Associate Professor wins first prize at lighting exhibition

Christopher Cook, Associate Professor in Painting, has been awarded the £10,000 first prize at the biennial New Light exhibition, which has recently opened at the Bowes Museum in County Durham. New Light is a charity formed to promote and support artists with connections to the North of England, either through birth, work or residence. The exhibition… Continue reading Associate Professor wins first prize at lighting exhibition

Arts and Humanities research events this December

The following research events are taking place in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities this month. Please contact theartsinstitute@plymouth.ac.uk if you would like further information. 6th December 2017, 4.30pm – 6pm, Roland Levinksy, Room 303 Performance. Experience. Presence.- Chris Green & Katheryn Owens: “Performing the Millennial: Precarity and the Domestic” Jonathan Cripps: “Pedagogy of Presence: Examining… Continue reading Arts and Humanities research events this December

Associate lecturer wins award for art installation

Tabatha Andrews, a sculptor and installation artist who is an Associate Lecturer on the MA Contemporary Art Practice programme, has won the prize for Best Collaborative Arts Project (Static) at the national Building Better Healthcare Awards. Working in collaboration with the patients of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and woodturners in Devon and Cornwall, she won… Continue reading Associate lecturer wins award for art installation

5th December 2017: Speaking Research- approaches to contemporary research in and out of evaluation structures.

10am-1pm | Rolle 116 Professor Irit Rogoff will talk about her experience of REF and the founding of the new European Forum for Advanced Practices.  Irit Rogoff is a writer, educator, curator and organisor.  She is Professor of Visual Culture at Goldsmiths, University of London, a department she founded in 2002.Rogoff works at the meeting… Continue reading 5th December 2017: Speaking Research- approaches to contemporary research in and out of evaluation structures.

22nd November 2017: PEP Thanksgiving/National Day of Mourning

Treaty Canoe installation at York University, Alex McKay

5pm – 7pm, Roland Levinsky Building Room 306 For 2017’s US Thanksgiving/National Day of Mourning, the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at the University of Plymouth invites arts researchers to look towards Plymouth’s commemorations of the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower from Plymouth, UK to Massachusetts, USA. Plymouth, along with 10 other UK towns,… Continue reading 22nd November 2017: PEP Thanksgiving/National Day of Mourning

Adam Benjamin delivers keynote lecture

Plymouth University researcher Adam Benjamin, Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, has given a keynote speech at DanceAble symposium in Den Haag, The Netherlands to raise awareness about ‘inclusive dance’ and the empowerment of dancers with disabilities. The keynote followed a recent trip to the LABO inclusive dance symposium at the Royal Conservatoire of the Arts in… Continue reading Adam Benjamin delivers keynote lecture

Dr Deborah Robinson collaborator in major Wellcome Trust funded project Waiting Times

Plymouth University researcher Dr Deborah Robinson, associate professor of contemporary art practise is a collaborator on Waiting Times, a major project funded by a Wellcome Trust collaborative Award in Humanities and Social Science. The project, led by Dr Laura Salisbury, Exeter University and Dr Lisa Baraitser, Birkbeck College, University of London will investigate waiting as a… Continue reading Dr Deborah Robinson collaborator in major Wellcome Trust funded project Waiting Times

Future Imperfect symposium- Plymouth University

By Allister Gall The Future Imperfect symposium at University of Plymouth was convened by Dr Allister Gall, a Lecturer in Media Arts and Film and Television Production, and MA Contemporary Art Practice student Katy Richardson, in collaboration with Dr Anya Lewin, Associate Professor in Art and Moving Image, and the Moving Image Arts (MIA) research… Continue reading Future Imperfect symposium- Plymouth University

Mayflower400- The Wallflower Project

The Wallflower Project has been launched in the lead up to Mayflower400. The Project will engage local communities in the design and production of outdoor public murals across the city centre. Overseen by the University of Plymouth’s public art specialist Dr Jody Patterson in collaboration with a collective of local artists under the guidance of… Continue reading Mayflower400- The Wallflower Project

Professor Liz Wells awarded an honorary Doctorate

  University of Plymouth researcher, Professor Liz Wells, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, for her contributions within the fields of photography history,  theory, curation and criticism internationally. This is especially significant as there is a particular interest in photography and environment at Valand Academy (Department for Film, Photography, Fine Art and Literary Composition)… Continue reading Professor Liz Wells awarded an honorary Doctorate