12 May 2008

Dundee's public spaces inspire degree show exhibit

Two of Dundee’s most popular public spaces have proved the inspiration for one of the exhibits at this year’s University of Dundee Degree Show.

Tielia Dellanzo’s installation `Parallel Latitude’ has developed through investigation and research of the social spaces of the playground, examining how social and cultural identities are formed and the environments which contribute to those identities.

The particular spaces which have inspired the work seen in Tielia’s Degree Show installation are two of Dundee’s most popular public spaces - the Castle Green playpark in Broughty Ferry and the `oasis’ at the Boots corner in the heart of the city centre.

"My work looks at how a space can impact on the person and how they react to and interact with it," said Tielia (46), from Scone.

"Just sitting and watching people at Castle Green and at the `oasis’ at Boots you see an extraordinary range of behaviour and differences in the way people use space and are affected by it."

Tielia’s installation represents the moods, attitudes and reactions people form as they interact with these places, so her installation includes, among other objects, a series of swings and a shimmering corridor of ribbon inspired by the light shining off the River Tay at Castle Green.

The University’s Degree Show 08, hosted by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design and the School of Architecture, opens with a preview evening on Friday. It is then open to the public from Saturday May 17th to 24th.

www.exhibitions.dundee.ac.uk.

Exhibition open:
Saturday 17 May 9.30am- 4.30pm
Sunday 18 May 9.30am- 4.30pm
Monday- Friday 9.30am- 8.30pm
Saturday 24 May 9.30am- 2pm

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