la sainte trinité: unveiled by Natalie Raven A research seminar presented jointly by the Artistic Research Cluster (ARC) and Performance.Experience.Presence (PEP) research groups, Plymouth University Wednesday, 8 February 2017 4.30pm > 6.00pm Roland Levinsky Building, Studio RLB 308, Plymouth University This presentation will chart the development of Natalie Raven‘s practice research over the past 6 months, unravelling the variety… Continue reading 8 February 2017: Artistic research seminar by Natalie Raven
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Dr Karen Roulstone in exhibition at Galway Arts Centre
Work by Karen Roulstone, who is a lecturer in Fine Art at Plymouth University, is featured in a new group exhibition at Galway Arts Centre called Between Dog and Wolf. For this exhibition, seven artists were asked to respond to its title with existing work or with works in progress. The title refers to the… Continue reading Dr Karen Roulstone in exhibition at Galway Arts Centre
1 February 2017: Seminar on fictional music in film
MUSIC RESEARCH SEMINAR Wednesday, 1st February 2017 at 2pm in Rolle Building 015, Plymouth University All welcome Musical make-believe: Fictional music in film Jonathan Godsall (Plymouth University) From This is Spinal Tap to Star Wars, many films have contained fictional pieces of music: pieces supposedly composed by fictional characters. This music is also real, though, written ‘behind… Continue reading 1 February 2017: Seminar on fictional music in film
1 February 2017: New Materialism and Film Artistic Research Seminar
Wednesday, 1 February 2017 4.30pm > 6.00pm Scott Building room 102, Plymouth University Presented jointly by the Artistic Research Cluster (ARC), Moving Image Arts (MIA), and Performance.Experience.Presence (PEP) research groups, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Plymouth University ALL WELCOME During this seminar, artist researchers Kayla Parker and Deborah Robinson will present their new films, On Location (2017, 12 minutes) and Like a… Continue reading 1 February 2017: New Materialism and Film Artistic Research Seminar
Plymouth University Researcher to judge Woman’s Hour Craft Prize
Polly Macpherson, who is an Associate Professor in 3D Design at Plymouth University, has been invited to be a judge in The Woman’s Hour Craft Prize 2017. The Woman’s Hour Craft Prize is an initiative between the BBC, Crafts Council and V&A to find and celebrate the most innovative and exciting WOMEN craft practitioner/s and designer-maker/s… Continue reading Plymouth University Researcher to judge Woman’s Hour Craft Prize
25 January 2017: Seminar on Performance, Anthropology & Martial Arts
Please join us for the first PEP Talk of 2017 the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University: The Anthropology of Performance in Martial Arts Studies Presented by Dr D.S. Farrer Wednesday, 25th January 2017, 4.30 – 6.00pm in Roland Levinsky Building room RLB306, Plymouth University The development of a new academic field… Continue reading 25 January 2017: Seminar on Performance, Anthropology & Martial Arts
26 January 2017: Group Creativity & Education Symposium
Symposium: Group Creativity and Education Thursday 26th January 2017, 9:30am – 4pm Presented by Cognovo and Art and Sound Link Building, Third Floor Cognovo Seminar Space, Plymouth University This symposium brings together psychologists, creative artists and educationalists to share common practice and explore new ideas in education and group creativity. In an educational landscape in the UK which… Continue reading 26 January 2017: Group Creativity & Education Symposium
Plymouth LGBT dance film exhibited in Venice until 16 January 2017
A film made by Plymouth University practitioner-researchers, Kayla Parker, Roberta Mock and Ruth Way, is currently screening for a month as part of the Out of Borders Venice International Experimental Art Festival. Heaven is a Place is a community dance film made in collaboration with the advocacy organisation, Pride in Plymouth. It was part of an EU-funded cultural project… Continue reading Plymouth LGBT dance film exhibited in Venice until 16 January 2017
Saying goodbye to ’16 via Mr Key’s Brief Lives
Throughout this frankly challenging year, we have gained frequent strength and fortitude by regularly flipping through the pages of Mr Key’s Shorter Potted Brief, Brief Lives (Little Brown, 2015). Its author and compiler, Frank Key, is a small press legend, blogger and radio personality. Taking as its starting point John Aubrey’s Brief Lives, Mr Key has attempted… Continue reading Saying goodbye to ’16 via Mr Key’s Brief Lives
Plymouth researcher, David Sergeant, publishes new collection on Doris Lessing
Dr David Sergeant, Lecturer in English at Plymouth University, has co-edited and published a chapter in the book Doris Lessing and the Forming of History (Edinburgh University Press). Co-edited with Kevin Brazil and Tom Sperlinger, the volume considers Lessing’s writing as a whole and in retrospect, focusing on her innovative attempts to rework literary form to engage with the challenges thrown up by the… Continue reading Plymouth researcher, David Sergeant, publishes new collection on Doris Lessing