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Event: Course by Stephen Bull – Photography and Celebrity | May and June 2025 at The Photographers’ Gallery

Stephen Bull will be running a course for The Photographers’ Gallery, London running from May/June 2025 . This is based on his forthcoming book Photography and Celebrity (Routledge). Do refer to The Photographers’ Gallery  for more information about the course timings. https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/online-course-photography-celebrity Image feature – Photographers’ Gallery post

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Event: As part of Domesticity Under Siege Conference – Vanessa Marr’s Domestic Duster Exhibition | 2-4 April 2025 in Elm House.

The Domesticity Under Siege (DUS) Conference  s hosted by the BA(Hons) Interior Architecture course at the School of Architecture Technology and Engineering critically re-examines domesticity as a concept historically shaped by tension, disruption, and negotiation. Traditionally framed as a site of refuge and stability, the home has long been subject to forces that destabilise its protective function—whether through war, displacement, surveillance, or shifting social structures. These pressures have intersected with gendered dynamics of domestic labour, security, and spatial agency, continually redefining normative structures of care and habitation. In the present era, this inquiry takes on renewed urgency. As geopolitical conflicts, ecological crises, and digital infrastructures reshape domesticity, the boundaries of home are increasingly blurred. Rather than solely a site of vulnerability, the conference explores how domestic precarity might foster resistance, empowerment, and new forms of spatial and social agency. Vanessa Marr’s Domestic Duster Exhibition will be displayed during the conference […]

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Grant Capture: Ignite Community-university partnership seed-funding – Ignite 3.4 is now OPEN. Deadline 5pm 4 April 2025

This funding supports the development of community-university partnership projects, with impact outcomes central to the proposal. Each Ignite partnership project, whether local or international, will be awarded up to £5000 seed funding along with a programme of support including social learning events and a suite of opportunities for creative evaluation and knowledge exchange (e.g. digital case studies, films, and podcasts). Ignite 3.4 partnership projects will include a focus on co-creation, mutual learning, and community driven outcomes. The needs of community partners and their communities must be a focus of the project. Please review the guidance document and download an application form.  Please allow yourself time to get your application signed off by your Dean/Associate Dean RKE Send your completed application to ImpactAccelerationAccount@brighton.ac.uk The deadline for this fund is 5pm Friday 4 April 2025.  

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Book: Procreate Landscapes on the iPad Paperback by Philip Tyler (Author) | Publish date – 24 June 2025

Phil Tyler  is a practising artist and course leader and senior lecturer in Fine Art Printmaking at the University of Brighton. Having discovered Procreate in 2020, he now uses it extensively to capture the beauty of his beloved South Downs in West Sussex. Procreate Landscapes on the iPad explains how to use this ingenious package to paint powerful landscapes at the press of the Apple pencil. By breaking down painting a landscape into different steps, it shows how Procreate can help an artist find their direction and try new techniques to create more expressive work. Referencing the work of Masters throughout,  shows how digital painting follows a long tradition of artists observing and interpreting the landscape, and how you can effectively use Procreate to develop your own ideas. The book is available now see link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Procreate-Landscapes-iPad-Philip-Tyler/dp/0719845149/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3ADN8SBST1GLG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mN-08kcl8EF6DVPQ_ND5LP74bwIYQMDcAwSl78vVyGYVcmresnG4PAgCGhWQRS1akkKk4hntJLEHR4yZPTEJemtLeg0LpVGnoj5Xw7Nm79TSxkpGvZUq68TkNkGoFpgiRgU4SrVuMddOfA15eyMMdBu8gZ9UqZT_YVIQ5D8M0nVCOvg8VUXtq9MCztwtYS4J.YiZf9uRScWjU2wUfbAw_DZrnIA_TzdZ4mlatvywuUwA&dib_tag=se&keywords=philip+tyler&qid=1742297919&sprefix=philip+ty%2Caps%2C88&sr=8-2#detailBullets_feature_div   Image: Phil Tyler

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Event: Duncan Bullen – Sunday Salon 33 |12-4pm 23 March 2025 at Saturation Point Projects, ACME Studios SE8

At  Studio 14, ACME Studios , 165 Childers St, London SE8 5JR. Please call: 07581446335 on arrival for admittance RSVP: editor@saturationpoint.org.uk Saturation Point is pleased to announce an exhibition by the artist Duncan Bullen. This is his first solo exhibition focusing exclusively on drawings, and his first one-person show in the UK in two decades. The works on display comprise a selection of drawings made between 2021-2025 and focus on Duncan’s examination of compositional methods that use grids and geometries alongside slow, tactile mark-making. Some drawings consist entirely of points created with a graphite pencil, resulting in images that suggest circularity and hover at the edge of perception. In other works, the drawn points are connected by thin lines of silver pencil, allowing for an exploration of volumetric geometry. Patrick Morrissey and Hanz Hancock edit Saturation Point, the online editorial and curatorial project for systems, non-objective and reductive artists working in the UK. See more on […]

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Event: James Murray Spring Exhibitions | Berlin & Edinburgh in April and May 2025

Up coming group exhibitions this Spring. The dr.J 100th Dr Julius Art Projects Leberstraße 60, 10829 Berlin, Germany 16 March – 4 May 2025 Finissage: Sunday, 4 May, 12–4pm (coinciding with Berlin Gallery Weekend) 40 Dimensions &gallery 3 Dundas St, Edinburgh EH3 6QG 5–26 April 2025 Opening Reception: Saturday, 5 April, 2–4pm If you’re in Berlin or Edinburgh, it would be great to see you there. For more details and/or PDF of works, feel free to get in touch. Best Wishes, James Murray Image: James William Murray, Cross Form Emerging,  2025, steel brazed with brass, 80 x 55 x 6 cm

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Event: British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and University of Brighton Collaboration – Exhibition Opening 5.30 pm 20 March 2025 at Dorest Place – Exhibition runs until 30 March 2025

All are very welcome to the exhibition opening on 20 March 2025 at Dorest Place from 5.30 pm. This exhibition brings together artworks by staff and students in the University of Brighton (UoB) photography degrees and digital music and sound art degree. The exhibition comprises of image and sound responses to selected themes inspired from the British Antarctic Survey Archive (BAS), who have generously opened up their doors to welcome this collaboration. Artists have worked with the archive in a variety of ways, realising new visual work which reappropriates images within the archive using techniques such as collage, working with AI platforms, dark room processes, cyanotypes, Polaroid and installation. Source material has been as diverse as photographs themselves, maps, written communications and other records, all hosted at the BAS in Cambridge. Responses, exhibited in this exhibition, are inspired by a range of themes emerging from the glimpses possible of such […]

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Call for Papers: Special Issue proposed for Design Issues journal – Tangible Archives, Guest Editors include Sue Breakell – deadline30 June 2025

See the full call at https://direct.mit.edu/DocumentLibrary/CallForPapers/Design%20Issues%20CFP%20Special%20Issue_Tangible%20Archives_2025.pdf This Special Issue seeks to explore the relationship between design and archives, using the lens of tangibility. The tangible, defined as the physical, the haptic, the made, allows us to explore the role of design in making, accessing, navigating, digitizing, researching, and experiencing the archive. There are multiple and varied definitions of archives, and we invite contributions that interrogate the relationships and boundaries of these definitions. This special issue will explore the archive of, as, and in design. Submission: full papers to Guest Editors by Monday 30 June 2025. Any questions, please direct to the Guest Editors: Jessica Kelly, Gina Pierce and Sue Breakell, tangiblearchivespecialissue@gmail.com  

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Call for Papers: For Material Histories Objects and Objectives Conference | 15-16 May 2025 at University of Brighton – deadline closes 21 March 2025

The University of Brighton’s Material History Group (MHG) welcomes participants and presenters to a conference on the topic of Objects and Objectives. The MHG is located within the University’s School of Art and Media, which has a long and esteemed history of colleagues conducting practice-as-research and research-informed teaching. The MHG builds on these foundations and is particularly interested in research that begins with and is conducted via objects and archives, whether by making, analysing, curating or teaching with them. We recognise that both the questions and answers that objects provoke as historical artifacts can be useful in furthering knowledge; as Peter N. Miller has noted, There is more depth to the use of objects as evidence than we might think, and a more sophisticated inventory of approaches and arguments on which to draw than we might imagine. (History and Its Objects, 2017) Of what tactics and methodologies would this ‘sophisticated […]

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CALLING PGRS: The 2025 national Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) will launch at Brighton – 13 March 2025

Call from Professor Paul Sermon – Doctoral Studies Lead I would be immensely grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete the survey. The PRES runs every two years at Brighton. Since the last PRES in 2023, we’ve introduced a range of activities and initiatives, including our SAM Research Methods Programme and our SAM Postgraduate Symposium last November to try and address some of the feedback we received concerning building our research culture and community. I hope these are having a positive impact on your doctoral study experience. Sincere thanks to everyone who’s taken the opportunity to engage with our activities and is helping to grow and strengthen our PGR community. On Thursday you’ll receive an email from Prof Rusi Jaspal inviting you to complete the PRES. The survey asks you to rate your experience in several areas, including supervision, resources, research culture and community, training opportunities and overall […]

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EVENT: NATURE STARTS ON OUR PLATE – THE LIVING COAST BIOSPHERE PARTNERSHIP MEETING | 2-4PM 27 MARCH 2025 AT GRAND PARADE, SALLIS BENNEY

This event – Nature Starts on Our Plate – will explore the deep connections between the food we eat and the landscapes we live in. Hosted by The Living Coast UNESCO Biosphere, this free, open-to-all, in person event will bring together expert speakers to highlight why choosing local food matters—for our health, our communities, and the environment. Join expert speakers to discover how the food we eat connects us to nature and our local landscapes within The Living Cost UNESCO Biosphere. This gathering will engage you to rethink your food choices, reduce food waste and discover how you can play a role in supporting nature and sustainability through what you eat. This is a must-attend for anyone interested in food, sustainability, and the future of our local environment. Here’s the link to tickets for the event: Nature Starts on Our Plate – The Living Coast Biosphere Partnership Meeting Tickets, Thu, Mar […]

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Grant Capture Events: Useful sessions in University Research and Knowledge Exchange Week

There are a number of useful sessions recommended by SAM Grant Caputre Lead – Julie Doyle For those of you interested in support with bid writing and information about the funding landscape then please come along to the Bid Writing and Funding Landscape 2025 session on Monday 31 March, 11-12.30pm Checkland Building A402 (Falmer) that Julie Doyle is taking part in.  The pre-award team will be offering a presentation, including a discussion from staff of how interaction with external funders can benefit bid development methods, as well as time for Q&A from the floor. This is open to all career stages. In addition to the above the following two other sessionsmight be of interest for information about how to develop bids: Working with external partners through knowledge exchange Responding to rejection: learning and growing from feedback (lunch provided)          

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Event: University wide Research and Knowledge Exchange Week | 31 March – 3 April 2025

The University Research week will be taking place from 31st to 3rd of April 2025. The Festival of Postgraduate Research and the R&KE Showcase event are on Thursday 3 April from midday onwards. With funding from Research England, the Research and Knowledge Exchange Week will include activities designed to support our R&KE endeavours, bringing together colleagues and students at all stages of their research and knowledge exchange career and from all disciplines. Taking place at a time with fewer teaching commitments, colleagues can participate in activities throughout the week and select the sessions that interest them the most to create their own tailored programme. You can view the full timetable, read workshop descriptions and reserve your place by clicking through to the booking website. See link: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/rakeweek/  

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Grant Capture: School of Art and Media Quality Research funding (QR) Bids

Applications can be submitted at any time during the academic year 2024/25, but activities must take place well before the end of the financial year, 31 July 2025. Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis, and we aim to get back to you within two weeks. Reports of all applications and decisions will be noted at the School’s Research & Knowledge Exchange Committee.   Conference Support Bid – SAM Conference Funding Application Form 24-25.docx Research and Knowledge Exchange – SAM RAKE Funding Application Form 24-25.docx Further information about eligibility and the application process can be found on the forms. Please do read.  Download then complete and return forms electronically to  RKE Administrator Karen Gainsford via SAMRKE@brighton.ac.uk and RKE Dean Charlotte Gould C.Gould@brighton.ac.uk     

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Event: Seminar Aerial, circus arts, and light | 10.30-12 pm 18 March 2025 – Online

This seminar will focus on the use of light in live aerial and circus performances with two of the UK’s most exciting lighting designers: Jai Morjaria and Robbie Butler-Milroy. In particular, we will be discussing their work on Barnum and Death in Venice, respectively, while also exploring the role of light in aerial performance, how light affects aerial and circus performance, and what lighting designers should know when working in this performance genre. About the speakers: Originally from Ireland and based in the UK, Robbie Butler-Milroy is one of only a handful of Life members of the Association for Lighting Production and Design. Having trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, he won the inaugural Profile Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera, an Off West End award for Best Lighting Design, and was also the winner of the 2015 ETC Award. More info at www.robbiebutler.com. Designs include: Reverberation (Bristol Old […]

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Grant Capture: The deadline for the third and final call for the R&KE Research Development Fund has been extended until 23:59 14 March 2025

This relates to earlier Research and Knowledge Exchange (R&KE) Development Fund post. Deadline has been extended! 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 Information about the fund, including the guidance document and application form can be found on the R&KE Initiatives SharePoint page. Email: RaKE Initiatives <RaKEInitiatives@brighton.ac.uk> See: RKE Development Fund Guidance for Applicants 24-25_ CALL 3 Form:RKE Development Fund Application Form 24-25_ CALL 3  

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Event: EXTENDED TO 26 APRIL 2025 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 […]

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Event: Material Histories REG seminar Make Up as Magic – Cathy Lomax | 3-5 pm 12 March 2025 at Grand Parade, G4

A Visiting Research Fellow kindly sponsored by the Centre of Design History  and working in the School of Art and Media, Dr Lomax will be discussing some of her current research in a presentation entitled “Makeup as Magic”; she will consider the analogies between makeup and magic in makeup advertising and promotion, study makeup in film via some key moments in clips, and then go on to talk about her own artwork. As usual with the MHG, there will be the change to participate in some making, and refreshments. Please RSVP to REG-Material-Histories@brighton.ac.uk by 10 March to secure your place. Everyone is very welcome. Please RSVP to REG-Material-Histories@brighton.ac.uk   by 10 March to secure your place. Everyone is very welcome. Images provided by Cathy Lomax    

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Grant Capture: School of Art and Media Grant Capture Strategy

The School of Art and Media aim to foster research bidding culture in the school through Research and Knowledge Exchange activities and events supported by the REGS and Cores. Funding is a Key Performance Indicator for RKE and it is a priority for the school to build our bidding culture enhancing our reputation and our staff profiles across the sector. Through collaboration with external partners we aim to make a difference to the world, identifying and addressing global challenges, developing new knowledge, delivering innovative and creative solutions and positive impact for global, national and local communities. See PDF here: Grant Capture Strategy AIMS Raise the visibility for bidding culture  – Raise the visibility of bidding culture to support talent and enable staff to engage with bidding activities through workshops and events. Visual communication is key and we share activities, events and success stories and top tips for bidding on the […]

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Event: Panel Discussion Åsa Johannesson Queer Methodology for Photography | 6.30-8 pm 20 Februrary 2025 at The Photographers Gallery in London

Åsa Johannesson will be partaking in a panel discussion this Thursday, 20 February, at The Photographers Gallery in London for their LGBTQ+ history month events . This event will comprise of talks by four artists (Åsa Johannesson, Sunil Gupta, Marc Vallee,  Finley Gilzene) and is moderated by the V&A photography curator Isaac Huxtable. Åsa Johannesson’s Queer Methodology for Photography (Routledge 2024) will be for sale at The Photographers Gallery’s bookshop (with limited edition signed print). More info below! https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/panel-discussion-power-gaze-and-desire Featured below is the  photograph that Åsa will  discuss in the talk, from the body of work The Queering of Photography.    

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Event: Annebella Pollen – Brutal Brighton Valentines | 6-7pm 20 February 2025 at Brighton West Pier Centre

Annebella Pollen’s talk showcases the vicious and sometimes violent Victorian examples of Valentine Cards that were sold and sent in Brighton and beyond. In the mid-nineteenth century, valentine cards were bought and sent by the million. They were available in hundreds of different designs to cover a vast array of emotions. How about a valentine for your enemy? Your hated boss? Your annoying neighbour? Your despised ex? Victorian valentines included them all. Annebella Pollen is Professor of Visual and Material Culture at University of Brighton, where she researches the lives and afterlives of images and objects. This will be at Brighton’s West Pier Centre Kings Road Arches Brighton BN1 2FL To book follow this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brutal-brighton-valentines-tickets-1059775630439?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios Image Courtesy of Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton and Hove.  

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Grant Capture: Open AHRC Impact Accelerator Account (IAA)- Coastal Catalyst fund – specific details for SAM

See details of fund a highlighted by Julie Doyle – Grant Capture Lead AHRC Impact Accelerator Account (IAA)- Coastal Catalyst fund is now open! The University holds a prestigious UKRI Impact Acceleration Account (IAA), funded through the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). This call sets out the challenge-led fund, which is one strand of funding within the IAA. This strand enables arts and humanities researchers to translate their research into potential impact outcomes by addressing a challenge faced by an external sector or community. The Coastal Catalyst fund is now open for applications. The University has joined forces with the Coastal Catalyst Partnershipforthiscall. This call asks for applications that utilise research experience to respond to challenges facing young people in the region. The call asks for projects that will develop new pathways into the creative industries for young people aged 14-25 along the Sussex Coastal Corridor. It aims to unlock the […]

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Grant capture: UoB – AHRC Impact Accelerator Account – Coastal Catalyst fund is now open | Deadline 12pm 31 March 2025

The University has been awarded a prestigious UKRI Impact Acceleration Account, funded through the Arts and Humanities Research Council. This grant will enable us to both showcase and advance how our arts and humanities research provides real-world change in response to key societal challenges. Impact is understood as the change, effect or benefit across all sectors and communities, deriving from research and knowledge exchange activities. The Coastal Catalyst fund is now open for applications. This call asks for applications that utilise research experience to respond to challenges facing young people in the region. The call asks for projects that will develop new pathways into the creative industries for young people aged 14-25 along the Sussex Coastal Corridor. Please see the guidance for more detail. Potential applicants are encouraged to contact the IAA team to discuss initial project ideas:  ImpactAccelerationAccount@brighton.ac.uk Please download the guidance document: IAA Coastal Catalyst guidance 2025 and […]

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Event: Crawley Museum Events / Blog by Julia Winckler – Conversation with exhibition curators 10.30-11.30am |Public Talk 2-4pm 22 February 2025

Crawley Museum in co-operation with the University of Brighton and Fotohof Salzburg take great pleasure in inviting you to various events to accompany the exhibition In conversation with the exhibition curators | 22 February 2025 10.30-11.30 Crawley Museum Details and Book Here  Public talk to accompany the new exhibition | 22 February 2025 2-4pm at Crawley Museum Details and Book Here  See  recent blog by Julia Winckler on her co-curated exhibition “Crawley New Town seen through the lens of Wolf Suschitzky”

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Event: Research Seminar Material Histories Group | 19 February 2025 5-7pm at Grand Parade, M2

The Material Histories Group invites all SAM colleagues to a research seminar on 19 February (5-7, M2, Grand Parade). We will be hearing from Reem Acason, Vix Koch and Devon McCulloch about their MA Fine Art work and participating in some making activities. Refreshments will be served, and all are very welcome to join in this relaxed and informative seminar. Please RSVP by 14 Feb.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.    

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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    

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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)  

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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

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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.

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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 […]

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Grant Capture: 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

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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  

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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 […]

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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      

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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.    

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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        

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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

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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

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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 […]

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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.

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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.    

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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 […]

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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

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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 […]

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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.

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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

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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.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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’.  

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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.

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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                

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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    

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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

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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) ”    

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News: Project report to The Forestry Commission – Community21 REG and contributions from other academic and technical colleagues

Project report to The Forestry Commission supporting local timber supply chain and product design into social housing. See here:Woods_to_Outcomes_Report_15MB Thanks go to our Community21 REG team, to academic and technical colleagues in two UoB schools, Research and Knowledge Exchange colleagues, University of Sussex and the engagement of Lewes and Eastbourne District Council and Woodland Enterprise, stakeholder organisations  and of course The Forestry Commission. Do get in touch with Nick Gant via email: n.a.gant@brighton.ac.uk if you have any questions / further interest. See http://community21.org/   Posted by Karen Gainsford

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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