ARC (Artistic Research Cluster) Seminar 2nd November 2016: 4.30 – 6.00 pm in Scott 102, Plymouth University Presentations by Tabatha Andrews and Dr Gemma Anderson Tabatha Andrews: “Memory, Touch and Play” Tabatha Andrews will discuss The Dispensary, a new work made for Alzheimers and Dementia Patients at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. The Dispensary is… Continue reading 2 November 2016: Artistic Research seminar on Memory, Touch, Play and Drawing
Category: Histories, Memory & Memorialisation
One of the 3 key themes of The Arts Institute at Plymouth University.
Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
The following arts & humanities research events are taking place this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. At Plymouth University: MIA (Moving Image Arts) Seminar: 4pm on 1st November 2016 in Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building (RLB) Artist Talk Series: Abigail Reynolds (“Folding Time and Space”). 4pm on 1st November in RLB… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University
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)
10-13 November 2016: a festival of solo autobiographical theatre at Dartington Hall
Drop the Story: A celebration of solo autobiographical theatre Thursday 10 November – Sunday 13 November 2016 Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon Drop the Story is a festival of solo autobiographical theatre, now in its fourth year, co-organised by Plymouth University PhD candidate, Mo Cohen. Mo is undertaking a practice-as-research into the transformational effects of making… Continue reading 10-13 November 2016: a festival of solo autobiographical theatre at Dartington Hall
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?”
Dr Anya Lewin awarded Arts Council grant
Plymouth University researcher Dr Anya Lewin has been awarded an Arts Council England Grant for the Arts for her latest project, Fez:The Royal Scent. Fez: The Royal Scent will complete her trilogy of moving image installations inspired by family photographs and public archives, which are used to open up questions about historical context, narrative and… Continue reading Dr Anya Lewin awarded Arts Council grant
Lucy Durneen’s creative non-fiction on BBC Radio 4
A creative non-fiction piece written and performed by Lucy Durneen, Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, alongside Dr Adnan Mahmutović from Stockholm University, has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Comics, War & Ordinary Miracles was specially commissioned for the BBC, and explores the two academics’ very different lives in 1992 and their connection through… Continue reading Lucy Durneen’s creative non-fiction on BBC Radio 4
Feature: “Perspectives on the 1620 Mayflower voyage”
BY KATHRYN N. GRAY In 1622, Mourt’s Relation, a narrative report on the Mayflower voyage and settlement in Plymouth, was published anonymously in London. In contrast to William Bradford’s more famous account of this colonial settlement, Of Plimouth Plantation, which he began in the 1630s in the form of a personal journal, Mourt’s Relation is… Continue reading Feature: “Perspectives on the 1620 Mayflower voyage”
Plymouth University Researcher awarded international book prize
Professor Daniel Maudlin, in the School of Humanities and Performing Arts at Plymouth University, has been awarded a prestigious prize by the International Society for Landscape, Place and Material Culture. Known as the Allen G. Noble Book Award, the prize is given for the best edited book on material culture in North America. Professor Maudlin… Continue reading Plymouth University Researcher awarded international book prize
4th October 2016: British Culture and The Cold War 1947-65
As part of the Peninsula Arts lecture series Plymouth University researcher Dr Nicholas Barnett explores the impact of the Cold War years on British Culture. Dr Barnett is an expert on Britain and the Cold War period and lecturer in Twentieth Century History, this lecture covers the topic of his first book: Britain’s Cold War: Culture, Modernity… Continue reading 4th October 2016: British Culture and The Cold War 1947-65