‘A Matter of Process’

‘A Matter of Process’ is a collaborative student led initiative focusing upon the cyclical nature of creativity, where the ‘process’ is the central theme. Running alongside the assessment, this exhibition aims to collectively explore individual creative practice within an academic course showing a selection of works by the 2011 Master of Fine Art group. Its aim is to push the boundaries of the static nature of the assessment procedure allowing for the transient nature of the creativity to be enhanced and foregrounded.

The exhibition is comprised of 3 main elements, which include the work of each student. To capture the fluid nature of this process a collaborative piece of work has been developed. By projecting a line of text from each student a collective rolling consciousness is formed into a continuous narrative. Further to this, the interactive nature of the show is also represented by the MFA class blog. This will be live in the space, allowing staff, students and the public to participate. In addition many of the class have created works that, through interaction, will be part of their creative process, further emphasising the constant flux of creative works.

This exhibition has been curated by MFA students Sinéad Bligh, Rowan Richardson and Joanne MacFadyen and we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in the development and setting up. We are incredibly grateful for all the hard work and could not have done it without you all. We would like to give our thanks to Sophia Hao, Laura Simpson & Andrew Dodds from Exhibitions/VRC, Ronnie Oakley, John Scott  & Alan Greig, Danny Hill, Mickey Mallett & John Rennie, Malcolm Finnie, Jamie Easson, Peter Bevan, Daniel Pike & Andrew MacLean.

We would also like to give a special thank you to our classmates who have been unwaveringly enthusiastic and incredibly helpful during this process. Also a very special thank you to Prof Murdo Macdonald, Jeanette Paul and all of our advisors. We would also like to say a huge thank you to our MFA course director Prof Tracy Mackenna for her continued support, encouragement and insight throughout this initiative and our time on the MFA programme.