While the University’s museums and galleries are temporarily closed due to the coronavirus emergency, we’re sharing more of our collections online. This is the latest in a series of films in which museum curator Matthew Jarron tells the stories behind some of our most interesting objects and artworks. In this video we look at a…Continue Reading Video: The Needlework Development Scheme Collection at DJCAD
Rhythmic Marks and Misprints are two interconnected art science projects that took place during 2018-19. The project involved artist/researcher Daksha Patel creating artwork in response to current research into Parkinson’s disease led by Professor Miratul Muqit and his team based in the Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit in the University. Miratul is…Continue Reading Rhythmic Marks and Misprints, A Science Art Collaboration
As part of Dundee Month of Design 2020, museum curator Matthew Jarron had planned to lead a series of guided walks of public art and design in different parts of the city. Because of the current lockdown these have not been possible, so here is a virtual tour using Google Streetview and photos from Public…Continue Reading #WellTogether: Public Art Tour of Stobswell, Dundee – Part 2
The Art at the Start project is a collaboration between art psychotherapist Vicky Armstrong and experimental psychologist Dr Josephine Ross. We are interested in the impact participation in art can have upon the social well-being of young children and how shared art experiences may help to build strong attachment relationships: What happens when young children…Continue Reading #WellTogether: Art at the Start
The Cooper Gallery has just released details of an incredibly high-profile screening and in-conversation event with acclaimed filmmakers Laura Mulvey and Margaret Salmon. It takes place next Thursday, 21st May and you can read all of the details about the event below! Screening & In-conversation | Riddles of the Sphinx Laura Mulvey and Margaret Salmon Thursday…Continue Reading Screening & In Conversation Event – Riddles of the Sphinx: Thursday 21 May
Andrew Robert’s sound installation for the River Deep Mountain High exhibition responds to a sound scan of the bed of the Tay below the Tay Road Bridge taken by University of Dundee staff in 1999. Andrew was fascinated by the sense of something usually invisible to humans revealed by a process of translation. To enjoy…Continue Reading #WellTogether: Sonar 1 by Andrew Roberts for RDMH
As part of Dundee Month of Design 2020, museum curator Matthew Jarron had planned to lead a series of guided walks of public art and design in different parts of the city. Because of the current lockdown these have not been possible, so here is a virtual tour using Google Streetview and photos from Public…Continue Reading #WellTogether: Public Art Tour of Stobswell, Dundee – Part 1
Since 2016 the Scottish Centre for Comics Studies has produced a number of public information comics, many of them dealing with healthcare issues and science communication. When the Coronavirus pandemic took hold in early 2020, sending the world into lockdown, communities and individuals have done amazing things to help themselves and others, from observing social…Continue Reading #WellTogether: Pandemic Tales: Responses to COVID-19 and Lockdown Comics
As part of Dundee Month of Design 2020, museum curator Matthew Jarron had planned to lead a series of guided walks of public art and design in different parts of the city. Because of the current lockdown these have not been possible, so here is a virtual tour using Google Streetview and photos from Public…Continue Reading #WellTogether: Public Art Tour of Broughty Ferry, Dundee
Next up for #WellTogether week, we are sharing the amazing online art project created and shared online by CollaborACES, which has provided our community with weekly projects to inspire us to get crafty and creative during this difficult time! CollaborACES is a collaborative online creative project between ACES Tayside at the University of Dundee and…Continue Reading #WellTogether: CollaborACES Weekly Art Projects
As part of Dundee Month of Design 2020, museum curator Matthew Jarron had planned to lead a series of guided walks of public art and design in different parts of the city. Because of the current lockdown these have not been possible, so here is a virtual tour using Google Streetview and photos from Public…Continue Reading #WellTogether: Public Art Tour of Blackness, Dundee
“This was created for my PhD chapter on noir comics and has been adopted onto the film noir course. It is a silly anthropomorphic romp in a sci-fi/ noir world. It has suggestions for films to watch in order to understand the references in the comic, so that could be good boredom busting during lockdown…Continue Reading The Big Sheep: A Philip Merlot Thriller – A Comic by PhD student Hailey Austin