27 May 2016
Cypriot conflict exhibit a must-see before Degree Show closes
Visitors have just three days left to take in the attention-grabbing, thought-provoking and convention-challenging exhibits at this year’s Art, Design and Architecture Degree Show at the University of Dundee. Almost 10,000 people have already visited the show at the University’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, which has temporarily been transformed into Scotland’s largest exhibition space, since it opened last Friday. Greek Cypriot Fine Art student Leda Solomonidou is among the near-300 graduands exhibiting. Her work explores the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus in res...
26 May 2016
Identity and relationships explored through smartphone-sized portraits
A University of Dundee student has revived the ancient practice of miniature portrait painting as a way of exploring the very modern way we forge and maintain relationships through smartphones. Emily Stewart, a Fine Art student, painstakingly painted a series of beautiful, small-scale portraits of family, friends and other acquaintances. The resulting paintings measure just 7x5cm, the size of the screen on the iPhone 4s which she used to contact each of the subjects and acquire their image. Emily, 22, originally from Dunfermline, then laser-cut plastic mounts to the exact size and scale of her phone and ...
26 May 2016
‘Redesigning the Dundee Experience’ – Friday, 27th May
The ways in which design can be used to transform Dundee’s visitor experience will be explored at the Dundee Design Festival tomorrow. Hazel White of innovation consultancy Open Change and the University of Dundee’s Professor Mike Press will lead the two-hour workshop, which aims to provide vivid new concepts to both attract tourists and benefit the experience of living in Dundee for all its citizens. ‘Redesigning the Dundee Experience’ takes place at West Ward Works and is open to all. The fun, engaging and highly visual event will provide participants with access to powerful ser...
25 May 2016
Dundee student recognised for cancer prevention work
University of Dundee student Sharandeep Singh has been awarded the first elective bursary from the Scottish Cancer Prevention Network (SCPN) recognising his efforts to help reduce rates of cervical cancer in Punjab, India. Travelling to the rural communities of India, Sharandeep drew upon his clinical experience at Ninewells Hospital to compare the services and knowledge of cervical cancer available to patients in Punjab. With a consistently high number of cervical cancer deaths and no national screening programme in place, his elective explored the willingness Punjabi women have to undergo screening. He ...
25 May 2016
Graduate theatrical artwork on display.
Posters by leading art and design graduates are now on display alongside the University of Dundee’s current crop of students, who are exhibiting at this year’s Degree Show. Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design has unearthed a number of Dundee Rep posters from its archives. They were designed by former Graphic Design students, dating back to the mid-60s and early 70s. The exhibition has been curated by former Lecturer in Graphic Design Gordon Robertson. Many of the posters are uncredited, but one has been identified as being designed by Albert Watson OBE, who has since become a worl...
