Studio inside, studio outside: Elasticity

Studio Inside and Outside is a practice-led investigation into two educational studio sites in a UK University that has recently relocated its Art & Design Department to a newly renovated building. As the fine art and graphic design courses settle into their new studios it has become increasingly apparent how influential educational studios are. Each discipline demands a different kind of space. Each discipline uses space differently. Space and its models of occupation influence how students work, understand their discipline, how they learn, and how they engage. The studio ‘vernacular’ – the way it looks and sounds – not only encompasses the educational needs of the student, but is fused with visions of what professional life in that discipline might look like. The studio not only houses the daily activities that make up learning, but is a powerful part of student subjectivities and engagement.