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

22nd June 2017: Territories

22nd and 23rd June 2017 | Plymouth University  This two-day symposium will offer an insight into artistic practices that engage with concepts of territories within contemporary culture. Possession is a necessary condition when space is framed as ‘territory’, whereas landscape may be considered in purely aesthetic terms. When landscape is territory, we can think of… Continue reading 22nd June 2017: Territories

16th May 2017: Multisensory Aesthetics Symposium

10.30am – 6pm | Link 3 The Multisensory Aesthetics project at Plymouth University is a transdiciplinary collaboration between psychology, fine art, 3D design and sound art, designed to explore the creation and perception of multisensory artworks. As part of the project you are invited to a one day workshop exploring the use of multisensory techniques… Continue reading 16th May 2017: Multisensory Aesthetics Symposium

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

1 April 2017: Future Imperfect Cinema Symposium

1 April 2017 in the Jill Craigie Cinema at the University of Plymouth Future Imperfect is a multidisciplinary symposium that brings together makers and researchers across cinema, sound and moving image. Organised by Dr Allister Gall, it seeks to examine the role of cinema today – through discussion, performance and making. We are interested in mobilising ideas,… Continue reading 1 April 2017: Future Imperfect Cinema Symposium

26 January 2017: Group Creativity & Education Symposium

Symposium: Group Creativity and Education Thursday 26th January 2017, 9:30am – 4pm Presented by Cognovo and Art and Sound Link Building, Third Floor Cognovo Seminar Space, Plymouth University This symposium brings together psychologists, creative artists and educationalists to share common practice and explore new ideas in education and group creativity. In an educational landscape in the UK which… Continue reading 26 January 2017: Group Creativity & Education Symposium

CfP: Digital Memory Symposium at Plymouth University (16 January 2017)

in Roland Levinsky Building rooms RLB 206 and 207, 10am-3pm This one-day symposium hosted by the Arts Institute seeks to bring together researchers from across the faculty and beyond who have cognate interests in what might broadly be described as ‘digital memory’, in order to stimulate potential collaborations with an eye to funding opportunities. Digital… Continue reading CfP: Digital Memory Symposium at Plymouth University (16 January 2017)

Neighbourhood Regeneration in China

Prof Robert Brown

Robert Brown, Professor in Architecture, and 20 final-year masters students have just returned from Macau, China, after working on a live project to regenerate a local neighbourhood. In collaboration with students and staff from City University of Macau and St Joseph’s University, the team is analysing and developing strategic proposals for the regeneration in the… Continue reading Neighbourhood Regeneration in China

18 June 2016: Thinkering unSymposium in Plymouth

Saturday 18th June 2016, 10am – 7.30pm Ocean Studios – The Factory Cooperage, Royal William Yard, Plymouth This event explores the theme of t(h)inkering—a practice that brings together tinkering and thinking—in the contexts of living coding, hardware hacking, the maker movement, media archaeology and design. This unSymposium is made up of 3 workshops that will run… Continue reading 18 June 2016: Thinkering unSymposium in Plymouth

Journeys and Transmission – The Land/Water symposium (16-17 June 2016)

Thursday 16 and Friday 17 June 2016 Roland Levinsky Building and Scott Building, Plymouth University The Land/Water 2016 symposium, Journeys and Transmission, explores contemporary concerns about our relationship to the world. Following the journeys we make as artists and researchers to acquire knowledge and to share an understanding of what it is to be human… Continue reading Journeys and Transmission – The Land/Water symposium (16-17 June 2016)