School of Art and Media - Research Knowledge Exchange

Event: Exhibition – Alt: Analog 16 January – 15 February 2025 Phase 2 of the Chennai Photo Biennale (CPB) – Forum Art Gallery, Adyar, Chennai, India

School of Art and Media Lecturer Holly Birtles’s work Fighting Fish features in the Phase 2 of the Chennai Photo Biennale (CPB) – Alt:Analog exhibition at the Forum Art Gallery, Adyar, Chennai, India. This work was created during the 45 day dark room residency at the CPB Darkroom ( December and into January) awarded to Holly Birtles (see post SAMRKE) and two other artists (Arun and Soham Joshi). For details about the outcome of the residency and all exhibition see the CPB website – https://chennaiphotobiennale.foundation/biennale/projects/darkroom-residency-2024 FIGHTING FISH – produced by HOLLY BIRTLES during the residency Holly reflects on her work inspired by the Thames River and Estuary, where performers embody ‘Thames Monsters.’ In Chennai, she engages with the Adyar and Cooum rivers, exploring sentimentality, myth, care, and destruction. Her work juxtaposes environmental ecologies with personal responses to the sites, highlighting the paradox between devotion to sacred rivers and the environmental […]

Award: Holly Birtles Darkroom Residency Awarded – for the Chennai Photo Biennale (CPB) India

The Chennai Photo Biennale (CPB) – CPB Foundation and Photoworks supported by the British Council, selected three artists for their Darkroom Residency. School of Art and Media Lecturer Holly Birtles was one of the artists selected. This took place in Chennai, India from 5 December 2024 to 20 January 2025 with the objective to produce a body of work for display the Chennai Photo Biennale Phase 2 (See SAMRKE post for work produced/exhibited), Edition IV and the forthcoming Photoworks Festival, UK. The scope for Holly Birtles’s work (during the residency) was to continue working on her projects exploring the manifestation of histories and ecologies through performance images, landscapes, seascapes, and the creation of surreal creatures in recognizable spaces. Alongside photographs of local land, soil, water bodies, flora and fauna, Holly will also use Midjourney (software) to create images based on her own prompts. The digital and physical negatives will come […]

Call for staff research methods expertise to be rendered on Padlet – deadline 29 January 2025

We are currently collecting examples of staff research methods expertise in the school on the Padlet below: https://universityofbrighton.padlet.org/cgould37/SAMResearchMethods This request comes from the central research team, as we would like to establish a record of the researchers, and their research methods used in each of the schools. Please ensure that your entry includes your name, you may add images or examples of theorists or simply name your research methods, as you wish. The deadline is the 29th January 2025 To add an entry, click the red plus + button on the bottom right-hand corner of the Padlet page and type, you can edit later. It would be great if we can collate a good range of examples from across the school. If you have any questions please contact Charlotte Gould.

Event: Crawley Museum public talk to accompany the new exhibition | 22 February 2025 2-4pm at Crawley Museum

Crawley Museum in co-operation with the University of Brighton and Fotohof Salzburg take great pleasure in inviting you to a public talk on Saturday 22 February 2 pm – 4 pm, Crawley Museum, to accompany the new exhibition. For detais see: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/researchknowledgebase/2025/01/28/event-exhibition-crawley/ Crawley New Town seen through the lens of Wolf Suschitzky Jo Pettipher, Crawley Museum, Learning & Liaison Officer will introduce each speaker. Dr. Kurt Kaindl, Fotohof Salzburg, Austria: The City as a Stage Wolf Suschitzky’s photographic legacy is what every archivist dreams of: the output of a very long and active life as a photographer, from his training in Vienna in the early 1930s, to the early 2000s in London, is fully documented. In his photographic work, he observed a classical formal language and utilised photography with its ability to cover small details and portraits of individual people as well as expansive overviews of specific themes. Fotohof Salzburg […]

Event: Exhibition – Crawley New Town seen through the lens of Wolf Suschitzky | 6 February – 29 March 2025 at Crawley Museum

Historic photographs return to Crawley decades after they were taken A new exhibition at Crawley Museum featuring photographs by the renowned photographer Wolf Suschitzky (1912-2016) of the early development of Crawley are returning to the town and being shown to the public for the first time since they were taken six decades ago. This runs along with a series of talks, community events, gallery tours, school visits, half-term activities and workshops. The photographs were commissioned to capture life in the New Town ten years after construction had begun. Along with images made in the other emerging New Towns around the country, a small selection of images was featured in an exhibition held at the Royal Academy in 1959 to highlight the progress of the first wave of home building and new town development following World War 2. They were discovered in the Fotohof archives, Salzburg Austria, by photographer and researcher […]

Call for Papers: Trans Asia Photography invites submissions for a general issue – deadline 1 April 2025

CALL FOR PAPERS – Vol. 16, No. 1 (Spring 2026) Trans Asia Photography invites submissions for a general issue, Volume 16, Number 1 (Spring 2026). The journal examines all aspects of photographic history, theory, and practice by centering images in or of Asia, conceived as a territory, network, and cultural imaginary. It welcomes: articles (5,000–7,000 words) that broaden understanding of Asian photography in transnational contexts shorter pieces (1,000–2,000 words) in formats that include interviews, curatorial or visual essays, and portfolios Deadline: April 1, 2025. Trans Asia Photography is an international, refereed, open-access journal based at the University of Toronto and published by Duke University Press. It provides a venue for interdisciplinary exploration of photography and Asia. Guidance for authors on submissions can be found at: transasiaphotography.org/submit For more information, contact the editors: transasiaphotography@gmail.com The TAP Editorial Team Deepali Dewan, Royal Ontario Museum & University of Toronto Yi Gu, University of Toronto Thy Phu, University of […]

Events: Upcoming various Research and Knowledge Exchange Workshops and Training – February 2025

See forthcoming Research and Knowledge Exchange workshops. Tuesday 4 Feb – Creating an effective research poster A workshop to get attendees thinking about their R&KE Week Research Poster Competition entry. Winners will receive prizes of £350 towards research costs. Friday 21 Feb – Introduction to R for statistical analysis Content will address the R environment and how to navigate its features, plus the core concepts and syntax of R and basic operations. Additionally, you will learn how to perform simple statistical analyses using R, such as descriptive statistics and simple linear regression. This workshop is suitable for those with no prior experience with R, as well as those who have some knowledge but need a refresher. Monday 10 – Tuesday 11 March – Introductory NVivo training Provided by QDAS, the content of this training will be decided by attendees: please complete this MS Form by 10 February to let us know what […]

Grant Capture: University of Brighton Demand Management – UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Round 10

Round 10 of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships scheme opens 03 February 2025 with a deadline of 18 June 2025 and the University of Brighton is limited to a maximum of 2 bids. An internal demand management process will be undertaken to assess interested candidates so that potential applicants can complete the required steps. Full details of the scheme including eligibility* requirements can be found on the: UKRI website UoB RaKE SharePoint pages *UKRI are not willing to provide individual feedback on an applicant’s eligibility for the FLF scheme – it is therefore the responsibility of the individual to determine if they are eligible. Bids submitted by applicants not deemed eligible may be rejected at the technical checks stage. UoB Internal Demand Management Process: Any interested parties (internal and external candidates) must complete the Expression of Interest (EOI) Proforma ( available UoB RaKE SharePoint site) and an Equality, Diversity and […]

Call for recruitment of participants by 16 January 2025 for the Blind Paper Peer Review for the Domesticity Under Siege conference (April 2–4, 2025), hosted by the School of Architecture Technology and Engineering.

We seek blind peer reviewers for draft papers submitted to the Domesticity Under Siege International Architectural Conference (April 2–4, 2025), hosted by the School of Architecture Technology and Engineering. This is an excellent opportunity for PhD students and academic colleagues who have expertise, connection, or interest in the topic, to gain valuable experience in academic blind peer-reviewing processes. The conference explores themes such as: Domesticity under threat from wars, disasters, and climate change. The uncanny and invasive agents in domestic spaces. Gender, labour, and technology concerning the home. For more information, visit our website: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/domesticityundersiege/ If interested, please email by 16th January 2025 to: Terry Meade: T.Meade@brighton.ac.uk or Judit Pusztaszeri: J.Pusztaszeri3@brighton.ac.uk We look forward to your participation! Best regards, The Domesticity Under Siege Conference Team

Event: UOB ECR NETWORK – RESEARCH ROUNDTABLE ON INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH | 29 January 2025 13-14 at Moulsecoomb Campus – Cockcroft 808

Roundtable discussants include: Prof Rusi Jaspal (Pro Vice-Chancellor Research & Knowledge Exchange) Dr Nicholas Gant (Director Centre for Arts and Wellbeing) Dr Linda Tip (Principle Lecturer, Psychology) Facilitated by Dr Barbara Grabher (ECR Ambassador) The discussion is followed by a work along session (2hours), with the ambition to protect time and space to advance ongoing or emerging projects. For Registration click here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=kLsAqf6UWEaLNN1yCExQZNhPbx6CprtJtQFKp2JsEOtUQVozUFU5SzJXQjlLRkZGRVFRQTNGWDJTMi4u&route=shorturl For further information contact Dr Barbara Grabher (b.grabher@brighton. ac.uk)

Research and Knowledge Exchange Magazine – Issue 18

I am delighted to share the latest Research and Knowledge Exchange magazine with you. Research and Knowledge Exchange Magazine, Issue 18 At the University of Brighton, we are proud of our research and knowledge exchange activity, which enriches our teaching, drives important partnerships and collaborations, and produces new knowledge and positive societal impact. We know that many throughout the University contribute to our endeavours and impact and are interested in finding out more. The digital magazine provides a snapshot of our activity. Find out more about how we address global challenges, from improving health outcomes both locally and around the world to contributing to creative, sustainable economies, as well as shining a light on inequalities and creating a cleaner, greener planet. Discover why the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology is championing our new Health Innovation Hub, which professor has been awarded the prestigious Ernest Rutherford Medal for […]

Gavin Ambrose has published a new book with the ALTA Museum World Heritage Rock Centre in Norway and Norwegian Salmon Rivers

This features Jan Ekman, who fished the Alta in Norway for nineteen years, 1970-1988. He was a keen photographer and took over 6,000 photos from his trips. A few were used in his 1983 book about the river and the dam (re-published in English in 2013: Seven Nights on the Alta), but most of them were only shared with a few fishing friends. After Jan passed in 2004, his family donated the negatives to the Alta Museum so they could be properly archived and the Museum has kindly agreed to let almost 200 images be included in this book. These photos were taken long before the modern digital cameras that capture great images, even in low light. Fishing was done at night, often with clouds and rain. The midnight sun helped, but it didn’t reach the canyon floor so even though Jan used Kodak Tri-X film, apertures were large and shutter […]

Grant Capture: Now open two funds – R&KE Development fund (closes 24 January 2025) and Excellence fund (closes 7 February 2025)

Two internal funding opportunities now open. The R&KE Development Fund The Research and Knowledge Exchange (R&KE) Development Fund supports a broad range of exploratory R&KE projects that require seed funding. The fund supports various activities, including: Partnership building activities; Co-developing research with community partners; Data collection/pilot projects to enable external funding proposals; Evaluation activities to assess a potential market or demand; Activities designed to test use of research in non-academic contexts; Stakeholder, partnership or audience engagement activities and events to increase reach of research into a wider audience. Maximum award amount: £10,000 Applications are now open until 24 January 2025. The R&KE Excellence Fund The R&KE Excellence Fund offers seed funding to help staff initiate outstanding research and knowledge exchange projects. This fund covers staff time, enabling the start of unique and original projects with the potential for excellence. Maximum award amount: £25,000 Applications are now open until 07 February 2025. For application guidance and the application forms, please visit […]

Event: Holiday collage with Material Histories Group | 12 December 2024 2-5.30 pm at Grand Parade, G62

The Material Histories Group members invite you to our holiday collage session on 12 December. Please come along to G62 from 2pm and spend time in a wonderland of colour photocopies, scissors, craft paper and glue. Please RSVP to mathistgroup@gmail.com so we can cater our festive refreshments for the right numbers. This will also be an opportunity to meet Visiting Research Fellow Cathy Lomax, who will be with us from January. Drop in anytime from 2.00pm – we’ll start packing up around 5.30-6.00pm. We hope to see you there. All very best wishes, Tamar for the Material Histories Group

Sustainable Photography Call Out for Conference – The Institute of Photography at Falmouth University, in partnership with the Sustainable Darkroom – July 2025.

The Institute of Photography at Falmouth University, in partnership with the Sustainable Darkroom, are pleased to announce a conference in July 2025 on the theme of(un)sustainable photography. INVITATION FOR PRESENTATION PROPOSALS We invite proposals for 15-minute presentations. Contributions can take the format of indoor or outdoor presentations such as papers, workshops, performances, multimodal presentations, and co-designed experiments. Proposals can explore the question from any perspective: · Analogue or digital · Theoretical or practical · Past, present or future See the PDF about Sustainable Photography Call Out Do contact Fergus Heron should you wish to discuss.

Event: Global Challenges | 2-5 December 2024 – University of Brighton

Get involved in the Global Challenges week from the 2nd to the 5th of December. We celebrate the unique contribution that University of Brighton staff and students make to addressing the major challenges faced on our planet. Today we want to remind all students and staff of two major events. The Global Challenges Prizegiving offers substantial prizes that recognise the extraordinary contributions of all of our staff and students. Prizes range from £50 to £500 for students, for staff and for our student societies. Nominate your friends and colleagues here: Global Challenges Award Nomination form – https://forms.office.com/e/fxAxUxt56S?origin=lprLink and join us to celebrate the best of our University on Friday the 6th of December The Changemaker Challenge gives all students the opportunity to work with community, business and University leaders to creatively address the many problems we face across the globe. For one day – Tuesday the 3rd of December – you will collaborate across the Schools […]

Event: NCACE Evidence Café 14: Artists and Universities | 2pm 22 January 2025 – Online

NCACE’s Evidence Café sessions have been held regularly since March 2021. The café is an online space for presentations, evidence and information sharing, story-telling and a community of knowledge sharing and exchange. See the link to booking and details here:NCACE Evidence Café 14: Artists and Universities Tickets, Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite

Event: Brighton as a Hub for Comic Artists | Wednesday 4 December 6pm – Brains at the Bevy

See here: EVENT | Brains at the Bevy: Raymond Briggs to Chis Riddell – Brighton as a hub for comic artists

Grant Capute: SAM Quality Research funding (QR) has now been confirmed

Quality Research funding (QR) has now been confirmed, colleagues can apply for funding to support a range of activities which will contribute to outputs for our next REF29 submission. There are two proformas one for conferences and the other to cover all other activities such as exhibition costs and open access images. All purchasing must be made through university suppliers and should be arranged in consultation with Karen Gainsford. All funds must be spent by July 4th 2025. SAM Conference Funding Application Form 24-25.docx SAM RAKE Funding Application Form 24-25.docx

Event: Knowledge equity as an applied method for avoiding extraction research (government, related professionals)| 2 December – Online

See this announcement about a workshop on Knowledge equity as an applied method for avoiding extraction research (government, related professionals) – Online Organised by the University of Southampton and taking place on 2 December. More information here: This and linked reports may be of interest to some.

Event: Exhibition All Roads Lead to Johannesburg by Em Walker | Friday 22 November 11-17 and Monday 26 November11-17 at Dorset Place Gallery

I am pleased to invite you to the exhibition opening of All Roads Lead to Johannesburg by Em Walker, 2023, BA Painting alumnus. The exhibition will feature a selection of monoprints that together form a map of the places where Walker has lived. A large floor-based painting sits alongside books and journals related to painting, Africa and protest. Dorset Place Gallery 1 Dorset Place, BN2 1ST (Just off Edward Street) Exhibition opening times: Fri 22nd 11-5pm Mon 26th – Fri 29th 11-5:30pm Em Walker is a South African born painter living and working in Brighton, East Sussex. Her work navigates the boundaries of Fine Art Painting by interrogating its long history of tradition and convention. Em dismantles our understanding of the painter, the canvas, and exhibition space, with a focus on expanded painting and alternative curation. Martin Seeds – Lecturer School of Art & Media

Event: Exhibition – A piece of sky – Georgia Rose Murray | 9 November 2024 – 31 January 2025 at Moray Arts Centre, Findhorn, Scotland

Principal Lecturer in the School of Art and Media, Gavin Ambrose has been working with Arctic Artist Georgia Rose Murray on a series of books replicating her sketchbooks from the Arctic Circle. Some of this work is now exhibited. The Exhibition. Runs from 9th November 2024 to 31st January 2025 at the Moray Arts Centre, Findhorn, Scotland. https://morayartcentre.org/events/a-piece-of-sky/ The opening has passed but the exhibition is featureed below: The original sketchbooks are recordings of the changing arctic scenes. The format, a concertina sketchbook, is a necessity. Due to the extreme weather conditions only small amounts of drawing and painting can be done at any one time. We have worked to replicate the format, which when unfolded is over 3 and half metres in length to allow the sketchbooks to be exhibited at museums and galleries. The first two books by Georgia are described as below: ‘Blandal: This book was painted […]

Call for papers for Domesticity Under Siege International Architectural Conference UOB (2-4/4/25) – Deadline 22 November 2024

School of Architecture Technology and Engineering wanted to bring to your attention the call for papers to the upcoming Domesticity Under Siege International Architectural Conference, University of Brighton, UK; 2nd-4th April 2025. To submit an abstract for consideration proposals should be emailed to dus-brighton25@brighton.ac.uk Deadline for entries is 22 November 2024. More information can be found at the DUS website With any questions please contact: Terry Meade – T.Meade@brighton.ac.uk or Judit Pusztaszeri – J.Pusztaszeri3@brighton.ac.uk

The Bid Builder Programme is now open for applications until Friday 29 November 2024

Bid Builder provides structured support to help colleagues develop skills for securing external research grant funding through effective bid writing. The programme is most suitable for Early and Mid-Career researchers. The programme is delivered by members of the Pre-Award team, R&KE Department, and academic colleagues who have developed successful grant proposals for relevant funding schemes. It involves attending 6 sessions across January-June 2025 (see attached programme). For application guidance, the programme outline, and the application form, please visit the Bid Builder SharePoint page. If anyone is considering applying for this, please get in contact with Julie Doyle as soon as possible. The application also needs to be signed off by Charlotte Gould as Associate Dean R&KE.

Call for Spoke Projects – AHRC Hub for Public Engagement with Music Research

All possible application must follow our University of Brighton Bid Development and Authorisation Process Funding amount: 4x Spoke Project collaborations between academic and non-academic partners, at £75,000–£100,000 per Spoke Publication date: 31 October 2024 Online webinar: 7 November 2024 (register on Eventbrite) PHASE 1 – Expressions of Interest due: 15 January 2025 PHASE 2 – Shortlisted applications due: 2 May 2025 Spoke Project duration: up to 12 months between June 2025–June 2026 The Hub for Public Engagement with Research has resource to fund projects against the following 4 themes, informed by the priorities of the AHRC, applications must align with at least one of these umbrella themes. Health and wellbeing Civic and cohesive communities Creative education Technological innovation More information https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/centre-for-music-education-social-justice/call-for-spoke-projects-ahrc

Event: Sue Gollifer Exhibition | Current until 10 December 2024 at the Computer Arts Society, London.

Currently on view at the BCS London offices in Moorgate is a show by printmaker Sue Gollifer, organised by the Computer Arts Society, a special interest group of BCS. Sue Gollifer has enjoyed a 60 year career as an influential expert in the world of digital arts, taking on the roles of an artist, curator, administrator, researcher and academic. See details here: https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/mechanised-perfection-the-work-of-sue-gollifer/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGV8_NleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdX99IRpZpVkr6e3j2wMPouXxulDb3mV6TD82EPHkxTNsI8GKdWZnV3MuA_aem_rO2y7mkoNdA7PkltvlvS8A Image – Work by Sue Gollifer

Event: Annebella Pollen – EARTH: A Multistory salon | 12 November 2024 15-18 Online via UCA Canterbury

Annebella Pollen is part of an event in Canterbury (University of the Creative Arts) on 12th November, with an online attendance option. It is led by design historian Cat Rossi and former Brighton colleague and architect Charles Holland. It is part of a salon event called Multistory that examines major themes in design and architecture; the theme for this event is ‘Earth’. All the info is below and may be relevant to those with interests in dsign and architecture. Here is the Event: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bcebdf19-730c-4690-9ba1-83a5031ab3ee@069c310c-d4c2-4554-b166-90ca805a5eaa

Event: School of Art and Media Research and Knowledge Exchange Week (11-15 November 2024) schedule now published

Dear all, I am delighted to announce the programme for Research Week 2024 from 11th to 15th November 2024. See the blog for details https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/researchweek2024/ Or follow the QR code in the poster below. There are a wide range of events on offer throughout the week, from presentations to workshops, including Knowledge Exchange Creative Industries Networking, Pathways to Funding and a Mentoring Budding session. On Wednesday 13th November we have the Postgraduate Research Culture Symposium with Keynote Speaker Linda Candy, an authority on creative research methods, this is followed by presentations from staff on Research Methods and Lightening Talks from Postgraduate Students. See the blog page https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/researchweek2024/2024/10/13/sym/ Or follow the QR code in the poster below. Search the blog by day for events, it would be great if everyone could attend one event where possible. Sessions are in-person, blended or online only. For online sessions, join the MS Team […]

R&KE Development Fund deadline is Friday 01 November 2024

The R&KE Development Fund deadline is Friday 01 November. The R&KE Development Fund supports a broad range of exploratory R&KE projects that require seed funding. The fund supports various activities, outlined on the R&KE Initiatives SharePoint page, linked above. For more information on all internal funding initiatives this year, please visit the R&KE Initiatives SharePoint page where you will find all guidance documentation and application forms.

Deadlines extended for Student Research Experience Scheme (SRES) Project Lead applications to Friday 01 November 2024

The deadline for the Student Research Experience Scheme (SRES) Project Lead applications has been extended to Friday 01 November. SRES offers hands-on research opportunities for undergraduate and taught postgraduate students across all disciplines. Students can participate in real research projects in addition to their studies alongside academic staff and postgraduate researchers. This experience allows students to gain valuable research skills, insights into higher-level research work, and support for future career plans, including potential research degree study.

Event: Exhibition Ice & Teeth: a Dialogue on Process | 8 -14 November 2024 – Private View: 7 November 6-7.30pm – Dorset Place Gallery

Private View of “Ice&Teeth: a Dialogue on Process” showcasing work in progress by two PhD students researching photography. We will host a small opening party at 6pm on 7th of November in Dorset Place Gallery, University of Brighton. Everyone is welcome. What happens when the subject matter becomes the very ingredient in the photographic process? Ice & Teeth seeks to explore exactly that. Combining work on two seemingly different topics – holga & pinhole camera images of the Arctic by Charles Binns and Ola Teper’s photograms of a woman’s body – the process here pushes the boundaries of traditional representation. The Arctic saltwater and red lipstick become active elements in the conversation about landscape photography in an era of climate change and the enduring struggle for gender equality, which continue to shape the world of today. Together, their work opens a dialogue on how process, materiality and subject matter intersect […]

Event: What if […]? – an exhibition by MA Fine Art students – Private view at 23rd October 2024 5-6.30pm. At Grand Parade, Atrium

You are invited to the private view of ‘What if […]?’ an exhibition by MA Fine Art students. Private View: Wednesday 23rd October 5pm – 6.30pm. All Welcome. Each artist on the course was invited to make an artwork no larger than 10cm x 10cm and that responded to the prompt ‘What if […] ?’ The exhibition is the first in a programme of exhibitions and residencies by MA Fine Art students that takes place in city campus gallery spaces throughout the academic year. Atrium Gallery (ground floor near café). University of Brighton 58-67 Grand Parade BN2 0JY Exhibition continues: 24th-31st October 2024. Opening Times 10am – 5pm Monday – Friday Image – provided by Amy Cunningham

Event: Theodore Koulouris -The Mangina does Critical Theory, in short a ball busting (sic) Communist lecture followed by Q&A | 19 November 2024 11am at Mithras House, G8

In response to International Men’s Day, Theodore Koulouris will be delivering a lecture followed by Q&A. He has described the event as follows: The rather eccentric title is taken from a tweet directed at me by a far-right X (formerly Twitter) account following a public engagement/debate I had on ‘lad culture’ with the all-round bad boy of the extreme right, Milo Yiannopoulos. The specific tweet and countless others I received in the wake of said debate bespeak the elemental tendency of contemporary far-right masculinity: to attack a ‘fellow man’ one has to first feminise him (for those not familiar with the term, a mangina is a man who has, apparently, a vagina). However, it also reveals that the language of such attacks is not devoid of political inflection and that it is redolent of deeply fossilised expectations of ‘masculinity’. In this presentation, I reflect on the socio-political valences of my experience – as a […]

Event: CABI are offering free author workshops | 7 November 2024 – online

CABI are offering free author workshops taking place on Thursday 7 November 2024. If you support researchers interested in publishing their work, suggest they join CABI’s Publishers to find out more about the processes involved and their tips for successful publication. The workshops will cover journals, books, case studies and Compendium datasheets. There will also be a Q&A at the end. – 7 November 2024 at 08:00 AM and repeated at 02:00 PM GMT Registration for the morning session. Registration for the afternoon session. The content is the same in both webinars (register for one session). CABI is a nonprofit intergovernmental development and information organisation focusing primarily on agricultural and environmental issues in the developing world, and the creation, curation, and dissemination of scientific knowledge.

Event: UoB Photography Research Group display wtih panel conversation | 25th October 2024 Exhibition open 5:30pm The panel talk 6:30pm – 7:30pm at Dorset Place Room 501

All Welcome! The UoB Photography Research Group presents a panel conversation with REG members Holly Birtles, Zoe Childerley and Martin Seeds. The panel host will be Rachel Gillies. The panel will introduce their practice and host Rachel Gillies with draw out possible intersections across their work. Accompanying the talk will be a display of work, in the Dorset Place Gallery, from members of the UoB Photography Research Group: Asa Johannesson, Daniel C. Blight, Holly Birtles, Fergus Heron, Zoe Childerley and Martin Seeds. The exhibition will open 5:30pm The panel talk begins 6:30pm – 7:30pm Dorset Place Room 501 Location: 3 Dorset Place Work by UOB Photography Research Members. Martin Seeds Holly Birtles Zoe Childerley

Event: IOTAII – Material Memoirs: Telling Tales through Things | 30 October 2024, 5.30-7pm at Grand Parade, M2

Join the Centre for Design History and the University of Brighton Design Archives. Joint book talks and discussion with Susan Sainsbury, author of Undressed, and Suzanne Joinson, author of The Museum of Lost and Fragile Things, chaired by Annebella Pollen. Please book to help us manage numbers: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/centrefordesignhistory/2024/10/04/event-iotaii-material-memoirs-telling-tales-through-things-30-october-2024/ What is IOTA II??! IOTA stands for Image, Object, Text, Analysis, and was the title of a seminar series set up many moons ago, by dear colleagues Louise Purbrick and Jill Seddon. IOTA II aims to resurrect the inclusive nature of the original IOTA, bringing together students, colleagues and all interested parties from beyond the university to consider the visual and material world from a wide range of perspectives. It is a space for work-in-progress to be shared and nurtured, and for research to be celebrated.

Event: IOTAII A Creative Archival Research Journey with Pauline Rutter – 27 November 2024

Join the Centre for Design History and the University of Brighton Design Archives. Pauline Rutter is an archival artist, community and organisational poet and independent academic based in West Sussex. In this talk, supported by the University of Brighton Design Archives, she will discuss her reparative work which is informed by a Black Feminist historiographical approach to creative research methods. Her talk is focused on the front covers of the journalRace and Class. No booking required. More information here: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/centrefordesignhistory/2024/10/18/event-iotaii-a-creative-archival-research-journey-with-pauline-rutter-27-november-2024/ What is IOTA II??! IOTA stands for Image, Object, Text, Analysis, and was the title of a seminar series set up many moons ago, by dear colleagues Louise Purbrick and Jill Seddon. IOTA II aims to resurrect the inclusive nature of the original IOTA, bringing together students, colleagues and all interested parties from beyond the university to consider the visual and material world from a wide range of perspectives. It is a […]

Event: Åsa Johannesson talk on Queer Methodology for Photography – Contingencies: Citizens and Photography series| 17 October 2024 6.30-7.45pm at The Photographers Gallery, London

All invited. See details here: https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/artist-talk-asa-johannesson Hear artist Åsa Johannesson in conversation with artist and educator Rachel Cunningham the final talk as part of our series entitled Contingencies: Citizens and Photography Åsa Johannesson is an artist and educator working with photography, installation and writing. Her practice concerns the relationship between queerness and photographic portraiture. Queer Methodology for Photography (Routledge 2024) is her first book. In conversation with Course Leader of BA Photography at University of Westminster, Rachel Cunningham. Biography Åsa Johannesson is an artist working across photography, installation and writing. Her practice concerns the relationship between queerness, representation and material knowledge production. She has exhibited her work internationally, including at Centrum för fotografi (Stockholm), Queer Britain (London), Landskrona Foto (Landskrona), Dyson Gallery (London) and FutureLab (Shanghai). Åsa’s work has been written about in the books Photography: A Queer History and Museums, Sexuality, and Gender Activism, and the journals Philosophy of Photography, British Journal of Photography, Yes & No and Zine. She is based […]

Event: Via Innovate UK | Mindset – extended reality for digital mental health: Applicant briefing and collaboration building – 29 October 2024 & 12 November 2024 – Virtual event series

Innovate UK is pleased to invite you to join us at our Mindset XR R&D Fund Briefing & Collaboration Events where you can apply for up to £300k in funding to develop digital therapeutic extended reality (XR) solutions to provide mental healthcare services. Innovate UK’s £20m Mindset programme is driving the growth of immersive digital mental health solutions in the UK. By supporting projects that develop therapeutic interventions, Mindset is building a robust ecosystem to bring these innovations to market. The next funding round, opening on 28 October, aims to foster collaboration between the immersive technology sector and mental health providers, to improve treatment options, offering faster, more cost effective and accessible support for individuals with mental health concerns. Read through the competition information here and join us for two online events: Online Briefing – Tuesday 29 October: Discover an overview of the Mindset programme, competition scope, eligibility and the application process for […]

Event: Desert Island Pics – Fergus Heron | 15 October 2024 5:30-6:30pm (doors at 5pm) – Edward Street, Room 309

If you are cast away on a desert island and could take only eight photographs, what would they be? This event, hosted by Snr Lecturer Stephen Bull, roughly follows the format of the radio program Desert Island Discs. An invited guest is asked to imagine themselves castaway on a Desert Island. The castaway can choose eight significant photographs they would take with them. Stephen Bull and the castaway discusses the thoughts behind their choices. Our castaway is photographer and Snr Lecturer Fergus Heron. Everyone is welcome. 154-155 Edward Street, Room 309 About our cast away Fergus Heron was born in London and currently lives and works in Brighton, England and Nairn, Scotland, United Kingdom. He studied at the Royal College of Art and the University for the Creative Arts. Exhibitions featuring his work have taken place internationally at venues including Tate Britain, Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, […]

EVENT: Exhibition The Queering of Photography 2024 opens Friday, 11 October 5.30-7.30pm, at Willmot Gallery, Edward Street

All are welcome to the opening of the exhibition The Queering of Photography 2024 opens this Friday, 11 October 5.30-7.30pm, at the Willmot Gallery (Edward street, ground floor), City Campus, University of Brighton, 154 Edward Street, Brighton, BN2 0JG. Hope to see you there! The exhibition The Queering of Photography 2024 showcases new portraits by Åsa Johannesson and marks the final stages of her body of work The Queering of Photography (2015-2024). These photographs depict individuals from the Brighton and London LGBTQ+ community and are produced using a 5×4” large format plate camera. Each portrait is shaped through playful encounters between photographer, sitter, and camera technique. The exhibition title names this triangular approach to ‘queering’ photography – a foregronding of pose, gaze, and traditional photographic technologies. The photographic imagery presented in this exhibition is further supported by the prose poem ‘Coda’. Photography Research Group UoB Photography presents a programme of curated exhibitions and events […]

EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS: OPENINGS FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER 2024 – UOB PHOTOGRAPHY programme for Photo Fringe Festival | runs 4 October – 9 November 2024. VARIOUS ACTIVITIES BY STAFF & students AT City Campus, Willmot Gallery Edward Street & Dorset Place Gallery.

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EVENT: Via Innovate UK | Smart Design Workshop Series – 8/15/22 October 2024. Online.

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Event :Call for contributions – Research and Knowledge Exchange (RAKE) Week planned for 11–15 November 2024

Research and Knowledge Exchange (RAKE) Week to take place from 11th – 15th November 2024. This is a great opportunity for staff to share our research and make connections between our teaching, research, and knowledge exchange. We are aiming to offer a wide range of sessions and activities focusing on research or knowledge exchange that will be open to all students and colleagues, as well as sessions targeted for staff development and REG activities. Do NOTE that the blog site for this is underdevelopment. This year we plan to hold a Postgraduate Research Day for PGR and PGT students on the 13th November and we will work with MA Course Leaders and the Doctoral College Lead to co-produce the sessions. In order to maximise attendance during research week we are suggesting a mixed mode of engagement, and would encourage staff where appropriate to arrange sessions that align with timetabled events, so that targeted students […]

Event: Exhibition Fergus Heron Phonex Art Space: Project Space, Brighton | 5-13 October 2024 – Phonex Place, Brighton

The exhibition previews on Friday 4 October from 6pm. You are all very welcome. Exhibition is open Wednesday – Sunday 12-5pm. An exhibition featuring new work by Fergus Heron takes place as part of Photo Fringe 2024 at Phoenix Art Space Project Space in Brighton. The work develops earlier projects picturing urban environments, including Albion Street 2017, showing and returning the view from the window of Heron’s studio in Phoenix Art Space. This new project titled Phoenix Place, depicting the immediate vicinity of Phoenix Art Space, is partly inspired by art historian Nikolaus Pevsner’s perambulation into Phoenix Place described in The Buildings of England: Sussex East with Brighton and Hove. In connection, dialogue is created between different kinds of observations. Heron’s pictures propose a sense of place made up of composite views, some imagined from the past, layered with others seen in the present. The exhibition addresses the Photo Fringe […]

Event: Exhibition/Research Project Luica King “Delve” | 11 September to 10 October 2024 – at the Josep Renau gallery , Faculty of Fine Arts, Universitat Politènica de Valencia, Spain

Artist/Curator Dr. Lucía I. King (Senior Lecturer, Fine Art/ Photography) curated the exhibition and research project, “Delve” .

Grant Capture: New lead is Julie Doyle and what support is provided

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News: Reg update – Photography REG

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News: PURE profile – help and what to do

Now is a great time to make sure your Pure profile is up-to-date and does justice to all the work you’ve put into your Research and Knowledge Exchange. Pure provides the detailed public face of the university’s research. It feeds search engines very well and is the main way peers, senior staff and students, as well as the press and public get to find out more about you and your work. There is a Sharepoint site to help you through the mechanics of adding material to the system. Access to the editor is through the link https://cris.brighton.ac.uk/. Any problems or questions with this end of things, please contact Pure Support <Pure-Support@brighton.ac.uk> A few reminders of the basics. You should have an image – either a portrait or an image of your work. You should create profile text under suitable headings, prioritising ‘Research interests’. These should be in paragraphs rather than […]

News: New REG – Communication and Creative Ecologies

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Event: Hold the date for SAM Postgraduate Research Culture and Community Symposium| Wednesday 13 November 2024, 9am-5pm

PGRS are to feature in Research and Knowledge Exchange Week.

News: REG update – Creative Sound & Music Reg

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News: New REG – Creative Industries Reg

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Event: Exhibition Susan Diab ‘Palimpself’ | 2-28 October 2024 at The Byre Theatre in St Andrews

Susan Diab’s forthcoming exhibition ‘Palimpself’ at The Byre Theatre in St Andrews. This results from a commission funded by St Andrews University to make new artwork in response to the writings of Nobel Prize-winning French author Annie Ernaux. The exhibition takes place within the context of the first ever English-speaking conference about Ernaux’s work and coincides with the publication on 10 October of the English translation by Alison Strayer of Ernaux’s ‘The Use of Photography’.

Event: Arts & Health Network -Arts & Health meeting 25 September 2024 -Conference Room, 5th Floor, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG

Our next Arts & Health meeting is on Wednesday 25 September, 10. 00am – 12. 00pm at Community Base, Brighton. Sign up for the meeting via the form here. The September meeting will include a chance to network with other members and see presentations from 2 of our partners, Diversity and Ability, and Orange Collective. Both will be sharing about the opportunities and the support they offer through their services. Diversity and Ability is a wonderful organisation that champions neurodiversity and disability inclusion through technology, training and talent. Orange Collective are a pioneering collaboration between artist, Branwen Lorigan and therapist Polly Irvin, who will be sharing about their Reflective Practice programme. Their aim is to grow and support a community of artists and mental health practitioners to increase access to well-being support. Come along to find out more about how both organisations can help you with your creative health work.

Event: Last chance to see the unique MAKE IT. SHAPE IT exhibition! Ends 4:30pm Wednesday 18 September 2024 – Grand Parade

Last chance to see the unique MAKE IT. SHAPE IT exhibition! Featuring the work of over 40 Artists and makers, this extensive and significant exhibition honours the artistry of our technical and professional services staff. Taking place in the ground floor exhibition space at the University Grand Parade Building BN2 0JY, the MAKE IT. SHAPE IT exhibition will close at 4:30pm on Wednesday, 18th September. Follow our Instagram at @uobartstechnicians. https://unibrightonac.sharepoint.com/sites/home/SitePages/Technicians-and-professional-services-colleagues-to-put-their-own-art-on-display-in-autumn-exhibition.aspx

Opportunity: For PGRS The Image Centre (Canada) is pleased to share its 2025 Fellowship Call for Applications | Deadline 30 September 2024

This is a unique opportunity for scholars and artists to engage in advanced research and creative projects. This fellowship is designed to support innovative work in the fields of photography, visual culture, and related disciplines. The Image Centre (website theimagecentre.ca) fellowships provide: A stipend Access to The Image Centre’s extensive resources and collections Opportunities for professional development and networking For more details about the fellowship and the application process, please visit our website: www.theimagecentre.ca/fellowship and see the attached application guidelines document. The deadline for applications is September 30, 2024. For additional information see the PDF here Fellowship_Guidelines_-_2025.docx or contact: Nathan Flint, Marketing and Event Coordinator Office: 437-879-5798 Posted on behalf of Nathan Flint by Karen Gainsford

EVENT: Protecting your wellbeing in your research practice | 10 September 2024 at 10-12pm at Mithras House, G2

All staff and PGRs are invited to attend the workshop. For some, being a researcher means interacting with vulnerable demographics, entering stressful environments, or dealing with distressing information. Join this workshop to hear two researchers from different disciplines offer their insights into maintaining your wellbeing in the face of these challenges. This workshop is an opportunity to engage with researchers, share experiences, and take part in activities to foster resilience and protect your wellbeing throughout your research career. Book now to reserve your place. For any queries, please email ResearcherDevelopment@brighton.ac.uk

Event: Exhibition Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | 29 July – 30 August 2024 – University of Brighton City Campus, Grand Parade

Bringing together four distinct painters, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today explores the formal and informal ways Bernadette Kerrigan, Chris Martin, Daniel Pettitt, and EJ Hauser each make sense of the world through their chosen medium

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Book & Event: Random Notes about Doodling, Sketching, Drawing and Illustrating by John Vernon Lord | Talk on 22 September 2024 at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft

Random Notes about Doodling, Sketching, Drawing and Illustrating looks at the works and private sketchbooks of acclaimed illustrator, John Vernon Lord. With works from the 1950’s to 2023, this volume represents the most comprehensive range of work from Lord. Sketchbooks The publication includes an introductory essay from writer and broadcaster Brian Sibley and four new essays by John Vernon Lord on the differences between doodling, sketching, drawing and illustrating. Lord is internationally acclaimed for his works for James Joyce’s Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, his illustrations Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and his writing and drawings for the seminal The Giant Jam Sandwich set to verse by Janet Burroway. ‘This book represents 66 years of some of Lord’s drawings and notes carried out from his student days to the present (1957-2023). They are mostly informal works that were carried out as a way of exploring and discovering. There are very nearly 700 pages of drawings here selected from […]

Event: Creative Methodologies sessions in the School of Humanities and Social Science – Centre of Arts and Wellbeing – Creative Research Methods Symposium with Matheus de Simone and Bethan Prosser| 23 July 2024 14:00-15:30 on MS TEAMS

All are welcome! See details here: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/artswellbeing/2024/07/04/creative-research-methods-symposium-with-matheus-de-simone-and-bethan-prosser/ Posted by Karen Gainsford

Event: Pallant House Gallery exhibition -The Shape of Things (11 May – 20 October 2024 ) featuring work by UoB Photography Alumni Maisie Cousins – Event of 27 and 28 September 2024

CfP at Pallant House Gallery organised with the Paul Mellon Centre for British Art featuring work by UoB Photography Alumni Maisie Cousins.

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Opportunity: Techne 2025 Cohort CDA Project Proposals – Application Guidance/Timetable | Note internal deadline of 5pm 13 September 2024

Kindly note that this is the final year of the consortium in the current format. See guidance notes for the scheme that includes the timeframe for submission, review and selection of the CDA’s to go forward for recruitment. Techne CDA Application Guidance 2025 Techne CDA Project Proposal 2025 Do note the following instruction in the guidance document: “It is the responsibility of the academic supervisor to ensure that the project proposal is uploaded onto the portal in the supervisor section so it is attached to the final student application.” This year, each institution is allowed to submit up to three Stage 1 proposals (previously known as EoIs) to be supervised jointly by them alongside a non-HEI organisation. The closing date is 17.00 on 16th October 2024. We are setting an internal deadline of 17.00 on Friday 13th September for academic colleagues to submit their Stage 1 proposals to the Doctoral College for review. The template to use for the submission […]

Event: Working Together – invite to celebrate our toolkit and project | 11am-1pm on 17 July 2024 at the Towner Gallery

Working Together was a partnership project between a university, a gallery and a community organisation that grew out of an MA Inclusive Arts Practice module of the same name. It provided a creative and social space for people with learning disabilities, students, graduates and gallery, university and support staff to work together, meaningfully engage with an arts venue and exhibition, make art and co-learn and co-produce knowledge. We have produced a toolkit to share learning and resources that aims to support people to work together to make art, explore exhibitions and have creative conversations. We have also created our dream galleries to think about how everyone can be meaningfully included in gallery programmes. We would love it if you were able to join us at the Towner Gallery 11am-1pm on Wed 17th July to celebrate our toolkit and project and be part of creative conversations and activities to explore […]

News: Payment deadline for invoices 2 July 2024 for current SAM QR RKE Projects and IAA projects

Please send all payments to Karen Gainsford – K.Gainsford@brighton.ac.uk for start of day Tuesday 2nd July 2024 or if a regular supplier Tuesday 9th July 2024. Deadline should be worked to for all payment requests – from RKE Central Team Deadline is: End of June please. 31st July 2024 is the financial year end and we must have placed the order, received the goods, been invoiced for them and paid for them before 31st July 2024 . End of June gives us enough lead time to sort all this out If it’s an item from a ‘usual’ supplier (who send invoices regularly) and will be sent in a day or two then next week at the latest (5th July 2024) ”

EVENT: Public Art-From JOHN BECK AND MATTHEW CORNFORD: THE ART SCHOOLS OF THE WEST MIDLANDS | 16 MAY–28 JUNE 2024 AT MARTIN HALL GALLERY, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY

Billboard from the temporary public art project to accompany the exhibition Art Schools of the Midlands, LU ARTS, Martin Hall Gallery, Loughborough University.. Billboard located on the corner of Belton Road and Derby Road, Loughborough. Image credit – Loughborough Billboard Project (photograph by Phil Wilson). Posted by Karen Gainsford

the former Loughborough School of Art, credit Matthew Cornford.

Event: Exhibition – John Beck and Matthew Cornford: The Art Schools of the West Midlands | 16 May – 28 June 2024 at Martin Hall Gallery, Loughborough University

This is the latest iteration of John Beck and Matthew Cornford’s ambitious Art School Project.

EVENT: SAM PGR Methods Programme 2024 -Final session – Working Together: Co-producing and communicating knowledge Jayne Lloyd | 27 June 2024, 4.00pm on Teams ‘Group-School of Art & Media PGR Students’

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Event: Multimodal Methods, Memory, and Material: Workshop | 26 June 2024 11am–3pm at Grand Parade,

This event is being held by Centre for Design History. Please refer to their blog post for details and registration here: Event | Multimodal Methods, Memory, and Material: Workshop – 26 June 2024 | Centre for Design History (brighton.ac.uk) Image credit – Photograph by Kamal Badhey

EVENT: Talk – Photographic Emphemera and cultural detritus by Annebella Pollen | 25 June 2024 7.30pm- at Southern Belle pub / Zoom

Free talk about some of my photography research in the back room of a pub in Hove (Southern Belle) as part of a series run by a local art / research group called Exploding Appendix. It is an informal thing, open to all, and it can also be attended on Zoom. The organiser asks the speaker ten questions, and participation in the conversation is encouraged. There’s more information here, including the Zoom info: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/photographic-ephemera-and-cultural-detritus-w-annebella-pollen-tickets-922169342327 Posted on behalf of Annebella Pollen Professor of Visual and Material Culture – School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Brighton by Karen Gainsford

EVENT: Innovate UK – Future Technology Deep Dives – Nature Inspired Materials | 27 June 2024 10-12pm – online

During this event, expert industry and academic speakers will talk about using uniquely beneficial approaches and ideas from nature, and explore how they can be applied in technological material solutions that mimic the living world over a medium-long term (15-20 year) timeframe. Register here https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/events/future-technology-deep-dives-nature-inspired-materials/

EVENT: SAM PGR Methods Programme 2024 -Next session | Queer Methodology: from PhD thesis to research monograph Åsa Johannesson Thursday 13 June 2024, 4.00pm

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Opportunities: University wide (not School) R&KE Conference Fund 23-24 is open for applications now.

See R&KE Conference Fund 23-24 If you have any questions about this initiative, please email RaKEInitiatves@brighton.ac.uk The University wide R&KE Conference Fund offers financial support for research-active staff to attend conferences which support their ongoing research and knowledge exchange careers. The funding should be used to cover costs associated with attending the conference. The conference must take place before 31 July 2024. Applications received will be considered on a rolling basis throughout June and July. Note that this is different to the School Funds that are to be found here: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/researchknowledgebase/2024/03/14/sam-qr-rke-funding-application-forms/

Event: The Design Council will host the 34th World Design Congress in London at the Barbican Centre in September 2025.

World Design Congress London 2025 – Share the stories The Design Council will host the 34th World Design Congress in London at the Barbican Centre in September 2025. The event was last held in London in 1969 at the Southbank Centre with 1,000 delegates from 39 countries, the theme will be Design for Planet. There are so many incredible designers and businesses who are already leading the way in Design for Planet. The Design Council would love to help tell these stories as part of the World Design Congress campaign and event. If you have a great green design impact story to tell, send 100 words and high-res imagery to congress@designcouncil.org.uk

Event: Group exhibition preview for Stranger than fiction (runs until 9 June 2024) – Photography Research Group | Wednesday 5 June 6-8pm at at Phoenix Art Space, Brighton

The exhibition presents a selection of work by six artists from our Photography Research Group; Holly Birtles, Daniel C. Blight, Zoe Childerley, Fergus Heron, Asa Johannesson and Martin Seeds. Stranger than fiction Exhibition 5-9 June 2024 Phoenix Art Space, 10-14 Waterloo Place, Brighton, BN2 9NB With individual practices engaging with diverse themes, common to this exhibition are tensions between the real and imagined; embracing the strangeness of photography to comment upon social experiences, see places as they seem to appear, and evoke uncanny visions of worlds yet to be. Artists with work featured in the exhibition are practice-based researchers and lecturers contributing to teaching on the undergraduate and postgraduate photography courses in the fine art subject area of the School of Art and Media at the University of Brighton. The exhibition is kindly supported by the School of Art and Media at the University of Brighton. Exhibition opening times and visitor information: […]

Event: Exhibition – Pavlov & the Kingdom of Dogs: A Secret History | Until 1 June 2024 at 35 North Gallery, Brighton, BN1 1YB.

The exhibition is the outcome of an arts-based research project, collaboratively produced by Matt Adams, Principal Lecturer in Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Science and Jim Wilson, a designer and maker in the School of Art and Media, University of Brighton, with additional support from various technical specialists in SAM. Featuring a series of dioramas, combined with images, text and audio features, the exhibition reimagines an aspect of the life and work of Russian psychophysiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936). Remembered today for revolutionising psychology, here Pavlov’s dogs, once anonymous experimental subjects, take centre stage in a darkly playful twist on accepted androcentric and anthropocentric narratives, shattering preconceptions about Pavlov’s methods, supposedly docile experimental animals, and the universal laws of science. Tapping into our enduring fascination for miniature worlds, the three-dimensional scale models incorporate dogs, humans, lab equipment, surgical appendages, experimental procedures, parkland, architecture, interior design and medical technology. Highlights include the sinister goings on in the Towers of Silence, an antivivisection […]

Events: Exhibition, talks and perfomances – Bog Bodies Holly Birtles and others | 30 May – 2 June 2024 at Art in Perpetuity Trust, London

A muddy and monsterous exhibition of ceramics and photography…
READ ON.

Event: Book launch of new books by Center of Design History members – including Sue Breakell on 3 June 2024 6-8pm at Grand Parade, M2

The Centre for Design History is proud to announce new books by its members, Sue Breakell, Kate Guy, Hajra Williams, Claire Wintle, and their colleagues. Join us for a joint book launch, to hear from the authors and their colleagues about their respective projects, and to celebrate their success. For more information, see the Centre for Design History blog: here:https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/centrefordesignhistory/2024/03/21/event-book-launch-the-materiality-of-the-archive-and-histories-of-exhibition-design-3-june-2024/

Event: EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER WORK IN PROGRESS MEET UPS. 25 JUNE 1-5PM, M2 GRAND PARADE ; 31 JULY 1-5PM, M2 GRAND PARADE ; 29 AUGUST 1-5PM, LOCATION TBC

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EVENT: SAM PGR Methods Programme 2024 -Next session is Embodied Materiality: Using Creative Research Methods in practice-based PhD’s – Jules Findley at Thursday 30 May 2024 3pm

The programme continues – see post for details.

Opportunities: Santander Universities Research Awards 2024

The Santander Universities Research Awards 2024 offer the opportunity of 50 research awards of £1,000 to postgraduate university students and staff, applications are open until 11th July 2024. See here for information:Santander Universities Research Awards 2024 Toolkit

Event: Symposium – Exploring Human-Animal & Multispecies Relations: Risk Taking in Research Methods Thursday 6 & Friday 7 June 2024 at Grand Parade

It is free to attend for a limited number of Brighton staff, but you do need to register -In-person & online, register here https://delegate.brighton.ac.uk/Exploring Human-Animal and Multi-Species Relations by 3rd June. ‘there is no such thing as the animal or the human-animal-relationship, but there is a whole spectrum of possible relationships’ (Colombino & Bruckner, 2023, p. 38) We are excited to welcome you to our symposium bringing together researchers venturing to make sense of human-animal relationships & multispecies entanglements, using novel, qualitative & creative research methods. The event includes two days of presentations, keynote lectures, lunch, and an evening reception. The programme is made up of a remarkably diverse set of presentations addressing all manner of human-animal and multispecies relationships. We are lucky to be able to represent an abundance of people, places, species and times across the programme, approached from a richly varied range of perspectives and methods. Full programme details here: v9_Multispecies_programme Supported by the AHRC […]

Themed Events: The stuff that’s left behind – material history, methods and making – 4 June 2024 2-4.30pm at Grand Parade, G4

First meeting of the Material History Group – all welcome. RSVP to Tamar Jeffers Mcdonald by 30 May 2024.

Themed Events: Making Place: a speculative workshop – Time and date to be defined

Read more about the panel discussion in this post.

EVENT: SAM PGR Methods Programme 2024 -Next session is ‘Shaping a space of understanding’: applying Histoire Croisée methodology- Julia Winckler on Friday 17th May 2024, 4.00pm

The programme continues – see post for details.

Events: Themed events – links

The school will deliver six philosophical themed Research and Knowledge Exchange events to foster and grow our research culture and environment and to identify research strands which are key to our school ethos and future development.

Event: Bearing Witness: Emma Stibbon & Richard Fisher in-conversation on 15 May 2024, 6.30 – 8pm This talk is related to Exhibition Emma Stibbon – Melting Ice / Rising Tides | 9 May -15 September 2024 at Towner, Eastbourne

Melting Ice | Rising Tides is Emma Stibbon’s first large-scale show at a major UK institution and will create an immersive experience for the viewer, aiming to act as a stark reminder that the seemingly remote events of polar ice sheet melt is directly connected with the changes that we are witnessing in our local, more familiar UK landscape. All staff and students of the University of Brighton now get free entry into Emma’s exhibition, you just need to present you University ID card at the ticket sales. There are events related to the exhibition – two panels and the screening event: https://townereastbourne.org.uk/whats-on/events Bearing Witness: Emma Stibbon & Richard Fisher in-conversation – Wednesday 15th May 2024, 6.30 – 8pm Standard Tickets £15 There is a reduced rate for UOB – For bookings the code to use is: BRG01 The exhibition will look at the warming environment of the polar regions and […]

Event: Q&A with Julia Winckler – Across the Land and the Water: The Two Journeys of the Family Basch | 8 May 5:00 pm at Maggs Bros, London

On Wednesday 8 May at 5pm, there will be a special screening at Maggs Bros, London (Maggs Booksellers, 8 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DR United Kingdom + Google Map of ‘Across the Land and the Water: The Two Journeys of the Family Basch’. This is an intensely moving and beautifully crafted film by Second Generation artist Barbara Loftus. This will be followed by a Q&A hosted by cultural historian Julia Winckler, with the artist present. The event also marks the recent publication of the two-volume limited edition artist’s book, Barbara Loftus: The Distanced Observer. emia@maggs.com with ‘Barbara Loftus Screening’ as the subject heading. View Venue Website Image: Barbara Loftus, Passing (detail), oil on canvas. Posted by Karen Gainsford.

Event/News: Vanessa Marr discusses craft activisim and her work features (Domestic Dusters) at Craft Really works Exhibition 15-17 May 2024 at Shoreditch Town Hall

Craft Works is a collection of projects and approaches from all parts of the UK. The exhibition, Craft Really Works is curated by Jade Ilke of the BBC’s series The Repair Shop, and brings together a varied selection of people to promote the benefits of collaborative crafting. Vanessa Marr’s work is exhibited and she also is a participant on the panel discussion about Craft Activism. Find out more and register for free tickets here https://craftworks.show/register-now/ EVENTS ON THE 15 MAY 2024 to note: 10-12pm Employablity Session for Students 5.45 to 6.25 pm Craft Activism Vanessa Marr is being interviewed (by Jade Ilke) in a panel discussion ABOUT DOMESTIC DUSTERS Domestic Dusters is a collaborative, creative and craft-based project that includes submissions from women from across the world and from many different backgrounds. Each participant has responded to the open provocation: Women and Domesticity – What’s your Perspective? by embroidering their […]

Opportunity: Design Foundations Round 5 – people centred and systemic design

If you are speaking to a UK registered business of any size who could benefit from your academic research expertise relating to people centred and systemic design to influence, inform and de-risk their future R&D activity contact University of Brighton Knowledge Exchange Manager Stuart Hedley on s.heldey@brighton.ac.uk by the end of May 2024 to discuss. https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/1904/overview/1adff600-6c7a-4748-ba53-92b2d588e3d2

Event: Invitation to Professor Tamar Jeffers McDonald’s Inaugural lecture | Wednesday 22 May 2024 – Grand Parade, Sallis Benney Theatre.

I am delighted to extend the invitation to attend Professor Tamar Jeffers McDonald’s Inaugural lecture on movie magazines and Hollywood, on Wednesday 22 May 2024. Please register for the event by following this link to reserve your space. Everyone is welcome, whether or not you are involved in research. Inaugural lectures are free events and open to the public, so please feel free to share with your colleagues, networks, friends and family. Doors open at 6.00pm, with a 6.30pm start at the Sallis Benney Theatre, Grand Parade building, City Campus Read more about Tamar’s research here: Professor Tamar Jeffers McDonald “Movie magazines and Hollywood: An interdependent history” Post based on invite sent by RKE Dean, Charlotte Gould by Karen Gainsford.

Event: Private view and drinks reception to celebrate the opening of exhibition Pavlov & the Kingdom of Dogs: A Secret History | 8 May 2024 6-8pm at 35 North Gallery, Brighton, BN1 1YB.

You are warmly invited to a private view and drinks reception to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Pavlov & the Kingdom of Dogs: A Secret History on Wednesday 8th May 6-8pm at 35 North Gallery, Brighton, BN1 1YB. An RSVP to matthew.adams@brighton.ac.uk would be appreciated to help us gauge numbers 🙂 A brief description of what’s involved: The exhibition is the outcome of an arts-based research project, collaboratively produced by Matt Adams, Principal Lecturer in Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Science and Jim Wilson, a designer and maker in the School of Art and Media, University of Brighton, with additional support from various technical specialists in SAM. Featuring a series of dioramas, combined with images, text and audio features, the exhibition reimagines an aspect of the life and work of Russian psychophysiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936). Remembered today for revolutionising psychology, here Pavlov’s dogs, once anonymous experimental subjects, take centre stage in a darkly playful twist on accepted androcentric and anthropocentric narratives, shattering preconceptions about Pavlov’s methods, […]

News: The University of Brighton Design Archives will receive £315,000 from the Research England Museum, Galleries and Collections Fund –

Retaining their position among the country’s top archives to receive support, the Design Archives will receive £63,000 in each of the next five academic years. The award recognises that the Design Archives team, collections and facilities provide a unique and significant contribution to research, scholarship and research impact in the UK and internationally. Funds are only granted to institutions that serve both their own and the wider research community. The funding followed a competitive review of university museums and galleries, led by Dr Nick Merriman OBE, Chief Executive of English Heritage, and formerly, Chief Executive and Director of Content for the Horniman Museum and Gardens. See the University SharePoint feature for more details https://unibrightonac.sharepoint.com/sites/home/SitePages/University-of-Brighton-Design-Archives-receives-%C2%A3315,000-funding.aspx?dm_i=1SNX,8LD0W,9WGGSV,ZLP5G,1 Image: Sue Breakell Archive Director at the University of Brighton Design Archives, and a Principal Research Fellow and Lesley Whitworth Deputy Curator and Senior Research Fellow in the University of Brighton Design Archives. Posted by Karen […]