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Easily the most clear-eyed articulation of the post 1960s English lineage of the studio/theory 'divide' within curricula and it will immediately go into my syllabus for next semester!
My former PhD student Robert Gadie, discusses the Art Theory course at Coventry School of Art in 1976, led by two members of Art&Language:
'a student does not need to engage with art historical texts through academic practice, rather they can do so in the studio, as part of their practice.'
'a student does not need to engage with art historical texts through academic practice, rather they can do so in the studio, as part of their practice.'
A contest around value in research in the arts
This article focuses on common negotiations in the research of artists and draws upon a study of thirty-two PhDs completed by artists in the UK, and interviews with six of those artists. Historical...
www.tandfonline.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Easily the most clear-eyed articulation of the post 1960s English lineage of the studio/theory 'divide' within curricula and it will immediately go into my syllabus for next semester!
Here's the syllabus for my 'Art as Process' course for next semester #OpenEd The odd reading is subject to change and I'll be writing new lectures for a few of the weeks but if you're interested in the existing/older video materials most are here:
media.ed.ac.uk/playlist/ded...
media.ed.ac.uk/playlist/ded...
Media Hopper Create
media.ed.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Here's the syllabus for my 'Art as Process' course for next semester #OpenEd The odd reading is subject to change and I'll be writing new lectures for a few of the weeks but if you're interested in the existing/older video materials most are here:
media.ed.ac.uk/playlist/ded...
media.ed.ac.uk/playlist/ded...
Today is a day to Make a Salad. RiP Alison Knowles 🥗
November 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Today is a day to Make a Salad. RiP Alison Knowles 🥗
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Today's article is about a form of bad-faith speech somewhat akin to bullshit, which I'm calling (because why not) wank. I don't quite think I've focused the ideas down as much as I can, but I think it says some interesting things regardless:
An essay on wank | deadSimpleTech
This captures well the uncomfortable, slightly disorienting feeling that wank creates when you're subjected to it, wherein you're expected to speak about and think about the statement as though it say...
deadsimpletech.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Today's article is about a form of bad-faith speech somewhat akin to bullshit, which I'm calling (because why not) wank. I don't quite think I've focused the ideas down as much as I can, but I think it says some interesting things regardless:
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OTD 1819 Peterloo Massacre. 18 killed & hundreds wounded when pro-democracy meeting of c.60,000 people charged by Cheshire yeomanry, Manchester & Salford Yeomanry & 15th Hussars with 31st & 88th Regts & artillery also deployed. 15th fought at Waterloo & a Waterloo veteran among marchers killed.
August 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
OTD 1819 Peterloo Massacre. 18 killed & hundreds wounded when pro-democracy meeting of c.60,000 people charged by Cheshire yeomanry, Manchester & Salford Yeomanry & 15th Hussars with 31st & 88th Regts & artillery also deployed. 15th fought at Waterloo & a Waterloo veteran among marchers killed.
I use this same metric at open days in response to questions about further employment options for Grads from Arts degrees. In Britain we contribute 11.2Bn (visual, performing and musical arts), in Scotland 4.4Bn. The faces of prospective students and their parents say a lot in those moments which...
Britain has no idea - in terms of its self-image, not economists obviously - what economy it actually has
One of my favourite facts to point out is: at over £8bn annually, the *videogames industry* is more than twice as valuable to the UK economy as fishing and steel combined.
One of my favourite facts to point out is: at over £8bn annually, the *videogames industry* is more than twice as valuable to the UK economy as fishing and steel combined.
Men are extremely keen to explain to me that Britain *needs* a domestic steel production plant and doesn't necessarily *need* universities. Okay. Steel contributed about £1.7bn to the UK economy in 2024. Universities contributed more than £200bn.
May 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I use this same metric at open days in response to questions about further employment options for Grads from Arts degrees. In Britain we contribute 11.2Bn (visual, performing and musical arts), in Scotland 4.4Bn. The faces of prospective students and their parents say a lot in those moments which...
I thought I was becoming desensitised to the numbers coming out of Gaza but _14,000_ *babies* is unfathomable.
The UN's humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, says 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in the next 48 hours if more aid doesn't reach them www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
UN tells BBC 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in next 48 hours without urgent aid
Tom Fletcher says five aid trucks allowed into Gaza yesterday have not yet reached people, as the UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I thought I was becoming desensitised to the numbers coming out of Gaza but _14,000_ *babies* is unfathomable.
I remember reading this for the first time about 20 years ago during my undergrad. Remains one of my favourite footnotes/withering put downs. (From Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus)
May 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I remember reading this for the first time about 20 years ago during my undergrad. Remains one of my favourite footnotes/withering put downs. (From Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus)
Oh, now I get it. My Instagram feed is just a millenial QVC channel.
March 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Oh, now I get it. My Instagram feed is just a millenial QVC channel.
This is...not good. This will be opting into the enshittification of already fundamentally broken services and industries. Should be seen as treating gaping wounds by slathering them with snake oil.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI
Plans to make UK world leader in AI sector include opening access to NHS and other public data
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This is...not good. This will be opting into the enshittification of already fundamentally broken services and industries. Should be seen as treating gaping wounds by slathering them with snake oil.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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You can either take money to spearhead Man City's legal team or you can speak in the House of Lords against proposals that would harm Man City's owners ability to own Man City. But you cannot, if you care at all about parliament being seen to operate solely in the public interest, do both.
December 18, 2024 at 9:52 PM
You can either take money to spearhead Man City's legal team or you can speak in the House of Lords against proposals that would harm Man City's owners ability to own Man City. But you cannot, if you care at all about parliament being seen to operate solely in the public interest, do both.