READING LANDSCAPE
The Reading Landscape Research Group was initiated in June 2014 by Susan Brind (Reader in Contemporary Art: Practice & Events, Department of Sculpture & Enviromental Art) and Nicky Bird (Reader in Contemporary Photographic Practice, School of Fine Art). The research group, based in GSA’s School of Fine Art (SoFA), provides a context for Fine Art practice and other cross disciplinary research interests through a programme of research seminars, and knowledge exchange in addition to practice-led research projects.
The Group’s aims are to:
- Enable the opportunity for critical discourse around the overarching theme of ‘Reading Landscape’ and its relationship to Fine Art;
- Extend debate beyond the confines of the Group to other Schools within GSA;
- Participate in critical discourse with practitioners and academics from disciplines beyond Art, Design & Architecture;
- Engage with discourse nationally and internationally;
- Nurture possible partnerships and inter-disciplinary collaborations;
- Make public their research to local, national and international audiences through talks, research visits, exhibitions, seminars, conferences and publications.
‘Reading Landscape’ Research Themes
- People and Place
- Landscape and Embodiment
- Landscape, History and Transformation (including Preservation and Heritage)
- Wild spaces (including Forests, the North)
- Mapping
- Journeying as Fieldwork
- Contentious / Coded Landscapes (including Conservation and Ecology)
The Group:
Susan Brind (Sculpture & Environmental Art)
Jenny Brownrigg (GSA Exhibitions)
Justin Carter (Sculpture & Environmental Art)
Anne-Marie Copestake (Fine Art Photography)
Alan Currall (Sculpture & Environmental Art)
Annette Heyer (Painting &Printmaking)
Elizabeth Hodson (Fine Art Critical Studies)
James Hutchinson (Fine Art Critical Studies)
Conor Kelly (International Foundation Programme)
Christina McBride (Fine Art Photography)
Peter McCaughey (Sculpture & Environmental Art)
Michael McGraw (Master of Letters in Fine Art Practice)
Francis McKee (Master of Fine Art)
Shauna McMullan (Sculpture & Environmental Art)
Michael Mersinis (Fine Art Photography)
Nalini Paul (Fine Art Critical Studies)
Lesley Punton (Fine Art Photography)
Fiona Robertson (Painting & Printmaking)
Ross Sinclair (Sculpture & Environmental Art)
Amanda Thomson (Painting & Printmaking)
Sarah Tripp (Master of Fine Art)
Gina Wall (GSA Highlands & Islands)
Catherine Weir (Interaction Design / Design History & Theory)
Matthew Williams (Fine Art Photography)
Associate Members:
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