- Iraq
war Veteran shows visceral paintings exploring the issue of the victims of war - Polish
artist whose work explores how the press present immigration and the
influence this has on public perception - A
game-based approach to helping children learn about the values of health and
nutrition through play developed after working in Nepal’s only children’s
hospital - A
project looking at how suffers from Schizophrenia experience the world that
aims to help those of us who are fortunate enough not to suffer from the
disorder to understand and empathise with those who do. - A
documentary exploring the techno music links between Glasgow and Detroit - The
story of one of the plaster casts in the Mackintosh Building from origin
through the impact of the fire to its unknown future. - Lager
Lovlies re-imagined: illustrations featuring the leaders of Scotland’s three
main parties showing how perceptions of women have changed beyond recognition
in under 30 years
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| Artist Jacob Cullers with some of is Casualty series of paintings |
30-year old Iraq war Veteran, Jacob Cullers from
Waterford, Connecticut today unveiled Casualty – a series of specially
made paintings – at The Glasgow School of Art’s 2016 Graduate Degree Show. The
paintings explore the issue of those affected by war, a subject particularly
close to the artist’s heart as he had lost his own brother in the conflict in Afghanistan.
Waterford, Connecticut today unveiled Casualty – a series of specially
made paintings – at The Glasgow School of Art’s 2016 Graduate Degree Show. The
paintings explore the issue of those affected by war, a subject particularly
close to the artist’s heart as he had lost his own brother in the conflict in Afghanistan.
“My practice
does to help come to terms with my experience in Iraq and the loss of my
brother in that it lets me become vulnerable when I work,” explains Cullers. “The introspective nature alongside the
intuitive way in which I make my work creates its own unique narrative. In a
way my brother is not lost, he can be found in every painting, every brush
stroke, because while making the work, he is in my mind, my heart, and my soul
and a driving factor of my creative process. I work from the inside out.”
does to help come to terms with my experience in Iraq and the loss of my
brother in that it lets me become vulnerable when I work,” explains Cullers. “The introspective nature alongside the
intuitive way in which I make my work creates its own unique narrative. In a
way my brother is not lost, he can be found in every painting, every brush
stroke, because while making the work, he is in my mind, my heart, and my soul
and a driving factor of my creative process. I work from the inside out.”
“The Casualty series depicts persons who have been
fatally wounded during a time of war – whether active participants or
innocent bystanders, their human presence no longer exists.” says Cullers
fatally wounded during a time of war – whether active participants or
innocent bystanders, their human presence no longer exists.” says Cullers
“I want to critique
my own country and ask myself am I really proud to be an American? So many
people have said that my brother died for his country and again I question, is
a country worth dying for? The answer lies in the connection between political
power and greed and the mother, father, brother, sister who question the loss
of a loved one whose life was affected by it on both sides of the war machine.”
my own country and ask myself am I really proud to be an American? So many
people have said that my brother died for his country and again I question, is
a country worth dying for? The answer lies in the connection between political
power and greed and the mother, father, brother, sister who question the loss
of a loved one whose life was affected by it on both sides of the war machine.”
Cullers is one of over 70 Masters students in Fine Art and
Creative Practice showing work at Graduate Degree Show. The work is
installed over two floors of the Tontine Building in the Merchant City.
Creative Practice showing work at Graduate Degree Show. The work is
installed over two floors of the Tontine Building in the Merchant City.
In Garnethill students present work across the
architecture and design disciplines. Masters of Architecture by conversion and
Architectural Studies work is on show in the Bourdon Building. Meanwhile in the
Reid Building the full range of design and digital design work is showcased.
The programmes span Communication Design (illustration, graphics and
photography) Fashion Design, Interior Design, Design innovation and Product
Design Engineering. Also on show in the Reid building is work by students from
the Digital Design Studio on International Heritage Visualisation, Medical
Visualisation & Human Anatomy, Sound for the Moving Image and Serious Games
programmes.
architecture and design disciplines. Masters of Architecture by conversion and
Architectural Studies work is on show in the Bourdon Building. Meanwhile in the
Reid Building the full range of design and digital design work is showcased.
The programmes span Communication Design (illustration, graphics and
photography) Fashion Design, Interior Design, Design innovation and Product
Design Engineering. Also on show in the Reid building is work by students from
the Digital Design Studio on International Heritage Visualisation, Medical
Visualisation & Human Anatomy, Sound for the Moving Image and Serious Games
programmes.
“The
graduate community has always been an important part of the GSA’s student body
with their work contributing significantly to our profile as a recognised
centre of research excellence,” says Prof Tom Inns, Director of the GSA. “In recent years it has grown both in size
and the diversity of discipline studied. Graduate Degree Show is the annual
opportunity for the public to see and learn more about the wide range of
projects being undertaken by our Masters students.”
graduate community has always been an important part of the GSA’s student body
with their work contributing significantly to our profile as a recognised
centre of research excellence,” says Prof Tom Inns, Director of the GSA. “In recent years it has grown both in size
and the diversity of discipline studied. Graduate Degree Show is the annual
opportunity for the public to see and learn more about the wide range of
projects being undertaken by our Masters students.”
“In
the School of Design and the DDS our students have addressed issues as wide
ranging as living with a brain tumour, understanding how people with
schizophrenia experience the world, teaching children healthy living through
play, helping to protect our international heritage and the use of 3D visualisation
to support medical development. Along with work by our masters of architecture
students their work will be on show in Garnethill.”
the School of Design and the DDS our students have addressed issues as wide
ranging as living with a brain tumour, understanding how people with
schizophrenia experience the world, teaching children healthy living through
play, helping to protect our international heritage and the use of 3D visualisation
to support medical development. Along with work by our masters of architecture
students their work will be on show in Garnethill.”
“Our
growing cohort of Fine Art students, including those graduating from our joint
programme in Curatorial Practice with Glasgow University has created an
exciting group exhibition this year showcasing drawing, painting, sculpture and
printmaking, a body of work that stretches over two floors of the Tontine
Building in the Merchant City”.
growing cohort of Fine Art students, including those graduating from our joint
programme in Curatorial Practice with Glasgow University has created an
exciting group exhibition this year showcasing drawing, painting, sculpture and
printmaking, a body of work that stretches over two floors of the Tontine
Building in the Merchant City”.
The 2016 Graduate Degree Show at the
celebrated Glasgow School of Art will open to the public tomorrow, Saturday 3
September 2016. Staged across three venues it showcases work by over 300 students
graduating from a broad range of Masters programmes in Architecture, Design,
Digital Design and Fine Art. Graduate
Degree Show 2016: Bourdon, Reid and Tontine Buildings, 3-8 September 2016. 10am
– 9pm Mon – Thur and 10am – 4.30pm Sat/Sun. Entry Free.
celebrated Glasgow School of Art will open to the public tomorrow, Saturday 3
September 2016. Staged across three venues it showcases work by over 300 students
graduating from a broad range of Masters programmes in Architecture, Design,
Digital Design and Fine Art. Graduate
Degree Show 2016: Bourdon, Reid and Tontine Buildings, 3-8 September 2016. 10am
– 9pm Mon – Thur and 10am – 4.30pm Sat/Sun. Entry Free.
SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Images: work by Eleftheria Fatsea, Herwig Scherabon and Xu
Pu
Pu
Interior
Design student, Eleftheria Fatsea, has looked at
how suffers from Schizophrenia experience the world, and through her project
aims to help those of us who are fortunate enough not to suffer from the
disorder to understand and empathise with those who do.
Design student, Eleftheria Fatsea, has looked at
how suffers from Schizophrenia experience the world, and through her project
aims to help those of us who are fortunate enough not to suffer from the
disorder to understand and empathise with those who do.
Among the projects showcased in Communication
Design is a series of striking self-portraits by Xu Pu (photography) exploring issues of identity raised
after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour during his studies. Fellow
Communication Design (graphics) student Herwig Scherabon, meanwhile has explored social and
political issues through an atlas of gentrification.
Design is a series of striking self-portraits by Xu Pu (photography) exploring issues of identity raised
after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour during his studies. Fellow
Communication Design (graphics) student Herwig Scherabon, meanwhile has explored social and
political issues through an atlas of gentrification.
Korbkarn
Limsombatanan from Thailand has
translated her interest in Scottish culture into a re-imagination of the
celebrated Tennets “Lager Lovelies” can showing how in only a generation
perception of women has changed beyond recognition with the leaders of all
three main political parties being female.
Limsombatanan from Thailand has
translated her interest in Scottish culture into a re-imagination of the
celebrated Tennets “Lager Lovelies” can showing how in only a generation
perception of women has changed beyond recognition with the leaders of all
three main political parties being female.
Vanessa Lange: Nutrila
Among the projects featured by students
graduating from the Design Innovation programmes are Nutrila, a
game-based approach to helping children learn about the values of health and
nutrition through play. Devised by Vanessa Lang, it looks not just at how to
help our own children, but children in developing countries. Vanessa was
fortunate enough to be able to spend two weeks working Nepal’s only Children’s
Hospital, Kanti Hospital. Colour, shape and symbolism were three
prevailing factors in how children react to play when it was associated with
food. Taking these insights into account, Vanessa designed a game that could be
played universally, meaning that children from across the globe are given a
chance to develop their cognitive and motor skills.
graduating from the Design Innovation programmes are Nutrila, a
game-based approach to helping children learn about the values of health and
nutrition through play. Devised by Vanessa Lang, it looks not just at how to
help our own children, but children in developing countries. Vanessa was
fortunate enough to be able to spend two weeks working Nepal’s only Children’s
Hospital, Kanti Hospital. Colour, shape and symbolism were three
prevailing factors in how children react to play when it was associated with
food. Taking these insights into account, Vanessa designed a game that could be
played universally, meaning that children from across the globe are given a
chance to develop their cognitive and motor skills.
Meanwhile Salty Lives by Ute Schauberger is
an experiment into how design-led approaches might begin to re-envision
healthcare by exploring it through the lens of living with cystic fibrosis. It
aims to address and critically interrogate healthcare’s organisational
structures, services, and systems as well as investigate what questions new
developments in this space pose. It is not only an inquiry into how we should
live, but also into how we should design.
an experiment into how design-led approaches might begin to re-envision
healthcare by exploring it through the lens of living with cystic fibrosis. It
aims to address and critically interrogate healthcare’s organisational
structures, services, and systems as well as investigate what questions new
developments in this space pose. It is not only an inquiry into how we should
live, but also into how we should design.
25 years ago the Product Design Engineering programme
was established by The Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow University. It counts
among its graduates senior designers in some of the world’s leading companies
and designers who have established their own award-winning companies. Among the
designs by the 2016 cohort of MSc Product Design Engineering students are a
product that respond to the periods of transitions from one task to another
that can often challenge people who have autism; an interactive drinking bottle
that will help children stay hydrated in class at school; a product that
recognizes the therapeutic benefits of tending to plants and how this might be
used in care homes; insulin pens for diabetics with visual impairment; a
safe navigation system for cyclists; water harvesting from the atmosphere, and
more.
was established by The Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow University. It counts
among its graduates senior designers in some of the world’s leading companies
and designers who have established their own award-winning companies. Among the
designs by the 2016 cohort of MSc Product Design Engineering students are a
product that respond to the periods of transitions from one task to another
that can often challenge people who have autism; an interactive drinking bottle
that will help children stay hydrated in class at school; a product that
recognizes the therapeutic benefits of tending to plants and how this might be
used in care homes; insulin pens for diabetics with visual impairment; a
safe navigation system for cyclists; water harvesting from the atmosphere, and
more.
DIGITAL DESIGN STUDIO
Work by
Raphael Monnin, Doanld Barr, Allison Sugden and Alexander Horowitz
Raphael Monnin, Doanld Barr, Allison Sugden and Alexander Horowitz
International Heritage Visualisation student,
Jana Smirinova, has traced the story of the Elders of the Apocalypse plaster
cast. Five scenes look back to its origins and trace its story through to the impact of the fire in the Mackintosh Building. The last scene shows both
the burnt cast and its digitally reconstructed version in a blank environment.
The future page in the story of the Elders of the Apocalypse plaster
cast is yet to be written.
Jana Smirinova, has traced the story of the Elders of the Apocalypse plaster
cast. Five scenes look back to its origins and trace its story through to the impact of the fire in the Mackintosh Building. The last scene shows both
the burnt cast and its digitally reconstructed version in a blank environment.
The future page in the story of the Elders of the Apocalypse plaster
cast is yet to be written.
Sound
for the Moving Image student, Raphael
Monnin, will premiere a
documentary, Glasgow & Detroit:
Cities of Techno, exploring the links between Detroit and Glasgow in terms
of Techno music, and why it was adopted. Featuring interviews from people who
are involved in the electronic dance music scene in Glasgow, it explores the
meaning of Techno and why Glasgow adopted Detroit Techno from the late 80’s. The film draws parallels between the two cities, which
in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s were synonymous with heavy industry, such as car and
steel manufacturing for Detroit, and shipbuilding and also steel manufacturing
for Glasgow. Since the late 60’s, these two cities have both suffered from a
crisis of industrial production. In the 80’s Techno music emerged in Detroit
and was very quickly adopted by Glaswegians.
for the Moving Image student, Raphael
Monnin, will premiere a
documentary, Glasgow & Detroit:
Cities of Techno, exploring the links between Detroit and Glasgow in terms
of Techno music, and why it was adopted. Featuring interviews from people who
are involved in the electronic dance music scene in Glasgow, it explores the
meaning of Techno and why Glasgow adopted Detroit Techno from the late 80’s. The film draws parallels between the two cities, which
in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s were synonymous with heavy industry, such as car and
steel manufacturing for Detroit, and shipbuilding and also steel manufacturing
for Glasgow. Since the late 60’s, these two cities have both suffered from a
crisis of industrial production. In the 80’s Techno music emerged in Detroit
and was very quickly adopted by Glaswegians.
Fellow, Sound for the
Moving image student Donald Barr has
made an 18-minute semi autobiographical film which is a meditation on scale and
perception. The story of a band that he played in fifteen years ago, it is the
story of a friendship within that band. It is also a fairytale and an
examination of mental illness. It contains some heartbreaking emotional moments
and some downright lies set alongside elements of science fiction, black humour
and poetry.
Moving image student Donald Barr has
made an 18-minute semi autobiographical film which is a meditation on scale and
perception. The story of a band that he played in fifteen years ago, it is the
story of a friendship within that band. It is also a fairytale and an
examination of mental illness. It contains some heartbreaking emotional moments
and some downright lies set alongside elements of science fiction, black humour
and poetry.
Medical Visualisation student, Allison Sugden,
has created an interactive learning application to promote the understanding of
circadian function and the health implications that can arise with circadian
dysfunction. Circadian rhythms are synchronized to our environmental cycle
of day and night. Dramatic changes in our internal or external environment can
affect these fluctuations. Chronic re-adjustment in circadian rhythmicity can
lead to health defects.
has created an interactive learning application to promote the understanding of
circadian function and the health implications that can arise with circadian
dysfunction. Circadian rhythms are synchronized to our environmental cycle
of day and night. Dramatic changes in our internal or external environment can
affect these fluctuations. Chronic re-adjustment in circadian rhythmicity can
lead to health defects.
Alexander
Horowitz’s FigureFlight is an accessible 2D
music game designed for large touchscreen devices, which was developed on the MSc
Serious Games and Virtual Reality programme at The Glasgow School of Art.
FigureFlight was a recent winner at the Curiosity Awards, an
incentive by Creative Scotland to pair game developers and artists with
established companies.
Horowitz’s FigureFlight is an accessible 2D
music game designed for large touchscreen devices, which was developed on the MSc
Serious Games and Virtual Reality programme at The Glasgow School of Art.
FigureFlight was a recent winner at the Curiosity Awards, an
incentive by Creative Scotland to pair game developers and artists with
established companies.
SCHOOL
OF FINE ART
OF FINE ART
MRes in Creative Practice
Work by Bart
Urbanski and Jane Walker
Urbanski and Jane Walker
Canadian artist Jane Walker (from Newfoundland) has
investigated dichotomies between urban and rural experience that she has
perceived in visual arts access, value, and opportunity. Her study provided a
platform for seven visual artists and arts facilitators from rural communities
in Newfoundland and Scotland to communicate their experiences through
semi-structured interviews. The interviews were paired with rug hooking
tutorials resulting in the creation of a collaborative rug piece making use of
readily available materials in the rural locations. The idea of building
‘something out of nothing’ that rug hooking embodies was an appropriate analogy
for the way that artists often work when they are situated outside of a city.
investigated dichotomies between urban and rural experience that she has
perceived in visual arts access, value, and opportunity. Her study provided a
platform for seven visual artists and arts facilitators from rural communities
in Newfoundland and Scotland to communicate their experiences through
semi-structured interviews. The interviews were paired with rug hooking
tutorials resulting in the creation of a collaborative rug piece making use of
readily available materials in the rural locations. The idea of building
‘something out of nothing’ that rug hooking embodies was an appropriate analogy
for the way that artists often work when they are situated outside of a city.
Medical Student Jonathan Webster has spent his intercalation year at the
GSA. Medicine is not simply the science of the human body, but involving the
application of this science to living, feeling, phenomenological beings.
Jonathan has looked at how arts and humanities subjects could broaden medical
students’ understanding of themselves and their patients, and how compassion
could be included in medical training.
GSA. Medicine is not simply the science of the human body, but involving the
application of this science to living, feeling, phenomenological beings.
Jonathan has looked at how arts and humanities subjects could broaden medical
students’ understanding of themselves and their patients, and how compassion
could be included in medical training.
For Bart Urbanski Glaswegian perception of Polish immigration within
the UK, and the influence of the press
on this perception was the subject of his work. He aimed to discover if the
viewpoints on immigration expressed by the
printed media correlate
with the general
public’ s opinions about the subject.
As part of his project he has created a portfolio of photography of
members of the Polish immigrant community in Glasgow.
the UK, and the influence of the press
on this perception was the subject of his work. He aimed to discover if the
viewpoints on immigration expressed by the
printed media correlate
with the general
public’ s opinions about the subject.
As part of his project he has created a portfolio of photography of
members of the Polish immigrant community in Glasgow.
MLitt Fine Art Practice
Painting by Liam Dunne and sculptural installation by Shona McPherson
Over 60 students on the
four MLitt Fine Art pathways and the Mlitt in curatorial practice have created
a wide variety of installation. Blair
McLaughlin’s large scale paintings explore how violence is represented in the
media; Martin Darbyshire’s installation of wooden frames with ceramic cast “body
parts” are an artistic response to “the tragedy that is the England football
team”; Vivienne Quinn’s large-scale sculptures of food, explore the relationship between food and sex and slang;
Liam Dunne’s paintings look at how contemporary art has become like fashion –
new trends are regurgitations from the past. Shona MacPherson’s work started
from how landscape is framed in the history of art – her installation features a framed doorway, which gives a mirror like effect, and small sculptures of
mountains cast in plaster; Alex Williamson’s Desert Island Free Wifi explores paranoia through a series of
helpful avatars, pseudo-informational diagrams and info on conspiracy
theories; Danielle Galante’s large-scale
screen prints include an 8ft x 8ft distressed cloth showing a Pernod advert
(part of a body of work looking at advertising and propaganda), negative images
of a set of famous pornographic photos of Brigitte Bardot taken when she was
only 15 and segments of the visceral image of the lynching
of Lige Daniels in Texas in 1920; Jan Simon Weins installation uses
stones collected around Faslane Naval base as signifiers of time. A super 8
film played on a loop wraps round a stone, as the exhibition progresses the
tape will disintegrate; other stones are installed on radios which play sound
recorded around Faslane – underwater sounds, geigercounter and radio waves.
four MLitt Fine Art pathways and the Mlitt in curatorial practice have created
a wide variety of installation. Blair
McLaughlin’s large scale paintings explore how violence is represented in the
media; Martin Darbyshire’s installation of wooden frames with ceramic cast “body
parts” are an artistic response to “the tragedy that is the England football
team”; Vivienne Quinn’s large-scale sculptures of food, explore the relationship between food and sex and slang;
Liam Dunne’s paintings look at how contemporary art has become like fashion –
new trends are regurgitations from the past. Shona MacPherson’s work started
from how landscape is framed in the history of art – her installation features a framed doorway, which gives a mirror like effect, and small sculptures of
mountains cast in plaster; Alex Williamson’s Desert Island Free Wifi explores paranoia through a series of
helpful avatars, pseudo-informational diagrams and info on conspiracy
theories; Danielle Galante’s large-scale
screen prints include an 8ft x 8ft distressed cloth showing a Pernod advert
(part of a body of work looking at advertising and propaganda), negative images
of a set of famous pornographic photos of Brigitte Bardot taken when she was
only 15 and segments of the visceral image of the lynching
of Lige Daniels in Texas in 1920; Jan Simon Weins installation uses
stones collected around Faslane Naval base as signifiers of time. A super 8
film played on a loop wraps round a stone, as the exhibition progresses the
tape will disintegrate; other stones are installed on radios which play sound
recorded around Faslane – underwater sounds, geigercounter and radio waves.
MLitt Curatorial
Practice
Practice
Students on the Curatorial Practice
programme meanwhile have curated projects ranging from live performance and
exhibitions to critical writing. Emily
Gray has curated a film programme in collaboration with Marcus Jack
featuring work by Rodrigo Red Sandoval and Catherine Street. Lucy Alexander curated There is a Beat and a Heart in Place – a
happening for passers-by – a performance on Anderston Footbridge which
offered a different way of looking at Glasgow and its architecture: the bridge
that once led to nowhere now leads citizens to the city of Glasgow, its
architecture and beyond. Nisa Ashila Ghaisani has established MANIFEST:
Bandung, an online journal and curatorial platform, aimed to encourage
critical writing, discussion and the mapping of issues surrounding the
contemporary art scene in Bandung, the capital city of West Java, Indonesia.
programme meanwhile have curated projects ranging from live performance and
exhibitions to critical writing. Emily
Gray has curated a film programme in collaboration with Marcus Jack
featuring work by Rodrigo Red Sandoval and Catherine Street. Lucy Alexander curated There is a Beat and a Heart in Place – a
happening for passers-by – a performance on Anderston Footbridge which
offered a different way of looking at Glasgow and its architecture: the bridge
that once led to nowhere now leads citizens to the city of Glasgow, its
architecture and beyond. Nisa Ashila Ghaisani has established MANIFEST:
Bandung, an online journal and curatorial platform, aimed to encourage
critical writing, discussion and the mapping of issues surrounding the
contemporary art scene in Bandung, the capital city of West Java, Indonesia.
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