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Foundations Music: Resources
Posted: 05/02/21 09:08 |
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Sometimes during study we can hit a stumbling block which we can’t immediately solve by ourselves. When this happens, please don’t suffer in silence or let your studies fall by the wayside. Instead, reach out to your fellow students or your tutor if you’ve hit a brick wall and don’t know how to overcome it. […]
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Stuff that spins out of now
Posted: 20/01/21 08:57 |
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At the beginning of October 2020, Helen Rosemier organised a Momentum Session with the theme Contamination/Curation, which was led by tutor, Bryan Eccleshall. Open to OCA students from all disciplines, the idea was to split all participants into groups of five with the brief of creating a curatorial proposal for an exhibition comprising works submitted […]
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A conversation between Foundations Drawing student David Csaba and tutor Cheryl Huntbach
Posted: 09/12/20 09:09 |
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It may be interesting for prospective students, and others to know a little about your background, your life, and art experience prior to your OCA studies- for example from where you originate (how this may or may not inform your own studies / drawing work / process. My name is Csaba David and I have […]
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Using Biological Curiosities for Fiction Ideas
Posted: 07/12/20 09:22 |
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There’s a wonderful clip on YouTube that shows an octopus disappearing into the background and becoming, as a consequence, invisible. This is an attribute shared by other cephalopods such as the cuttlefish, one of which I met whilst snorkelling in Indonesia. The water there is very clear, and the colourful marine life is plentiful and […]
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Sharing Reading Strategies
Posted: 27/11/20 10:25 |
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This post has developed out of conversations which were part of the Creative Arts group work sessions last year. These were exploring a range of approaches to combining practice and research. This got me thinking about reading and how it can underpin practice based research and so it would be useful to share some tips […]
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Visual research in action
Posted: 02/11/20 09:06 |
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All design briefs begin with research questions. These questions should hopefully lead to ideas, that can be turned into possible design practice.
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