Upcoming Arts and Humanities Events September – December 2019

  The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this month. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. Arts Institute Public Programme  Fri 29 Nov – Sat 11 Jan – Exhibition: Future History,The Levinsky Gallery Sat 7 Dec – Music – University of Plymouth Choral Society and Sinfonia… Continue reading Upcoming Arts and Humanities Events September – December 2019

Upcoming Arts and Humanities Events September – October 2019

    The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this month. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information.   Arts Institute Public Programme  Mon 23 Sep – Sat 16 Nov – Exhibition: Mariner: A Painted Ship Upon A Painted Ocean | The Levinsky Gallery  Tue 1 Oct –… Continue reading Upcoming Arts and Humanities Events September – October 2019

Twisted Brilliance: The 1909–1918 catalogue of Egon Schiele, as never seen before

p. 250, Egon Schiele, Self-Portrait with Lowered Head, 1912. © Leopold Museum, Vienna.

Gemma Blackshaw, Professor of Art History at Plymouth University, is an internationally acknowledged expert on the Austrian artist Egon Schiele (1890–1918). Her work on the sexual provocateur who shocked Viennese audiences with his explicit images of the naked and contorted body has been described in The Burlington Magazine as ‘densely documented, rigorously argued and delightfully… Continue reading Twisted Brilliance: The 1909–1918 catalogue of Egon Schiele, as never seen before

5th- 16th July 2017: MA Contemporary Art Practice Graduation Show

Showcasing the latest in contemporary art practice from the University’s 2017 students, the Graduation Show includes film; drawing; installation; performance; sculpture; and digital and audio works. The showcase takes place at 2nd Floor, Mills Bakery, Royal William Yard. MA Contemporary Art Practice supports developing artists to realise their practice to the fullest possible extent, allowing… Continue reading 5th- 16th July 2017: MA Contemporary Art Practice Graduation Show

Plymouth University PhD candidate wins Syngenta Photography Award 2017

Yan Preston, 'Forest 7' (2013)

Yan Wang Preston, who is a PhD candidate in Photography at the University of Plymouth, is the winner of the prestigious Syngenta Photography Award 2017 in the ‘Professional Commission’ category. The prize focuses on photography that explores global challenges. Yan is a British-Chinese artist primarily interested in how landscape photography can challenge myths and reveal hidden complexities… Continue reading Plymouth University PhD candidate wins Syngenta Photography Award 2017

Professor Roy Ascott exhibiting at Henry Moore Institute

Roy Ascott 'Plastic Transactions' (1971). Courtesy of the artist

25th January-23rd April 2017 Gallery 4, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. Plymouth University researcher Professor Roy Ascott is exhibiting at the the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds from January to April 2017. Professor Ascott is a pioneering British artist and an influential teacher who has worked in the fields of cybernetics, telematics and telecommunications since 1960. Before his… Continue reading Professor Roy Ascott exhibiting at Henry Moore Institute

Photographs by Jem Southam on exhibit in Berlin

© Jem Southam 2016

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

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

Exhibition in Plymouth by Kraftwerk pioneer & Plymouth University artist-researcher

SPACE INTERFACE II KARST Gallery, Plymouth 2-10 September 2016 Space Interface II is a collaborative exhibition between Eberhard Kranemann and Mathew Emmett who synthesise hybrid space through mixed reality performance. Kranemann and Emmett act cooperatively to create a multi-level immersive environment in which the performers and audience are encouraged to simultaneously occupy multiple points on the… Continue reading Exhibition in Plymouth by Kraftwerk pioneer & Plymouth University artist-researcher

Digital artwork created by i-DAT for opening of new Tate Modern building

i-DAT, working with Tate Collective London, have created a new interactive sculpture called This is Where We Are, for the opening of the new Tate Modern building in London, which will take place from 17 – 19 June 2016. i-DAT is an Open Research Lab at Plymouth University for playful experimentation with creative technology. This Is Where We Are is… Continue reading Digital artwork created by i-DAT for opening of new Tate Modern building