, S. 2017. Rethinking water: a CAAS (city as a spaceship) design approach. The design journal [online], 20(Sup1): proceedings of the 12th European Academy of Design conference: design for next, 12-14 April 2017, Sapienza, Italy, pages S1904-S1915. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352708

Water is ubiquitous and essential, yet we struggle to understand it from a systems perspective. Water is a terrestrial closed-loop system involving individuals, communities, cities and geographies, and as such, might it serve as a metaphor for sustai... Read More about Rethinking water: a CAAS (city as a spaceship) design approach..

Space4Inspiration: survival lab: designing countermeasures for natural disasters. (2017)
Conference Proceeding
DOMINONI, A., QUAQUARO, B. and FAIRBURN, S. 2017. Space4Inspiration: survival lab: designing countermeasures for natural disasters. The design journal [online], 20(Sup1): proceedings of the 12th European Academy of Design conference: design for next, 12-14 April 2017, Sapienza, Italy, pages S1927-S1937. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352710

The advances made for spaceflight have influenced almost every aspect of modern life on Earth through spin-off technologies. Looking at the Space environmental context and the crew dynamics we can gain insights and inspiration into how to manage stre... Read More about Space4Inspiration: survival lab: designing countermeasures for natural disasters..

The making of modern Scottish craft: revival and invention in 1970s Scotland. (2017)
Thesis
PEACH, A. 2017. The making of modern Scottish craft: revival and invention in 1970s Scotland. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The 1970s were a period of renaissance for the crafts in Britain, often referred to as a craft revival. The creation of national organisations and infrastructures to support craft, and define its identity, played a crucial role in this. The received... Read More about The making of modern Scottish craft: revival and invention in 1970s Scotland..

The time is right for ... [Exhibition] (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
The time is right for ... [Exhibition]. Exhibited 2 August - 24 September 2017, Summerhall, Edinburgh.

Artists began to work with video from the late 1960s as a more accessible alternative to film. Although many of these artists are well known today, there are several women artists who experimented with video in the early years who have since been for... Read More about The time is right for ... [Exhibition].

Impact without impact. [Discussion] (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Impact without impact. [Discussion]. Recorded on 24 June 2017, Fusilier Museum, Bury.

Helmut Lemke facilitates a discussion with Ruth Levene, Kerry Morrison and Chris Fremantle about environmental art. This discussion forms part of the publications associated with Helmut Lemke's exhibition and residency at the Bury Art Museum, in a pr... Read More about Impact without impact. [Discussion].

3rd Media art festival (MAF 2017): l'arte che cambia il mondo. [Festival and exhibition] (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
3rd Media art festival (MAF 2017): l'arte che cambia il mondo. [Festival and exhibition]. Held 27-29 April 2017, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI Museum), Rome.

The third edition of the Media Art Festival was an initiative promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale (Rome) to explore the new frontiers of art, media and culture. The festival was composed of an exhibition at MAXXI National Museum of the Art of t... Read More about 3rd Media art festival (MAF 2017): l'arte che cambia il mondo. [Festival and exhibition].

2114, la biblioteca del futuro: una conversazione con Katie Paterson. (2017)
Journal Article
LEUZZI, L. and SBRILLI, A. 2017. 2114, la biblioteca del futuro: una conversazione con Katie Paterson. Alfabeta2 [online], April 2017. Available from: https://www.alfabeta2.it/2017/04/23/2114-libri-sulla-fiducia-conversazione-katie-paterson/

This article reports on an interview between the authors and the artist Katie Paterson, regarding the artist's project entitled "Future Library". This project began in 2014 with the planting of 1,000 Norwegian fir trees near Oslo. The intention is fo... Read More about 2114, la biblioteca del futuro: una conversazione con Katie Paterson..