Andrew Conroy, Author at The Open College of the Arts

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OCA News: Mathias Bruun Pederson

Posted: 23/09/26 10:10 | 1 Comments

Really sad news, everyone: photography student Mathias Pederson passed away in July. Mathias had just turned 60 and had battled illness for long periods of his adult life. This, however, did little to obstruct his desire to live a rich, meaningful life and to make a difference, not least to his wife and two children. He was a leader for most of his professional life, and seeing and listening to people was central to how he approached his work.

Unmasking the everyday: part two

Posted: 12/05/20 09:45 | 1 Comments

Unmasking the everyday explored some of the critical questions thrown up by mass isolation and its impacts on time, space and ‘the everyday’. The following is slightly more practical in nature, offering just a few thoughts on how you might go about using the opportunities of the moment to open up how you go about your creative activities at a time when everything seems be closing down.

Unmasking the everyday: part one

cross discipline engaging

Posted: 02/05/20 09:07 | 3 Comments

Queues outside supermarkets have become strange symbols of this, epitomising how one of life’s most everyday activities has come to feel risky and dangerous. The usually unnoticed has become unsettlingly conspicuous.