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Letterloops Proof
No full textA collaboration between Ross Hogg & Edwin Pickstone investigating the combination of letterpress printing with stop frame animation, exploring their histories, technical crossover, and experimental applications for the technique.
This work was initiated during discussions of the Offset, Design School Research Cluster and shown at Offset, Cass Art, Glasgow, September 202
Still Life (1660/2023)
No full textStill Life - 1660/2023, (found 35mm museum slide, 3D model, photomontage) from the ongoing series PARA.
As part of the promotional material commisioned for the BAN Conference: 'British Art after Britain'. Guest convened by Dr Marcus Jack in partnership with the Hunterian Art Gallery.
As questions about statehood, democracy and (dis)unity rise anew in the year of a Coronation, British Art after Britain reflects on the influence of regionalisation since the historic moment of the Good Friday Agreement and founding of parliaments in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Converging with these pathways of self-determination, a decentralising agenda backed by lottery funds established new galleries and arts centres across the country at the turn of the millennium. As these organisations and their buildings approach their quarter-centenary and with a renewed levelling-up plan incentivising relocation outside of London, this conference calls for a conversation about the changing provisions for art, its histories, and audiences outside of the metropolitan centre and amidst the challenges of economic and ecological permacrisis. Imagining futures beyond endurance, it asks how approaches to exhibition-making, collecting and curatorial work might negotiate, trouble and respond to the changing relations of Britain to its constituent nations and the world beyond
Learning as a Spatial Phenomenon
No full textUnderstanding the dynamic nature of learning within the studio context is central to Learning as a Spatial Phenomenon. Importantly, through the development of an educational philosophy tailor-made for this environment. To underpin what this means and how it can be implemented the term Elastic Pedagogy was coined. Specifically, as a learning and teaching method framed within the context of a new 8-into-1 curricular model. For Learning as a Spatial Phenomenon, the paper concluded with the proposition that this educational philosophy could traverse the physical space into the virtual realm. Thus, moving the debate further
A Co-Creative Climate: Participatory design’s emerging role for Glasgow’s sustainable development
Get PDFThis Design Ecosystem Fellowship, awarded £19,600 and delivered between July 2022 and Feb 2023, focused on mapping the emerging role of participatory design in Glasgow’s sustainable development. Glasgow hosted COP26 in November 2021, which stimulated support for net zero and nature-based enterprise (NBE) initiatives in the city’s local enterprise ecosystem across private, public and third sector projects and collaborations.
The enquiry focus for such an ecosystem mapping was to capture not just the role of participatory design work, but how value was created, developed and distributed throughout such networks in relation to sustainable development targets and outcomes
Collaborative practice
No full textA lecture delivered at the Craft Northern Ireland forum presenting GSA's silversmithing and jewellery design programme and its approach to working on collaborative projects with industry and the community. These projects included collaborations with the Garnethill community through the Jewellery Conversations project, Glasgow Central Station and Rolls Royce Finance Partners ltd
Linear Frequency - Brooch Series
Get PDFSeries of three brooches completed in September 2023.
They are made using titanium, 18ct yellow gold, white gold, and silver - Dimensions: 43 x 43 x 7 mm.
Exhibitions to date:
'Linear Frequency' at the Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (2nd November 2023 - 25th November 2023)
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'Close to Hand' Craft Scotland, Collect, Somerset House, London (29th February - 3rd March 2024)
‘Linear Frequency’, my 4th solo exhibition, an exhibition of new jewellery and items from my archive, including sketchbooks, 3D paper models, metal experiments, and samples.
'Close to Hand at Collect - The Leading International Fair For Contemporary Craft and Design’, a juried exhibition, showcased new work from 12 Scotland-based makers: Andrew Lamb, Emma Louise Wilson, Heather McDermott, Iona Turner, Jo McDonald, Jo Walker, Katie Charleson, Liu Qiwei, Marianne Anderson, Richard Goldsworthy, Stefanie Ying Lin Cheong, and Susie Redman
Cinematographa
Get PDFConceived by artist and filmmaker Margaret Salmon, this publication is a tribute to a group of innovative sister cinematographas and to the analogue motion picture camera. The book pairs an enquiry into women’s filmmaking practice with a comprehensive survey of experimental analogue technique across generations.
Nine filmmakers – Peggy Ahwesh, Betzy Bromberg, Rose Lowder, Babette Mangolte, Rhea Storr, Deborah Stratman, Alia Syed, Malena Szlam and Salmon herself, speak about the ways they use and think about their cameras, sharing technical knowledge and reflections on camera work to reveal their creative philosophies and intentions
Kasko San
No full textDialectogram style illustration of sites where Romani is spoken and shared. Made through fieldwork in Marseilles and Toulon in cooperation with Roma communities, and exhibited at the Barvalo exhibition in Marseilles.
Kasko San is Romani for 'Whose are you?'
Pen and ink on A1 mountboard
SoundTown: Building Accessible Music-Making Experiences using Videogame Technologies
No full textWe undertook a comprehensive study of video games, music making, and accessible design to determine and apply a set of best practices for creating accessible music-making experiences for children with complex physical and cognitive disabilities using videogame technologies. We designed and implemented a new framework for the development and testing of accessible music games, building on recommendations for the design of accessible games and accessible digital musical instruments.
The medium of video games enjoys an enormous cultural capital and generates massive revenues for game developers and publishers. Access to video games facilitates a connection to modern-day mainstream culture and allows players to enjoy stimulating, high-quality interactive experiences with the potential for learning in addition to entertainment. Our study established the cultural importance of the medium of video games, effectively making a case for broadening access and championing their
associated benefits in general.
We carried out an extensive literature review of the areas surrounding our research. A lack of specific literature regarding accessible music games for children with physical and cognitive disabilities suggests that this is the first study to explore the use of accessible music games for this particular audience. We used videogame technologies – including modern game development hardware and software – to build SoundTown, a new accessible video game designed to encourage the exploration and enjoyment of music and sound design. We developed the initial brief for the creation of SoundTown through consultations with partner organisations experienced in working with children and young people with complex needs.
Over two periods of playtesting fieldwork, SoundTown was broadly successful in its ability to engage young players with a wide range of physical and cognitive disabilities. This success was evidenced by facilitator observations communicated in semi-structured post play session interviews, supported by gameplay analytics data and audiovisual recordings captured by the application.
We also undertook a critical review of game accessibility guidelines, critiquing documents purporting to assist developers in the creation of new accessible gaming experiences. As a result of this endeavour, we identified new guidelines and principles for accessible music game development to best serve our target demographic, building on existing work to create a unique contribution to knowledge
Indoor Air Quality and Thermal Environment Assessment of Scottish Homes with Different Building Fabrics
Get PDFThe ongoing climate change and policies around it are changing how we design and build homes to meet national carbon emission targets. Some countries such as Scotland are adopting higher-energy-efficient buildings as minimum requirements in the building regulations. While net zero homes might be more energy-efficient and emit fewer operational carbon emissions, we have yet to fully understand the influence on the indoor environment, particularly on indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal comfort. This study compares the IAQ of three homes in Scotland with equal internal layouts and designs but different building fabrics. The homes represent the minimum Scottish building regulations (2015), the Passivhaus standard and the Scottish 'Gold Standard'. Temperature, relative humidity, PM2.5 and total volatile organic compounds (tVOC) were measured at five-minute intervals for seven months and compared to occupants' subjective responses to the IAQ. All three homes had temperatures above the recommended thresholds for overheating. Measured hygrothermal conditions were within the ideal range 66.4% of the time in the Passivhaus, 56.4% in the Gold Standard home and 62.7% in the control home. Measured IAQ was better in homes with higher energy efficiency, particularly tVOC. For instance, indoor PM2.5 in the Passivhaus were 78.0% of the time below the threshold, while in the standard home the figure was 51.5%, with a weak correlation with outdoor PM2.5 (Passivhaus: B rs = 0.167, K rs = 0.306 and L rs = 0.163 (p < 0.001); Gold: B rs = −0.157, K rs = 0.322 and L rs = 0.340 (p < 0.001); Control: B rs = −0.111, K rs = 0.235 and L rs = 0.235 (p < 0.001)). TVOCs in the Passivhaus were 81.3%, while in the control home they were 55.0%. While the results cannot be generalised, due to the small sample, this study has significant policy implications, particularly in Scotland, exhibiting the importance of IAQ in current building legislation and sustainable assessment methods