26 October 2016: artistic research seminar on mixed reality collaboration

You are welcome to join us for the following research seminar: “Space Interface: collaborating on the mixed reality continuum” by Dr Mathew Emmett Scott Building 102, Plymouth University Wednesday 26 October 2016, 4.30 – 6.00pm In this seminar, shared by ARC (Artistic Research Cluster) and Performance.Experience.Presence (P.E.P) research group, Mathew will talk about his ongoing Space Interface collaboration with… Continue reading 26 October 2016: artistic research seminar on mixed reality collaboration

8 November 2016: Spend US Election Eve with Plymouth University Experts

Presidential Election Debate: America Decides 8 November 2016, 7-8pm plus time for questions and answers Lecture Theatre 2, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University Presidential elections rarely lack controversy but 2016 is proving to be the most interesting contest in generations. Nominees Hillary Clinton (Democrat) and Donald Trump (Republican) attract partisan admiration and derision in almost equal… Continue reading 8 November 2016: Spend US Election Eve with Plymouth University Experts

20-22 October 2016: Free interactive playful technology workshops

You are invited to participate in a wide range of workshops during Off The Lip, which takes place from 20-22 October 2016 at Plymouth University. This event arises from CogNovo, which is a multidisciplinary and international research project exploring creativity, cognition, and innovation. Among the Off the Lip workshops are: A Space to Wonder: Interactive Improvisation Workshop with Movement… Continue reading 20-22 October 2016: Free interactive playful technology workshops

Feature: “What can Duke Ellington’s recordings tell us about jazz history?”

BY KATHERINE WILLIAMS Most people think of three things when they think of jazz history: jazz was made famous by a succession of individual musicians (Buddy Bolden, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins etc.) jazz is predominantly an improvised music, and jazz is an oral tradition (rather than notated art form), and we… Continue reading Feature: “What can Duke Ellington’s recordings tell us about jazz history?”

12 October 2016: Interdisciplinary medical humanities seminar (on being a patient)

Please join us for the next PEP Talk (the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University)   “Negotiating the Gap: Both-and approaches to the practice of being a patient” by Dr Lee Miller and Dr Joanne ‘Bob’ Whalley   Wednesday 12 October 2016, 4.30-6 pm Roland Levinsky Building room 309, Plymouth University What if… Continue reading 12 October 2016: Interdisciplinary medical humanities seminar (on being a patient)

Artist Talks at Plymouth University 2016 – Free & All Welcome

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FINE ART VISITING ARTIST SERIES 2016 TUESDAYS @ 4PM ROLAND LEVINSKY BUILDING, PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC October 11 (Jill Craigie Lecture Theatre) – Tony Godfrey Painting in the age of Installation October 18 (Lecture Theatre 1) – Sinta Tantra Flatlands: A Romance of Many Dimensions October 25 (Lecture Theatre 1) – presented by… Continue reading Artist Talks at Plymouth University 2016 – Free & All Welcome

Photographs by Jem Southam on exhibit in Berlin

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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

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

25 September 2016: Music of Motions & Presence (free performance)

Federico Visi, Practice Research Symposium, 5 February 2016

25 September 2016 at 17:00 The House, Plymouth University Free admission, booking advised Music of Motions and Presence is series of compositions by Federico Visi that make deliberate use of the body movements of the performers. Federico will be playing electric guitar, together with Lara Jones on saxophone and Marco Frattini on drums and percussion. Their gestures… Continue reading 25 September 2016: Music of Motions & Presence (free performance)