The following arts & humanities research events are taking place this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. At Plymouth University: MIA (Moving Image Arts) Seminar: 4pm on 1st November 2016 in Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building (RLB) Artist Talk Series: Abigail Reynolds (“Folding Time and Space”). 4pm on 1st November in RLB… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
Month: October 2016
2 November 2016: Performing Arts research seminar on movement, touch & collaboration
Please join us for the next PEP Talk, the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University. Wednesday 2nd November 2016, 4.30 – 6.00pm Roland Levinsky Building room 207, Plymouth University This session features the following two papers, one by Adam Benjamin and one by Abigail Jackson. Adam is a Lecturer in Theatre & Performance… Continue reading 2 November 2016: Performing Arts research seminar on movement, touch & collaboration
Introduction to “Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present” by Anya Lewin (25 October 2016)
The following text was written and presented by Dr Anya Lewin to introduce Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present by Tyler Hubby at Plymouth University on 25 October 2016. The “I remember” format of this introduction was borrowed from Joe Brainard. I remember the first time I met Tony Conrad. It was 21 years ago and I had moved to… Continue reading Introduction to “Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present” by Anya Lewin (25 October 2016)
New landscape photography series edited by Prof Liz Wells
Professor Liz Wells, professor in photographic culture at Plymouth University, has been commissioned by Bloomsbury Publishing to edit a new series of books focusing on landscape photography. This ground breaking breaking series will foster a contemporary investigation into photographic methodologies and practices relating to the inter-relation of land, landscape aesthetics, place, culture and environment, historically and now.… Continue reading New landscape photography series edited by Prof Liz Wells
Plymouth University at International Inclusive Dance Symposium in Antwerp
Plymouth University researcher Adam Benjamin, Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, travelled to Antwerp, Belgium with eleven Plymouth students and graduates to take part in the LAB International Symposium of Inclusive Dance and Re-thinking Bodies at the Royal Conservatoire of Dance from 19-21 October 2016. LAB is an inclusive dance research project, and Adam is a contributor at… Continue reading Plymouth University at International Inclusive Dance Symposium in Antwerp
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. ICCMR (Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research) Seminar by Micheal McLoughlin: ‘Modelling the Evolution of Humpback Whale Songs’. 12.30 on 25th October 2016 in Babbage (BGB) 404 Design Knowledge Seminar at 1.30pm… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
10-13 November 2016: a festival of solo autobiographical theatre at Dartington Hall
Drop the Story: A celebration of solo autobiographical theatre Thursday 10 November – Sunday 13 November 2016 Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon Drop the Story is a festival of solo autobiographical theatre, now in its fourth year, co-organised by Plymouth University PhD candidate, Mo Cohen. Mo is undertaking a practice-as-research into the transformational effects of making… Continue reading 10-13 November 2016: a festival of solo autobiographical theatre at Dartington Hall
26 October 2016: artistic research seminar on mixed reality collaboration
You are welcome to join us for the following research seminar: “Space Interface: collaborating on the mixed reality continuum” by Dr Mathew Emmett Scott Building 102, Plymouth University Wednesday 26 October 2016, 4.30 – 6.00pm In this seminar, shared by ARC (Artistic Research Cluster) and Performance.Experience.Presence (P.E.P) research group, Mathew will talk about his ongoing Space Interface collaboration with… Continue reading 26 October 2016: artistic research seminar on mixed reality collaboration
8 November 2016: Spend US Election Eve with Plymouth University Experts
Presidential Election Debate: America Decides 8 November 2016, 7-8pm plus time for questions and answers Lecture Theatre 2, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University Presidential elections rarely lack controversy but 2016 is proving to be the most interesting contest in generations. Nominees Hillary Clinton (Democrat) and Donald Trump (Republican) attract partisan admiration and derision in almost equal… Continue reading 8 November 2016: Spend US Election Eve with Plymouth University Experts
2 November 2016: Research Development Workshop – REF Strategy and Humanities
2nd November at 1.30pm in Babbage 405, Plymouth University Professor Martin Halliwell, University of Leicester, will be leading the first of the Art Institute’s Research Development workshops this year at Plymouth University. Professor Halliwell is the current chair of the English Association, a recent chair of the British Association for American Studies and the incoming… Continue reading 2 November 2016: Research Development Workshop – REF Strategy and Humanities