**Research Firsts Exhibition: Image and accompanying text by David Archibald**
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The University of Glasgow hosted what we believe to be the first ever
University-sponsored wall of death ride at The Revelator. Built by Stephen Skrynka and a team of volunteers, The Revelator is a unique arts space, and a fully functioning wall of death.
In June 2023, The Revelator’s researcher-in-residence, David Archibald, and Stephen Skrynka organised ‘Thanopticon: Looking Death in the Eye’, a theatricalised symposium comprising lightning talks, performances and song. The event also included Stephen riding the wall of death, and a closing life- affirming discussion on how artists and academics deal with living, and dying.
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