Exploring the intersection of A.I. and human creativity: Empowering agency in an age of uncertainty (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2024, July). Exploring the intersection of A.I. and human creativity: Empowering agency in an age of uncertainty. Paper presented at ICON12, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

The paper 'Exploring the Intersection of A.I. and Human Creativity: Empowering Agency in an Age of Uncertainty' will be presented at the Prisms Education Symposium, a component of ICON12 at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) July 2024. This sympo... Read More about Exploring the intersection of A.I. and human creativity: Empowering agency in an age of uncertainty.

New traditions - An exhibition of modern folklore (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Laidler, P. New traditions - An exhibition of modern folklore. [Inkjet print on cotton]. Exhibited at The Island, Nelson St, Bristol BS1 2BE. 20 June 2024 - 23 June 2024. (Unpublished)

The New Traditions on Modern Folklore exhibition seeks to merge echoes of ancient lore with the pulsing grind of contemporary life, inviting select artists to contribute visions of this "future-past" through conventional and experimental interpretati... Read More about New traditions - An exhibition of modern folklore.

FREEDOM PROJECT KOLEKCJA (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. FREEDOM PROJECT KOLEKCJA. [Collage and digital print]. Exhibited at Grębocin, Poland. 8 May 2024 - 2 June 2024. (Unpublished)

FREEDOM PROJECT KOLEKCJA is a response to crises and ongoing global conflicts humanity is facing today. Artists were invited to speak up on issues related to human rights, war, violence, social and racial injustice. The mission of this important and t... Read More about FREEDOM PROJECT KOLEKCJA.

Library of artistic print on demand (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Laidler, P. Library of artistic print on demand. [Digital Print on Demand Book]. Exhibited at Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany,. 3 May 2024 - 15 September 2024. (Unpublished)

Print-on-demand has revolutionized the world of books. As analogue-digital hybrids, PoD books epitomize the post-digital age. Digital printing and low-threshold online platforms like Blurb, Lulu, and Kindle Direct Publishing in principle allow anyone... Read More about Library of artistic print on demand.

Translation in transition: The cabinet of curiosities (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Parraman, C., Clarke, L., White, M., & Hill, T. (in press). Translation in transition: The cabinet of curiosities.

Working collaboratively: digital and analogue, artist and machine, artist and artist is a constant activity of negotiation and translation – between code, language, process, matrix material and metaphor. The CFPR’s Artist in Residence programme aims... Read More about Translation in transition: The cabinet of curiosities.

What do policymakers need to know about harassment in the metaverse? (2024)
Conference Proceeding
McIntosh, V. (2024). What do policymakers need to know about harassment in the metaverse?.

As immersive technologies and spatial computing paradigms move into the mainstream, public and political interest in the metaverse is growing. In some respects, the metaverse offers an exciting view of the future, one in which a global community can... Read More about What do policymakers need to know about harassment in the metaverse?.

The recreation of 19th century photomechanical processes to aid 21st century research and development (2024)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, S. (2024). The recreation of 19th century photomechanical processes to aid 21st century research and development. In Understanding Use: Objects in Museums of Science and Technology (Artefacts 13). Washington, USA: Smithsonian Scholarly Press

Freedom Project (2024)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Freedom Project. [artists' books]. Exhibited at Łódź, Poland. 28 February 2024 - 28 March 2024. (Unpublished)

FREEDOM PROJECT KOLEKCJA is a response to crises and ongoing global conflicts humanity is facing today. Artists were invited to speak up on issues related to human rights, war, violence, social and racial injustice. The mission of this important and t... Read More about Freedom Project.

Kitchen cultures: Multispecies co-creation with invisible cultures in the kitchen (2024)
Thesis
Modi, K. Kitchen cultures: Multispecies co-creation with invisible cultures in the kitchen. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11062853

This thesis outlines the development of a practice framework for multispecies co-creation in the kitchen. This framework is presented as a tool for public engagement that can be used by co-designers and researchers to engage women from the Global Maj... Read More about Kitchen cultures: Multispecies co-creation with invisible cultures in the kitchen.

The possible worlds of VR documentary (2024)
Book Chapter
Rose, M. (in press). The possible worlds of VR documentary. In Handbook of Documentary. Intellect

Producers have been drawn to virtual reality (VR) for its potential to render vivid experiences of nonfiction content. The politics of the platform’s affective operation, particularly in relation to distant human others, has been analysed and critiqu... Read More about The possible worlds of VR documentary.

Ambient Literature Guidebook (2024)
Book
Abba, T. (2024). Ambient Literature Guidebook. DCRC

Ambient Literature is a way to describe and codify immersive, narrative-led experiences that respond to the presence of a reader within their fabric. Taking the form of a series of short conversations, this book explains what Ambient Literature i... Read More about Ambient Literature Guidebook.

Robotic additive manufacturing of lichen composites for air quality monitoring (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Nikolaidou, A., & Jorgensen, T. (in press). Robotic additive manufacturing of lichen composites for air quality monitoring.

In the light of an unprecedented climate emergency, there is an urgent need to reconsider the materials we use for the construction of our buildings and to explore alternative material systems that are abundant, easy to source, and exhibit increased... Read More about Robotic additive manufacturing of lichen composites for air quality monitoring.

Grounding Technologies: The creative use of mundane and emerging technologies for place-based, just climate action (2023)
Report
Dillon, T., Lowe, J., Rasbash, Z., & Blackburn, M. (2023). Grounding Technologies: The creative use of mundane and emerging technologies for place-based, just climate action. Bristol: Bristol+Bath Creative R+D

Putting people and place at the heart of our work, Grounding Technologies explores how everyday, emergent and mundane technologies can support community-centred climate action. Such ambitions were achieved through a programme of public calls that... Read More about Grounding Technologies: The creative use of mundane and emerging technologies for place-based, just climate action.

A manifesto for slow immersion (2023)
Physical Artefact
Abba, T., & Clark, S. A manifesto for slow immersion. [Print]. Online

Conceived as an answer to the question - how can we curate complex relationships in immersive narratives? This manifesto was presented at ZIPSCENE in Prague (Nov 2023) and distributed to attendees.

The burden of expectation: Where are the women in Steve McQueen's small axe films? (2023)
Book Chapter
Francis, P. (2023). The burden of expectation: Where are the women in Steve McQueen's small axe films?. In T. Austin (Ed.), ReFocus: The Films of Steve McQueen (1-226). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Prime time Sunday evening viewing across five weeks of Steve McQueen's penology offered the opportunity to give volume to the silenced, to offer an alternative social historical account of the plurality of the Black British experience, to represent... Read More about The burden of expectation: Where are the women in Steve McQueen's small axe films?.

Digital storytelling: A relational pedagogic approach to rebuilding hybrid places for creativity, equity and community building in a crisis (2023)
Journal Article
Parker Moon, Z., Palmerini, P., Drayton, J., Noon, R., Gibson, K., Gold, L., & Ochu, E. (2023). Digital storytelling: A relational pedagogic approach to rebuilding hybrid places for creativity, equity and community building in a crisis. Advances in Online Education: A Peer-Reviewed Journal, 2(1), 1-18

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted human flourishing worldwide as in-person teaching and learning provision within universities and schools rapidly shifted online. This exposed challenges as staff and students worked from home. Digital competences in onl... Read More about Digital storytelling: A relational pedagogic approach to rebuilding hybrid places for creativity, equity and community building in a crisis.

Twisting clay - Creative research to explore the complex rheology in ceramic extrusion (2023)
Journal Article
Jorgensen, T., & Lightfoot, S. (2023). Twisting clay - Creative research to explore the complex rheology in ceramic extrusion. FORMakademisk, 16(4), https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.5423

This paper details practice-based research exploring new creative possibilities involving the ceramic extrusion process. The paper begins by providing a short overview of the extrusion technique, its charac-teristics and some contextual coverage of t... Read More about Twisting clay - Creative research to explore the complex rheology in ceramic extrusion.

Child safeguarding and immersive technologies - An outline of the risks (2023)
Report
McIntosh, V. (2023). Child safeguarding and immersive technologies - An outline of the risks. London: NSPCC

Given the rapid growth of new technologies, including immersive environments, the current generation of extended reality products – Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) – and the clear shift towards the development of the metaverse, resear... Read More about Child safeguarding and immersive technologies - An outline of the risks.

Child safeguarding and immersive technologies - Key concepts (2023)
Report
McIntosh, V. (2023). Child safeguarding and immersive technologies - Key concepts. London: NSPCC

Given the rapid growth of new technologies, including immersive environments, the current generation of extended reality products – Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) – and the clear shift towards the development of the metaverse, resear... Read More about Child safeguarding and immersive technologies - Key concepts.

Development of novel solutions for robotic 3D ceramic paste printing (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Jorgensen, T., Lightfoot, S., Farzadnia, F., White, M., & Joyce-Badea, M. (2023, July). Development of novel solutions for robotic 3D ceramic paste printing. Paper presented at EcerS 2023, Lyon France

3D printing with polymer-based mediums is ubiquitous in many sectors with a broad range of technologies maturing and providing a very good level choice both in terms of cost and quality. However, with the ceramic medium some challenges still remain t... Read More about Development of novel solutions for robotic 3D ceramic paste printing.