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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 1h

Join us for the ECA PhD Showcase ’25, where 25 presenters push their research beyond boundaries.

The showcase this year includes a symposium of talks and screenings as well as an exhibition.

Free and open to all, 15-17 October.

Book now at https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/phd-showcase-2025-4718513

The schedule, as featured in post text, over a dark background with curved, coloured shapes.

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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 1d

Join us for the first in the 2025/26 Geddes Fellows Lecture Series - The Age of the Keyword with Prof Daniel Rosenberg

7.30pm, Thu 9 Oct, Adam House, Chambers Street

Free & open to all: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/esala-202526-geddes-fellows-lecture-series-daniel-rosenberg-tickets-1741931446849

A line drawing of a contraption with two rotating poles. One has a handle, and blocks along the pole, each with a word on. The other has a series of cogs, each lined up with one of the blocks.

Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 2d

What’s On This Week!

Dr Carly Boxer: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-of-art-research-seminar-series-dr-carly-boxer-tickets-1464005191939

Prof Daniel Rosenberg: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/esala-202526-geddes-fellows-lecture-series-daniel-rosenberg-tickets-1741931446849

Dr Carly Boxer
Pictures of Health: Medicine, the Body and its Image in Late Medieval England
09/10/25, 17:15 - In person and online
History of Art Research Seminars

Daniel Rosenberg
The Age of the Keyword
09/10/25, 18:30 - In person only
Geddes Fellows Lecture Series

Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations ECA alumna Emma Farrarons, who won the Klaus Flugge Prize for most exciting newcomer to picture book illustration.

Emma (BA (Hons) Illustration 2004) won with her illustrations for picture book My Hair is as Long as a River, by Charlie Castle.

More: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/alumna-...

Emma holds a copy of the book, and her glass award. On the wall behind her are several framed portraits.
Photograph: Adrian Pope

An illustrated page from My Hair is as Long as a River. There are several illustrations, showing a boy reading a book as his friends look on. In each illustration, his hair grows longer, until it envelops his two smiling friends. Text reads: Look close and you'll see. My hair is as soft as a blanket, a cloak of the silkiest thread, It wraps us up, it gives us strength, For all that lies ahead.

An illustrated page from My Hair is as Long as a River. A boy stands near a tree trunk, his long hair flowing upwards and forming branches with leaves on them. A child walks along one of the branches, others are playing in the forest, one sits at the foot of the tree trunk reading a book. Text reads; My hair is as dense as a forest, As tangled and curled as a maze, And in its thick, majestic state, It trails on for days.

An illustrated page from My Hair is as Long as a River. A boy walks across a bridge made from his long hair, passing from a hillside, over choppy seas, to reach a tower. A person in a crown can be seen through the window of the tower; Smiling children look on and point at him as he goes. Text reads: My hair is a strong as a drawbridge, Over waters swirling and grey, Reaching across the chasms deep, To help me find a way.

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Jules Rawlinson @julesrawlinson.bsky.social · 5d

More leisurely walk through an interactive songscape featuring #computermusic transformations of traditional Scots song Fause, Fause performed by @loriwatson.bsky.social. This project reconsiders electroacoustic soundscape in an interactive medium. @edincollegeofart.bsky.social vimeo.com/1124423265

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Walkthrough of an interactive songscape based on the traditional Scots folk song Fause, Fause performed by Lori Watson. This project reconsiders electroacoustic…

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Jules Rawlinson @julesrawlinson.bsky.social · 5d

Speedrun through an interactive songscape feat. transformations of traditional Scots song Fause, Fause performed by @loriwatson.bsky.social. Now with elements that develop the AV aesthetic. Audio made with @cycling74.bsky.social MaxMSP & @audiokinetic.bsky.social Wwise @edincollegeofart.bsky.social

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Alistair Fair @alistairfair.bsky.social · 6d

Yesterday - teaching @edincollegeofart.bsky.social Architectural History students in the archive. Drawings of Coventry Cathedral from the Basil Spence archive, as well as many other items that showed the collaborative process by which the cathedral was designed and built.

Three drawings on a table. That on the left is a 1951 perspective of Coventry Cathedral, in colour. The two on the right are quicker sketches in Spence's hand which explore massing and lighting.

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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 6d

🔉 Listen in! Melissa Terras MBE FREng and Frauke Zeller: 'Scotland’s Creative Industries and the Power of Data - The Story Behind CoSTAR' is Episode 6 of the second series of Artful Inquiry, the ECA Research podcast.

Listen to the episode on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1BXc...

12. Scotland’s Creative Industries and the Power of Data: The Story Behind CoSTAR

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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 7d

Vice President Chen of Donghua University visited ECA last month, with Dean Li Jun & Jade Xiang from our Joint Institute, Shanghai International College of Fashion and Innovation, and representatives from the Shanghai Changning government.

Read more: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/vice-pr...

📸 Lisa Marley

Delegates from Changning District Committee, Donghua University and Shanghai International College of Fashion and Innovation with Professor Richard Williams, ECA, Director of Internationalism and Professor Juliette MacDonald, ECA, Director of Faculty. The delegates stands on the stone steps of Old College.

Delegates from Changning District Committee, Donghua University and Shanghai International College of Fashion and Innovation meeting with UoE colleagues. The delegates sit around a large round wooden table, in discussion, some applauding.

Delegates from Changning District Committee, Donghua University and Shanghai International College of Fashion and Innovation. Delegates sit at a table, listening.

Left: Professor Chen Ge, Vice President of Donghua University (DHU) and Professor Juliette MacDonald. They sit side by side at a table. She looks at him as he speaks.

Right: Ms Hong Liu, CPPCC Changning District Committee, Chairperson meeting Professor Juliette MacDonald - they shake hands.

Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 14d

We're hoping to be able to add them to YouTube in due course, but not quite there yet - we'll post on socials when they're up 👍

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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 14d

🔉 Listen in! Dr @tcooper-music.bsky.social: Early Music, Modern Ears - Collaborating with Electroacoustic Composition, is Ep 5 of the second series of Artful Inquiry, the ECA Research podcast.

Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4fYo...

Find out more: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/eca-research...

11. Early Music, Modern Ears: Collaborating with Electroacoustic Composition

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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 21d

🔉 Listen in! Dr @lucygweir.bsky.social - What Moves Them - The Global History of Modern Dance - is episode 4 of series 2 of Artful Inquiry, the ECA research podcast.

Discover how migration, protest, and chance encounters shaped the language of movement.

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10. What Moves Them: The Global History of Modern Dance

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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · 22d

Technically Art - the ECA Technicians' Exhibition, is now open!

It's free and open to all, in the Sculpture Court, Lauriston Campus, from 10am until 4pm Tue 16 to Fri 19 September, and 11am to 4pm Saturday 20 September.

Details and booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/technicall....

A large yellow teardrop-shaped object with designs in black on the surface, and a hole towards the top, sits on top of a blue, splash-shaped object. Label reads Ellis Shiels & Erin Carruthers Smith Hand in Hand.

An exhibit featuring a table full of sand with shoes on the bottom of the legs; fish sticking up from the sand; a screen with a picture of a crab; a red arrow pointing upwards with a large fish on teh point, and a blue clock with a yellow image on the face.

A chair - one leg has been lengthened to three of four times the others, and extends across the floor in a wavy shape.

A sculpture featuring metallic-looking animal jawbones with sharp teeth, and golden-coloured flowers.

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Alistair Fair @alistairfair.bsky.social · 24d

First day of the new academic year @edincollegeofart.bsky.social. This semester's teaching includes my course on architecture in Britain 1919-56.

An image of the character 'Mr Therm', dressed in a school cap and with a satchel, in front of a photo of a school. Caption: Mr Therm goes to the newest schools. This was an advert for gas-fired hot water and central heating

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Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social · 24d

👨‍🏫 🧭 We’ll be kicking off the new academic year with the return of the Denys Hay lecture to @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, as we welcome @philippebuc.bsky.social from @unileiden.bsky.social to deliver a talk on his recent comparative historical research looking at both medieval Europe and Japan.

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Jules Rawlinson @julesrawlinson.bsky.social · 27d

New album Normification by Florian Hecker & Marcin Pietruszewski (an @edincollegeofart.bsky.social graduate) translates graphic design procedures & algorithmic processes into sound synthesis & composition through experimental auditory display #computermusic normification.bandcamp.com/album/normif...

NORMIFICATION [DIAG071], by NORMIFICATION

115 track album

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Valerie Wright @vawright10.bsky.social · Sep 5

Really enjoyed recording this episode of Artful Inquiry with @alistairfair.bsky.social - thanks to James, Miranda and the team at @edincollegeofart.bsky.social 🗃️ (1/2)

Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · Sep 3

🔉 Listen in! Dr @alistairfair.bsky.social & Dr @vawright10.bsky.social: Building Modern Scotland - The Social Histories of New Towns. Ep3, s2 of Artful Inquiry, the ECA research podcast.

Listen in on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1qDQ...

More about the series: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/eca-research...

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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · Sep 5

Open Mic Nights are back at the Wee Red Bar! 🎤

Free live music from the students of the Reid School of Music, visiting performers welcome. Set up is two mics, piano and a guitar.

7pm to 10pm on 25 Sep, 30 Oct & 27 Nov - free and open to all. Book online at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/eca-open-...

A microphone with a red, coiled cable, on a bright yellow background. Block text reads Open Mic Night.

Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our History of Art Research Seminars are back!

The first is on 18 Sep with Dr Kuang-Yi Ku, '2025 Spotlight Taiwan Project - Challenging Biomedical Paradigm through Art and Design'

Events are free & open to all, with a variety of in person/online/hybrid events: www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/history-o...

A collage of images representing each of the seminars, on a blue rectangle. Text reads History of Art Seminar Series 25/26

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Alistair Fair @alistairfair.bsky.social · Sep 3

Recently @vawright10.bsky.social and I were interviewed for a podcast about the Scottish new towns book which we recently co-wrote (and which is available Open Access for free download via bloomsburycollections, though you can also buy a copy in print if you wish!)

Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · Sep 3

🔉 Listen in! Dr @alistairfair.bsky.social & Dr @vawright10.bsky.social: Building Modern Scotland - The Social Histories of New Towns. Ep3, s2 of Artful Inquiry, the ECA research podcast.

Listen in on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1qDQ...

More about the series: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/eca-research...

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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · Sep 3

🔉 Listen in! Dr @alistairfair.bsky.social & Dr @vawright10.bsky.social: Building Modern Scotland - The Social Histories of New Towns. Ep3, s2 of Artful Inquiry, the ECA research podcast.

Listen in on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1qDQ...

More about the series: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/eca-research...

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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · Sep 2

Join us for the ECA Technicians' exhibition, 'Technically Art'!

Celebrate the tremendous creativity of our technicians - Sculpture Court, Lauriston Campus, Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 September.

Entry is free and bookable advance: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/technicall...

Hand in Hand by Ellis Shiels and Erin Carruthers Smith.
An abstract design of triangular mosaic-style tiles in yellow and purple.

Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · Aug 28

We're delighted to collaborate with Royal Collection Trust on an artist residency which will see ECA alumni Phoebe Leach and Dette Allmark drawing at The King’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, during the exhibition 'Drawing the Italian Renaissance'

Find out more: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/news/residen...

Phoebe in her studio at ECA. A colourful painting is on the wall beside her, another on the floor behind her. She looks to be cleaning brushes. The Castle is visible through the window behind her.
Credit: Izzy Reeve

A drawing of numerous figures, repeated in a way which suggests movement.
By Dette Allmark

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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · Aug 28

Learn about Renaissance women scholars, painters, sculptors & architects in this series of 25 min lectures by Professor Jill Burke.
Made for Renaissance Visual and Material Cultures at the @edincollegeofart.bsky.social.
#OER @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social ‪
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Renaissance Feminism

These video lectures on Renaissance Feminism are part of a series by Jill Burke, Professor of Renaissance Visual and Material Cultures at Edinburgh College of Art. All three videos are licensed Creat...

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Edinburgh College of Art @edincollegeofart.bsky.social · Aug 27

🔉 Listen in! Dr @caterinamoruzzi.bsky.social: Authenticity Unmasked - AI and the Future of Creativity is the second episode of series two of Artful Inquiry, the ECA research podcast.

Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0VaK...

Find out about the series: www.eca.ed.ac.uk/eca-research...

8. Authenticity Unmasked: AI and the Future of Creativity

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