John James Marshall thesis.pdf - OpenAIR @ RGU - Robert Gordon ...

Pass at the end of August for ten days running a series of workshops and events
- all kinds of different things to draw the community in and get them talking.
We took the whole theme of space and the space shuttle as a way of engaging
them and talking about space, and talking about their own space. So some of
the images there are from one day we spent making space suits with a group of
kids as a way to engage them to talk about survival and what it takes to survive
in Donegall Pass and what kind of things they need out on the street which is
where those kids spend a large amount of their time. We sent them off to record
sounds of the street and then we broadcast from the Space Shuttle. We also
made a space walk and this was the last day [Video].
9.4 Justin Marshall
Justin Marshall’s practice spans sculpture, installation and design. Much of his
recent work has been ceramic or plaster based, combining traditional skills with
new technologies. Marshall is currently Research Fellow in 3D digital
production at University College, Falmouth. His most recent exhibition was at
Das Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Hoehr-Grenzhausen, Germany, and in 2005
he was awarded an Autonomatic research grant to work with Hayles & Howe
decorative plaster company to develop new processes and work.
Justin Marshall
www.justinmarshall.co.uk
I’m a research fellow in 3D digital production at Falmouth. I work alongside
Tavs and two other researchers and we are interested in some of the things that
Paul Rodgers mentioned earlier. One particular area of concern is the
connection between the use of digital technologies and craft practices; how new
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