The following keynote talks were presented at the Off the Lip Conference on transdisciplinary approaches to cognitive innovation, held at Plymouth University between 9-11 September 2015. To watch the videos, please visit this page. Roger Malina: “New Forms of Art-Science Collaboration: Case Studies” In recent years art-science collaboration has been identified as an emerging frontier of… Continue reading Presentations on art, science & the brain by Roger Malina and Amy Ione are now online
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News about The Arts Institute at Plymouth University and its members.
Benjamin Pothier’s Expedition To Ngozuma Glacier
Photographer, documentary film director and anthropology researcher, Benjamin Pothier, is joining Dr Ulyana Horodyskyj, a glaciologist and climate change educator trained as a Scientist-Astronaut in the PoSSUM program, for an expedition to Ngozumpa Glacier in Nepal in May-June 2016. The team will conduct scientific research into glacier melting that could become a threat to the population… Continue reading Benjamin Pothier’s Expedition To Ngozuma Glacier
Katherine Williams’ co-edited volume ‘The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter’ has been published
Dr Katherine Williams‘ co-edited volume The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter was published in late February. This book explains the historical contexts, musical analyses, and theoretical frameworks of the singer-songwriter tradition. Divided into five parts, the book explores the tradition in the context of issues including authenticity, gender, queer studies, musical analysis and performance. Leadbelly, Dolly Parton, Billy… Continue reading Katherine Williams’ co-edited volume ‘The Cambridge Companion to the Singer-Songwriter’ has been published
Moving Image Arts researchers at Arnolfini
Moving Image Arts research co-ordinator Dr Kayla Parker and MIA associate Stuart Moore each delivered a paper on Sunday 6 March at PARALLEL – ICO Art + Cinema Weekend 2016, hosted by Arnolfini, Bristol. The event is a festival of artists’ moving image, presented as part of the Independent Cinema Office’s Artists’ Moving Image Network project, in partnership with artists’… Continue reading Moving Image Arts researchers at Arnolfini
Professor Eduardo Miranda is a visiting scholar at Harvard University
Professor Eduardo Miranda is currently on a mission to the United States as a visiting scholar at Harvard University and invited speaker at MIT Media Lab. He is working in the Harvard University Studio for Electroacoustic Composition (HUSEAC) on a new composition for choir and electronics, which is scheduled for premiere at the Peninsula… Continue reading Professor Eduardo Miranda is a visiting scholar at Harvard University
Plymouth University Researchers perform at INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR ARTISTIC INNOVATION
After its successful premiere at this year’s Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival, Federico Visi (electric guitar, motion sensors, live electronics) and Katherine Williams (saxophone, motion sensors, live electronics) are performing Visi’s composition,11 degrees of dependence, this week at The International Festival for Innovations in Music Production and Composition (iFIMPaC) organised by Leeds College of Music. … Continue reading Plymouth University Researchers perform at INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR ARTISTIC INNOVATION
Developing a new performance with a new quantum computer
Dr Alexis Kirke, a Senior Research Fellow of the ICCMR (Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research) at Plymouth University, has begun a two-week residency at the University of Southern California (USC) in the Quantum Computation and Open Quantum Systems (QCOQS) group. Alexis has been invited to collaborate with this world-leading research group to develop a musical performance using its $15m… Continue reading Developing a new performance with a new quantum computer
Ground-breaking performance by ICCMR’s The Paramusical Ensemble
Four individuals with complex neurological conditions have, for the first time, taken part in a live musical performance with a string quartet. The film of this ground-breaking musical performance will premiere at Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2016. It showcases an extraordinary project led by Plymouth University and the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability which saw four patients at the… Continue reading Ground-breaking performance by ICCMR’s The Paramusical Ensemble
‘An Accident of the History of Technology’ podcast with Guy Edmonds
CogNovo Research Fellow, Guy Edmonds, has published a podcast with Roger Malina on the very early days of cinema. It has the title “The Divorce of Eye and Ear is an Accident of the History of Technology” and is available on the international, interdisciplinary, multi-lingual online platform, Creative Disturbances. Creative Disturbances is a new Leonardo… Continue reading ‘An Accident of the History of Technology’ podcast with Guy Edmonds
New book about Rufus Wainwright by Dr Katherine Williams
Equinox Publishing has just published Dr Katherine Williams‘ new book, Rufus Wainwright. Katherine, a Lecturer in Music at Plymouth University, is a musicologist and saxophonist. Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright is famous around the world for his multi-faceted musical style, shown through both his recorded output and his engaging live performances. In this book, Katherine Williams combines aspects… Continue reading New book about Rufus Wainwright by Dr Katherine Williams