What is drawing research? Symposium
(2023)
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All Outputs (8)
RCA Symposium: Reportage drawing at the end of the world (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Symposium RCA 2020: Reportage drawing at the end of the world
Reportage drawing has always borne witness to the world’s most consequential events. For most of the 19th century, reportage drawing was the news image and its perception as a piece of o... Read More about RCA Symposium: Reportage drawing at the end of the world.
Learning from Lissitsky: Illustration and the new objectivity (2020)
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El Lissitzky believed the artist could be an agent for change. The Russian avant-garde artist declared a break with traditional modes of representation, and embracing geometric abstraction aiming to revolutionize artistic practice. The Creator of ‘Be... Read More about Learning from Lissitsky: Illustration and the new objectivity.
Drawing at art school (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drawing at Art School was a symposium that took place in November 2019, with speakers discussing their experiences and views on the role and value of drawing within the Art School.
The Symposium was organised by UWE Drawing Research.
UWE Bristol talks: Reportage and documentary drawing (2016)
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Gary Embury, senior lecturer BA (Hons) Illustration at UWE Bristol discusses Contemporary Reportage and Documentary drawing practice and its relevancy as a source of news reporting.
Reportage drawing is a valuable interpreter of contemporary event... Read More about UWE Bristol talks: Reportage and documentary drawing.
The Topolski Studio Residency Programme (2015)
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Interpretation was the theme of September 2014’s VaroomLab symposium on illustration, held in partnership with Arts University Bournemouth, which explored ways in which illustrators interpret, re-interpret and misinterpret information through illustr... Read More about The Topolski Studio Residency Programme.
Illustration Forum 2014 - Witness: Reportage & Documentary (2014)
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Six internationally renowned illustrators visited Falmouth University last week to present at the 12th annual Illustration Forum, 'Witness.' The event was chaired by Gary Embury, senior lecturer at the University of the West of England.
Each year... Read More about Illustration Forum 2014 - Witness: Reportage & Documentary.
The new visual journalism (2012)
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Opportunities for illustrators have vastly increased over the last few years partly due to new technologies and the growth and easy availability of visual material.
There is a theory we are approaching an era of new visual literacy, (Kress & Van Le... Read More about The new visual journalism.