{"id":3459,"date":"2025-05-30T14:19:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds25\/?p=3459"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:19:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:19:42","slug":"jude-mccann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schoolofdesignleeds.com\/ds25\/jude-mccann\/","title":{"rendered":"Jude McCann"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sitecontainer\">\n<div class=\"pagecontainer\">\n<h4 class=\"homepage-heading-h4\">Degree Show 2025<\/h4>\n<div class=\"postcontainer\">\n<h1 class=\"thestudentpostname\" id=\"studentpostname\">Jude McCann<\/h1>\n<h3>BA Art and Design<\/h3>\n<p class=\"studentstatement\">I am a visual artist investigating how minimalist aesthetics can be used to deconstruct narrative in set design and performance. My work combines miniature models, fashion styling, and projected visuals to explore psychological space and the tension between baroque storytelling and reductive visual language. 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