Saturday 18th June 2016, 10am – 7.30pm Ocean Studios – The Factory Cooperage, Royal William Yard, Plymouth This event explores the theme of t(h)inkering—a practice that brings together tinkering and thinking—in the contexts of living coding, hardware hacking, the maker movement, media archaeology and design. This unSymposium is made up of 3 workshops that will run… Continue reading 18 June 2016: Thinkering unSymposium in Plymouth
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19 May 2016: What does a 3* or 4* research output look like in the arts & design?
19 May 2016, starting at 10 am Roland Levinsky Building, room 209, at Plymouth University In this session, Professor Naren Barfield will discuss how we might recognise and understand what constitutes an ‘internationally-excellent’ or ‘world-leading’ research output in the fields of art and design. More generally, for those who might not be located within this… Continue reading 19 May 2016: What does a 3* or 4* research output look like in the arts & design?
18 May 2016: English and Creative Writing research seminar
‘Re-reading print books about islands in digital literary spaces’ This research seminar will be presented by JR Carpenter as part of the English and Creative Writing seminar series at Plymouth University. JR is a post-doctoral fellow at the Eccles Centre for North American Studies at the British Library, and her talk is drawn from her… Continue reading 18 May 2016: English and Creative Writing research seminar
Dr John Matthias has co-written the score to ‘Broadmead-The Movie’
The world premiere of ‘Broadmead the Movie’,a film by Stanley Donwood and Mat Consume, takes place on 14th May 2016. Broadmead in Bristol is an unregarded shopping centre, derided by some, ignored by most. Slated for demolition, it has been chosen by Stanley Donwood as the subject for his first feature film, a film which… Continue reading Dr John Matthias has co-written the score to ‘Broadmead-The Movie’
11 May 2016: seminar on music of English folk song
You are welcome to attend the following MUSIC RESEARCH SEMINAR by Paul Wilson (Wren Music) Wednesday 11 May 2016 at 2 pm in Rolle 015, Plymouth University “Moving Modes: Truths and questions about the Music of English Folk Song” This talk investigates some of the truths and myths about the musical modes of English Folk Song.… Continue reading 11 May 2016: seminar on music of English folk song
Journeys and Transmission – The Land/Water symposium (16-17 June 2016)
Thursday 16 and Friday 17 June 2016 Roland Levinsky Building and Scott Building, Plymouth University The Land/Water 2016 symposium, Journeys and Transmission, explores contemporary concerns about our relationship to the world. Following the journeys we make as artists and researchers to acquire knowledge and to share an understanding of what it is to be human… Continue reading Journeys and Transmission – The Land/Water symposium (16-17 June 2016)
4 May 2016: performance research seminar on moving, being & thinking at Plymouth University
You are warmly invited to attend the next in our series of PEP Talks, the seminar series for the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University. Wednesday 4 May 2016 , 16.30 – 18.00pm, in the Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University The papers will be presented by Phil Smith and Ruth Way. Abstracts and titles for both are… Continue reading 4 May 2016: performance research seminar on moving, being & thinking at Plymouth University
28 April 2016: BODY, SPACE, MEMORY (& A LITTLE BIT OF SUSHI) – a public lecture
Thursday 28 April 2016, 6-8 pm. at the Plymouth School of Creative Arts, 22 Millbay Road Millbay, Plymouth PL1 3EG FREE – all welcome. Book your place via the Eventbrite webpage. This lecture by Professor Bob Brown is last in the ‘Remember This?’ public lecture series from The Arts Institute at Plymouth University. The series, by members of the Arts and… Continue reading 28 April 2016: BODY, SPACE, MEMORY (& A LITTLE BIT OF SUSHI) – a public lecture
27 April 2016: English research seminar on transatlantic fiction
You are welcome to attend the following seminar of Plymouth University’s English & Creative Writing research group: Wednesday 27th April 2016, 3.30-5pm in the Babbage Building, room BGB 409, at Plymouth University ‘The Chain of the Narration’: transatlantic fiction and the natural history of North America a paper by Dr Kathryn Gray.
27 April 2016: Talk about Duke Ellington in Words & Music Shakespeare Festival
“Such Sweet Plunder: Or Whose Line Is It Anyway?” On Wednesday 27th April, Dr Katherine Williams will be giving a talk on Duke Ellington as part of the 2016 Words and Music Festival: Celebrating Shakespeare in Plymouth. In her talk, Katherine uses Duke Ellington’s music to explore the balance of authorial power between composer, bandleader, musicians,… Continue reading 27 April 2016: Talk about Duke Ellington in Words & Music Shakespeare Festival