Projects (16)

IIDI & Jupiter Artland Foundation Jul 1, 2011 - Nov 1, 2011
This project involved developing audio guides for Jupiter Artland.  A traditional audio guide was developed, including introductions of the work and discussions from the artists.  Alongside this was an extension of a long-term collaboration between J... Read More about IIDI & Jupiter Artland Foundation.

What Do Dovecot Weavers Do All Day? Jun 27, 2016 - Oct 26, 2016
Dovecot and the ENU team are exploring innovative digital solution for visitors to experience the work of weavers without disturbing the concentrated work required for tapestry weaving. With the creation of a virtual Dovecot world we will allow visit... Read More about What Do Dovecot Weavers Do All Day?.

The Scottish Revival Network Mar 1, 2021 - Feb 28, 2023
The Scottish Revival Network will initiate conversations and debates on the aims, scope, influences and international connections of the Scottish Revival in literature and culture from the 1880s to the 1950s. It will seek to make explicit the cultura... Read More about The Scottish Revival Network.

Let's Play Wester Hailes: Community Produced Video Games of Edinburgh May 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2022
This project aims to engage children and young people with the computer games industry. Working with WHALE Arts we will build games and upload them onto bespoke arcade machines. The games created will be displayed at numerous events that aim to bri... Read More about Let's Play Wester Hailes: Community Produced Video Games of Edinburgh.

Festival UK 2022 Nov 16, 2020 - Mar 31, 2021
This is an application for a funded R&D process to develop a bid for Festival 2022. Festival UK* 2022 will be ten open, original, optimistic, large-scale and extraordinary acts of public engagement that will showcase the UK's creativity and innovati... Read More about Festival UK 2022.

Creative Coin Aug 1, 2021 - Jul 21, 2022
This project uses data and technology to design a “Creative Coin”, an alternative currency as a method for exploring the contributory value of the Creative Industries to a Circular Economy.

Scottish community radio journalistic skills assessment Nov 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2023
The objective of the project is to assess the needs of community radio volunteers in Scotland, so that they can assume a bigger role in local news provision. Previous research by the applicant has established that the majority of Community radio stat... Read More about Scottish community radio journalistic skills assessment.

Dr David Summers Trust PhD Studentship: 'Slip out of darkness': A Study of Contemporary Queer Scottish Poetry Oct 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2026
This PhD project will synthesise Scottish literary studies, Queer theory and the developing socio-cultural contexts of modern Scottish society, to investigate a range of queer Scottish poets.

Dynamic Range: Immersive Screenwriting for Sound Feb 1, 2022 - Nov 30, 2022
This is a successful bid for a Small Research Grant with Creative Informatics at Edinburgh Napier and Edinburgh University. The proposal is to explore the dramatic potential of Augmented Reality and Dolby Atmos sound in the context of high end TV dr... Read More about Dynamic Range: Immersive Screenwriting for Sound.

Global Film Industry, International cultural heritage and public engagement. A Panel Discussion by UNESCO Cities of Film Network Officials/Researchers Jul 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
This panel discussion explores the relationship between international cultural heritage/public engagement and research and creative practice with panel speakers from UNESCO Cities of Film Network.

Improvisation Technologies and Creative Machines: The Performer-Instrument Relational Milieu Jun 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023
This practice-led, artistic research study traces theoretical and practical understandings that explore the technicity and performance-practice of musical improvisation and builds upon the lead’s prior research on the fields of free improvisation, co... Read More about Improvisation Technologies and Creative Machines: The Performer-Instrument Relational Milieu.

Visualisation of Metadata in 2D/3D Digital Cuneiform Artefacts Sep 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2023
Cuneiform is an ancient writing system that was first used in around 3400 BC (Finkel & Taylor, 2015). Distinguished by its 3D imprinted, wedge-shaped reed marks on clay tablets, cuneiform script is one of the earliest known writing systems in the wo... Read More about Visualisation of Metadata in 2D/3D Digital Cuneiform Artefacts.

The Sound Beneath Our Feet Jun 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
This project will develop an immersive audio installation in which to experience sonified seismic data from volcanic activity. The environment will foster new ways of experiencing data from both scientific and artistic points of views, cutting across... Read More about The Sound Beneath Our Feet.

Development of a Virtual Reality application for home haemodialysis training Apr 1, 2023 - Oct 31, 2025
Patients entering end-stage kidney disease often need dialysis prior to transplantation - this may be delivered as in-centre dialysis (haemodialysis), or peritoneal dialysis. Increasingly, patients are offered home haemodialysis, with proven benefits... Read More about Development of a Virtual Reality application for home haemodialysis training.

VR Peritoneal Dialysis Training System v2.0 Nov 20, 2023 - Sep 30, 2025
VR Peritoneal Dialysis (VRPD) Training System version 2.0

End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in children is rare - approximately 100-120 children enter ESKD per year in the UK, of whom about 30-35% will commence PD as their initial type of dialysis.... Read More about VR Peritoneal Dialysis Training System v2.0.

VR Home Haemodlaysis Training Application - VR Equipment Future-proofing and Evaluation Dec 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
This proposal seeks funding to acquire the latest generation virtual reality (VR) headsets to evaluate and enhance VR applications designed for haemodialysis training. Haemodialysis is a life-sustaining therapy for patients with end-stage kidney dise... Read More about VR Home Haemodlaysis Training Application - VR Equipment Future-proofing and Evaluation.