27th April 2017: Ecologies

3pm-3pm Crosspoint, Roland Levinsky Building ‘The interconnected networks existing at the scales of mind, society and the environment’ (Felix Guattari, The Three Ecologies, 1989) The School of Art, Design & Architecture Postgraduate Research Expo ’17 is an afternoon exhibition of work, networking and research exchange, being the first showcase of its kind for masters students,… Continue reading 27th April 2017: Ecologies

Arts and Humanities research events this week

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. 26th April 2017, 4.30pm- Chris Green and Katheryn Owens,Teri Bailie and James Harper, a Performance. Experience. Presence. seminar 26th April 2017, 4pm- Dr Elaine Murphy: ‘A Water Baudie House: Women and the… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this week

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

Arts and Humanities research events this week at the University of Plymouth

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. 14th March, 2-4pm in Rolle Building room 204 – Impact Case Study workshop with Dr Rebecca Sullivan (CEO of the HIstorical Association and REF 2014 panellist), hosted by the Arts Institute.… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this week at the University of Plymouth

Arts and 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.   20th February 2017 at 11am in Scott Building 102 – Lisa Talia Moretti on “Big Data & Social Listening” 21st February at 1.30pm in Roland Levinsky Building, RLB 213 – Pete… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

Feature: “Regarding Nature”

Re-visiting - Scirpus [Bolboschoenus]maritimus – plate n°1075 Arrochar, August 2012 (Low tide) 56°12.342’N 4°45.038’W

BY LIZ WELLS Regarding Nature, a solo exhibition by the London-based, French photographer, Chrystel Lebas, opened at Huis Marseilles in Amsterdam on Saturday, 10 December 2016. It draws on Field Studies, a project developed over several years in conjunction with the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London. It was particularly good to see some recent… Continue reading Feature: “Regarding Nature”

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. Workshop for Arts & Humanities postgraduate researchers on using social media to promote your research (with Russ Taylor). 11am on 22nd November 2016 in Babbage Building, BGB 415 ICCMR (Interdisciplinary Centre for… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

New landscape photography series edited by Prof Liz Wells

© Jem Southam 2016

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

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. i-DAT+ Creative School + Tate Exchange: Creative Data Lab#1. 17th-21st October 2016 at Plymouth School of Creative Arts History Lecture with Peninsula Arts: Dr Jo Esra (University of Exeter): ‘Remembering and Memorializing… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research events this week at Plymouth University

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