So what is Research?
Posted: 24/02/15 09:01 | 43 Comments
In a nutshell research is
Look. Think. Write.
Look. Think. Draw.
Think about your thinking.
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Who cares about the gatekeeper?
Posted: 16/02/15 10:51 | 13 Comments
John Umney recently wrote an excellently considered and nicely penned blog about Adam Curtis’s latest film, Bitter Lake. At the end of his blog he asked a very pertinent question about why the film was not screened on TV but released only through iPlayer. Sadly, I don’t have the answer, although I do not share […]
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Procrastinating or Wool-Gathering?
Posted: 10/02/15 09:45 | 11 Comments
Do you have any advice for beating the procrastination habit? Or is it a necessary stage in the creative process?
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Study Visit Review: Polke
Posted: 30/01/15 09:12 | 5 Comments
Perhaps none of us should have been surprised that those students who attended the study day about the Tate Modern exhibition of Sigmar Polke’s work should have ended up talking about Charlie Hebdo. Yet what was interesting about our discussion was that it was triggered by an artist who was not only one of the most gifted but one of the most anti-authoritarian and non-conformist of his generation.
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Creative Routine
Posted: 28/01/15 09:13 | 5 Comments
Is it important to have a routine to be creative? What might such a thing look like?
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Looking at Adverts: 6
Posted: 27/01/15 09:31 | 2 Comments
It is not uncommon for advertisers to link products to other things, to give them ‘added value’ in the eyes of the consumer. In this installation Dawn looks at Diesel’s ‘global warming ready’ campaign.
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SO YOU WANNA BE A FILM-MAKER HUH?
Posted: 26/01/15 09:11 | 1 Comments
Werner Herzog lists 24 gems of advice for film-makers which we think might have wider currency…
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