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Looking for Archie: A walking tour of Cary Grant's Bristol (2017)
Physical Artefact
Crofts, C. (2017). Looking for Archie: A walking tour of Cary Grant's Bristol. [Walking Tour]. UWE Bristol

The Looking For Archie Walking Tour of Cary Grant's Bristol was first developed in 2017 as part of the Being Human Festival . Cary Grant was born as Archibald Leach in Bristol in 1904, but many Bristolians are unaware that he grew up here and continu... Read More about Looking for Archie: A walking tour of Cary Grant's Bristol.

Solar Shimmer (2017)
Physical Artefact
Nicoletti, E., & Castronovo, A. (2017). Solar Shimmer. [Solar Artwork]. The Fire Station Artist in Residence, Doha

Inspired by motifs recurring in Bedouin textiles, Solar Shimmer is a kinetic screen that displays a vibrant, geometric pattern created with solar energy and discarded plastics. The physical ‘pixels’ forming the pattern consist of colourful solar-powe... Read More about Solar Shimmer.

Still Life with Blackbirds (2016)
Physical Artefact
Webb, R. Still Life with Blackbirds. [Oil]. Corinium Museum, Cirencester

On return to the UK, Richard Webb collaborated with Dr Joanne Reardon with exhibition at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester of Still Life with Blackbirds, a Light-Dark Contrast of 16 relief prints set against her story inspired by the images (2014), an... Read More about Still Life with Blackbirds.

GIFT: I Made This For You (2016)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (2016). GIFT: I Made This For You. [Artists' book]. Berlin

A book inspired by the Angel of Bremen (serial poisoner Gesche Gottfried), produced to resemble the type of pamphlet publication / recipe book given away with newly purchased gas cookers in the 1940s-50s. It contains 14 ‘recipes’ for 15 people. Each... Read More about GIFT: I Made This For You.

Reflections 25.4.16 (2016)
Physical Artefact
Embury, G. Reflections 25.4.16. [Ink]. Nepal and Bristol

Reflections 25.4.16 is an innovative cross-media storytelling project, focusing on Nepal in the year since the April 2015 earthquake. the project aims to bring together art, storytelling, photojournalism in a new format for talking about issues. It a... Read More about Reflections 25.4.16.

Santa Muerte (2015)
Physical Artefact
Fraser, A. (2015). Santa Muerte. London, UK

The origins of Santa Muerte - a religion/cult that has been denounced as satanic by the Mexican Catholic Church - can be dated back hundreds of years. It was developed through a syncretism between indigenous Mesoamerican and Spanish Catholic beliefs... Read More about Santa Muerte.

Yellow - The LARQ Residency (2015)
Physical Artefact
Webb, R. Yellow - The LARQ Residency. [Oil]. LARQ, Queenstown, Tasmania

Richard Webb was the ninth invited Artist in Residence at LARQ, Queenstown, Tasmania for two months between March and May 2014. Whilst in Tasmania, he responded to the colour yellow which is mined in the local Queenstown mine.

Digital Casting 2 (2014)
Physical Artefact
Farzadnia, F., Khabazi, Z., Tavafzadeh, M., Eslami, A., & Panjehpoor, H. Digital Casting 2. [Concrete casting]. Online

After couple of experiments on designing and fabricating differentiated moulds for casting purposes, this project has been developed as a 1:1 scale cellular concrete shell project, although its prototype has been realized only. The idea was to design... Read More about Digital Casting 2.

Warm-Cold Contrast (2014)
Physical Artefact
Webb, R. Warm-Cold Contrast. [Oil]. LARQ, Queenstown, Tasmania

60 relief prints concerned with seven different warm-cold contrasts of yellows against blue-greens and blues called Thoughts in Search of a Thinker. This was exhibited at Celia Lendis Contemporary in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire in February 2014... Read More about Warm-Cold Contrast.

Grey pin bowl at the "British Design: From William Morris to the Digital Revolution" exhibition (2014)
Physical Artefact
Jorgensen, T. (2014). Grey pin bowl at the "British Design: From William Morris to the Digital Revolution" exhibition. [Glass]

Glass Bowls featured at “British Design: from William Morris to the Digital Revolution” The exhibition was a participant of Russian-British 2014 Bilateral Year and took place in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. Intimate yet fundamental, this... Read More about Grey pin bowl at the "British Design: From William Morris to the Digital Revolution" exhibition.

Dancing Screen (2013)
Physical Artefact
Nicoletti, E. (2013). Dancing Screen. [Solar Artwork]. Midland, Michigan

'Dancing Screen' represents the experiment for creating lightweight, kinetic architectural screens that can supply renewable energy generated from sunlight, making it available to people in public spaces. The artwork is composed of flexible photolumi... Read More about Dancing Screen.

'Fifty Two Shopping Trolleys', 'Salad Dressing', 'Homeless People' and 'Some of the Buildings on the Sunset Strip'. (2013)
Physical Artefact
Sowden, T. 'Fifty Two Shopping Trolleys', 'Salad Dressing', 'Homeless People' and 'Some of the Buildings on the Sunset Strip'

As part of his ongoing research into the artists’ books produced by Ed Ruscha in the 1960s and 70s, and how these have influenced a huge raft of copycat books since, Sowden produced his homage to one of Ruscha’s most famous books, 'All of the Buildin... Read More about 'Fifty Two Shopping Trolleys', 'Salad Dressing', 'Homeless People' and 'Some of the Buildings on the Sunset Strip'..

3D reconstruction of ‘Jointed Doll’ by Josef Hartwig and Oskar Schlemmer (1923) (2013)
Physical Artefact
Walters, P., Eisenmann, M., & Peebles, E. 3D reconstruction of ‘Jointed Doll’ by Josef Hartwig and Oskar Schlemmer (1923)

This output brings together research in the visual arts and new fabrication technologies. The project focuses on the reconstruction by 3D printing of the ‘Jointed Doll’ (1923) originally designed and made at the Bauhaus in Weimar by Josef Hartwig and... Read More about 3D reconstruction of ‘Jointed Doll’ by Josef Hartwig and Oskar Schlemmer (1923).

The Cinemapping App (prototype) (2012)
Physical Artefact
Crofts, C. The Cinemapping App (prototype)

The Cinemapping App maps Bristol's screen heritage so you can experience local cinema history in the places where it actually happened, from Cary Grant's memories of the Clare St Picture House to the unsolved murder of Odeon manager Robert Parrington... Read More about The Cinemapping App (prototype).

The curzon memories app (2012)
Physical Artefact
Crofts, C. The curzon memories app

The project piloted locative technologies to develop a smartphone application that provides a digital tour of the interior and exterior of the Curzon Community Cinema in Clevedon using GPS and QR Codes respectively to trigger dramatisations and oral... Read More about The curzon memories app.

Insects au gratin (2012)
Physical Artefact
Walters, P., Spears, K., Kupfer, P., & Soars, S. Insects au gratin

Insects Au Gratin looks for new ways of consuming insects and debates the nutritive and environmental aspects of insects as human food. By combining entomophagy with emerging 3D food printing technologies, the project encourages eaters to consider mo... Read More about Insects au gratin.

Projection hero installation (2011)
Physical Artefact
Crofts, C. Projection hero installation

The Projection Hero installation operates as part of the Curzon Memories App or a stand alone exhibit. It comprises of a rabbit hutch-sized miniature cinema, with velvet and gold brocade curtains and hand-carved seats which can be operated via your... Read More about Projection hero installation.

Dinner and a Rose (2011)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L., & Campbell, N. Dinner and a Rose

Sarah Bodman and Nancy Campbell have collaborated on a new artist’s book for the University of Dundee’s AHRC funded project Poetry Beyond Text: Vision, Text and Cognition (http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/index.html), which has commissioned new work a... Read More about Dinner and a Rose.

The breath of the moon: Listening to tidal rhythms in the Severn Estuary (2010)
Physical Artefact
Palmer (nee Reiser), M. The breath of the moon: Listening to tidal rhythms in the Severn Estuary

Pilot sonification of the tidal rise and fall at Avonmouth on 12th June 2010. Programmed to coincide with the Bristol Festival of Nature 2010, where this artefact was exhibited.