On Tuesday 17th April 2012 we hosted this talk from local artists from the University of Dundee.

Professor Tracy Mackenna and Edwin Janssen’s diverse and creative practice is a site for production, social engagement, participation and reflection. They focus on key issues that affect our daily lives and will talk about projects such as:

WAR as Ever! that combined a unique set 16^th century collection of prints about a 400 year old war and news coverage of the Iraq war,

http://www.mackenna-and-janssen.net/mackenna-and-janssen/WAR_AS_EVER!.html

The Poem Pedlar, a specially developed character based on the historical figure of a street vendor engaging a range of publics through visual responses to poems for StAnza 2012, Scotland’s poetry festival hosted in St. Andrews.

http://www.mackenna-and-janssen.net/mackenna-and-janssen/The_Poem_Pedlars_Blog/The_Poem_Pedlars_Blog.html