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by Paul Rennie from the blog BAGDContext I was invited to give a lecture to all graphic students at CSM. I showed slides and spoke about the concept of safety in modern society and how this had come about as a consequence of the conjunctions of democracy and industrialisation. We need to be safe, otherwise the system will kill us. We didn’t mean it to; it’s just the [...]
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What is Widening Participation?Chapter 1 of Inclusive Practices, Inclusive pedagogies: Learning from Widening Participation in Art and Design Higher Education by Bhagat and O’Neil (2011) has illustrated that the area is deeply complex. Widening Participation [...]
on props in theatrean interesting article on the importance of props in theatre http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2012/may/15/theatre-props-stage?INTCMP=SRCH
Costume ChangeAnother day working on the puppets, padding out their bodies, affixing the heads and a bit of painting and working out Ariel's second costume. So close to the end tomorrow is the last day for finishing touches, before the [...]
5 seconds of lighting and reflections testHmmmm not good... not good.... Prospero kinda blends too much into the background. Will need to adjust the metal on him. The screens somehow glow lighter and darker; which isn't suppose to happen. The first part with Caliban; he [...]
Extra tutorialsBecause of demand, we are offering all students extra bookable and drop-in tutorials from 21st May until 22nd June. You can attend any of these regardless of location or college. Drop- in tutorials: CSM- King’s Cross [...]
My Time at The Drawing FactoryHappy Monday!! (My first blog post) This weekend I attended the Drawing Factory at Mare Street. There was myself and another girl from our Fashion Business course there. We both had a look of dread across our faces when we [...]
DIAL project 2-minute video updateA video overview of the DIAL (Digital Integration into Arts Learning) project part of the JISC Developing Digital Literacies programme - http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/ The video can be downloaded via process.arts - [...]
Greek Railways (Trans Europe stopping services)I read something interesting about the Greek crisis this week. You can read it, here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18032721 Someone has said that it would be cheaper if everyone in Greece used taxis! That's really [...]
Research for Shakespeare Project : Part 8The land of Illyria or illusion or delirium is like an imaginary land with eccentric people and abnormal behaviours but it is, nevertheless, filled with love. There are some harsh pranks but still very amusing. It is full of [...]
Optimising your images for the webThanks to Peter, who has put together a new screencast on how to optimise your images for the web. This very useful information will help your web pages load quickly to give the best experience for visitors to your web site, [...]
Calcultaing the Yeild Point of Steel TubeIt’s often the case in the metal workshop that the laws of physics are challenged in order to pursue a design aesthetic. Luckily, with some knowledge of physics and a little common sense we can employ these laws and prevent a [...]
