All 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.

Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keeffe: On the intangible in art and nature (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Hammond, A. (2008, October). Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keeffe: On the intangible in art and nature. Paper presented at Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keeffe: On the Intangible in Art and Nature, Smithsonian National Museum of American History

This lecture considered the many ways in which the techical means of expression, of painting in colour, and photography in black and white, enabled these two artists to transform landscape elements into psychic symbols, or allusions to a spirtual rea... Read More about Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keeffe: On the intangible in art and nature.

A quest for printed colour - From Hayter to hardcopy (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Thirkell, P. (2008, October). A quest for printed colour - From Hayter to hardcopy. Paper presented at 'New Ways to use Print Technology ...On Paper', University of the West of England, Bristol

Artist and researcher Paul Thirkell traces his quest to bring colour to print through 3 decades of artistic currents and trends. The presentation aims to reveal insights into how print based artists think about and engage with colour.

Pixel perfect - working with CMYK & RGB - A comparison of printed samples (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Parraman, C., Laidler, P., & Wang, Y. (2008, October). Pixel perfect - working with CMYK & RGB - A comparison of printed samples. Presented at 'New Ways to use Print Technology ...On Paper', University of the West of England, Bristol

This workshop compared different pre-printed samples on a range of fine art materials, which range from Japanese papers to fine art canvas. These samples demonstrate a very broad range of surface qualities and differences in the gamut of the printed... Read More about Pixel perfect - working with CMYK & RGB - A comparison of printed samples.

Facilitating the fine art digital print (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2008, October). Facilitating the fine art digital print. Paper presented at 'New Ways to use Print Technology ...On Paper', University of the West of England, Bristol

The Industrial Revolution of the late 18th – 19th C coincided with art’s Romantic period and its depiction of the ‘great person’ theory. Here, the Romanticists’ solitary creator and autographic distinction were the highest forms of originality in art... Read More about Facilitating the fine art digital print.

100 years in America Tsamantas (Greece) – Worcester, MA (USA), 1908-2008: Historical determinants and images of the identity and culture of diasporas from Southeastern Europe (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Konstadakopulos, D., & Zoulas, S. (2008, October). 100 years in America Tsamantas (Greece) – Worcester, MA (USA), 1908-2008: Historical determinants and images of the identity and culture of diasporas from Southeastern Europe. Paper presented at 100 Years in America, Boston, MA, USA

This edited publication is the outcome of the 100 Years in America’ conference, which took place in the Hellenic College in Brookline, Massachusetts, on the 11th of October 2008, and was attended by over 60 participants. The aim of the conference was... Read More about 100 years in America Tsamantas (Greece) – Worcester, MA (USA), 1908-2008: Historical determinants and images of the identity and culture of diasporas from Southeastern Europe.

Opera Indigene: Critical perspectives on re/presenting first nations and indigenous cultures (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Karantonis, P. (2008, September). Opera Indigene: Critical perspectives on re/presenting first nations and indigenous cultures. Presented at Opera Indigene: Critical Perspectives on Re/presenting First Nations and Indigenous Cultures, King's College London and the Anglo-American Education Centre, Bloomsbury

The world's first international conference on the participation in and creation of opera by peoples of Indigenous or First Nations identities.

Co-creative design (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Partington, A. (2008, September). Co-creative design. Paper presented at Netwroks of Design: Annual International Design History Conference, Falmouth, UK

This paper is concerned with the need to understand creativity both as a general feature of cultural change (associated with the processes of cultural promiscuity and hybridisation), and as a form of cultural capital used in strategies of scoail dist... Read More about Co-creative design.

Simulation and pleasure in participatory reenactment performance (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Nevitt, L. (2008, September). Simulation and pleasure in participatory reenactment performance. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA), University of Leeds, UK

Paper exploring the performative and ideological implications of immersive participation in historical re-enactment, with a particular focus on the re-enactment of violent encounters such as battles. Examples discussed included the Sealed Knot, the... Read More about Simulation and pleasure in participatory reenactment performance.

Positioning education within community media (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2008, August). Positioning education within community media. Paper presented at OurMedia Conference 7, Accra, Ghana

Looking at how educational activities contribute to the broader community media sector, and discussing the impacts of involvement for young people in media arts activity.

Children, performance and realism: Italy to India (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Lawrence, M. (2008, July). Children, performance and realism: Italy to India. Paper presented at Re-envisioning the Child in Italian Film, University of Exeter

An analysis of the reception of child performers in various Italian and Indian films of the late 1940s, particularly De Sica’s Shoeshine and Kapoor’s Boot Polish.