Developing a new performance with a new quantum computer

Dr Alexis Kirke, a Senior Research Fellow of the ICCMR (Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research) at Plymouth University, has begun a two-week residency at the University of Southern California (USC) in the Quantum Computation and Open Quantum Systems (QCOQS) group. Alexis has been invited to collaborate with this world-leading research group to develop a musical performance using its $15m… Continue reading Developing a new performance with a new quantum computer

Feature: “Painting radioactivity: How to represent the unrepresentable”

By Jody Patterson In the aftermath of unleashing a new arsenal of atomic weaponry on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 American artists struggled with the question of how to respond to the unprecedented atrocities of nuclear warfare. What could they say in the wake of the carnage wrought by the militarization of science for… Continue reading Feature: “Painting radioactivity: How to represent the unrepresentable”

8 March 2016: Poetry reading by Anthony Caleshu and John Mcauliffe

You are warmly invited to the next Peninsula Arts Poetry Reading: Tuesday, 8 March at 7pm (wine reception from 6pm) Peninsula Arts Gallery, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University Featured readers are ANTHONY CALESHU (Professor of Poetry at Plymouth University) and JOHN MCAULIFFE (Co-Director of the Centre for New Writing at University of Manchester).   Anthony… Continue reading 8 March 2016: Poetry reading by Anthony Caleshu and John Mcauliffe

3 March 2016: LIVE DESIGN SESSIONS with Luis Llabres

‘The Role of a Designer in an Accelerated Changing World’ 3 March 2016 at 2 pm  in Roland Levinsky Building room RLB213, Plymouth University Luis Llabres will be ‘Live in Design Lab’, continuing the LIVE DESIGN SESSIONS. Luis is an info graphic designer and ecological design thinker. His lecture will share guidelines on how designers… Continue reading 3 March 2016: LIVE DESIGN SESSIONS with Luis Llabres

Introduction to ‘Ben Rivers: Shorts’ by Kayla Parker (11 February 2016)

The following text was presented by Dr Kayla Parker to introduce Ben Rivers: Shorts (a LUX programme of short films) at Plymouth Arts Centre Cinema on 11 February 2016, supported by the Moving Image Arts (MIA) research group at Plymouth University.     Image: Ben Rivers’ This is My Land (2006)   Introduction Firstly, thanks to Vickie Fear and… Continue reading Introduction to ‘Ben Rivers: Shorts’ by Kayla Parker (11 February 2016)

2 March 2016: research seminar on the location & performance of art-making

You are warmly invited to attend our next PEP Talk (the seminar series for the Performance. Experience. Presence research group at Plymouth University)  Wednesday 2 March 2016
 ,16.30 – 18.00pm in Roland Levinsky Building room RLB 309, Plymouth University There will be two papers, by Helen Billinghurst and Kayla Parker, who both research at the intersection of visual… Continue reading 2 March 2016: research seminar on the location & performance of art-making

Music Research Seminar on Astor Piazzolla’s tango for solo flute: 2 March 2016

You are welcome to attend the next MUSIC RESEARCH SEMINAR on Wednesday, 2 March 2016 at 2 pm in Rolle 015, Plymouth University: ‘I didn’t quite catch your accent’: A recording analysis of accentuation in Astor Piazzolla’s Etude 6 for Solo Flute (1987) for a fresh approach to tango performance’ by Dr. Jessica Quiñones Despite the… Continue reading Music Research Seminar on Astor Piazzolla’s tango for solo flute: 2 March 2016

Talk by BAFTA-winning director Esther May Campbell: 1 March 2016

You are welcome to attend the next artist talk in the First Tuesdays Media Arts Lecture series   ESTHER MAY CAMPBELL: WRITER-DIRECTOR Tuesday 1 March 2016 from 4pm to 6pm in the Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building Talk by BAFTA-winning film director Esther May Campbell, plus Q+A discussion Campbell is a self-taught photographer and film-maker. She has directed… Continue reading Talk by BAFTA-winning director Esther May Campbell: 1 March 2016

Ground-breaking performance by ICCMR’s The Paramusical Ensemble

The Paramusical Ensemble

Four individuals with complex neurological conditions have, for the first time, taken part in a live musical performance with a string quartet. The film of this ground-breaking musical performance will premiere at Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2016.  It showcases an extraordinary project led by Plymouth University and the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability which saw four patients at the… Continue reading Ground-breaking performance by ICCMR’s The Paramusical Ensemble

Feature: “Improvisation, Joint Action & an Uncanny Golden Retriever”

BY ADAM BENJAMIN In 2014, I was in Berlin to lead an improvisation workshop, as part of an initiative to make a place for integrated dance (dance for disabled and non-disabled dancers) within the summer festival of the Tanzfabrik School. Amongst the dancers to arrive on the first morning was lawyer and dancer, Silke Schöenfleisch,… Continue reading Feature: “Improvisation, Joint Action & an Uncanny Golden Retriever”