All Outputs (160)

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.

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.

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.

The art of anticipation: How animation depicted the possibilities of space exploration (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bracegirdle, J. (2008, June). The art of anticipation: How animation depicted the possibilities of space exploration. Paper presented at Visualising Space: Animating the Universe, National Space Centre, Leicester

During the 1950s Animation was one of the primary ways in which the possibilities of space travel and exploration were depicted. The focus of the paper was primarily on American outputs such as Disney’s Man in Space (1955) and the work of Chesley Bon... Read More about The art of anticipation: How animation depicted the possibilities of space exploration.

Changing form: Stage, film and TV adaptations of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca (2008)
Presentation / Conference
D'Monté, R. (2008, June). Changing form: Stage, film and TV adaptations of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. Paper presented at The Novel and its Borders Conference, University of Aberdeen

This paper looks at the ways in which Daphne du Maurier's novelistic techniques, such as the point-of-view of the nameless heroine, the flashbacks and framing device and the linguistic emphasis upon the English setting and country house, are adapted... Read More about Changing form: Stage, film and TV adaptations of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca.

10 Years of CelAction (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bracegirdle, J. (2008, May). 10 Years of CelAction. Presented at British Children's Animation: 10 Years of Celaction, Loughborough, UK

Initiated and co-organized a public round-table discussion and screening investigating the impact of CelAction software on the UK animation industry. Co-organisers: Paul Wells (Director, Animation Academy, Loughborough University) and Gareth Howell (... Read More about 10 Years of CelAction.

Intellectual capital, the knowledge economy, and the 'democratisation' of creative production (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Partington, A. (2008, May). Intellectual capital, the knowledge economy, and the 'democratisation' of creative production. Paper presented at Global Conference (Inter-disciplinary.net). Intellectuals: Knowledge, Power, Ideas., Budapest, Hungary

This paper makes a series of observations which together suggest that, in the C21st, intellectual work needs to be understood as a means of participation in cultural life, and that the notion of the intellectual as a cultural leader has become obsole... Read More about Intellectual capital, the knowledge economy, and the 'democratisation' of creative production.

The artist’s book market, and the relationship between the artist and purchaser within this field (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2008, April). The artist’s book market, and the relationship between the artist and purchaser within this field. Presented at Beyond the Book Symposium, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Sarah Bodman invited speaker for Symposium: Beyond the Book, Friday 18 April 2008, 10.30-17.00, Lecture Theatre, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. A one-day symposium that accompanied the Blood on Paper exhibition. Topics included private presses... Read More about The artist’s book market, and the relationship between the artist and purchaser within this field.

Art in the life of the city: London stories (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Doherty, C. (2008, April). Art in the life of the city: London stories. Presented at Art in the Life of the City, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

This keynote lecture was presented at the beginning of a two-day conference to international peers at Harvard University. The lecture introduced an overview of current critical issues in the commissioning of temporary public art projects and events i... Read More about Art in the life of the city: London stories.

Representing creation in Huston's The Bible: In the Beginning (1966) (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Lawrence, M. (2008, March). Representing creation in Huston's The Bible: In the Beginning (1966). Paper presented at SCMS Conference, Philadelphia, USA

An analysis of the representation of the Creation in John Huston’s The Bible: In the Beginnning.

The look and feel of humanity (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Kydd, E. (2008, March). The look and feel of humanity. Paper presented at Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Conference presentation on cyborg identity and race on television.

Page on page – an overview of contemporary British and Irish artists’ books (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2007, July). Page on page – an overview of contemporary British and Irish artists’ books. Paper presented at Beautiful & Useful? Supporting the Arts & Crafts in the 21st Century, ARLIS UK and Ireland Annual Conference 2007, University of Gloucestershire

There are many artists working with the book format in the UK and Ireland. Page on Page discusses some of the concepts and formats of contemporary, British and Irish artist’s book production, and some sources for further information on artists' books... Read More about Page on page – an overview of contemporary British and Irish artists’ books.