Outputs (36)

The history of this community: Documentary theatre with "deliberately local motives" (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Nevitt, L. (2008, December). The history of this community: Documentary theatre with "deliberately local motives". Paper presented at University of Glamorgan External Speakers Programme, University of Glamorgan, Wales

Paper exploring the local and community documentary theatre work of Peter Cheeseman at the Victoria and New Vic Theatres in Stoke-on-Trent, and the Living Archive Project/Stantonbury Drama Group in Milton Keynes, from the 1960s to the 1990s. Particul... Read More about The history of this community: Documentary theatre with "deliberately local motives".

Carefully posed thighs: Shame, nudity and film censorship - John Huston's The Bible: In the Beginning (1966) (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Lawrence, M. (2008, November). Carefully posed thighs: Shame, nudity and film censorship - John Huston's The Bible: In the Beginning (1966). Presented at Invited talk, Huston School of Film and Media, University of Galway

An analysis of the production and reception of the Eden sequences in John Huston’s The Bible: In the Beginning (1966).

The eagle document: Installation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Oechsler, M. (2008, November). The eagle document: Installation. Paper presented at Close encounters of the animal kind, Tate Britiain, UK

This interdisciplinary conference explores the contemporary processes of subject formation through encounters with non-human 'otherness'. Though the focus of the conference will be on animals, the becoming-animal, the emphasis will be placed on art p... Read More about The eagle document: Installation.

The future of publishing (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L., & Sowden, T. (2008, November). The future of publishing. Paper presented at 10th Biennial Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair and Conference, Cafritz Art Center, Montgomery College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD, USA

Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden were invited by Tate Shaw, organiser of the event, to present research into the future of the contemporary artist’s book in the digital age from their AHRC funded project. In an arena including digital and traditional arti... Read More about The future of publishing.

The art and science of colour: Bridging the gap between art and perception (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Parraman, C., & Rizzi, A. (2008, November). The art and science of colour: Bridging the gap between art and perception. Paper presented at CHArt Conference (Computers and the History of Art 24th Annual Conference), Birkbeck, University of London

The paper considers the relation between the art and science of colour perception and how computational procedures, which mimic our visual system, have been developed to advance digital imaging techniques for the enhancement of colour and image quali... Read More about The art and science of colour: Bridging the gap between art and perception.

The death of the animal in European cinema: Metaphor and analogy (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Lawrence, M. (2008, November). The death of the animal in European cinema: Metaphor and analogy. Paper presented at Research in Progress Seminar, University of Sussex

An analysis of the representation of animal slaughter in European cinema, particularly in Fassbinder’s In a Year of Thirteen Moons and Olmi’s The Tree of Wooden Clogs (both 1978).

Co-creative production (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Partington, A. (2008, November). Co-creative production. Paper presented at Narrative, Non-narrative, Anti-narrative, Watershed, Bristol

This presentation makes a number of proposals about how the current notion of 'co-creativity' (associated with the impact of digital media) supports new approaches to the analysis of visual culture and methodologies in media studies.

Artists’ books abroad (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L., & Sowden, T. (2008, November). Artists’ books abroad. Presented at Artists’ Books Abroad, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, USA

Presenting an overview of artist's book publishing in Europe and further afield: contemporary artists’ books, Internet publishing projects, altered books, performance books, and use of digital and traditional production methods.

Laughter in the dark: Capitalism, comedy, violence and neo-noir (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Tuck, G. (2008, November). Laughter in the dark: Capitalism, comedy, violence and neo-noir. Paper presented at 5th Annual Historical Materialism Conference, SOAS, London

An early version of my chapter for neo-noir, discussing humour and irony in film noir and neo-noir. It claimed dark ironic humour was more readily identifiable in these texts than in the original cycle, particularly the double coding and surreal rep... Read More about Laughter in the dark: Capitalism, comedy, violence and neo-noir.

Ansel Adams books: Photographs in ink (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Hammond, A. (2008, October). Ansel Adams books: Photographs in ink. Presented at Ansel Adams' Books: Photographs in Ink, Centre for the Book, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA

This study follows the development of Adam's aesthetic attitude to different methods of printed reproduction of his fine photgraphs, from letterpress (beginning in the 1920s), through occasional experiments with photogravure, to duotone offset photol... Read More about Ansel Adams books: Photographs in ink.