Supported by a residency at the South London Gallery (SLG), Simmonds’ work questioned how the focus on the mechanical quality and materiality of procedure of the indexical mark could sit in relation to the domestic space of the SLG’s new extension.

This paper explores the significance of place and context within the realm of contemporary art practice. Unexpected discoveries made during a two-month residency at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2008 focused on ‘mistaken place-making’, resulting in the proposal of an installation set within the grounds of YSP.

The work responds to a photograph of an artist painting in his studio by John Thomson (1837–1921) during his travels to China, found in the Wellcome Collection Archive.

A collaborative research project with Matthew Harrison.

When Madge Elliot complained about the announced closure of her local train station in Hawick, her mother told her to do something about it, and that’s just what she did.

In this project, Michael Pickard and Alessandro Soranzo, are investigating the uncatchable smile illusion that can be noticed in Leonardo Da Vinci's portrait of La Bella Principessa.

Chalk Trace is an audio-visual work by Esther Johnson, made for the Channel Four strand Random Acts in association with Arts Council England and Film London.

An exhibition where the artist describes her installations as functioning as three-dimensional freeze frames, moments within a narrative where we can only guess what follows.

Mixed media work using photography and constructed clothing for an exhibition that opened in Manchester, Britain and toured to Chongqing, China in 2010.

Research Degree Student Rachel Smith shares her practice which is founded on predetermined generative methodologies, embracing the freedom offered by constraint.