Photography Exhibition: LONGING FOR LANDSCAPE Tieranatomisches Theater Berlin 1 October – 1 December 2016 With the expansion of cities and industrialised agriculture, humankind is leaving ever more indelible signs of its existence on the planet’s surface – the anthropocene, the age of man has long begun. The exhibition, Longing for Landscape – Photography in the… Continue reading Photographs by Jem Southam on exhibit in Berlin
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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
Keynote presentations by Prof Liz Wells this summer in Plymouth and Sheffield
Liz Wells, Professor in Photographic Culture at Plymouth University, is delivering a number of keynote presentations this summer. On 30 June, Liz will be discussing visual literacy, criticality and photo education at the Association for Photography in Higher Education (APHE) conference, hosted jointly by Plymouth University and Plymouth College of Art. And on 4 July 2016,… Continue reading Keynote presentations by Prof Liz Wells this summer in Plymouth and Sheffield
15 June 2016: Transtechnology Research Seminar on Objects of Affect and Affection
“The Decisive Moment, Instant or Attenuated?” a research presentation by Jacqui Knight in the CogNovo seminar room, Link Building (3rd floor) at Plymouth University 15 June 2016, from 13:00-15:00 Preceded by coffee and tea from 12:30. The representation of the ‘distilled moment’ or ‘decisive moment’, clarifies some things whilst it obscures others; what it obscures is the distinction… Continue reading 15 June 2016: Transtechnology Research Seminar on Objects of Affect and Affection
Feature: “Sian Davey: Looking For Alice”
BY DAVID CHANDLER During the 1980s, as the domestic realm increasingly became one of its primary subjects, photographic art began to add a new critical dimension to what experience had already seared into the core of our collective being: that the models of family life propagated by advertising and the media, were, on almost every… Continue reading Feature: “Sian Davey: Looking For Alice”
‘Remember Me’: a new AHRC-funded research network
Liz Nicol, Associate Professor in Photography and leader of the MA Photography programme at Plymouth University, is Co-Investigator for a new AHRC-funded project with researchers at the University of Hull. The project, entitled ‘Remember Me: The Changing Face of Memorialisation’, explores the making of meaning in memorial practices in Britain. Liz’s role in the project focuses on… Continue reading ‘Remember Me’: a new AHRC-funded research network
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
24 February: Land/Water & the Visual Arts session on research residencies in Nicosia, Cyprus
You are welcome to attend this session run by the Land/Water and the Visual Arts research group: Wednesday 24 February 2016 3.30-5.30pm in Scott Building room SCB102 Nicosia Residency – Cyprus – 2013-2015 featuring work by Liz Nicol, Hannah Drayson and Carole Baker and with an introduction by Professor Liz Wells Following her residency in… Continue reading 24 February: Land/Water & the Visual Arts session on research residencies in Nicosia, Cyprus