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

New performance by Natalie Raven at the SPILL festival

Photo by Rachel Parry

LA SAINTE TRINITÉ Friday 28 October 2016 at 15.30 at the High Street Exhibitional Gallery, Ipswich (as part of the Spill Festival of Performance) Natalie Raven, who is undertaking a practice-research PhD at Plymouth University, is premiering a new piece at the SPILL Festival of Performance. Created in 2007 by artist Robert Pacitti and produced by… Continue reading New performance by Natalie Raven at the SPILL festival

Plymouth PhD candidate hosts event at British Library on Multi-media theses

Plymouth University PhD candidate, Coral Manton, will be chairing a Digital Conversation event at the British Library on Thursday 29th September from 6 to 8 pm. This free event will explore the growing trend toward non-text and multimedia research outputs being submitted as part of PhD theses and the challenges that this posses to researchers,… Continue reading Plymouth PhD candidate hosts event at British Library on Multi-media theses

Installation about Michael Jackson in Exeter by Beth Emily Richards

Monday 12 September – Saturday 12 November 2016 Gallery 333 at the Exeter Phoenix. All welcome – free This new installation by Beth Emily Richards explores the fact and fiction surrounding pop legend Michael Jackson’s bizarre appearance at Exeter City’s football ground, St James’ Park, in 2002. In conjunction with this installation, on Tuesday 4… Continue reading Installation about Michael Jackson in Exeter by Beth Emily Richards

Ideas on sourdough bread, conferences, research and everything

By Jayne Buchanan (Plymouth University) So what does the art of making sourdough bread have to do with being a research student? As I reflect on my experiences at attending two conferences at Plymouth University and one at Leicester De Montfort University this month, it bought to mind cookery instructions on how to make a sourdough… Continue reading Ideas on sourdough bread, conferences, research and everything

New filmwork by Claudia Pilsl made in response to Brexit

Still from Claudia Pilsl's 'Walking the Line' (2016)

Walking the Line, a new filmwork made in response to Brexit by Claudia Pilsl, is screening  on 16/17 July 2016 at the x-24 2016 24-hour cinema festival. This free festival, in Gainsborough, features more than 100 videos from over 100 artists from over 30 countries. It is curated and produced by Fenia Kotsopoulou and Daz… Continue reading New filmwork by Claudia Pilsl made in response to Brexit

Feature: “Knowledge is Power. And fun: The Brave New World of Mechanics’ Institutes”

Manchester Mechanics' Institute, Cooper Street, UK (1825)

BY DOUG WATSON Sometimes we take education and learning for granted. We’re swimming in an ocean of knowledge. We have added “The Information Age” to the timeline of Western Civilisation. Finding something out is just a click, or a voice command (and in a few years, potentially just a thought impulse) away. Yet today is… Continue reading Feature: “Knowledge is Power. And fun: The Brave New World of Mechanics’ Institutes”

Feature: “Generative Orchestration with Musical Timbre”

BY AURÉLIEN ANTOINE   Technological advances, and more specifically computers, have been leading the evolution of music for the last 60 years, impacting on the ways we compose, perform and listen to music. For example, composers use notation software or Digital Audio Workstations (DAW). They also employ computers as sources of musical inspiration. During my Masters in… Continue reading Feature: “Generative Orchestration with Musical Timbre”

Nuria Bonet receives the William A. Gribbon Award … again!

A doctoral researcher at Plymouth University has received the prestigious William A. Gribbon Award from the American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS) for the second consecutive year. Nuria Bonet was awarded a travel award to attend the AMIS General Meeting in Vermillion, South Dakota in May 2016. The award recognises her work into Catalan shawms and she has been given the… Continue reading Nuria Bonet receives the William A. Gribbon Award … again!

Arts PhD researchers win prestigious placements

Two doctoral researchers in the arts at Plymouth University have been awarded prestigious placements to complement their programmes of study. Coral Manton has been awarded a placement by the British Library to investigate possibilities for the PhD thesis in multimedia and non-text forms, and how a national database of UK doctoral theses can record and make accessible… Continue reading Arts PhD researchers win prestigious placements