Plymouth University’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) has been working on pioneering brain-computer music interfacing, BCMI for short (or as the ICCMR director of research Professor Eduardo Miranda sometimes calls it, ‘Music Neurotechnology’), for over a decade. This work has been used, amongst other things, to give disabled patients access to music making. A… Continue reading Music in mind
Month: September 2016
Unlocking the history of the unexpected
A major new series of podcasts that aim to unlock history is being launched this week. Created by James Daybell, Professor of Early Modern History, and Honorary Research Fellow Dr Sam Willis, Histories of the Unexpected will demonstrate that anything can have a fascinating history and that everything links together in unexpected ways. The first… Continue reading Unlocking the history of the unexpected
Dr Peter Bokody speaks at the 34th World Congress of Art History
Plymouth University researcher Dr Péter Bokody was a speaker at the 34th World Congress of Art History hosted jointly by Peking University, Central Academy of Fine Arts and Palace Museum in Beijing. The congress was organized by the Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art (CIHA), the largest international organization for the study of art history. The… Continue reading Dr Peter Bokody speaks at the 34th World Congress of Art History
Photographs by Jem Southam on exhibit in Berlin
Photography Exhibition: LONGING FOR LANDSCAPE Tieranatomisches Theater Berlin 1 October – 1 December 2016 With the expansion of cities and industrialised agriculture, humankind is leaving ever more indelible signs of its existence on the planet’s surface – the anthropocene, the age of man has long begun. The exhibition, Longing for Landscape – Photography in the… Continue reading Photographs by Jem Southam on exhibit in Berlin
Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University
The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. P.E.P Talks seminar: Welcome session for the Performance.Experience.Presence research group. 4.30pm-6pm, 28th September 2016, RLB (Roland Levinsky Building) room 309 History seminar: Professor James Daybell on Gender and the Politics of the… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University
Work + Play: Plymouth University photographer exhibiting in Brighton
work + play A group show about collective identity and the relevance of social class featuring Plymouth University photographer Ines Rae, with Cesar Da Luz and Magnum Photography Award winner Dougie Wallace work + play is a month long photography exhibition that confronts issues of social class, explored through the documentation of work and leisure time. Opening… Continue reading Work + Play: Plymouth University photographer exhibiting in Brighton
Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Plymouth University this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. Ethical and governance issues in funding applications and applying for ethical approval (Angela Pellowe and Pam Baxter) 2pm-3pm, 21st September, John Bull Building i-DAT: Research State of the… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
21 September 2016: Transtechnology Research Seminar
Hogarth’s Dog: Devices, Narrative and Illusion 21st September 2016, 12noon in Link Building, floor 3, Plymouth University Transtechnology Research Seminar by Dr. Hannah Drayson and Prof. Michael Punt Following from Sedgwick and Frank’s (1995) Shame in the Cyberetic Fold, Hannah Drayson will gloss the discussion surrounding the concept of affect in the arts and humanities… Continue reading 21 September 2016: Transtechnology Research Seminar
Feature: Women’s Early Modern Letters Online and the Dutch Royal Archives
By PROFESSOR JAMES DAYBELL On 23 September 1633, the Constantijn Huygens, the Golden Age Dutch polymath and secretary to two Princes of Orange (Frederick Henry and William II) wrote to Amalia von Solms-Braunfels, wife of the Dutch Stadtholder Frederik Hendrik von Oranje-Nassau (1584–1647) reporting that her husband had given orders for his army to break camp… Continue reading Feature: Women’s Early Modern Letters Online and the Dutch Royal Archives
Professor Eduardo Miranda’s new book ‘Mind Pieces’ published in New York
The recording of the Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival premiere of Professor Eduardo Miranda’s symphony, ‘Mind Pieces’ and an accompanying e-book have recently been published by Intelligent Arts, in New York, USA. Mind Pieces stemmed from Professor Miranda’s research into using computers to harness musical creativity. The e-book is about bringing technology and intuitive musical… Continue reading Professor Eduardo Miranda’s new book ‘Mind Pieces’ published in New York