(un)touched delves into the themes of touch, tangibility and intangibility in the world of art and visual culture. In this episode, Anna Price speaks to Martina Borghi and Kate Devine, two PhD students at Royal Holloway, about their recent 'Sensing Art' workshop about what engaging non-visually with art means from a research perspective and how utilising our senses can enhance our understanding of visual culture.

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Please find a list below of the key artworks mentioned:


Edmonia Lewis - The Death of Cleopatra - 1876 - Marble - Smithsonian American Art Museum - https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/death-cleopatra-33878
El Anatsui - Fresh and Fading Memories - 2007 - Aluminium and copper wire
Gabriele Devecchi - Superficie in vibrazione, 1959 - Wood (or in alternative aluminum or aluminum and methacrylate), natural rubber, steel pins, v220 motor – 2 rpm (or in alternative battery motors) - https://www.reprogrammed-art.cc/library/25/Superficie-in-vibrazione 

Gianni Colombo - Elastic Space - 1967 - Fluorescent elastic cords, electrical motors, Wood’s lamp - https://www.reprogrammed-art.cc/library/104/Spazio-elastico


Mario Merz - Cone - 1967 - Willow - Tate Modern London- https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/merz-cone-t03674‘Cone’, Mario Merz, c.1967 | Tate



And the key articles mentioned:


Christopher Perricone - The place of touch in the arts - https://www.jstor.org/stable/4140242
Lenka Clayton -  http://www.lenkaclayton.com/ and https://www.artnews.com/art-news/reviews/blind-copies-lenka-clayton-captures-the-rhythms-of-everyday-life-and-questions-the-nature-of-originality-8547/

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