Staff Research Profiles
Dr Jessica Hemmings
Position: Head of Context / Associate Head of School of Design
Telephone: 0131 221 6199
Email: j.hemmings@eca.ac.uk
The Graduate Research School deals with enquiries about research-led postgraduate study at eca. Formal applications for postgraduate study must be submitted to the Academic Registry.
Profile
Research interests include ongoing investigation of the relationship between writing and making, including postcolonial fiction and contemporary craft. Current research continues to explore the role of textiles as metaphor, symbol and structure in contemporary fiction. Expanding upon published research of Zimbabwean fiction (Yvonne Vera: the voice of cloth published by kalliope paperbacks 2008), current work also considers examples of Indian fiction, Japanese film and South African fiction.
Editor of "In the Loop" (Black Dog, spring 2010) a forthcoming collection of essays that aims to challenge oversimplified definitions of knitting as limited to a domestic craft and instead seeks to reveal the diversity of contemporary textile culture today.
Upcoming conference papers include: "Trauma, Embroidery & Community" at Text, Texture, Textile Conference, University of Rouen, France December 2009.
Recent exhibition reviews include:
Eva Hesse @ Fruitmarket (selvedge, forthcoming)
Annette Messager @ Hayward (Surface Design Journal, forthcoming)
Nicholas Hlobo @ Tate Modern (Surface Design Journal, forthcoming)
Jo Barker at Scottish Gallery (MCT 2009), Fabric of Myth at Compton Verney (SDJ 2009), Tara Donovan at the ICA, Boston (Crafts 2008), Object as Muse at Winchester Discovery Centre (Crafts 2008), Maison Martin Margiela, Antwerp (Selvedge 2008), New and Norwegian, A World of Folk Stavanger, Norway (Selvedge 2008), The Fabric of Myth at Compton Verney, England (Surface Design Journal 2009), Nnenna Okore at the October Gallery, London (Surface Design Journal 2009), Jo Barker at the Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (Surface Design Journal 2009) and Nicholas, Hlobo at the Tate Modern, London (Surface Design Journal 2009).
Book reviews include: Textiles Today: a global survey of trends and traditions (Surface Design Journal 2008), Angaza Afrika (SDJ 2009) and Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design (SDJ 2009).
For full list of publications please see www.jessicahemmings.com
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