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Material Culture, Ephemera and DIY

Works that explore and are interested in the ways in which material culture shapes and codes our political, personal and social lives. These works may also explore the politics of what it means to be a producer and maker, and how to make materials which are relevant and accessible.

Ballroom of Memory
by Bjorn Blakstad
Collections of Collections (Vol .1)
by Bjorn Blakstad
Un/digging Space Tumulus—a handmade web: Multisensory Fieldnote on Queer Ecology and Archaeology
by dr. cevahir c. özdoğan
An open publication displaying the Interruptive Signal family across a double-page spread, with bilingual typography, blue graphic elements and three raised paper annotation blocks on the right-hand page.
An Index of Ways Attention Drifts Away
by Meng Luo
Attire for the Multifaceted Soul
by Hong Yang
What the Body Remembers
by Xin Yang
Poster for Tending the Trace featuring a circular spore-print graphic on a cream background, with the project title and contributor names arranged above and below.
Tending the Trace
by Jie Zhang
A hand-knitted lace doily on a dark blue background.
Picking the Fleece
by David Collins
A photo of multiple drawings and paintings tacked to the wall.
Ciphertext for Dieter [Post No Bills]
by David Collins
AS IT IS | 如是 | 여여
by Jaia (Tzu-Chieh) Kuo
Easter Eggs of the City
by Namish Gupta
A Vivid Confluence: Tiânn 2026
by Yen-Ju Chen
Sensory Hair Cabinet
by Xinnuo Han
Smart Zoo
by Qianquan Wang
The Consumption Traces of Tesco
by Siqi Fan
MDF hair‑dye boxes, one broken crate with hair spilling out within degree show installation.
Lira Alive Hair Dye Box
by Xinnuo Han
Beyond the Human Trace: Re-Mapping Heritage Through Human and More-Than-Human Perspectives
by Yifei Liu
Degree Show: Ceramic Book
by Lucille Mona Ling
Edges speak
by Kangyuedi Chen
From Visual Noise to Aesthetic Judgement
From Visual Noise to Aesthetic Judgement
by Shuman Ye
The Trace Archive of Sauchiehall Street
by Chenyang Wei
Reading Charity Shops
by Chenyang Wei
Mermaid Character — Digital Sculpting
by Elisaveta Tikhonova
A side view of a suspended soft sculpture made from colourful second-hand textiles.
ABEBE
by Jiaqi Zhu
Sacred, Spirits, and Spaces
by Maxine Merryll Panlilio
Fragrance of Memory – A Tea Tasting Room at Unit 407, Sauchiehall Street
by Maxine Merryll Panlilio
Eohoes That Never Fade
by 严梦琪
FreeDraw ——A Fold-down Workstation for Digital Artists
by 毛启庆
Edinburgh Art Map
by Maggie Ashmole
Three graphic posters from the PLEASE WAIT project displayed side by side, combining administrative numbers, directional systems and repeated institutional instructions in black and red on an off-white background.
PLEASE WAIT
by Jia Shen
Screenshot of a 3d video game. A blocky robot is on its head, arms and legs flailing. It's on a pale green ground against a deep blue see and cloudy sky.
Failure Machine
by Pete Lannon
Anisomorphic Space
by Rithu Krishna
Evil’s Mark
by Xueling Sun
The Thirdspace Toolkit
by Maggie Ashmole
Crafting Community: Craft as a Response to Social Isolation
by Alexandra Tan
Site, Sight, Zeit
by Henry Conlon
Installation view of The Uncanny: What Remains, showing wall text and sheer curtains in the exhibition space
The Uncanny: What Remains
by Lili Xue