All Outputs (1085)

When more is less: CGI, spectacle and the capitalist sublime (2008)
Journal Article

This paper explores CGI as a mode of commodity consumption and asks to what extent the consumption of spectacle mimics the notion of the ‘sublime’ and to what extent this ‘sublime’ status can be applied to the commodity form more generally. In parti... Read More about When more is less: CGI, spectacle and the capitalist sublime.

Opera Indigene: Critical perspectives on re/presenting first nations and indigenous cultures (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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

The interaction of age and gender in illness narratives (2008)
Journal Article

Recognition of the greater capacity of older women to draw on supportive social networks has now supplemented an earlier focus of research into gender and ageing which portrayed older men as a 'privileged gerontocracy' because of their greater access... Read More about The interaction of age and gender in illness narratives.

Agricultural policy (2008)
Book Chapter

The agricultural policy of the New Labour governments has been central in their approach to governing the countryside. This is highlighted in the rhetoric of multifunctional agriculture, which stresses the central contribution that farmers make to th... Read More about Agricultural policy.

Pine (2008)
Book

The eighteenth in the second series of Matt’s Gallery ‘booklets’, published to accompany the exhibition Pine.

Three-dimensional fabrication of smart actuators: design applications (2008)
Book Chapter

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.

Co-creative design (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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

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.

Staged photography and the performance of autofacture: Cross-genre impersonation in Cindy Sherman's self-portraits (2008)
Journal Article

Partnership and paternalism: the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953-1963) (2008)
Book Chapter

Simulation and pleasure in participatory reenactment performance (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

The lexicographical legacy of John Sinclair (2008)
Journal Article

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 Contribution

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.

New european learners? An analysis of the 'trendsetter' thesis (2008)
Journal Article

Specifying colour and maintaining colour accuracy for 3D printing (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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 Contribution

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 Contribution

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 Contribution

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 Contribution

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 Contribution

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.