What the Owl Knows is a co-production between Cooper Gallery and the Turner Prize nominated artist collective The Otolith Group and had its UK premiere as part of the Group’s The Ignorant Art School Sit-In in 2023. This review of…
Now summer is upon us (?) this is a good opportunity to look back at the events at DJCAD’s Cooper Gallery between February and May. The main programme was The Scale of Things an exhibition of three moving image works…
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Dundee’s UNESCO City of Design status, the latest exhibition at the Lamb Gallery looks back at work created by students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design over the past decade, many…
The Market and Innovation Society successfully hosted its first market event, drawing in more than 10 enthusiastic stall owners on 29/3/2024 inside DJCAD Canteen. The event was not only a financial success, generating over £700 in profit for the students,…
Last week saw the launch of a two year Royal Society of Edinburgh project ‘Curating the Digital Attic Archive: A Case Study For Open-Source Approaches To Artists’ Archives’. Led by Dr Judit Bodor (DJCAD) and Dr Roddy Hunter (The Glasgow…
This year’s Preview night of the DJCAD Research Expo included VR demonstrations, performances, and works of innumerable varieties demonstrating the breadth and depth of art thinking that drives creativity in the School of Art & Design. This post by Calum…
Relive the inspiring, thought provoking and creative projects hosted by the Cooper Gallery at DJCAD during 2023. This snapshot reveals some of what happened in a year when ‘our hearts and minds are enthused by potential and possibility, our eyes…
To mark the 60th anniversary of Dr Who Kenneth from the University Archives explores Who related material in the collections. He looks at Daleks appearing in DJCAD. Police boxes in Dundee. Patrick Troughton in the Michael Peto photography collection. And…
Relive the University’s recent successful Culture Day, part of its Festival of the Future. Here we give you a summary of the great presentations. Films of some of them will be available soon. Jan Merchant, Senior Archivist, started the day…
There is still time to visit this incredible show featuring the work of postgraduate students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. Covering Animation, Medical Art, Comics, Design, Drawing, Fine Art and more this year’s show has something…