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Changing the visual design mid-way in a video project is quite unusual, but pivoting to a softer animation style with stick figures proved successful for both the client and us.
June is here and it’s time to celebrate! Here’s a roundup of Pride 2026 events in and around Edinburgh, including Glasgow’s main Pride and other Scottish prides. Please let us know if we’ve missed anything that you’d like us to share with the network! PrideSoc have also compiled some fab events happening this month, check […]
17th Conference of the Society for Artistic Research (SAR) Galway, Éire Thursday, 25 June — 9:30am Workshop 📍 HBB-G001 https://sar2026.ie/joots-suite ‘… at the core of a magic performance is interaction: it cannot be performed alone.’ (Nardi 1984, 26) Situated rites are based on an awareness of the interrelatedness of everything; they operate in specifically defined fields […]
Ten years ago, I moved on from my job as a lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS), where I had worked with Jo for five years in my first academic post. During my time there, I met Sandro – another early career lecturer – who had just moved from his home […]
by Mingxi Li, Psychotherapy and Counselling January brought a wave of “New Year, New Me” energy, and I decided to try something new. I needed something embodied – something to pull me out of my head and break the cycle of endless rumination at my desk. I’ve always wanted to try bouldering. I booked my […]
When people think about university, they often focus on lectures and assignments. Looking back on my time in the School of GeoSciences, it is the sense of community that stands out most. The friendships, support networks and shared experiences have shaped my university experience just as much as the degree itself. University can often feel […]