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Comfort noise
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/clineddc/2019/02/26/comfort-noise/
At the end of an introductory tutorial today, we touched briefly on a half remembered news item regarding Skype adding in background noise to phone calls. This wikipedia entry tells me that it wan’t a dream – though I cannot find the news article that I half remembered. It highlights a curious interplay between people […]
Watch now: Manifesto for Teaching Online book launch events
The three online launch events to mark the publication of the Manifesto for Teaching Online book (MIT Press, 2020) took place in September and October 2020, and recordings of these are available to watch now. Seminar 1 – Recoding. Whose interests do automation, algorithms and datafication serve? Manifesto authors Dr Jen Ross, Dr Jeremy Knox […]
Mental health and wellbeing week
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/scope/2018/11/07/mental-health-and-wellbeing-week/
Mental Health and Wellbeing Week is a Students’ Association, Sports Union and University-led initiative to raise awareness and reduce the stigma given to mental health. This year, it runs from 12-16 November. We chatted to CMVM staff and students about the importance of good mental health and top tips for taking care of yourself. Watch […]
Supermarket Buddhas
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/teachingbuddhism/2020/10/30/supermarket-buddhas/
Buddhism through 108 objects in Scotland: Object 2 – Buddha statues for sale in Edinburgh supermarket The vast majority of Buddhist images in Scotland are purely decorative, such as these Buddha statues for sale in my local supermarket. A Buddha image is bought, alongside a gnome, as an ornament for one’s garden, home or business. […]
What social science can offer us in a time of COVID-19
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/ed-decameron/what-social-science-can-offer-us-in-a-time-of-covid-19/
Katie Metzler is an associate vice president at Sage Publishing and involved with social science outputs for over for 15 years. Writing in the Times Higher Education Online, accessed here, she has posed the question of whether the coronavirus pandemic ultimately will be a good or a bad thing for the social sciences, because the […]
Easel interaction
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s1911343_art-practice-2-2020-2021yr/2020/11/02/easel-interaction/
This afternoon’s studio visit involved a studio with easels in, which I began exploring as a frame on which to exhibit these. (ig comment: I love how they’re both cradling eachother/cradling itself) Some quite strong associations sprung to the surface for me – torture and crucifixion – as I began to drape and tie […]
Initial Reactions to 'Artist Research 2'
‘Don’t wait to have your interests green-lighted by your Art Practice Tutor, get researching now so you have material to discuss ! ‘ – course organiser email Requirements: 2 workbooks – personal research / artistic research – digital or hardcopy Immediate interests: Research methods: using chance/movement/drawing What will be challenging: collaboration, using archives, collections, sound/moving image […]
Two Artist Books
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s1922073_art-practice-2-2020-2021yr/2020/10/01/two-artist-books/
The two artist books I chose to research are “Street Sketchbook Journeys” by Tristan Manco and “Georgia O’Keeffe”. Street Sketchbook looks at 30 street artists from across the world with different styles of artwork. I chose four of my favourite artists from the book to focus on. Acosta is a Mexican artist that both […]
Half Empty / Half Full
Working with the ‘Found Object’: (Discussing money, isolation and coping mechanisms through found objects) Mixed currency small change found in flat (cleaned and polished to remove any physical/forensic association to any individual – removal of history): Charity shop found whiskey glass with floral base: Whiskey glass with coins placed inside Whiskey glass with coins filled […]
Dear Mrs. Vokes...
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s1852146_art-practice-3-2020-2021yr/2020/09/25/dear-mrs-vokes/
One of the things that I usually end up including somewhere in my work is text. As such, I have been trying to figure out not only an aesthetic for text that would work well with quilting, but also subject matter. I recently discovered that my Great-Aunt Jennie (or possibly actually my Great-Grandmother, but that’s […]
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