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| Jade Starmore: The Museum of Forgotten costume which is featured on the GSA’s 2013 Degree Show publicity |
****Award winning silversmiths****bubble gum
jewellery****an austerity café****
jewellery****an austerity café****
an animated adaptation of Sacks’ The Man Who… (selected for a screening at EIFF)****
****a video portrait of Uptown Shufflers’ leader, Dave Wilson**** proposals for the
regeneration of Saltcoats****cutting-edge medical design ****innovations to
help blind and elderly people ****a complete home brew system and more.
regeneration of Saltcoats****cutting-edge medical design ****innovations to
help blind and elderly people ****a complete home brew system and more.
Its
celebrated alumni include award-winning architects such as Gareth Hoskins, fashion designers such as Jonathan Saunders, product designers such as Timorous Beasties and product design engineering graduates such as
the current heads of design for Apple
and Kindle/Amazon in the USA, not to mention a whole host of Turner Prize, Becks Futures and Hugo Boss Award winners and nominees.
Today, 6 June 2013, the most recent
cohort of graduates from one the world’s most prestigious art, design and
architecture schools unveiled their Degree Show projects. Spread over three
sites – the Garnethill Campus (Fine Art and Architecture), the Skypark Campus
(Design) and the Glue Factory (MFA) – 2013
Degree Show will be open to the public from 8 – 15 June.
celebrated alumni include award-winning architects such as Gareth Hoskins, fashion designers such as Jonathan Saunders, product designers such as Timorous Beasties and product design engineering graduates such as
the current heads of design for Apple
and Kindle/Amazon in the USA, not to mention a whole host of Turner Prize, Becks Futures and Hugo Boss Award winners and nominees.
Today, 6 June 2013, the most recent
cohort of graduates from one the world’s most prestigious art, design and
architecture schools unveiled their Degree Show projects. Spread over three
sites – the Garnethill Campus (Fine Art and Architecture), the Skypark Campus
(Design) and the Glue Factory (MFA) – 2013
Degree Show will be open to the public from 8 – 15 June.
This
year is Seona Reid’s final Degree Show before she steps down as Director after
14 highly successful years at the helm of The Glasgow School of Art. “Degree Show is always an exciting time,”
says Professor Reid. “It is a tremendous shop
window for the students, a chance to showcase their ideas and innovations to
the thousands of visitors who come to the exhibition every year. It is also an
important rite of passage as they come to the end of their studies and prepare
to embark into a wide range of professional careers. Our students never fail to
impress with their originality, ingenuity and insight: this year is no
exception”
year is Seona Reid’s final Degree Show before she steps down as Director after
14 highly successful years at the helm of The Glasgow School of Art. “Degree Show is always an exciting time,”
says Professor Reid. “It is a tremendous shop
window for the students, a chance to showcase their ideas and innovations to
the thousands of visitors who come to the exhibition every year. It is also an
important rite of passage as they come to the end of their studies and prepare
to embark into a wide range of professional careers. Our students never fail to
impress with their originality, ingenuity and insight: this year is no
exception”
School of Fine Art
Fine Art Photography…..Painting and
Printmaking…Sculpture and Environmental Art
Printmaking…Sculpture and Environmental Art
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| Still from Kenyersel’s Autumn Leaves |
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| two paper studies by Catherine Cameron |
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120 graduating students in Fine Art (from Painting and Printmaking, Sculpture
and Environmental Art and Fine Art Photography) unveiled work the Mackintosh
Building, whilst 24 postgraduates showed work in the annual GSA MFA Degree Show
at the Glue Factory (Speirs Locks). Among the wide range of work on show in the
Mackintosh Building are painted canvasses, video pieces, sculptural and
multi-media installations, performance and photographic works. The artists
address many contemporary concerns in their practice from Chris Silver’s Austerity Café (the artist lived on
porridge for over 4 months as part of his research into the reality of
Osborne’s austerity Britain) to Kenyersel’s elegiac
video portrait of two Glasgow musicians, (a busker on Ashton Lane and Uptown Shuffler’s bandleader, Dave Wilson, who recently lost his
battle with cancer), Glenn Kennedy’s paintings examining recent disruptions in
Belfast, and James MacEacheran’s work
that seeks to challenge our indifference to the shooting of animals (primarily
goats) by the US military so
soldiers can practice binding wounds.
120 graduating students in Fine Art (from Painting and Printmaking, Sculpture
and Environmental Art and Fine Art Photography) unveiled work the Mackintosh
Building, whilst 24 postgraduates showed work in the annual GSA MFA Degree Show
at the Glue Factory (Speirs Locks). Among the wide range of work on show in the
Mackintosh Building are painted canvasses, video pieces, sculptural and
multi-media installations, performance and photographic works. The artists
address many contemporary concerns in their practice from Chris Silver’s Austerity Café (the artist lived on
porridge for over 4 months as part of his research into the reality of
Osborne’s austerity Britain) to Kenyersel’s elegiac
video portrait of two Glasgow musicians, (a busker on Ashton Lane and Uptown Shuffler’s bandleader, Dave Wilson, who recently lost his
battle with cancer), Glenn Kennedy’s paintings examining recent disruptions in
Belfast, and James MacEacheran’s work
that seeks to challenge our indifference to the shooting of animals (primarily
goats) by the US military so
soldiers can practice binding wounds.
Mackintosh School of Architecture
Stage 3, 4 and 5 project
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Stage 5 Architecture student, Shu Ting Tham’s proposition for Hamburg
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the Bourdon Building of the Garnethill Campus 5th-year architects showed the outcomes of projects looking at the
notion of the European City. Over
the last few months they have developed architectural theses, ideas for specific
sites in Genoa, Marseilles and Hamburg. Meanwhile, 3rd-year architects presented a range of creative solutions to two
briefs. In The Salt
House
the propositions combine a graduation tower, (to produce a high quality gourmet
salt product), with a community facility, shop and restaurant which together
could act as a catalyst for regeneration in Saltcoats, a once vibrant seaside
town now suffering from lack of investment, an aging community, depopulation
and low local employment opportunities. In The
Hydropath the students have made propositions for modern version of the
historic Hydropaths, which had their heyday in late Georgian and Victorian
times. Having fallen out of fashion after World War I, Hydropaths are now
seeing something of renaissance.
The stage 3 projects envisage a contemporary Hydropath set in
the unique and beautiful landscape of the grounds of Culzean Castle.
School of Design
Communication
Design……Fashion & Textiles….Interior Design….Product Design……
Design……Fashion & Textiles….Interior Design….Product Design……
Product
Design Engineering…Silversmithing & Jewellery
Design Engineering…Silversmithing & Jewellery
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| Sophie Swinton’s bubblegum brooch |
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| textiles by Melissa Thomson |
In
the Skypark Campus three floors of design displays are showcasing work by over
140 creative practitioners across six disciplines. Amongst the projects
featured in Communication Design are Jade Starmore’s photographic galleries
including the haunting Museum of Forgotten Costume, which
is featured on the GSA 2013 Degree Show publicity material. Other graduating
students in Communication Design include Ross
Hogg whose short film, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,
(an animated adaptation of Oliver Sacks’ seminal work which uses only charcoal
and three sheets of A1 paper), has been selected for screening at the 67th
annual Edinburgh International Film Festival; Victoria Kerr, whose Layers
of Like – Like Book comments on the widespread use of ‘Like’
online, reflecting on how much, or how little it can say about the user,
and Francesca MacDonald’s Raviolo Lavorio cookbook.
the Skypark Campus three floors of design displays are showcasing work by over
140 creative practitioners across six disciplines. Amongst the projects
featured in Communication Design are Jade Starmore’s photographic galleries
including the haunting Museum of Forgotten Costume, which
is featured on the GSA 2013 Degree Show publicity material. Other graduating
students in Communication Design include Ross
Hogg whose short film, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,
(an animated adaptation of Oliver Sacks’ seminal work which uses only charcoal
and three sheets of A1 paper), has been selected for screening at the 67th
annual Edinburgh International Film Festival; Victoria Kerr, whose Layers
of Like – Like Book comments on the widespread use of ‘Like’
online, reflecting on how much, or how little it can say about the user,
and Francesca MacDonald’s Raviolo Lavorio cookbook.
Featured
designs in silver on show include award-winning pieces by Hamish Dobbie, Outstanding Scottish Student Silversmith of the
Year, and Katherine Duncan, who won
second place in the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths prestigious Young Designer
Silversmith of the year in 2012. A wide
selection jewellery includes Stephanie
Cheong’s O-Pin project, which recently won a £10,000 Deutsche Bank Award
for Creative Practice, and Sophie
Swinton’s astonishing collection made from bubblegum and semi-precious
stones.
designs in silver on show include award-winning pieces by Hamish Dobbie, Outstanding Scottish Student Silversmith of the
Year, and Katherine Duncan, who won
second place in the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths prestigious Young Designer
Silversmith of the year in 2012. A wide
selection jewellery includes Stephanie
Cheong’s O-Pin project, which recently won a £10,000 Deutsche Bank Award
for Creative Practice, and Sophie
Swinton’s astonishing collection made from bubblegum and semi-precious
stones.
In
Interior design the graduating students addressed a number of propositions
including designs for a restaurant: contemporary takes on the traditional fish
and chip shop, a military retreat cafe, a space with an aesthetic reminiscent of traditional American diners, and for a
small specialist shop: a glass shop, a cheesemaker, a fishmonger, a bicycle
shop. Fashion & Textile students
meanwhile are showing an astonishing array of work across four specialisms –
embroidery, print, weave and knit.
Interior design the graduating students addressed a number of propositions
including designs for a restaurant: contemporary takes on the traditional fish
and chip shop, a military retreat cafe, a space with an aesthetic reminiscent of traditional American diners, and for a
small specialist shop: a glass shop, a cheesemaker, a fishmonger, a bicycle
shop. Fashion & Textile students
meanwhile are showing an astonishing array of work across four specialisms –
embroidery, print, weave and knit.
Inspired
by personal experience or by conversations with specialists in the field, the
innovations created by the graduating Product Design Engineering students have
responded to needs in a range of sectors from healthcare (including a new
innovation from Hannah Jenkins, whose special oxygen carrying backpack created
last summer has brought a new lease of life to an 11-year old boy from Paisley
with intertestinal lung disease); schools (including Iain Taylor’s patented
pop-up learning pod), and support for the elderly and disabled to travel (such
as Shaun Pollock’s automated
ramp system for trains to aid independent travel for wheelchair uses) and Sophie Hoggan’s tactile cooing
utensils for the blind.
Other designs include Rob Hanson’s all on one home brewing kit, Connor MacMillan’s self-sustaining electrical system for the
Derny bike used in the Kerlin, and
Kate Harwood’s new method for monitoring the European beaver
population. Six of the young designers were awarded Dyson Bursaries to support
the development of their innovations. In Product Design students have also
addressed ”live” issues. Michael Walker has looked at the human
dimension of organ donation; Kate Ivey-Williams has developed an active
learning project for primary school children to discover the world of energy,
which has already won a major European award; Oliver Dykes has addressed home
pressures that shift patterns put on Emergency Service and Nicola Dunlop has
looked at the future of music retail.
by personal experience or by conversations with specialists in the field, the
innovations created by the graduating Product Design Engineering students have
responded to needs in a range of sectors from healthcare (including a new
innovation from Hannah Jenkins, whose special oxygen carrying backpack created
last summer has brought a new lease of life to an 11-year old boy from Paisley
with intertestinal lung disease); schools (including Iain Taylor’s patented
pop-up learning pod), and support for the elderly and disabled to travel (such
as Shaun Pollock’s automated
ramp system for trains to aid independent travel for wheelchair uses) and Sophie Hoggan’s tactile cooing
utensils for the blind.
Other designs include Rob Hanson’s all on one home brewing kit, Connor MacMillan’s self-sustaining electrical system for the
Derny bike used in the Kerlin, and
Kate Harwood’s new method for monitoring the European beaver
population. Six of the young designers were awarded Dyson Bursaries to support
the development of their innovations. In Product Design students have also
addressed ”live” issues. Michael Walker has looked at the human
dimension of organ donation; Kate Ivey-Williams has developed an active
learning project for primary school children to discover the world of energy,
which has already won a major European award; Oliver Dykes has addressed home
pressures that shift patterns put on Emergency Service and Nicola Dunlop has
looked at the future of music retail.
The Glasgow
School of Art Degree Show is sponsored by Resonance Capital. Angela Higgins,
director of Resonance Capital and asset manager of Skypark comments: “We
are thrilled to be the headline sponsors of the 2013 GSA Degree Show. We have
huge admiration for The Glasgow School of Art and are passionate supporters of
Glasgow’s vibrant arts scene, valuing the contribution that each make to
businesses and the community. The GSA sponsorship, and the welcome assistance
from Arts & Business Scotland complements our Skypark art gallery and
artist in residence project, helping to further our message that creativity and
business are a natural pairing.”
School of Art Degree Show is sponsored by Resonance Capital. Angela Higgins,
director of Resonance Capital and asset manager of Skypark comments: “We
are thrilled to be the headline sponsors of the 2013 GSA Degree Show. We have
huge admiration for The Glasgow School of Art and are passionate supporters of
Glasgow’s vibrant arts scene, valuing the contribution that each make to
businesses and the community. The GSA sponsorship, and the welcome assistance
from Arts & Business Scotland complements our Skypark art gallery and
artist in residence project, helping to further our message that creativity and
business are a natural pairing.”
MFA 2013 is supported by Glasgow
citizenM a spokesman for citizenM said MFA 2013 is supported by Glasgow hotel citizenM.
A spokesman for citizenM said: “Contemporary art is very important
element of each of our hotels so we naturally are delighted to support the
GSA’s annual MFA exhibition. The MFA has been a seminal course in the
development of contemporary art over the last 20 years and has produced some of
the most exciting and dynamic young artists in Europe. The MFA Degree Show
exhibition offers the public a first opportunity to see work by an inspiring
new generation of talent.”
citizenM a spokesman for citizenM said MFA 2013 is supported by Glasgow hotel citizenM.
A spokesman for citizenM said: “Contemporary art is very important
element of each of our hotels so we naturally are delighted to support the
GSA’s annual MFA exhibition. The MFA has been a seminal course in the
development of contemporary art over the last 20 years and has produced some of
the most exciting and dynamic young artists in Europe. The MFA Degree Show
exhibition offers the public a first opportunity to see work by an inspiring
new generation of talent.”
The Glasgow School of Art Degree Show
runs from Saturday 8
– Saturday 15 June 2013.
runs from Saturday 8
– Saturday 15 June 2013.
Open: Saturday / Sunday
10am-5pm, Monday–Thursday 10am-9pm; Friday 10am-7pm
10am-5pm, Monday–Thursday 10am-9pm; Friday 10am-7pm
Fine
Art and Architecture: Garnethill Campus,
167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6RQ
Art and Architecture: Garnethill Campus,
167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G3 6RQ
Design:
Skypark Campus, 45
Finnieston Street, Glasgow G3 8JU
Skypark Campus, 45
Finnieston Street, Glasgow G3 8JU
The Glasgow School of Art MFA show runs from Thursday 6
– Saturday 15 June. Open daily 11am–6pm
– Saturday 15 June. Open daily 11am–6pm
The Glue Factory,
15 Burns Street, Speirs Locks, G4 9SE.
15 Burns Street, Speirs Locks, G4 9SE.
An exhibition of
video works by recent MFA Graduates selected by Graham Ramsay/John Calcutt
(GSA) and Liesbeth Willems, (curator of the KRC
collection) runs in the citizenM, 60 Renfrew Street 6-16 June.
video works by recent MFA Graduates selected by Graham Ramsay/John Calcutt
(GSA) and Liesbeth Willems, (curator of the KRC
collection) runs in the citizenM, 60 Renfrew Street 6-16 June.
images of work by graduating students visit www.gsa.ac.uk/degreeshow2013
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Notes
for Editors
for Editors
- The Glasgow School of Art
is internationally recognised as one of Europe’s foremost university-level
institutions for creative education and research in fine art, design and
architecture. It is a
creative hothouse, a small concentrated community of committed, creative
people bound together by a shared visual language and a concern for visual
culture. At the heart of one of Europe’s most influential and creative
artistic communities the GSA provides an energetic environment in which
new ideas can flourish. Its Researchers produce work that influences world
culture by generating new knowledge through creativity and conceptual
thinking, and the GSA supports economic growth through knowledge exchange
and the application of creativity and innovation. Since the School was
founded in 1845 as one of the first Government Schools of Design, as a
centre of creativity promoting good design for the manufacturing
industries, the GSA’s role has continually evolved and been redefined to
reflect the needs of the communities of which it is part of, embracing in
the late 19th century fine art and architecture education and today,
digital technology. For further information on The
Glasgow School of Art visit www.gsa.ac.uk
- Resonance Capital is an active
property investment and development company with significant interests in
commercial property assets and developments across the UK through
co-investment or joint ventures. Currently they are partners with
Moorfield Group in Skypark, Glasgow a 560,000 sq ft, business park.