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This reflection on Olivia Plender’s community room installation for Life Support was written by Julija Silyte, an undergraduate student in the School of Art History at the University of St Andrews, as part of the St Andrews Research Internship Scheme (StARIS), during which Julija conducted research for the wider research project. Olivia Plender’s installation Our Continue reading “https://lifesupport.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd”

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This post was originally published on the University of St Andrews Research blog. This week is the last chance to see the exhibition Life Support: Forms of Care in Art and Activism at Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL), which closes on Saturday 16th October 2021. Life Support is curated by academics from across Scotland, including Kirsten Continue reading “https://lifesupport.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd”

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In this post, Rachel Boyd and Weitian Liu, the curators of the Franki Raffles photographic display within the iteration of Marth Rosler’s installation If You Lived Here… (1989-present) as part of the Life Support exhibition, discuss the research that led to their selection of images from Raffles’s extensive photographic archive at the University of St Continue reading “https://lifesupport.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/gridd”

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The exhibition pamphlet for Life Support: Forms of Care in Art and Activism contains an introductory essay by the curatorial team, interviews with participating artists and texts on the individual works featured in the show. Pick up a physical copy at the Glasgow Women’s Library, or download an electronic copy here.

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