My proposal for the MA Fine Art Research Festival outlines my intention to produce:
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1. A one-off photobook titled Touch
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2. My critical reflection text The Materiality of Touch to be published in the online journal Reflections
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3. A one-off small artist book combining my text The Materiality of Touch: A haptic encounter with an object and images from the photobook.
The Photobook Touch
Title: Touch
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Short public description:
The photobook Touch describes a haptic encounter with an object detailed through a series of images which materialise touch through playful assemblages staged within a model exhibition space.
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Keywords
touch
haptic
materiality
objects
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Size of publication (when laid open)
76 x 28.7cm
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Copies on display: 1
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Book is not free to take away or to purchase
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Viewers can carefully handle the book without gloves
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My work does not require any content notes
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I do not forsee any ethical issues with my work
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If possible, I would like to speak about my work as part of a public discussion
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​Sample images from publication:
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Essay contribution to the Online Journal Reflections
Essay title: The Materiality of Touch:
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Short essay description:
The Materiality of Touch describes a haptic encounter with an object in a way which critically and imaginatively examines touch as an embodied and material process. Drawing on a material language from writers such as Derrida and Merleau-Ponty, touch is vividly defined as a fundamental hinge between us, the subject, and the objective world.
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Keywords
touch
haptic
materiality
objects ​
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My work does not require any content notes
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I do not forsee any ethical issues with my work
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If possible, I would like to speak about my work as part of a public discussion
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Small artist book The Materiality of Touch
Title: The Materiality of Touch
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Short public description:
'The Materiality of Touch' describes a haptic encounter with an object in a way which critically and imaginatively examines touch as an embodied and material process. Told through tactile description, quotation and images, the text is printed and bound within fibrous Japanese paper which seems almost to touch back.
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Keywords
touch
haptic
materiality
objects
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Size of publication (when laid open)
21 x 14cm
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Copies on display: 1
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Book is not free to take away or to purchase
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Viewers can carefully handle the book without gloves
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My work does not require any content notes
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I do not forsee any ethical issues with my work
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If possible, I would like to speak about my work as part of a public discussion
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​Sample images from publication:
Installation Details and Risk Assessment
Briefly describe your plans for presenting your work and include any specific assistance or method needed e.g. working at height or with large-scale work.
The larger photobook Touch will be displayed on a shelf which I will construct from plywood and which will be approximately the same size as the open book. The shelf will be installed on the wall in the space at a standard height.
The smaller artist book, The Materiality of Touch, will have its own small shelf, the same size as the open book. This small shelf will be next to the larger one with the photobook, but will be situated slightly higher.
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List any equipment that you will require.
A drill and screws to put the shelves up
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Does your work contain any potential hazardous materials?
No
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Does your installation require any electrical equipment that needs PAT testing?
No
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Please indicate any potential risks to the Public in making & installing this work safely. (Describe any potential hazardous or flammable materials, potential trip or falling hazards, sharp edges, fragile artworks or artworks that may contain allergy-based substances)
None
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