Call for Papers: Off the Lip 2017 16-18 August 2017 at the University of Plymouth Transdisciplinary Approaches to Cognitive Innovation A confluence of talks, exhibits, posters, films, workshops and interactive demonstrations The challenges facing society today demand innovative approaches, creative solutions and wider resonances that can only be obtained by drawing on multiple perspectives. In… Continue reading CfP on Cognitive Innovation & Displacement for Off the Lip 2017
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New Singer-Songwriter Handbook co-edited by Katherine Williams
A new book on the practice of being a singer-songwriter has just been published by Bloomsbury, co-edited by Dr Katherine Williams, who is a lecturer in music at the University of Plymouth. The singer-songwriter, someone who writes and performs their own music, is an ever-present and increasingly complex figure in popular music worlds. The Singer-Songwriter… Continue reading New Singer-Songwriter Handbook co-edited by Katherine Williams
Keynote by Phil Smith at Supernatural Cities conference
Dr Phil Smith, Reader in Theatre & Performance at the University of Plymouth, is presenting a keynote lecture at the Supernatural Cities II: Gothic Cities conference in Limerick, Ireland, in April 2017. This conference offers interdisciplinary conversations and activities for artists, folklorists, historians, geographers, literary, theatre and film scholars that explore urban Gothic and supernatural contexts.… Continue reading Keynote by Phil Smith at Supernatural Cities conference
1 April 2017: Future Imperfect Cinema Symposium
1 April 2017 in the Jill Craigie Cinema at the University of Plymouth Future Imperfect is a multidisciplinary symposium that brings together makers and researchers across cinema, sound and moving image. Organised by Dr Allister Gall, it seeks to examine the role of cinema today – through discussion, performance and making. We are interested in mobilising ideas,… Continue reading 1 April 2017: Future Imperfect Cinema Symposium
1 March 2017: Performance and Moving Image Artistic Research Seminar
1 March 2017, 4.30 – 6 pm in Scott Building room 102, University of Plymouth You are welcome to join us for this jointly presented seminar by Moving Image Arts (MIA), the Artistic Research Cluster (ARC) and Performance.Experience.Presence (P.E.P) research group at the University of Plymouth. The two speakers are Karen Abadie and Beth Emily… Continue reading 1 March 2017: Performance and Moving Image Artistic Research Seminar
Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2017: Voice 2.0
Friday 24th to Sunday 26th February 2017 The House at the University of Plymouth Celebrating 12 years of musical innovation Organised in partnership with Plymouth University’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music (ICCMR) Ever since the dawn of humanity, voice has always been our primary source for communication. Our ability to evolve sophisticated verbal languages distinguishes us… Continue reading Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2017: Voice 2.0
CfP: ‘On the Moors’ postgraduate research conference
2017 PEP Talks Conference: On the Moors Call for presentations: University of Plymouth Performance.Experience.Presence Postgraduate Conference 10-11 June 2017, in Dartmoor National Park, Devon We are seeking proposals for our annual trans-disciplinary practice-research postgraduate conference. We invite contributions from arts and humanities post-graduate students and early career researchers that focus on collaborative methods and/or… Continue reading CfP: ‘On the Moors’ postgraduate research conference
22 February 2017: Seminar on Art, Science & Agency
ART, SCIENCE AND AGENCY A presentation by Professor Andrew Pickering, followed by discussion Wednesday 22nd February 2017 at 4.00 – 6.00 In Scott Building 109, University of Plymouth Andrew Pickering’s early work was in theoretical particle physics, but in the late 1970s he joined the Science Studies Unit at the University of Edinburgh and moved… Continue reading 22 February 2017: Seminar on Art, Science & Agency
20 February 2017: Lecture on Big Data & Social Listening
“Big Data and Social Listening” a lecture by Lisa Talia Moretti Monday 20 February 2017 at 11am in Scott Building room 102, University of Plymouth ALL WELCOME This lecture will focus on the evolution of methods within the field of digital research related to the large amounts of data that are becoming available. It will interrogate both… Continue reading 20 February 2017: Lecture on Big Data & Social Listening
Plymouth PhD researcher awarded Composer Residency with British Paraorchestra
Amble Skuse, who is a PhD candidate at Plymouth University, has been selected for a prestigious composition residency with The British Paraorchestra. The British Paraorchestra is the world’s first, large-scale professional ensemble for musicians with disabilities. Just as the Paralympics have achieved so effectively in sport, the British Paraorchestra has shifted perceptions of disability and disabled people by… Continue reading Plymouth PhD researcher awarded Composer Residency with British Paraorchestra