20th April 2017: Out of Order Film Screening

6pm, Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building. Plymouth University Plymouth University in partnership with the University’s LGBT Forum will be showing the documentary Out of Order, followed by light refreshments and a Q&A session with Director/Producer Amanda Bluglass. Out of Order (2016) is a ground-breaking feature documentary directed by Plymouth University Associate Lecturer in Media… Continue reading 20th April 2017: Out of Order Film Screening

The 21st annual Digital Research in the Humanities & Arts Deadline extended

Due to popular demand the DRHA2017 DataAche Call for Papers has been extended until 30th April 2017. The 21st annual Digital Research in the Humanities & Arts (DRHA) conference hosted by The Arts Institute at the University of Plymouth “We’re drowning (not waving) in a sea of data – with data, data everywhere, but not… Continue reading The 21st annual Digital Research in the Humanities & Arts Deadline extended

U.S Premiere of Broadmead- The Movie

Broadmead – The Movie by artists Stanley Donwood and Mat Consume with an original score by Plymouth Univeristy researcher Dr John Matthias and Jay Auborn will have its US Premiere at the Colloquium for Unpopular Culture at NYU Tisch School for the Arts on April 17th. Broadmead in Bristol is an unregarded shopping centre, derided by some, ignored by… Continue reading U.S Premiere of Broadmead- The Movie

21st April 2017: Heritage Research Symposium

13.30-17.00, Room 108, Mast House The Arts Institute and School of Humanities and Performing Arts will be hosting a symposium around the theme of Heritage Research Programme 13.00-13.30: REF and Research Update (James Daybell) 13.30-13.45: Introduction and overview of ‘Cornerstone Heritage’ (James Daybell, History and Daniel Maudlin, History) 13.45-14.45: Session 1 Diana Walters (International Museums… Continue reading 21st April 2017: Heritage Research Symposium

29 March 2017: Artistic Research Seminar on Painting & Performance

Please join us for the next PEP Talk, the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University. All welcome! Papers on Painting & Performance by Jeremy Diggle & Helen Billinghurst Wednesday 29th March, 4.30 – 6.00pm Roland Levinsky Building RLB308, Plymouth University Professor Jeremy Diggle: “The Performance of Painting” Jeremy Diggle is Honorary… Continue reading 29 March 2017: Artistic Research Seminar on Painting & Performance

Arts and Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. 28th March 2017 at 12.30pm, Roland Levinsky Building (RLB) 213 – Helen Walter on The Body and Design, a Design Knowledge seminar 29th March at 3pm in Rolle Building 018 – Embodied… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

29 March 2017: ‘Embodied Disturbance’ Artistic Research Workshop

Thomas Baugh, 'Appropriate Movement,' Filmic floor projection

Embodied Disturbance Wednesday, 29th March 2017, 3-6 pm in Rolle 018, University of Plymouth This workshop, which is organised by the Artistic Research Cluster at Plymouth University, seeks to bring together researchers drawn mainly from the artistic fields, but also invites researchers from across all domains that have cognate interests in, what might broadly be described as, embodied disturbances.… Continue reading 29 March 2017: ‘Embodied Disturbance’ Artistic Research Workshop

Plymouth University PhD candidate wins Syngenta Photography Award 2017

Yan Preston, 'Forest 7' (2013)

Yan Wang Preston, who is a PhD candidate in Photography at the University of Plymouth, is the winner of the prestigious Syngenta Photography Award 2017 in the ‘Professional Commission’ category. The prize focuses on photography that explores global challenges. Yan is a British-Chinese artist primarily interested in how landscape photography can challenge myths and reveal hidden complexities… Continue reading Plymouth University PhD candidate wins Syngenta Photography Award 2017

Arts and Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. 21st-30th March 2017, Plymouth Arts Centre – How We Behave (part 3), film screenings from Moving Image Arts (MIA) research group. 21st March at 1pm in Roland Levinsky Building 213 –… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

22 March 2017: Research Seminar on Performance, Intimacy and Emotion

Ruth Way & Russell Frampton, 'Blind Torrent' (2012)

Please join us for the next PEP Talk, the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University. All welcome.  Papers by Ruth Way and Eugenia Stamboliev Wednesday 22 March 2017, 4.30 – 6.00pm Roland Levinsky Building, room 308 “Clearing A Path: Somatic transformations in the Opening of Hearts and Spaces, Dances of Self-Agency and Empathic Response” Ruth… Continue reading 22 March 2017: Research Seminar on Performance, Intimacy and Emotion