The speakers of Day 1 approach the themes of the Symposium Collaborative Research in Arts & Science from various disciplinary perspectives, including the arts, humanities and social sciences, design, engineering and computer science.
On Day 1 we showcase research projects taking place at the University of Brighton across disciplines, with five panels and 15 papers that include experiences of working collaboratively, exploring radical theoretical concepts and creative methodologies, as well as innovative design interventions. The presentations will provide opportunities for discussion about future collaborations, and new routes in interdisciplinary research, theory and practice. Come along to find out more about our work at the intersections of science, technology and the arts.
10.00 – 10.30 WELCOME to the Symposium
Aristea Fotopoulou and Mark Devenney
10.30 – 11.15 KEYNOTE 1 BoredomResearch
Chair: Carlos Peralta
boredomresearch will discuss their current solo exhibition In Search of Chemozoa at Aspex Portsmouth (2021), which was produced in collaboration with Arizona Cancer Evolution Center. This artwork expresses a poetic rendering of a fictional model organism, called Chemozoa and responds to mythical creatures documented in scientific literature to reveal tensions and interconnections between human and planetary health.
This talk will provide an insight into their interdisciplinary techniques and processes – combining computer animation, filmed environments and scientific speculation to weave a poetic narrative that introduces new ideas emerging from science research.
11.15 – 12.45 PARALLEL SESSIONS
Panel 1: Reflecting on collaborations
Panel chair: Alison Bruce
- The Immersive environment as a driver for environmental change; addressing the “Out of Sight Out of Mind” impacts of the Anthropocene on the Mar Menor, Spain
Charlotte Gould & Paul Sermon - Delta’ an art exhibition in Huxley Building: a collaboration between the Schools of Art and Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences
Susan Diab - MobileImage – Use of mobile devices for flow visualisation, and imaging of fluid mechanics. Louise Colbourne, Steven Begg & Nwabueze Emekwuru
Panel 2: Public understanding of science
Chair: Holger Zschenderlein
- Enhancing engagement with cultural heritage collections using 3D digital technologies
Karina Rodriguez Echavarria - How can the Arts enhance public awareness of organ donation and transplantation amongst undergraduate students in the UK? Simonne Weeks
- Public understanding of machine learning Marcus Winter
- Examining collective emotional response to COVID-19 pandemic in 19 countries Apurv Chauhan
Panel 3: Art and science theoretical explorations
Chair: Matt Adams
- What is the role of collaboration in the fictional depiction of Women in STEM?
Julie Everton - The Art and Science of (Resisting) Extractivism
Alice Owen - Education in the Anthropocene
Toby Lovat and Deborah Madden
Lunch break 12.45 – 13.15
13.15 – 14.00 KEYNOTE 2 Ben Roberts and Polly Wright, Brighton Centre for Contemporary Arts
Ben Roberts, Artistic Director and Polly Wright, Producer at Brighton CCA will be discussing the Brighton CCA Expanding Dialogues programme, which is working to develop cross disciplinary collaboration and dialogue across the university. In particular they will talk about their work with the Advanced Engineering Centre, laying out context to the programme with some history of collaboration between the arts and engineering and introduce the work that has been done in the last year with artists and engineers. Finally they will talk about the Expanding Dialogues Intensive programme that is being put together for the autumn, what their ambitions are for the future of the programme and how people can get involved.
14.00 – 15.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS
Panel 4: Methodological entanglements: creative and radical methods in Brighton’s postgraduate research community
Panel organisers: Helen Johnson, Ben Sweeting & Sally Sutherland
- Rebecca Winter (Brighton and Sussex Medical School)
- Jordan Whitewood-Neal (School of Architecture and Design)
- H Howitt (School of Humanities and Social Science)
Panel 5: Narrative, memory and objects
Chair: Megha Rajguru
- Using the Arts and Oral History to Explore Everyday Cultures of Grief During Pandemic Time
Deborah Madden - Spinning a circular yarn
Vikki Haffenden - When one casts, the other gathers: wetlands as performative spaces of remembrance
Mary Gearey
15.30 – 16.00 Closing reflections on Day 1