All Outputs (535)

How do you teach something no one can see? And if you can't see it, how do you know if it's any good? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LEUZZI, L. and BURGOYNE, G. 2023. How do you teach something no one can see? And if you can't see it, how do you know if it's any good? Presented at On not knowing: how artists teach, 9-10 June 2023, Glasgow, UK.

This presentation addresses the concept of art as being not just about visible and sensed, but also about the invisible and unsensed - absences, withdrawals, concealments. During the presentation, the authors explore how this paradoxical aspect of ar... Read More about How do you teach something no one can see? And if you can't see it, how do you know if it's any good?.

She became my teacher and mentor: uncovering the legacy of women video pioneers in art schools and academies in Europe. [Book chapter] (2023)
Book Chapter
LEUZZI, L. 2023. She became my teacher and mentor: uncovering the legacy of women video pioneers in art schools and academies in Europe. In Laks, D. and Sassu Suarez Ferri, N. (eds.) Transmission and gender: women artists as teachers in the XXth century. Passages online, 26. Heidelberg: Heidelberg University; arthistoricum.net [online], pages 39-48. Available from: https://doi.org/10.11588/arthistoricum.1148.c16188

The introduction of the portable video recorder enabled women artists of the 1970s to experiment with a medium that was considered easier and cheaper to operate than film, as well as free from the heavily male-dominated imprint of traditional artisti... Read More about She became my teacher and mentor: uncovering the legacy of women video pioneers in art schools and academies in Europe. [Book chapter].

Digital art and activism: performance, protest, polities, technologies. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DELAPPE, J., LEUZZI, L, BLACKWOOD, J., ZEĆO, M. and ZEILINGER, M. 2023. Digital art and activism: performance, protest, polities, technologies. Presented at the 28th International symposium on electronic art (ISEA2023): symbiosis, 16-21 May 2023, Paris, France. Hosted on YouTube [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyF1oQ3hIGQ

This panel, chaired by Laura Leuzzi, addresses diverse themes and approaches towards engaging emerging technologies in the context of digital art and activism encompassing notions of socially engaged art and art as social practice from practice-based... Read More about Digital art and activism: performance, protest, polities, technologies..

Art-activism and digital resistance: the case of Belarus. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BLACKWOOD, J. 2023. Art-activism and digital resistance: the case of Belarus. [Video]. Presented at the 28th International symposium on electronic art (ISEA2023), 16-21 May 2023, Paris, France.

This paper was presented as part of a panel at ISEA2023 in Paris, on "Art, Technology and Social Change: Perspectives from The Digital Art and Activism Network", chaired by Professor Joseph de Lappe (University of Abertay) and Dr Laura Leuzzi (Sapien... Read More about Art-activism and digital resistance: the case of Belarus..

Loved seeds. [Exhibition and performance] (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Loved seeds. [Exhibition and performance]. Exhibited 29 April - 28 May 2023, Look Again Project Space, Aberdeen.

In this exhibition, artist duo Eldin&Love combine clay, poetry and projection. The exhibition centres around a performance on the 6th May 2023 and explores the family tree of the nine children of an enslaved woman from 1832 Jamaica, who has historica... Read More about Loved seeds. [Exhibition and performance].

Falling out of love with the UK. [Video recording] (2023)
Digital Artefact
RUGGERONE, L. and HACKETT, C. 2023. Falling out of love with the UK. [Video recording]. Research revealed, S01E02. Hosted on YouTube [online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Im5hyqLw8

This video is part of the "Research Revealed" series by RGU, which seeks to highlight the breadth of high impact research being undertaken across the University. This video focuses on an interdisciplinary project undertaken by researchers from the Sc... Read More about Falling out of love with the UK. [Video recording].

EU citizens living through the pandemic in post-Brexit UK: a visual tour of felt emotions. (2023)
Book
RUGGERONE, L. and HACKETT, C. (eds.) 2023. EU citizens living through the pandemic in post-Brexit UK: a visual tour of felt emotions. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1818024

This digital book presents the results of a research study conducted by the editors in 2021-22 and funded by the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant. The study, entitled Living through the pandemic in post-Brexit Britain: emotional damage... Read More about EU citizens living through the pandemic in post-Brexit UK: a visual tour of felt emotions..

Complicated pasts, promising futures: public history on the island of Ireland. (2023)
Journal Article
FOSTER, A.-M. 2023. Complicated pasts, promising futures: public history on the island of Ireland. Public history review [online], 30, pages 6-14. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5130/phrj.v30i0.8376

This overview article explores the nature of public history on the island of Ireland, discussing current trends in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Family history and digital history are highly popular ways of engaging with the past, bot... Read More about Complicated pasts, promising futures: public history on the island of Ireland..

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].

Thinking with the Harrisons: what does now demand? [Article] (2023)
Journal Article
DOUGLAS, A. and FREMANTLE, C. 2023. Thinking with the Harrisons: what does now demand? Field: a journal of socially-engaged art criticism [online], 23. Available from: https://field-journal.com/issue-23/thinking-with-the-harrisons-what-does-now-demand

"The reversal of entropy requires considerable energy and imagination and is accompanied by risk." This statement from the designer, planner and ecologist Frederick Steiner evokes the core challenge of the current environmental crisis: the energy tha... Read More about Thinking with the Harrisons: what does now demand? [Article].

Facing the lens of the camera: bodies, self-portraiture, portraiture and identity in women artists' video. (2023)
Book Chapter
LEUZZI, L. 2023. Facing the lens of the camera: bodies, self-portraiture, portraiture and identity in women artists' video. In Dreckmann, K. and Vomberg, E. (eds.) More than illustrated music: aesthetics of hybrid media between pop, art and video. New York: Bloomsbury Academic [online], chapter 8, pages 93-105. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501381263.0015

Since its commercial inception and availability in the late 60s and 70s, video has acted as a powerful tool for women artists to explore feminist issues and debunk stereotypes re-perpetrated over the centuries by patriarchal society. In resonance wit... Read More about Facing the lens of the camera: bodies, self-portraiture, portraiture and identity in women artists' video..

Representation and identity in contemporary women artists' video. (2023)
Journal Article
LEUZZI, L. 2023. Representation and identity in contemporary women artists' video. Arts [online], 12(2), article 42. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/arts12020042

This essay is an initial study that examines selected contemporary video artworks addressing identity and representation by contemporary Italian women artists. The author shows how these women artists seek to avoid the objectification and sanitisatio... Read More about Representation and identity in contemporary women artists' video..

Signature pedagogy in entrepreneurship education for the creative industries and cultural sectors: a case study. (2023)
Journal Article
CHARLES, S. and NICOLL, H. 2023. Signature pedagogy in entrepreneurship education for the creative industries and cultural sectors: a case study. Makings [online], 4(1), pages 1-16. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/2rs8j4ps

In our contribution to this special issue theme of Curriculum and Pedagogy in Creative Higher Education (CHE) we reflect upon our development and delivery of a Creative Entrepreneurship course since 2019. Our aim is not to contribute to the long runn... Read More about Signature pedagogy in entrepreneurship education for the creative industries and cultural sectors: a case study..

The intersection of fashion, immersive technology and sustainability: a literature review. (2023)
Journal Article
MESJAR, L., CROSS, K., JIANG, Y. and STEED, J. 2023. The intersection of fashion, immersive technology and sustainability: a literature review. Sustainability [online], 15(4), article number 3761. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043761

Fashion industry emissions, resource use and waste are attracting increasing consumer and government attention, with broad agreement that a new approach is required along the supply chain. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, a move to digitalisation fac... Read More about The intersection of fashion, immersive technology and sustainability: a literature review..

Augmenting sustainable fashion on Instagram. (2023)
Journal Article
MARCELLA-HOOD, M. 2023. Augmenting sustainable fashion on Instagram. Sustainability [online], 15(4), article number 3609. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043609

Media discourse surrounding fashion and sustainability tends to be negative, emphasising the problems that exist across the various stages of the lifecycle of a garment. Although consumers are increasingly aware of at least some of the issues surroun... Read More about Augmenting sustainable fashion on Instagram..

Living through the pandemic in post-Brexit Britain: emotional damage and forms of resilience among middle-aged European citizens. [Dataset] (2023)
Data
RUGGERONE, L. and HACKETT, C. 2023. Living through the pandemic in post-Brexit Britain: emotional damage and forms of resilience among middle-aged European citizens. [Dataset]. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1893116

This study ran between October 2021 and June 2022. Using a combination of participant-created artwork and semi-structured interviews, the project aimed to examine the effects of the Coronavirus epidemic and Brexit on the emotional wellbeing of middle... Read More about Living through the pandemic in post-Brexit Britain: emotional damage and forms of resilience among middle-aged European citizens. [Dataset].

Searching for the ethos of a lost art school. (2022)
Book Chapter
WINTER, J. 2022. Searching for the ethos of a lost art school. In Ingold, T. (ed.) Knowing from the inside: cross-disciplinary experiments with matters of pedagogy. London: Bloomsbury Academic [online], chapter 8, pages 165-188. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350217171.ch-008

This search is motivated by an abiding belief in the possibilities of art schools. It is a response to many conversations over recent years around the future of art education and the significant role it has played in weaving the social fabric. I cont... Read More about Searching for the ethos of a lost art school..

Visualizing time: a recent survey of time-focused art. [Magazine article, 2022 edition] (2022)
Newspaper / Magazine
SBRILLI, A. and LEUZZI, L. 2022. Visualizing time: a recent survey of time-focused art. Time's news [online], 53, pages 20-30. Available from: https://studyoftime.org/publications/times-news/

This is the 2022 annual survey of time-focused art, which on this occasion has been curated by Antonella Sbrilli and Laura Leuzzi. Published in the International Society for the Study of Time's "Time's News" annual magazine, this year's survey featur... Read More about Visualizing time: a recent survey of time-focused art. [Magazine article, 2022 edition].

The lifecycle of a social media beauty trend: a case study of the Instagram body. [Thesis] (2022)
Thesis
UTI, T.O. 2022. The lifecycle of a social media beauty trend: a case study of the Instagram body. Robert Gordon University, MPhil thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2071810

The study pursued the creation of a functional model of the typical lifecycle of a social media beauty trend. Within the fashion and consumer goods industries, lifecycle models already exist that explain the typical manifestations of products and tre... Read More about The lifecycle of a social media beauty trend: a case study of the Instagram body. [Thesis].

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..