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2021
Young, Nicholas
The output is an exhibition of 12 photographs taken by Young in Chernobyl 30 years after the nuclear devastation.
Research process: In May 2016, exactly 30 years after the disaster, Young visited the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station and the nearby abandoned city of Pripyat. The experience affecte...
2018
Blagg, Peter
The output is a creative project. Blagg used key terminology from texts on the uncanny and attempted to apply them in a practical manner in the manufacture of familiar objects, investigating whether uncanny objects can be made using a recognisable systematic process. Research process: Blagg ran a se...
2019
Barker, Garry
A Yorkshire Sculptor’s Group exhibition installed within the grounds of the Patching Arts Centre, Nottingham. Barker's contribution to this exhibition focused on allegorical ideas constructed as a ceramic ‘memento mori’ installation made in relation to responses to stories told to the artist by rece...
2018
Blakeley, Lydia
The output is an exhibition of paintings by Lydia Blakeley which address the banality of pop and celebrity culture. Blakeley’s artistic practice explores contemporary vernacular culture through traditional painting. Following her first solo show, Leisure, at Leeds Arts University Vernon Street Galle...
2015
Woolley, Dawn
'Consumer' examines the influence of capitalism on the visual landscape. During March – May 2015 Woolley purchased advertising space around Cardiff city centre and populated it with artworks that critique capitalism. The artworks employ the methods of enticement that are often found in adverts but i...
