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SweetTalk 38 (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Dowling, J. P., Anderson, I., Mochnacz, M., Council, A., & Solomons, G. (2009, November). SweetTalk 38. Presented at Creative to Creative Lecture series, The Watershed, Bristol

Bristol design blog typenowhere.com join forces with CandyCollective to bring SweetTalk to Watershed. SweetTalk is a creative-to-creative live event, bringing together local creative talent with international luminaries in a relaxed, social environme... Read More about SweetTalk 38.

The Politics of Laughter in Antonia's Line (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Arthurs, J. (2009, November). The Politics of Laughter in Antonia's Line. Presented at The Politics of Laughter in Antonia's Line, Pierion Centre, Bristol, UK

Invited talk with follow up discussion after a film screening.

The Virginia Monologues (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Arthurs, J. (2009, November). The Virginia Monologues. Presented at The Virginia Monologues, Festival of Ideas, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, UK

Jane Arthurs was chair and discussant.

The Battle of Algiers: Terrorism as a tool of political persuasion (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bacon, T., & Dickman, G. (2009, October). The Battle of Algiers: Terrorism as a tool of political persuasion. Presented at Africa Eye Film Festival 2009 Symposium, Watershed Media Centre, Bristol, UK

A symposium given as part of the Aftica Eye Film Festival, 2009.

Embodied reality: Contemporary biopics and the inflections of stardom (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Dolan, J. (2009, October). Embodied reality: Contemporary biopics and the inflections of stardom. Paper presented at IMAGEing reality: Representing the Real in Film, Television and New Media, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

With films like Iris (Eyre, 2001), Walk the Line (Mangold, 2005), The Queen (Frears, 2006,) Milk (Van Sant, 2008), The Wrestler (Aronofsky, 2008) dominating international film awards, the importance of biopics to contemporary circuits of ‘factual’ sc... Read More about Embodied reality: Contemporary biopics and the inflections of stardom.

Introducing Waltz with Bashir (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2009, October). Introducing Waltz with Bashir. Presented at Compass of Desire Film Festival, Trinity Centre, Bristol

This short talk introduces the feature-length Lebanese animation, Waltz with Bashir.

Insects and intentions: Imamura's women (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2009, October). Insects and intentions: Imamura's women. Presented at Pigs, Eels and Insects: Reassessing the Legacy of Shohei Imamura, Arnolfini, Bristol

This paper explores Imamura's response to post-war socio-cultural changes in Japan that stem from the 'female equality' provisions in the US-authored constitution and the US's ideological attack on the traditional Japanese family structure.

Conference panel chair (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Partington, M. (2009, September). Conference panel chair. Presented at Impact 6 Print Conference, Council House, Bristol

Chair of the Applied Arts Panel at the Impact 6 Print Conference organised by the Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England, Bristol. The speakers were Steve Brown, Cathy Treadway/Charlotte Hodes and Maristela Salvatori... Read More about Conference panel chair.

Situations: A combined model of research and commissioning as a method of unknowing place (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Doherty, C. (2009, September). Situations: A combined model of research and commissioning as a method of unknowing place. Paper presented at Dare No.4: Urban Knowledge: How Fine Art and Design Perspectives could contribute to understand and rethink our current urban environments and their complexities, MaKHU/ Utrecht Graduate School of Visual Art and Design

This paper presented at Situations is a model of commissioning and research programme through an analysis of its projects and events as responsive to a notion of situation, rather than site, to unknowing rather than knowing a place. These projects, i... Read More about Situations: A combined model of research and commissioning as a method of unknowing place.

Comic-book adaptation (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Dolan, J. (2009, September). Comic-book adaptation. Paper presented at Framing Film: Cinema and the Visual Arts, University of Winchester

Josephine Dolan was the conference panel chair for this conference. The panel contributors were Ian Hague: The Manhattan perspective: Sequence and simultaneity in comics and film; Liam Burke: 'It's a bird... It's a plane... no, it's a genre!’ Adapta... Read More about Comic-book adaptation.

Powell, Pressburger and Peeping Tom (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2009, September). Powell, Pressburger and Peeping Tom. Presented at The Screen at Hay Festival of British Cinema, Hay-on Wye, Hay-on-Wye

This talk provided a career overview of Powell, especially his collaborations with Pressburger, and a critical introduction to Peeping Tom in relation to Powell's other films, genre and psychoanalytic theory.

Film strip (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Lloyd, W. (2009, September). Film strip. Paper presented at Framing Films Conference, University of Winchester

The paper discussed the use of information relay as an improvisational space, and what happens when the process of retransmitting a narrative involves the reshaping of the communication of facts and knowledge. Artists have amalgamated and enhanc... Read More about Film strip.

A(cute) animation: Miss Potter and the creative subject (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Dolan, J. (2009, September). A(cute) animation: Miss Potter and the creative subject. Paper presented at Framing Films Conference, University of Winchester

The paper analyses the 2008 biopic Miss Potter and the extent to which the film constitutes Potter as an artist, rather than a writer. The paper explores the use of animation to constitute the psychic interiority of Beatrix Potter – she literally is... Read More about A(cute) animation: Miss Potter and the creative subject.

The creative producer: Michael Klinger (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Spicer, A. H. (2009, September). The creative producer: Michael Klinger. Paper presented at Archives and Auteurs Conference, University of Stirling, Scotland

Michael Klinger was the most successful independent producer working in the British film industry during the 1960s and 1970s. However, there has been no critical account of his work and he is barely mentioned, if at all, in standard histories of Brit... Read More about The creative producer: Michael Klinger.

(De)constructing Charles Woods archives: memory and response (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Fowler, D. (2009, September). (De)constructing Charles Woods archives: memory and response. Presented at Theatre and Performance Research Association, University of Plymouth

A performance lecture at a major conference

The London Coffee Bar of the 1950s - teenage occupation of an amateur space? (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Partington, M. (2009, July). The London Coffee Bar of the 1950s - teenage occupation of an amateur space?. Paper presented at Occupation: Negotiations with Constructed Space (Interior Architecture Conference), University of Brighton, Grand Parade, Brighton

London coffee bars of the 1950s quickly became recognized social spaces described in books, magazines and films of the period. This paper critiques the received view of a homogeneous, generic coffee bar ‘type’. By contrast, this paper emphasizes c... Read More about The London Coffee Bar of the 1950s - teenage occupation of an amateur space?.

Alina Szapocznikow: The pop connection and beyond (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Tate, S. (2009, July). Alina Szapocznikow: The pop connection and beyond. Presented at Awkward Objects, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland

The lecture explored the area of overlap between the work of Szapocznikow and that of women Pop artists, notably the Belgian Evelyn Axell and British Pauline Boty (whose work was included in the exhibition). This reframing in relation to Pop brought... Read More about Alina Szapocznikow: The pop connection and beyond.