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Everything we do begins with a conversation (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2013, October). Everything we do begins with a conversation. Paper presented at Perspectivas do Livro de Artista - O livro de artista na universidade (Perspectives of the artist's book - The Artist's Book and the University), Centro Cultural UFMG, Brazil

Sarah Bodman was invited to give this presentation as part of the panel The Artist’s Book as a Tool for Research at the seminar Perspectivas do Livro de Artista - O livro de artista na universidade (Perspectives of the artist's book - The Artist's Bo... Read More about Everything we do begins with a conversation.

Invited lecture by Paul Laidler (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2013, October). Invited lecture by Paul Laidler. Presented at Edinburgh Printmakers Lecture Series, Edinburgh Printmakers

Paul Laidler will talk about the development of a digital print publishing practice entitled CFPR Editions (www.cfpreditions.co.uk) and the recent exhibition that he curated entitled "just press print". This title was chosen to highlight that althoug... Read More about Invited lecture by Paul Laidler.

The social vocabulary of Hidden Presence: British History and the need to talk through the silence and acknowledge true stories of African presence (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2013, October). The social vocabulary of Hidden Presence: British History and the need to talk through the silence and acknowledge true stories of African presence

When British spaces, rural and otherwise, are full of celebrated and re-told myths and legends – from sites such as Stonehenge through to character based fables such as Robin Hood – why do some resist to allow true stories, which are no less fantasti... Read More about The social vocabulary of Hidden Presence: British History and the need to talk through the silence and acknowledge true stories of African presence.

Chair of discussion panel: The role of the sketchbook in contemporary fine art practice (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2013, September). Chair of discussion panel: The role of the sketchbook in contemporary fine art practice. Presented at The Role of the Sketchbook in Contemporary Fine Art Practice, Rabley Drawing Centre, Marlborough, Wiltshire' UK

The Role of the Sketchbook in Contemporary Fine Art Practice Seminar.

Photographed space and the (no)body (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Lovett, G. (2013, September). Photographed space and the (no)body. Paper presented at Interior 2013, Slovakia, Bratislava

Architecture journals present to us new buildings, pioneering ideas and triumphs of creative innovation... yet they are largely deserted. This paper argues against the negative impact of this on design culture and a resultant aspiration to design spa... Read More about Photographed space and the (no)body.

Hidden Presence: British history and the need to acknowledge true stories with African descendent casts (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2013, September). Hidden Presence: British history and the need to acknowledge true stories with African descendent casts. Paper presented at Black History in Wiltshire Symposium, East Tytherton

British culture is full of legend and folklore, yet true stories about the Black presence in pre-20th century UK, which on the surface are even more fantastical than fiction, struggles to find a place in the historical British narrative. The functi... Read More about Hidden Presence: British history and the need to acknowledge true stories with African descendent casts.

Walking interconnections: Researching the lived experience of disabled people for a sustainable society (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Adams, S., & Heddon, D. (2013, September). Walking interconnections: Researching the lived experience of disabled people for a sustainable society. Paper presented at Walking in the City: Mapping Borders Symposium, The Parlour Rooms, Bristol

‘Walking Interconnections’ is the name of a collaborative research project. As the name suggests, the project’s focus is on the ways in which walking, as an activity, can prompt the sharing of experiences between people. The interconnections we expl... Read More about Walking interconnections: Researching the lived experience of disabled people for a sustainable society.

Manipulation of inkjet negative/positive transparencies to manage the image reflectance density, tonal gradation and contrast of photogravure, platinum, carbon transfer and other photographic contact printing processes. (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Moseley, P. (2013, August). Manipulation of inkjet negative/positive transparencies to manage the image reflectance density, tonal gradation and contrast of photogravure, platinum, carbon transfer and other photographic contact printing processes. Presented at Impact 8, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee

Traditionally, positive transparencies for photogravure intaglio printing and negative transparencies for platinum and carbon-tissue transfer printing were produced from photographic film, providing continuous tone images of great detail, tonality an... Read More about Manipulation of inkjet negative/positive transparencies to manage the image reflectance density, tonal gradation and contrast of photogravure, platinum, carbon transfer and other photographic contact printing processes..

Can contemporary materials and modern day techniques be used to create 3D-printed ceramics inspired by ancient Egyptian faience? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Vaughan, K. (2013, August). Can contemporary materials and modern day techniques be used to create 3D-printed ceramics inspired by ancient Egyptian faience?. Poster presented at Impact 8 Conference, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee

The Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at the University of the West of England has recently been awarded funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council for a three year research project entitled “Can Egyptian Paste Techniques (Faience) be... Read More about Can contemporary materials and modern day techniques be used to create 3D-printed ceramics inspired by ancient Egyptian faience?.

Poster presentation: Investigating letterpress as a contemporary process within book arts practice (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Butler, A. (2013, August). Poster presentation: Investigating letterpress as a contemporary process within book arts practice. Poster presented at IMPACT 8 Conference, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee

I am interested in examining how we learn to design and create artists’ books through letterpress; to gain an understanding of how contemporary book artists using letterpress have influenced what is produced in the field, and how this relates back in... Read More about Poster presentation: Investigating letterpress as a contemporary process within book arts practice.

“The time of my life” – photogravure portraiture (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Moseley, P. (2013, August). “The time of my life” – photogravure portraiture. Presented at Impact 8 Conference, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee

My gravure portraiture series is focused on explorations of the textural and tonal characteristics of early photographic printmaking processes. Print surface and texture is central to this project, complementing the choice of mature and older subject... Read More about “The time of my life” – photogravure portraiture.

Appropriation and creation: Artists’ books and extant narrative (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2013, July). Appropriation and creation: Artists’ books and extant narrative. Paper presented at Book Art Biennial 2013, Minnesota, USA

The Book Art Biennial 2013 explored in depth the common threads between book art and film. Historically as well as in contemporary practice, artists blur and perforate the boundaries between these two disciplines, both of which are time-based and gro... Read More about Appropriation and creation: Artists’ books and extant narrative.

Enthusiastic facilitator, reluctant anthropologist (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2013, July). Enthusiastic facilitator, reluctant anthropologist. Paper presented at International Visual Sociology Association, Goldsmiths, London, UK

After 17 years of working in community media video projects as a facilitator and later as a researcher, I felt the time was right to now reconnect with my own creative practice of photography and filmmaking. As a facilitator I was ever conscious of t... Read More about Enthusiastic facilitator, reluctant anthropologist.

Passing, swirling, spinning: A brief note on Stiegler's post-phenomenological account of mediated experience (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Crogan, P. (2013, June). Passing, swirling, spinning: A brief note on Stiegler's post-phenomenological account of mediated experience. Paper presented at Conditions of Mediation, Birkbeck College

I offer here this short commentary on a section from Technics and Time 2’s final chapter, ‘Temporal Object and Retentional Finitude’ in which Stiegler engages in a lengthy meditation on Husserl’s account of primary and secondary retention—a meditatio... Read More about Passing, swirling, spinning: A brief note on Stiegler's post-phenomenological account of mediated experience.

The play's the thing: A [mini-]phenomenology of fashion (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Franklin, A. (2013, March). The play's the thing: A [mini-]phenomenology of fashion. Paper presented at Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association [PCA/ACA] National Conference, Washington D.C

Drawing on literature from play studies, developmental psychology, gender studies and phenomenology, this paper will argue for a conception of fashion as an extension of the play behaviours key to a child's psychosocial development and mental health.... Read More about The play's the thing: A [mini-]phenomenology of fashion.

Re:Interpretation: The representation of perspectives on slave trade history using creative media (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2013, March). Re:Interpretation: The representation of perspectives on slave trade history using creative media. Paper presented at Conservation and (Post) Colonialism Conference - Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings (ASCHB), Museum of London, Docklands

This presentation describes the process, production and context of Re:Interpretation, a participatory media project carried out by Firstborn Creatives in partnership with the National Trust. The brief was to explore the challenging subject of transa... Read More about Re:Interpretation: The representation of perspectives on slave trade history using creative media.

Drawing practice: A presentation (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Regan, C. (2013, February). Drawing practice: A presentation. Presented at Chloe Regan: Drawing Practice, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York

A presentation survey of my drawing practice to students on the Illustration Degree Programme at the Fashion Institution of Technology, New York.

The set, spatialising illustration (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Regan, C. (2013, January). The set, spatialising illustration. Presented at Spatialising Illustration, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Wales

Chloe Regan has created an illustrated book ‘The Set’. It is a book within books. It is a book that has come from drawing in many books. ‘The Set’ explores a woman and the spaces she inhabits. As an illustrator I reflect on human behaviour and the... Read More about The set, spatialising illustration.