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Simulation games (2013)
Book Chapter
Giddings, S. (2013). Simulation games. In B. Perron, & M. J. Wolf (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies (259-266). New York: Routledge

This chapter outlines the conventions and pleasures of simulation games as a category, and explores the complicated and contested term simulation. This concept goes to the heart of what computer games and video games are, and the ways in which they a... Read More about Simulation games.

Drawing without light (2013)
Book Chapter
Giddings, S. (2013). Drawing without light. In M. Lister (Ed.), The Photographic Image in Digital Culture (41-55). London: Routledge

Numerous videogames offer their players opportunities for the production and collection of images displayed and understood as photographs. For some the production of photograph-like images is central to the gameplay, for others it is an add-on activi... Read More about Drawing without light.

Isotypes and elephants: Picture language as visual writing in the work and correspondence of Otto Neurath (2013)
Book Chapter
Henning, M. (2013). Isotypes and elephants: Picture language as visual writing in the work and correspondence of Otto Neurath. In S. Harrow (Ed.), The Art of the Text (129-150). University of Wales Press

This chapter describes the Isotype method of pictorial statistics, invented in 1920s Vienna by the Vienna Circle philosopher and sociologist Otto Neurath, and compares it to Neurath’s own signature drawings of a cartoon elephant. Isotype was among th... Read More about Isotypes and elephants: Picture language as visual writing in the work and correspondence of Otto Neurath.

‘An object of indecipherable bastardy – a real monster: Homosociality, homoeroticism and generic hybridity in dead man’s shoes’ (2013)
Book Chapter
Schwarz, C. (2013). ‘An object of indecipherable bastardy – a real monster: Homosociality, homoeroticism and generic hybridity in dead man’s shoes’. In Shane Meadows: Critical Essays (95-110). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748676392.003.0007

This chapter explores Shane Meadows's approaches to genre, arguing that hybrid forms of film type are employed in order to underscore the elements of myth which are evident in his work. In particular, it looks at how evocations of the monster weave t... Read More about ‘An object of indecipherable bastardy – a real monster: Homosociality, homoeroticism and generic hybridity in dead man’s shoes’.

Re:Interpretation: the representation of perspectives on slave trade history using creative media (2013)
Book Chapter
Sobers, S., & Mitchell, R. (2013). Re:Interpretation: the representation of perspectives on slave trade history using creative media. In M. Dresser, & A. Hann (Eds.), Slavery and the British Country House (132-139). English Heritage

This chapter describes the process, production and context of Re:Interpretation, a participatory media project carried out by Firstborn Creatives in partnership with the National Trust. The brief was to explore the challenging subject of transatlant... Read More about Re:Interpretation: the representation of perspectives on slave trade history using creative media.

Os “livros” são eléctricos: ‘Are 'Books' Electric? Some possibilities for the artist's book in the 21st Century’ (2013)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2013). Os “livros” são eléctricos: ‘Are 'Books' Electric? Some possibilities for the artist's book in the 21st Century’. In E. Derdyk (Ed.), Entre ser um e ser mil: O objecto livro e suas poéticas (121-143). São Paulo, Brazil: Senac

As Ulises Carrión stated in The New Art of Making Books in 1975: a book is a sequence of spaces. Over the last 36 years, the book as a physical space has undergone some dramatic changes in concept, format and reception. A book is still a sequence of... Read More about Os “livros” são eléctricos: ‘Are 'Books' Electric? Some possibilities for the artist's book in the 21st Century’.

Various small books: Referencing various small books by Ed Ruscha (2013)
Book Chapter
Sowden, T. (2013). Various small books: Referencing various small books by Ed Ruscha. In H. Zschiegner, J. Brouws, & W. Burton (Eds.), VARIOUS SMALL BOOKS: Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha (86-87). USA: MIT Press

As part of his ongoing research into the artists’ books produced by Ed Ruscha Tom Sowden was invited to contribute to VARIOUS SMALL BOOKS: Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha published by MIT Press (pages 86-87 and 166-169). In the 1960s and... Read More about Various small books: Referencing various small books by Ed Ruscha.

Espresso, exoticism and earthenware: the coffee bar ceramics of the Picassoettes, 1952 - 1960 (2013)
Book Chapter
Partington, M. (2013). Espresso, exoticism and earthenware: the coffee bar ceramics of the Picassoettes, 1952 - 1960. In J. Dahn, & J. Jones (Eds.), Interpreting Ceramics (90-99). Bath: Wunderkammer Press

This book chapter charts the birth of coffee bars in Britain and explores the design influences upon them. The principle focus is the work of three artist potters who made ceramics for a number of the coffee bars and whose work represented a unique m... Read More about Espresso, exoticism and earthenware: the coffee bar ceramics of the Picassoettes, 1952 - 1960.

Oral history and research ethics in the visual arts: Current and future challenges (2013)
Book Chapter
Partington, M. (2013). Oral history and research ethics in the visual arts: Current and future challenges. In M. Partington, & L. Sandino (Eds.), Oral History in the Visual Arts (189-198). London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Interviews are becoming an increasingly dominant research method in art, craft, design, fashion and textile history. This book demonstrates how artists, writers and historians deploy interviews as creative practice, as 'history', and as a means to in... Read More about Oral history and research ethics in the visual arts: Current and future challenges.

3D printing of self-glazing ceramic materials: An investigation inspired by ancient Egyptian technology (2013)
Book Chapter
Huson, D. (2013). 3D printing of self-glazing ceramic materials: An investigation inspired by ancient Egyptian technology. In B. Lozo, & F. Masahiko (Eds.), NIP29 29th International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies Digital Fabrication 2013 Technical Program and Proceedings (14-17). USA: Society for Imaging Science and Technology

The inspiration and background research for this project is based upon Egyptian Faience because there is an interesting and coincidental synergy between the material properties of ancient Egyptian Faience and the material requirement for the successf... Read More about 3D printing of self-glazing ceramic materials: An investigation inspired by ancient Egyptian technology.

Continuous tone colour printing in two and a half dimensions through a combination of 19th century analogue methodologies and 3D printing (2013)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, S., & Mccallion, P. (2013). Continuous tone colour printing in two and a half dimensions through a combination of 19th century analogue methodologies and 3D printing. In F. Masahiko, & B. Lozo (Eds.), NIP29 29th International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies Digital Fabrication 2013 Technical Programme and Proceedings (244-248). USA: Society for Imaging Science and Technology

This paper proposes a contemporary method of continuous tone colour printing based upon the Nineteenth Century printing process of Woodburytype as developed by Walter Bentley Woodbury in 1865. Woodburytype was the only truly continuous tone printing... Read More about Continuous tone colour printing in two and a half dimensions through a combination of 19th century analogue methodologies and 3D printing.

Some thoughts on the artist’s book in the 21st century (2013)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L., & Sowden, T. (2013). Some thoughts on the artist’s book in the 21st century. In D. Jury, & P. Rutledge Koch (Eds.), Book Art Object 2 (22-24). USA: Stanford University Press

The most ambitious and diverse survey of the book arts published to date, Book Art Object 2 serves as a record of the third biennial Codex Book Fair and Symposium, "The Fate of the Art," held in Berkeley, California in 2011. The event showcased conte... Read More about Some thoughts on the artist’s book in the 21st century.

Building with books (2013)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L., & Beausoleil, B. (2013). Building with books. In Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here (14-22). New York, USA: Center for Book Arts

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here assembles artists' responses to the tragic loss of a cultural and intellectual hub in Baghdad that occurred in March 5, 2007, by a bomb explosion. This important and timely exhibition, organized by Beau Beausoleil and... Read More about Building with books.

The beauty of the book (2013)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2013). The beauty of the book. In Fifth International Artists’ Book Exhibition Catalogue (8-11). Hungary: King St. Stephen Museum

Commissioned essay for the King St. Stephen Museum Fifth International Artists’ Book Exhibition, Hungary, May 2013

New pages: Celebrating the book as a democratic multiple in a variety of 21st century forms (2013)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2013). New pages: Celebrating the book as a democratic multiple in a variety of 21st century forms. In E. Waeckerle, & R. Sawdon Smith (Eds.), The Book is Alive!. UK: Research Group for Artists Publications (RGAP) / bookRoom

This book is the edited survey of current thinking and innovative practice in contemporary publishing, which was presented at BOOKLIVE! International symposium in London in June 2012. This two day event brought together some of the key theorists,... Read More about New pages: Celebrating the book as a democratic multiple in a variety of 21st century forms.

Follow-ed (after Hokusai) (2013)
Book Chapter
Sowden, T. (2013). Follow-ed (after Hokusai). In L. Morgan (Ed.), Intersections and Counterpoints: Proceedings of Impact 7, an International Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking Conference (449-459). Australia: Monash University Publishing

I can't stop making books in the style of Ed Ruscha. It has become an obsession, and my failure in trying to replicate an Ed Ruscha book, while always trying to succeed, is entirely part of the appeal to me. I don't live in 1960s California and my... Read More about Follow-ed (after Hokusai).

Drawing with fire: The art of laser cutting paper (2013)
Book Chapter
Sowden, T. (2013). Drawing with fire: The art of laser cutting paper. In L. Morgan (Ed.), Intersections and Counterpoints: Proceedings of Impact 7, an International Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking Conference (443-448). Australia: Monash University Publishing

This paper explores some of the laser cutting methods used by artists, in particular from an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project (Paper Models: investigating laser-cutting technology to develop new artists' books and paper-based creat... Read More about Drawing with fire: The art of laser cutting paper.

The human printer featuring the Print is Dead series: A model for the collaborative studio in the twenty-first century and the changing role of the master printer (2013)
Book Chapter
Laidler, P. (2013). The human printer featuring the Print is Dead series: A model for the collaborative studio in the twenty-first century and the changing role of the master printer. In L. Morgan (Ed.), Intersections and Counterpoints: Proceedings of Impact 7, an International Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking Conference (303-309). Australia: Monash University Publishing

This paper has been developed from a practice-based study for my PhD thesis 2011, entitled: Collaborative digital and wide format printing: methods and considerations for the artist and master printer. The paper discusses the panel's themes of printm... Read More about The human printer featuring the Print is Dead series: A model for the collaborative studio in the twenty-first century and the changing role of the master printer.