Following Dr Alexis Kirke’s (Senior Research Fellow, ICCMR) award-winning documentary on music and dementia, produced in collaboration with the BBC Radio Devon and broadcast in 2014 – a follow-up special is now scheduled to be broadcast between Christmas and New Year. Co-produced and co-presented by Alexis, it will air at 13:15 on Wednesday 27th December on… Continue reading Dr Alexis Kirke presents BBC programme on Dementia, Music and Broadcasting
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Dr Alexis Kirke featured on BBC Radio 4
Dr Alexis Kirke, Senior Research Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR), has featured on the BBC Radio 4 series Futureproofing. Alexis was discussing his use of the quantum computers at the University of Southern California and IBM to create music and performance, as well as explaining the concepts of superposition and… Continue reading Dr Alexis Kirke featured on BBC Radio 4
Nuria Bonet wins research award
Plymouth University post graduate student Nuria Bonet has been awarded a travel award to attend the Galpin Society and AMIS joint conference in Edinburgh, 1-4 June 2017. For the third year running, her work into Catalan shawms has been recognised and she has been given the chance to meet world-leading specialists in organology. She will… Continue reading Nuria Bonet wins research award
From digital to post-digital memory
On The Arts Institute Digital Memory Symposium: Monday, 16th January 2017 By Hannah Drayson and James Sweeting The University of Plymouth’s Art Institute’s first one-day research symposium brought together researchers from across the Faculty of Arts & Humanities to respond to the theme of Digital Memory. It aimed to explore how the ‘turn to the material’ across… Continue reading From digital to post-digital memory
Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2017: Voice 2.0
Friday 24th to Sunday 26th February 2017 The House at the University of Plymouth Celebrating 12 years of musical innovation Organised in partnership with Plymouth University’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music (ICCMR) Ever since the dawn of humanity, voice has always been our primary source for communication. Our ability to evolve sophisticated verbal languages distinguishes us… Continue reading Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2017: Voice 2.0
Arts & 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. 24th January 2017 at 3.30pm in Scott 105 – Dr Alexis Kirke: “Music with Unconventional Computing II – Quantum Computing”, an ICCMR seminar 24th January at 12.30pm in Roland Levinsky Building… Continue reading Arts & Humanities Research Events this week at Plymouth University
The Sonification of David Bowie at the Port Eliot Festival
What does the sonification of David Bowie sound like? You can find out as part of the brand new science programme at the Port Eliot Festival, which takes place 28-31 July 2016 in St Germans, Cornwall. Dr Alexis Kirke, who is Senior Research Fellow in Plymouth University’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR), and Martyn… Continue reading The Sonification of David Bowie at the Port Eliot Festival
Research from Plymouth University contributes to Parliamentary Debate
On 14 June 2016, there was a debate in the House of Commons regarding dementia and air travel, in which Oliver Colville, the parliamentary minister responsible for air transport, participated. During the discussion, the work of Plymouth University researchers, including the ICCMR’s Alexis Kirke – who sits on the Prime minister’s Dementia Air Transport Group – was highlighted. Oliver Colville MP said: I… Continue reading Research from Plymouth University contributes to Parliamentary Debate
Nuria Bonet receives the William A. Gribbon Award … again!
A doctoral researcher at Plymouth University has received the prestigious William A. Gribbon Award from the American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS) for the second consecutive year. Nuria Bonet was awarded a travel award to attend the AMIS General Meeting in Vermillion, South Dakota in May 2016. The award recognises her work into Catalan shawms and she has been given the… Continue reading Nuria Bonet receives the William A. Gribbon Award … again!
14 June 2016: Keynote by Dr Alexis Kirke at Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences & Humanities
Dr Alexis Kirke has been invited to present a keynote talk entitled “For entertainment purposes only? How arts can contribute directly to research into the science of computing and Human Computer Interaction (HCI)” at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities on Tuesday 14th June 2016. His speech is part of an event called “Wo/Man, Mind, Machine”, which is… Continue reading 14 June 2016: Keynote by Dr Alexis Kirke at Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences & Humanities