Episode 05 - Some Are Big Like Pebbles and Some Are Small Like Sand

Debi Banerjee's New Wave: Materials, Methods and Media, Glasgow School of Art 1970-1986 is an archival audio project that delves into a transformative and often overlooked period in Scottish art and design. This podcast moves beyond a simple historical survey, focusing instead on the tangible shifts in creative practice that defined those years. The conversations explore how a specific generation of artists, architects, and designers began to radically question and experiment with the very substances and systems of their work. You'll hear firsthand accounts and scholarly insights about the move away from traditional disciplines, the embrace of new technologies and performance, and the collaborative, conceptual ethos that flourished in Glasgow's studios and classrooms during that era. It's a series dedicated to the physical and intellectual processes behind the objects and events, examining how the choice of a material or a method became a form of media and message in itself. Through interviews with practitioners and researchers, the podcast reconstructs a vibrant educational and artistic climate, offering a nuanced portrait of innovation that continues to resonate. Each episode serves as an oral history fragment, piecing together a legacy of making and thinking that was both distinctly of its time and strikingly prophetic.