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Augmented Reality – what place does this have in art?
Posted: 23/02/22 02:12 |
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The primary focus for Artivive, going by their website, appears to be its use in galleries, but I was beginning to see the potential beyond that context. What if artists could add an audio track for people with literacy difficulties? Or a video of themselves talking about the work? Or how about a video comprising photos showing how the finished piece came about?
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LGBT+ History Month
Posted: 17/02/22 04:22 |
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February is LGBT+ History Month in the UK, a month-long annual celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and non-binary history.
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Image-making and image-faking
Posted: 21/09/21 10:14 |
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How do you balance healthy scepticism (and the urge to debunk) with openness to new information and the desire to believe? Sometimes, when it comes to image-making and image-faking, all it takes is a few hoax fairy photos to remind you to maintain your sense of wonder…and look a little closer.
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OCA is evolving
Posted: 04/08/21 04:41 |
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The slideshow below provides an overview of changes to the areas of learning, teaching, assessment and curriculum at OCA.
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OCA’s online degree showcase – Live!
Posted: 30/07/21 06:13 |
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I am delighted to announce that our first ever degree showcase at OCA launches this week at https://showcase.oca.ac.uk/. Students from the Creative Arts, Creative Writing, Painting, Photography and Textiles undergraduate degrees are all represented and the work is absolutely stunning.
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Student Association study event: Visual Art and Text
Posted: 28/06/21 09:47 |
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Join Bryan Eccleshall for two workshops (each two hours long) to explore how text has been used in visual art and to develop your own way of doing it.
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To plot or not to plot
Posted: 15/06/21 09:26 |
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Plot is possibly one of the most overlooked aspects of scriptwriting: coming up with the right idea, developing complex and captivating characters, creating a structure, building conflict are usually every writer’s priority, before sitting in front of the screen and starting to type.
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edge zine 11: Catalyst
Posted: 11/06/21 01:25 |
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We are pleased to announce the new issue of edge-zine is available now.
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Study event: OCA East of England
Posted: 13/05/21 10:05 |
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Join us on 29 May 2021 as Andrew Fitzgibbon talks about his photography project and short film Drifting by the Leeds & Liverpool.
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Short Film Collaboration – a painter and photographer talk
Posted: 08/02/21 09:45 |
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Andrew Fitzgibbon (photography level 3) and Paul Butterworth (painting level 2) met up to discuss their recent collaboration on Andrew’s short film, Leeds and Liverpool. Paul, who is a professional actor, liked the idea of swapping modelling for some headshots and posted his suggestion on OCA Discuss. Andrew was near completing his BoW project and […]
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