Three CogNovo and Transtechnology Research fellows, Agatha Haines, Jacqui Knight and Eugenia Stamboliev report on their trip as University ambassadors to India with Dr Hannah Drayson. At the end of our individual PhD projects on the interdisciplinary program CogNovo, we – Agi Haines, Jacqui Knight, and Eugenia Stamboliev, were very grateful to receive funding support towards… Continue reading Namaste! On Art, Technology and Rickshaw rules
Category: Dossier
A collection of documents and reports related to or arising from arts and humanities events at, or connected with, Plymouth University.
From digital to post-digital memory
On The Arts Institute Digital Memory Symposium: Monday, 16th January 2017 By Hannah Drayson and James Sweeting The University of Plymouth’s Art Institute’s first one-day research symposium brought together researchers from across the Faculty of Arts & Humanities to respond to the theme of Digital Memory. It aimed to explore how the ‘turn to the material’ across… Continue reading From digital to post-digital memory
Art Outside the Gallery: New Voices Conference at Plymouth by the Association of Art Historians
By Nicola Wakeham On 25th November 2016, Plymouth University had the honour of holding the latest New Voices Conference, organised by the Association of Art Historians (AAH). This whole day took place in the university’s beautiful Mast House building, located in Sutton Harbour, with stunning views across the waterside. The title for the conference was Art… Continue reading Art Outside the Gallery: New Voices Conference at Plymouth by the Association of Art Historians
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
Introduction to “Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present” by Anya Lewin (25 October 2016)
The following text was written and presented by Dr Anya Lewin to introduce Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present by Tyler Hubby at Plymouth University on 25 October 2016. The “I remember” format of this introduction was borrowed from Joe Brainard. I remember the first time I met Tony Conrad. It was 21 years ago and I had moved to… Continue reading Introduction to “Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present” by Anya Lewin (25 October 2016)
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
Message is 100
On 30th June 2016, Message – the Communication Arts research cluster at Plymouth University – celebrated its 100th research event. Message was founded in 2007. It is dedicated to the development and discussion of contemporary visual communication messages through research, particularly, but not exclusively, within graphic design, typography, illustration, fine art and publishing. Message is… Continue reading Message is 100
A Time of Judgment (23-24 June 2016): Conference Report
Judgment everywhere. Implacable judgment in scarlet up in the Central Criminal Court or delivered in measured tones in the High Court of Chancery. Beside the Embankment in the imperial senate, judgment confidently uttered before the witnesses in committee chambers or mumbled amid the gilded crockets of a stifling House of Lords. Judgment by the bearded… Continue reading A Time of Judgment (23-24 June 2016): Conference Report
Report on P.E.P Practice Research Symposium, 5 February 2016
BY TERI BAILIE AND JAMES HARPER We arrived at Plymouth University on 5th February 2016 for a postgraduate Practice Research Symposium, organised by Natalie Raven and Steven Paige who are PhD students in the Performance.Experience.Presence research group. We were excited to attend our first ever symposium and we were full of questions. How is a… Continue reading Report on P.E.P Practice Research Symposium, 5 February 2016
Talking About Practice (as Research)
BY LEE MILLER It’s ten years since Practice as Research in Performance (PaRIP for short) ended its five year project. Launched in 2001 with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Board, PaRIP’s remit was ‘to investigate creative-academic issues raised by practice as research, where performance is defined, in keeping with AHRB and RAE documentation,… Continue reading Talking About Practice (as Research)