The Arts Institute was founded in January 2016 to enrich art and culture in Plymouth and beyond through critical thinking, writing and making. It is where arts and humanities research meets cultural ecologies and economies in south-west England. We collaborate with a wide range of organisations, other researchers and creative practitioners to provide a space… Continue reading Welcome to the Arts Institute
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
Widening the View – War and witnessing: Sarajevo then and now
As part of the successes of the last Research Excellence Framework, the School of Humanities and Performing Arts developed an initiative to support current Postgraduate Research students in 2019, to fund activities they may wish to undertake as part of their current research. This summer, Jayne Buchanan, University of Plymouth PhD Art History student, received… Continue reading Widening the View – War and witnessing: Sarajevo then and now
Relative Nostalgia and the Revival of Past Aesthetics in Videogames
James Sweeting, Associate Lecturer Game Arts and Design and PhD Student with Transtechnology Research, writes: The relationship between videogames and music is one that has developed significantly over the few decades that the videogames medium has been around for. During the early stages of the existence of videogames, music did not extend much beyond simple electronic sounds.… Continue reading Relative Nostalgia and the Revival of Past Aesthetics in Videogames
Editorial acts of judgment
(Image credit – Special Collections, University of Plymouth) With the publication of Judgment in the Victorian Age, an edited collection published by Routledge recently, bringing together essays from the conference which was organised by the research cluster, PUNCS (Plymouth University Nineteenth-century Studies), on the very day of the Brexit vote (23 June 2016),… Continue reading Editorial acts of judgment
‘Plymouth Labyrinth’ – A playful art project: illuminating convivial connections across Plymouth
Exhibition 5th – 19th April 2019 RAAY (Royal Adelaide Art & Yoga) 9, Adelaide St, Stonehouse, Plymouth PL1 3JE ‘Plymouth Labyrinth‘ is a collaboration between Helen Billinghurst (who has recently successfully completed her doctoral studies with the School of Humanities and Performing Arts at the University of Plymouth) and Phil Smith, Associate Professor (Reader)… Continue reading ‘Plymouth Labyrinth’ – A playful art project: illuminating convivial connections across Plymouth
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
Mary Jacobs Memorial Lecture: Mrs Moreau’s Warbler – How Birds got Their Names
Mary Jacobs Memorial Lecture: Mrs Moreau’s Warbler – How Birds Got Their Names Naturalist, broadcaster and author Stephen Moss combines detective work, natural history, folklore and first-hand observations to explore how birds got their names and our long and eventful relationship with the natural world. Stephen will give the fifth annual lecture in memory of… Continue reading Mary Jacobs Memorial Lecture: Mrs Moreau’s Warbler – How Birds got Their Names
Arts and Humanities Events this March
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 Highlights Sat 9 – MUSIC: London Mozart Players | Minster Church of St Andrew @ 19.00 Fri 15 – FILM: A Cottage on… Continue reading Arts and Humanities Events this March
Book Review: “Red Hot Mama: The Life of Sophie Tucker”
Red Hot Mama: The Life of Sophie Tucker. By Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff. University of Texas Press, 2018. 275 pp., ISBN 978-4773-1236-0 (hc). reviewed by Roberta Mock Sophie Tucker was an entertainer. It’s not a term we use much anymore. We now tend to use words like celebrity – and she was certainly that too. In… Continue reading Book Review: “Red Hot Mama: The Life of Sophie Tucker”
Arts and Humanities Research Events this February
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. Research Development 21st February @ 13.30, Rolle 117, Pitfalls of Publishing, You are invited to play the Publishing Trap! An Open Access and Open Research session with a difference… Continue reading Arts and Humanities Research Events this February