Work + Play: Plymouth University photographer exhibiting in Brighton

work + play A group show about collective identity and the relevance of social class featuring Plymouth University photographer Ines Rae, with Cesar Da Luz and Magnum Photography Award winner Dougie Wallace work + play is a month long photography exhibition that confronts issues of social class, explored through the documentation of work and leisure time. Opening… Continue reading Work + Play: Plymouth University photographer exhibiting in Brighton

Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Plymouth University this week. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. Ethical and governance issues in funding applications and applying for ethical approval (Angela Pellowe and Pam Baxter) 2pm-3pm, 21st September, John Bull Building i-DAT: Research State of the… Continue reading Arts & Humanities research events this week at Plymouth University

21 September 2016: Transtechnology Research Seminar

Hogarth’s Dog: Devices, Narrative and Illusion 21st September 2016, 12noon in Link Building, floor 3, Plymouth University Transtechnology Research Seminar by Dr. Hannah Drayson and Prof. Michael Punt Following from Sedgwick and Frank’s (1995) Shame in the Cyberetic Fold, Hannah Drayson will gloss the discussion surrounding the concept of affect in the arts and humanities… Continue reading 21 September 2016: Transtechnology Research Seminar

Feature: Women’s Early Modern Letters Online and the Dutch Royal Archives

Mary, Princess of Orange

By PROFESSOR JAMES DAYBELL On 23 September 1633, the Constantijn Huygens, the Golden Age Dutch polymath and secretary to two Princes of Orange (Frederick Henry and William II) wrote to Amalia von Solms-Braunfels, wife of the Dutch Stadtholder Frederik Hendrik von Oranje-Nassau (1584–1647) reporting that her husband had given orders for his army to break camp… Continue reading Feature: Women’s Early Modern Letters Online and the Dutch Royal Archives

Professor Eduardo Miranda’s new book ‘Mind Pieces’ published in New York

The recording of the Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival premiere of Professor Eduardo Miranda’s symphony, ‘Mind Pieces’ and an accompanying e-book have recently been published by Intelligent Arts, in New York, USA. Mind Pieces stemmed from Professor Miranda’s research into using computers to harness musical creativity. The e-book is about bringing technology and intuitive musical… Continue reading Professor Eduardo Miranda’s new book ‘Mind Pieces’ published in New York

Feature: “Working upon the royal sympathy: researching the myth and reality of Victoria’s royal mercy”

Portrait by George Hayter

BY JAMES GREGORY A beautiful young queen is moved to commute the sentence on those condemned to be executed for high treason – with all the horrors of hanging, drawing and quartering – aided by the advice of her dashing prime minister. Viewers of the most recent, third, episode of ITV’s series, Victoria (which aired… Continue reading Feature: “Working upon the royal sympathy: researching the myth and reality of Victoria’s royal mercy”

New performance by Natalie Raven at the SPILL festival

Photo by Rachel Parry

LA SAINTE TRINITÉ Friday 28 October 2016 at 15.30 at the High Street Exhibitional Gallery, Ipswich (as part of the Spill Festival of Performance) Natalie Raven, who is undertaking a practice-research PhD at Plymouth University, is premiering a new piece at the SPILL Festival of Performance. Created in 2007 by artist Robert Pacitti and produced by… Continue reading New performance by Natalie Raven at the SPILL festival

Plymouth PhD candidate hosts event at British Library on Multi-media theses

Plymouth University PhD candidate, Coral Manton, will be chairing a Digital Conversation event at the British Library on Thursday 29th September from 6 to 8 pm. This free event will explore the growing trend toward non-text and multimedia research outputs being submitted as part of PhD theses and the challenges that this posses to researchers,… Continue reading Plymouth PhD candidate hosts event at British Library on Multi-media theses

25 September 2016: Music of Motions & Presence (free performance)

Federico Visi, Practice Research Symposium, 5 February 2016

25 September 2016 at 17:00 The House, Plymouth University Free admission, booking advised Music of Motions and Presence is series of compositions by Federico Visi that make deliberate use of the body movements of the performers. Federico will be playing electric guitar, together with Lara Jones on saxophone and Marco Frattini on drums and percussion. Their gestures… Continue reading 25 September 2016: Music of Motions & Presence (free performance)

Autumn clown classes for adults in Exmouth

Finding the Funny Peculiar: Autumn Clown Classes for Adults Starting 29 September 2016, 6.30 – 8.30 pm at the Kennaway Centre, Exmouth, Devon These classes, led by Dr Maggie Irving, are about letting your hair down and revealing your strangely smart yet fabulously foolish side. Maggie’s AHRC-funded practice-as-research PhD at Plymouth University explored clowning for… Continue reading Autumn clown classes for adults in Exmouth