Through their artistic practices, Narrative / Trace / Physicality members identify with the following approaches to narrative:

Histories - Sequencing - Collecting - Generating

Paint - Print - Draw - Model - Carve - Construct

Accumulation - Repetition - Multiples

Play - Dissect - Experiment - Analyse

About the cluster

Narrative / Trace / Physicality is one of four research clusters within the School of Art at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA).

It is convened by John Brown, a Lecturer in Drawing and Painting.

Bringing together established and early career researchers, including PhD students, the cluster is open to everyone at every career stage.

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"Narrative was devised to bring together a selection of visual imagery from the members of the Narrative research cluster at Edinburgh College of Art and offer the writer Tessa Berring the opportunity to respond to these works in a creative manner."

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Photo of an artwork by an E C A researcher
Image courtesy of Kenny Hunter
Kenny Hunter, "After your death you will be what you were before your birth" (detail)
Naomi Pearce, "BR"
Image courtesy of Naomi Pearce
Naomi Pearce, "BR" (detail)

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