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
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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
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”
22nd January: Investigating ‘Layers of Visibility’ – the artist residency as a space of practice-led research
Image credit: Kayla Parker and Stuart Moore, Father-land, 2018. Film Still. When stepping out of our comfort zones, creative and critical ‘outside the box’ thinking can thrive with a freedom seldom found in the everyday university context. Artist residencies create ‘field study’ opportunities for exploring and offering insights into characteristics of places. This event… Continue reading 22nd January: Investigating ‘Layers of Visibility’ – the artist residency as a space of practice-led research
21st-25th January: Research Festival 2019 – Creating an impact from local to global
The Research Festival 2019 is a week-long programme packed full of innovation, progression, and exploration of our world and everything in it. Celebrate our rich research landscape across the University, gaining an insight into the cutting edge research that impacts our world – from the social to the economic, cultural to environmental, medical and beyond… Continue reading 21st-25th January: Research Festival 2019 – Creating an impact from local to global
Brain-Computer Music Interfaces for applications that will benefit patients as well as musicians
Satvik Venkatesh, ResM Computer Music degree student, writes: Brain-Computer Music Interfaces is an Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR) project, which explores the development of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) for musical applications. Conventionally, in order to operate musical systems and instruments, we require muscular power in some form or the other. BCIs aim to… Continue reading Brain-Computer Music Interfaces for applications that will benefit patients as well as musicians
Dervish Sound Dress – wearable technology for a unique musical journey
Hedy Hurban (Postgraduate Research Student, Computer Music) writes: The realm of my thesis combines the areas of computer music, fashion design, digital art, smart clothing, biometrics, cultural traditions and performance. Dervish Sound Dress is a wearable piece of technology; a garment that is inspired by the sacred ‘turning’ experience of the Whirling Dervishes… Continue reading Dervish Sound Dress – wearable technology for a unique musical journey
22nd to 25th November: Illuminate Light Festival
Illuminate, a spectacular light festival that connects the Mayflower 400 destinations across the UK and internationally, returns to the historic Royal William Yard for four days in November 2018. The festival offers an immersive experience, with projections and light installations set out across the Yard, live performances and opportunities for audiences to interact with the… Continue reading 22nd to 25th November: Illuminate Light Festival