166 research outputs found
Extending the Glass Chain:Exhibition, SASA Gallery, Adelaide
No full textExhibition Dates: November 2018Venue: The South Australian School of Art (SASA) Gallery, Adelaide, AustraliaThe Gläserne Kette (‘Glass’ or ‘Crystal’ Chain, depending on the translation) is also referred to as the utopian correspondence. In 1919 Bruno Taut organised an exhibition for unbekannte Architekten (unknown architects) at a gallery in Berlin. Following critical acclaim for this show, Taut asked like-minded exhibitors to exchange letters and designs for a better society. A dozen architects and artists answered his call to ‘break up and undermine all former principles’ via pseudonymous letters, and in just over a year created a pivotal moment in Expressionist creativity. They were fervent about the transformative power of architecture to effect moral regeneration. Throughout the sixty or so illustrated letters exchanged between the correspondents, there are prescient visions of spontaneous growth and autogenetic materials that anticipate advanced fabrication technologies available to us only now.The Extending the Glass Chain research group was a current version of this group, set up on its 100th Anniversary, with the intention of exploring similar themes from a contemporary, digital perspective.This research was carried out as part of the Extending the Glass Chain research group led by Dr Cath Keay (Edinburgh University). Researchers included historians, architects, artists and writers.Extending the Glass Chain project contributors:Emma Bowen, Gabriella Bisetto, Cath Keay, Chantal Riekel, Jason Dee, Sandra Schießl, Marek Gabrysch, Lindsay Duncanson, François Lemieux, Miguel Paredes Maldonado, Stefan Baumberger, Nicole Heidtke, Kati Blom, Pierre Forissier
Garage:Pop-up exhibition at Edinburgh Arts Festival
No full textExhibition dates: 30 July—30 AugustFeaturing the work "Thy Tongue" embroidery by Cath Keay. GARAGE is an artist run space conceived specifically for the festival. The main space comprises of three garages and a garden. Other parts of the venue are used for secret site-specific works, and the lane, used to access the garages, becomes a living street. These projects feature a series of live art events and shows, creating links between artists and artist groups from many areas of the UK and further afield, providing the opportunity for public engagement and exchange. The curators and artists will be available for interview and discussion on sit
CARNEVALE:Objects Designed for Pigs
No full textThe play objects in the video CARNEVALE- Objects Designed for Pigs were produced with artist Cath Keay. The event was attended by animal behaviour and welfare scientists, research technicians and the pigs at Easter Howgate Farm, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), in April 2017. Video production by Brian Mather, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies R(D)SVS. The project was supported by a Leverhulme Trust artist residency award
Streamlining plagiarism detection: The role of electronic assessment management
No full textThis paper considers the problem of managing the workload implications of plagiarism detection as part of the larger issue of assessment management and within a holistic approach to educational integrity. It looks specifically at the potential for Electronic Assessment Management (EAM) to provide some of the solutions to this problem. It draws on the work of Mantz Yorke whose research into assessment management calls for the establishment of appropriate structures and mechanisms which support systems that achieve the dual imperatives of efficiency and effectiveness. This paper considers the workload issues related to plagiarism detection under these dual imperatives, looking first at the issue of effectiveness and then turning to consider the issue of efficiency. Finally, it argues for why and how these issues should be taken into account in the procurement of digital plagiarism detection software and how the use of these tools should fit within a rigorous and consistent holistic approach to educational integrity
Looking for the Absolute:Exhibition, Matthew Gallery, Minto House, Edinburgh
No full textExhibition Dates: July - August 2018Venue: Matthew Gallery, Minto House, Edinburgh, UKShow of work created during Extending the Glass Chain project. Keay exhibited glass sculpture, 3D and traditional prints with collaborative work from artists and architects including Gabriella Bisetto, Jason Dee, Miguel Paredes and ~in the fields artists’ collective, and prints by Wenzel Hablik from Hablik Museum, German
A Bit in the Air:GIOFEST VIII, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow
No full textDevised as a collaboration between sculptor Cath Keay and improviser Graeme Wilson, this innovative new work for Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra is a structured and improvised interaction with Keay’s 2010 work, Hung Sentence. The sculpture, comprising 116 extruded porcelain letters, spells out a quotation from a patient in psychiatrists Laing and Esterson’s Sanity Madness and the Family (1964). The apparent malleability of these forms articulates the disconnection and sense of being overwhelmed that the women describe in the book. Fired and suspended across the stage, however, the letters’ rigidity gives them a bell-like voice, with an intriguing range of sonic possibilities.The ceramic letters are played and negotiated by the orchestra as a percussion instrument, through free improvisation and a series of conductive strategies, with a central role for improvising voices. Suspended as a screen across the stage, each form resonates with idiosyncratic pitch, while the grinding and rattling of letters grouped into words generates aleatory tonalities.The premier performance, by GIO and guests including Marilyn Crispell, Maggie Nichols and Franziska Schroeder, took place at Centre For Contemporary Arts, Glasgow as part of GIOFest VIII
Extending the Glass Chain
No full text‘Extending the Glass Chain –100 years on’ was a three-year research project funded by the Leverhulme Trust (£90K), exploring digital manufacturing and collaborative creativity through responses to the methodologies and intent of the 1919 Gläserne Kette (GK) ‘utopian correspondence’, a chain letter between architects that formed the basis of German Expressionist architecture. Leading up to the centenary in 2019, Keay undertook extensive research at leading archives (Akademie der Kunst Berlin, CCA Montreal, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Wenzel Hablik Museum) to analyse original work by GK for evidence that they anticipated today’s generative materials and manufacturing technologies, then gathering an international group of leading practitioners in art and architecture to exchange ideas and responses across disciplinary and geographic boundaries. Keay led them to co-create innovative interdisciplinary artwork for exhibition in the UK and Australia, in which the artist herself produced glass sculptures, relief prints and virtual environments modelled on scans of geological samples. Participants in this contemporary GK were then invited to write pseudonymous accounts in the spirit of the original epistolary correspondence.The project established that although the GK’s utopian Expressionism has been under-researched compared with rational Modernism, their visions of materials that grow organically anticipates cutting-edge materialism, algorithmic design and generative manufacturing. Their anonymised collaborations are striking antecedents of today’s artists’ collectives and open-source creativity.Keay is sole editor of a publication on the findings of this project, with a contextualising chapter by Iain Boyd Whyte, the foremost authority on the historic movement. This unique re-examination of the GK’s significance to contemporary material culture and 3D creativity introduces new expressive thinking from Keay and collaborators on innovative ways to create across disciplines in the digital era. It juxtaposes images of startling new physical, lens-based and virtual artworks and speculative architectures with previously unpublished archival drawings
Learning theories and interprofessional education: a user's guide
Full text linkThere is increasing interest in the theoretical underpinning of interprofessional education (IPE) and writers in this field are drawing on a wide range of disciplines for theories that have utility in IPE. While this has undoubtedly enriched the research literature, for the educational practitioner, whose aim is to develop and deliver an IPE curriculum that has sound theoretical underpinnings, this plethora of theories has become a confusing, and un-navigable quagmire. This article aims to provide a compass for those educational practitioners by presenting a framework that summarizes key learning theories used in IPE and the relationship between them. The study reviews key contemporary learning theories from the wider field of education used in IPE and the explicit applications of these theories in the IPE literature to either curriculum design or programme evaluation. Through presenting a broad overview and summary framework, the study clarifies the way in which learning theories can aid IPE curriculum development and evaluation. It also highlights areas where future theoretical development in the IPE field is required
Antibacterial CATH-2 Peptide Coating to Prevent Bone Implant-Related Infection
No full textThe development of antibacterial coatings is a promising approach to preventing biofilm formation and reducing the overuse of systemic antibiotics. However, widespread antibiotic use has resulted in antibiotic-resistant bacteria, limiting the efficacy of antibiotic-based coatings. Herein, an antibacterial coating is developed by layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly of two polymers namely PDLG (poly (D,L-lactide-co-glycolide)) and gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) while chicken cathelicidin-2 (CATH-2), a cationic and amphipathic peptide, is loaded between these polymer layers. The electrospray method is used to apply the coatings to achieve efficient peptide loading and durability. The CATH-2 bactericidal concentration ranges are first identified, followed by a study of their cytotoxicity to human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and macrophage cell lines. Later, different LbL electrospray coating assemblies loaded with the optimal peptide concentration are sought. Various coating strategies are investigated to identify an LbL coating that exhibits prolonged and biocompatible CATH-2 release. The resulting CATH-2-coated titanium surfaces exhibit strong antibacterial activity against both Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli bacteria for 4 days and are biocompatible with hMSCs and macrophage cells. This coating can be considered as a versatile delivery system platform for the delivery of CATH-2 peptides while avoiding cytotoxicity, particularly for the prevention of infections associated with implants.Team Peyman TaheriTeam Arjan Mo
Creating a comfortable working environment for cath lab physicians: Design of a body support
No full textThis project is about developing a solution for cath lab physicians. A cath lab physician is a medical doctor, with a background in cardiology, neurology, electro physiology or radiology, who performs cath lab procedures. A cath lab procedure is a minimal invasive procedure in which a catheter is brought into the body of a patient via a small incision. Cath lab physicians suffer from injuries due to the heavy physical workload of their job. The lead apron they wear to protect themselves against the radiation used during the procedures, in combination with long periods of standing, are the main cause of these injuries. An analysis is performed to get more insight in the nature of the injuries and of the environment of the physicians. To start prototyping in an early stage, a short ideation phase took place directly after the analysis. As a result, this phase brought requirements, wishes and concluded with two design directions. A stool with some new features was the best solution. This stool was designed to support the user. The seat will prevent the injuries on the legs while the integrated sternum support reduces the forces in the back muscle. A test was performed to validate the effect of the sternum support. The test shows a reduction between 10% and 15% of the tension in the back muscle. Further research will have to show if the use of the designed solution will actually prevent hernias in the future.Industrial Design EngineeringIndustrial Desig
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