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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.

3D printing of bespoke ceramic artworks (2008)
Book Chapter
Huson, D. (2008). 3D printing of bespoke ceramic artworks. In S. A. T. The Society for Imaging (Ed.), NIP24: International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication 2008 (287-290). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Society for Imaging Science and Technology

David Huson and colleagues at the Centre for Fine Print Research in the Faculty of Art, Media and Design at the University of the West of England are conducting a three-year AHRC funded research project into the use of Digital Fabrication techniques... Read More about 3D printing of bespoke ceramic artworks.

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.

Three-dimensional fabrication of smart actuators: design applications (2008)
Book Chapter
Walters, P., & Rossiter, J. (2008). Three-dimensional fabrication of smart actuators: design applications. In NIP24: International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Society for Imaging Science and Technology

A conference paper presented at the NIP24: International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication 2008, September 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. This paper describes the design and digital fabrication of a series of “... Read More about Three-dimensional fabrication of smart actuators: design applications.

The lexicographical legacy of John Sinclair (2008)
Journal Article
Hanks, P. (2008). The lexicographical legacy of John Sinclair. International Journal of Lexicography, 21(3), 219-229. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecn031

John Sinclair opened up possibilities for new kinds of dictionaries. He assigned a central role to collocations and phraseology, insisting on close attention to textual evidence coupled with a broad theoretical perspective and ruthless jettisoning of... Read More about The lexicographical legacy of John Sinclair.

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.

Specifying colour and maintaining colour accuracy for 3D printing (2008)
Journal Article
Parraman, C., Walters, P., Huson, D., & Reid, B. (2008). Specifying colour and maintaining colour accuracy for 3D printing. Proceedings of SPIE, 6805, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.766540

Advances in rapid prototyping technologies have led to the emergence of three-dimensional printers which can fabricate physical artefacts, including the application of surface colours. In light of these developments, this paper asserts that the need... Read More about Specifying colour and maintaining colour accuracy for 3D printing.

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.

Shaking an elephant: Sound, spectatorship and suspense, 1925-1930 (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Lawrence, M. (2008, July). Shaking an elephant: Sound, spectatorship and suspense, 1925-1930. Paper presented at Screen Conference, Glasgow, Scotland

An analysis of the representation of sound in Tod Browning’s The Unholy Three and its sound remake by Jack Conway.

The quiet democracy of the contemporary artist’s book (or, why do artists make books?) (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2008, July). The quiet democracy of the contemporary artist’s book (or, why do artists make books?). Paper presented at Books that Fly, University of Brighton, Faculty of Arts and Architecture

Invited paper at Books That Fly Conference, University of Brighton, Faculty of Arts and Architecture. As today’s discussions are related to the concept of the ‘artist’s book’ in the show Blood on Paper - The Art of the Book and Tom Lubbock’s revi... Read More about The quiet democracy of the contemporary artist’s book (or, why do artists make books?).

Philosophy and film/film and philosophy: A multidisciplinary conference (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Tuck, G., & Carel, H. (2008, July). Philosophy and film/film and philosophy: A multidisciplinary conference. Presented at Philosophy and Film/ Film and Philosophy: A Multidisciplinary Conference, Arnolfini, Bristol and Bush House, London

This was the world’s first dedicated film and philosophy conference attended by 150 delegates from over 20 countries. It ran for three days with up to six consecutive streams and attracted major international keynotes from the UK, USA and Australia.... Read More about Philosophy and film/film and philosophy: A multidisciplinary conference.

The photographic in digital printmaking (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2008, July). The photographic in digital printmaking. Paper presented at The Association for Photography in Higher Education: Annual Conference Shifting Perspectives: Photography, Education and the Future, University of the West of England, Bristol

The paper describes the initial felt need to begin investigating the impact of digital technology within the field of fine art printmaking as a practice led PhD study. Then moving beyond the felt need the presentation pinpoints a series of seminal te... Read More about The photographic in digital printmaking.

The precariousness of production: Michael Klinger and the role of the film producer in the British film industry during the 1970's (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Spicer, A. H. (2008, July). The precariousness of production: Michael Klinger and the role of the film producer in the British film industry during the 1970's. Paper presented at British Culture and Society in the 1970's, University of Portsmouth, UK

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 precariousness of production: Michael Klinger and the role of the film producer in the British film industry during the 1970's.

A kiss in the tunnel: Dialectics, phenomenology and sexual representation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Tuck, G. (2008, July). A kiss in the tunnel: Dialectics, phenomenology and sexual representation. Paper presented at Philosophy and Film/Film and Philosophy, Arnolfini Arts Centre, Bristol and UWE, Bristol

Starting with early ‘kissing-films’, this paper argued that a phenomenological analysis is best suited to help us to understand how film ‘thinks and feels’ about sex. Cinematic representations are neither simply empirical truths nor idealised concep... Read More about A kiss in the tunnel: Dialectics, phenomenology and sexual representation.

Colour in flux: Describing and printing colour in art (2008)
Journal Article
Parraman, C. (2008). Colour in flux: Describing and printing colour in art. Proceedings of SPIE, 6807, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.766612

This presentation will describe artists, practitioners and scientists, who were interested in developing a deeper psychological, emotional and practical understanding of the human visual system who were working with wavelength, paint and other materi... Read More about Colour in flux: Describing and printing colour in art.

Song Archive Project at the 9th SIEF Congress (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Buchheim, Y. (2008, June). Song Archive Project at the 9th SIEF Congress. Presented at 9th SIEF Congress, Derry, Northern Ireland

Transcending “European Heritages”: Liberating the ethnological imagination Throughout the Congress Yvonne Buchheim exhibited selected video work from the Song Archive project. She also solicited new material from conference delegates as part of he... Read More about Song Archive Project at the 9th SIEF Congress.

Queer childhoods and home video: Put the Camera on Me (Stein and Shell, 2004) (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Lawrence, M. (2008, June). Queer childhoods and home video: Put the Camera on Me (Stein and Shell, 2004). Paper presented at Are the Kids Alright? A Symposium on the Queer Child, Kings College, London

An analysis of the representation of the queer child in the home video documentary Put the Camera On Me.