Research from Swale, Simon - Otago Polytechnic

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Simon Swale

Simon.Swale@op.ac.nz

Simon has been a lecturer in School of Design at Otago Polytechnic since 2007 following many years within the fashion and clothing industry. Simon is a widely published author and in 2020 completed a Master of Fine Arts at the Dunedin School of Art with a focus on contemporary jewellery. He has since exhibited and won awards both nationally and internationally.

Journal Issues

See a list of articles published in issues of: Scope: Contemporary Research Topics by this researcher.

Swale, S. (2022) La Notte / The Night; Love, Loss and Loneliness in the Age of Isolation. Video work in the group exhibition 'SMCK ON REEL', curated by Christoph Ziegler and Loukia Richards, as part of the Art Jewellery Festival, Schmuck, in Munich,7-10 July 2022. in two locations in Munich; Galerie Weltraum and Bayerischer Kunst Gewerbeverrein. The exhibition was featured in the 7th issue of SMCK Magazine. This exhibition toured to Grassi Museum, Leipzeig, 20-23 October 2022. The video and the objects that feature in it, were shown, by invitation, at The National, Christchurch, 25 October - 12 November 2022.

http://www.smck.org/smck-reel.html

https://www.smck.org/mag07-flipbook/mobile/index.html

https://klimt02.net/events/exhibitions/smck-reel-international-video-festival-jewelry-schmuck-2022-galerie-weltraum-bayerischer-kunstgewerbeverein?utm_source=phplist1991&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HTML&utm_campaign=Munich+Jewellery+Week+2022%3A+A+Featured+Selection+by+Klimt02

Swale, S. (2022) Ethiopia. Ethiopia was presented as part of the exhibition 'GLIMMER', a group show of participants of Handshake Project 6 at Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt. 21 May - 24 July 2022.

https://www.expressions.org.nz/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/jewellery-glimmer/

Swale, S. (2022) Critical Walking as Post-studi methodolog; A Jewelry Practice of the Streets. Art Jewelry Forum, published online on 12 April 2022. https://artjewelryforum.org/articles/critical-walking-as-post-studio-methodology_author_simon-marcus-swale_authnatl_new-zealand_4-11-2022/

https://artjewelryforum.org/articles/critical-walking-as-post-studio-methodology_author_simon-marcus-swale_authnatl_new-zealand_4-11-2022/

Swale, S. (2020) Gates / Gateways. Exhibited as part of the Handshake6 group show 'Signing In', Te Auaha Gallery, Wellington. 31 Nct -13 Nov 2020.

Swale, S. (2020) The Way We Lived? Master of Fine Arts Studio Project exhibited Dunedin School of Art 26 June - 2 July 2020. Dissertation Published November 2020.

Swale, S. (2020) Urban Garment. Critical Making: Contemporary Fashion Practices Symposium Exhibition, curated online space.

https://www.contemporaryfashionpractices.com/curated-space-2020

Swale, S. (2020) Fairtrade. The Complete Entanglement of Everything Exhibition 28 Sept- 2 Oct also part of the Mapping the Anthropocene Symposium, Dunedin School of Art, 26-27 September.

https://issuu.com/dunedinschoolofart/docs/the_complete_entanglement_of_everything_exhibition

Fay, C., Barton,M., Lange, S., Swale, S. and Starker, A. (2021) Design process, drawings anre re-presentations of ideas. Interviews with Margo Barton, Stella Lange, Simon Swale and Anessa Starker. Scope Contemporary Research Topics (Art & Design) 21, November.

Researcher Profiles:
Margo Barton, Colleen Fay, Stella Lange, Simon Swale

Swale, S. (2021) Critical Walking as Post-studio Methodology. Bi-annual Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia (JMGA) Conference 'Value Chains Reset: JMGA Contemporary Jewellery Conference' online, 6 September.

https://otagopoly-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/simons_op_ac_nz/EQlGXGICH21NgraxAX-SP_ABSgdZdAaN_yiORJ-MSsVVZg?e=5KXagg

Swale, S. (2021) Fashion Design Process. Scope: Contemporary Research Topics (Art and Design) 21.

https://www.thescopes.org/assets/scopes/Fashion-21-FDP_Simon-Swale.pdf

Swale, S. (2020) Topographies. Work in group show Handshake in Hamilton exhibition, Weasle Contemporary Art Gallery 8 July – 01 August. Co-curated by contemporary art collector, Garth O’Brien, and Weasel Gallery Director, Laree Payne.

https://f1bbda6e-e8ce-459b-9068-f21a5b94671a.filesusr.com/ugd/da6b21_54f905db203440fdb663195e5ac0fbd3.pdf

https://klimt02.net/events/exhibitions/handshake-hamilton-weasel-gallery

https://f1bbda6e-e8ce-459b-9068-f21a5b94671a.filesusr.com/ugd/da6b21_54f905db203440fdb663195e5ac0fbd3.pdf

Swale, S. (2019) Concerto for Untuned Necklaces'. A series of five necklaces. Mild steel, stainless steel, plastic, rubber, enamel pain. Part of group show 'CLINKproject6' as part of Radiant Pavilion, Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial, 7 - 15 September. Exhibition acceptance by application and approval by Radiant Pavilion. Exhibited at the Grainger Museum, Melbourne, Australia. CLINKproject6 won people choice award at Radiant Pavilion 2019.

http://www.radiantpavilion.com.au/clinkproject6.html

Swale, S. (2019) The Craft of Punk. In, Crafting Aotearoa; A Cultural History of Making in New Zealand and the Wider Moana Oceania Editors, Kolokesa Mahina-Tuai, Damian Skinner, Karl Chitham. (Auckland: Te Papa Press, 2019). ISBN 0994136277

https://issuu.com/tepapapress/docs/craftingaotearoa_lookinside_singles

https://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Crafting-Aotearoa-Kolokesa-Mahina-Tuai-Edited-by-Damian-Skinner-Edited-by/9780994136275

Rana Shailaj, R. & Swale, S. (2015) Drape as an Alternative Teaching and Learning Process in Fashion Design. Peer reviewed article in the Southern Institute of Technology Journal of Applied Research (SITJAR). ISSN: 1175-1061.

Researcher Profiles:
Rekha Shailaj, Simon Swale

Swale, S. (2019) Reflections of an urban space: from walking to making. Scope Contemporary Research Topics, Art & Design, 18, 73-76.

https://www.thescopes.org/art-and-design-18/reflections-of-an-urban-space-from-walking-to-making/

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