News and Events November 2010

Louise Short: Mortality

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art

8 October - 28 November, 2010

Curated by Juliana Engberg as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival, Mortality explores life's journey from the cradle to the grave. Reflecting the festival's visual arts themes of spirituality, death and the afterlife, the exhibition shows mid 19th century oil paintings alongside contemporary video, sculpture and installation works, demonstrating artists' long-time fascination with the passage of life and death. Exhibiting alongside artists such as Bill Viola, Gillian Wearing and Tacita Dean, Louise Short will show a collection of found photographs and slides, offering an insight into the everyday lives of everyday people accumulated as a life narrative.

Surrealism and the Americas

2-6 November 2010

Rice University, Huston, Texas

Ian Walker will present his paper "Manuel Alvarez Bravo and Surrealism" at Surrealism and the Americas conference taking place at Rice University in November. The conference, convened by the Journal of Surrealism and the Americas, focuses on the subject of modern European and American intellectuals' obsession with the "New World" including North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Contemporary British Studio Ceramics

Claire Curneen (National Centre for Ceramics Research) has been included in Contemporary British Studio Ceramics: The Grainer Collection, an exhibition and publication drawn from the collection of Diane and Marc Grainer. Including the work of 100 artists, the exhibition is a comprehensive survey of British studio ceramics focusing on the 1980s to the present.

The exhibition will be held at The Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA from 1 October 2010 - 13 March 2011. The accompanying publication, edited by Annie Carlano and published by Yale Press, will be launched at Contemporary Applied Arts, London on 30 November 2010.

The future of interactive products

Technische Universität Berlin

11 November 2010

Dr Steve Gill (PAIPR) presented a paper entitled ‘What will future interactive products be like' to the Prometei research training group situated at the Center of Human-Machine Systems of the University of Technology of Berlin. Prometei is an interdisciplinary group that develops and integrates methods, procedures and tools in order to investigate human-machine interaction.

Creative Learning and Teaching Seminar

25 - 26 November 2010

The National Glass Centre, Sunderland

Dr Natasha Mayo (National Centre for Ceramics Research) presented Making the Creative Process Visible at the ADM-HEA Creative Learning and Teaching Seminar. The ongoing research concern is with the identification of tendencies and patterns in the way ideas are developed and the use of these generic structures in the learning and teaching of art.

Also attending the event was Ruth Dineen (Creative Pedagogies) who gave a presentation about the Wales Centre for Creative pedagogies A piece on the Centre will also appear in this month's Network E-Newsletter.

New Researchers join PAIPR

The Programme for Advanced Interactive Prototyping Research (PAIPR) group welcomes three new researchers to its team; Dr Andy Walters, Claire Andrews and Rachel Eardly.

Dr Andy Walters is leading the research development for the new Interaction Lab. He brings with him key insights on how best to work with SMEs and will be help PAIPR to make the best of the new facility and to develop new ways to collaborate with industry.

Research student Claire Andrews has recently joined PAIPR through the Prince of Wales Innovation Scholarships (POWIS). Claire is working on developing a GPS navigation device for the blind called Peepo, more information can on Peepo can be found here.

Rachel Eardley is undertaking her PhD with PAIPR investigating how physicality and Embodiment can influence the user experience of communication technology.

The PAIPR team has also recently been awarded an Access to Masters KESS and a UWIC Vice Chacnellor's Doctoral Award (VCDA) which aims to develop new knowledge and techniques for the deployment of rapid, prototype based ethnographic appraisal techniques. The closing date for VCDA applications is 30 November 2010.