Gemma McNaughton
Against The Grain
My practice is a phenomenological investigation into the body’s relationship with the built environment, specifically Scotland’s urban landscapes. Drawing on Juhani Pallasmaa’s critique of ocular-centrism, I restore a haptic depth to the image through staged choreography. By placing models in sculptural poses that disrupt functional perceptions of space, I explore the corps propre while engaging the Genius Loci of Leith’s vernacular streets. This practice functions as a resistance against the disciplinary structures that dictate how we move and exist in space. By prioritising a haptic, physical dialogue with architecture, I reconnect the viewer to the sensory necessity of physical agency. The result is a reclamation of the city, turning the familiar into a site of embodied experience.
Martyn Cain • Raymond Davies • Erin Fowler • Andre Garcia • Victoria Johnson • Flavia Lo Tempio • Gemma McNaughton • Yolanda Navarro • Anthony Porter • Franzis Sanchez • Zita Simon • Marina Solar • Nikki Stirton •
Boomsatsuma
BA (Hons) Documentary Photography and Print
University of Brighton
BA (Hons) Photography
Cardiff Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Photography
Carmarthen School of Art
BA (Hons) Photography
University of Chester
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Crawford College of Art and Design
BA (Hons) Fine Art
Griffith College Dublin
BA Photographic Media
Griffith College Dublin
BA (Hons) Communications and Media Production
TU Dublin
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IADT Dún Laoghaire
BA (Hons) Photography + Visual Media
Falmouth University
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City of Glasgow College
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Hereford College of Arts
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Kingston School of Art
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Leeds Arts University
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Leeds Trinity University
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Limerick School of Art and Design
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University of Lincoln
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Manchester Metropolitan University
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University of Greater Manchester
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Middlesex University
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Munster Technological University
BA (Hons) Photography with New Media
National College of Art and Design
University Certificate in Photography and Digital Imaging
Norwich University of the Arts
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Open College of the Arts
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Arts University Plymouth
BA (Hons) Photography
Arts University Plymouth
BA (Hons) Commercial Photography
University of Portsmouth
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University of Salford
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Sheffield Hallam University
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