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News and Events November 2011

Illustration & Writing: Visual Languages

3 & 4 November 2011, Manchester Metropolitan University

illustration research symposium

This is the 2nd International Illustration Research Symposium organised by the Illustration Research group in conjunction with the Writing PAD network. Convened by Desdemona McCannon (Manchester School of Art), Amelia Johnston and Chris Glynn (CSAD), the event looks to illustration as an expression of the ‘primary language of vision' (Kepes) and aims to integrate its practices and philosophies, both historical and emerging. The event seeks to expand the theoretical and practical frameworks and nuances of this potent and far-reaching discipline.

Drawing Symposium

Friday 18 November 2011
Swansea Metropolitan University

Swansea Metropolitan University's Dynevor Centre for Arts, Design and Media is hosting the one-day Symposium on Drawing: Practice, Theory, Pedagogy. Convened by Professor Howard Riley, the event will include presentations by Associate Professor Mary-Ann Kokoska, University of Colorado, Dr Natasha Mayo, National Centre for Ceramics Research, Dr Rob Newell, Dr Catrin Webster and research students Richard Keating and Richard Monahan. The day will also include opportunities to view exhibitions by Richard Monahan and Associate Professor Mary-Ann Kokoska.

The Blue Rider Centenary Symposium

26-26 November 2011
Tate Modern

Organised by Dr Chris Short (CFAR) and Dorthy Rowe (University of Bristol), this symposium celebrates the centenary of the first exhibition of The Blue Rider at Galerie Thannhauser in Munich in December 1911. The Blue Rider was a global project including references as diverse as Japanese art, Russian folk art, children's drawings, Bavarian glass painting and artworks by contemporary European artists, musicians and writers. The two-day event will establish the divergent as well as related patterns of intention, outcome and influence presented under the name Der Blaue Reiter and explore its ongoing legacies and relevance today. Keynote presentations by Annegret Hoberg and Peter Vergo. Keynote performance by Stelarc. A performance of Kandinsky's Der Gelbe Klang (Yellow Sound) will take place on Saturday evening.

For more information or to book a place (£30/20) visit the Tate Modern website or call 020 7887 8888.

Design Competition Judge

Jane McCann, Director of the Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology Research Centre at the University of Wales, Newport will help to judge the influential 16th International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC), a competition that she organises with international colleagues. The invitation is a result of the engagement of the Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology Research Centre in a significant research project; Design for Ageing Well.

ISWC 2012 will take place in Newcastle in June 2012 and will bring together researchers, product vendors, fashion designers, textile manufacturers, users, and related professionals to share information and advances in wearable computing.

CARTIS News

CARTIS, the Centre for Applied Reconstructive Technologies in Surgery is a unique partnership between Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board's Maxillofacial Unit at Morriston Hospital and PDR that aims to make Wales a world-leader in the research, development and application of advanced technologies in surgery and prosthetics.

During September, the group hosed a workshop on digital technologies in facial prosthetics at the 50 year anniversary of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetics and Technologists (IMPT) Congress. 60 people attended two sessions that demonstrated the application of 3D scanning, FreeForm design (using SensAble Technologies FreeForm software) and 3D printing.

A further course in 'Digital Design in Facial Prosthetics' is planned for May 2012. The course, which will be facilitated by CARTIS and held in partnership with iRSM in Canada and the University of Illinois at Chicago, is intended for clinical and technical practitioners involved in facial prosthetic rehabilitation. The programme will disseminate the research findings of the group through a combination of 'hands-on' tuition with comprehensive lectures, and aims to provide participants with the confidence to move their traditional practice in a digital direction.

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Robert Wechsler Lecture

10 November
Llandaff Campus, Cardiff Metropolitan University

CSAD is hosting a presentation by the pioneer choreographer, digital performer and Director of the Palindrom performance group, Robert Wechsler. The lecture will focus on Palindrome's use of modern tracking technology during its performances.

Creation Myth, Prof. Andre Stitt

Friday 11 November, 1.05pm
National Museum Cardiff

As a schoolboy in 1974 André Stitt saw Joseph Beuys interacting with the public on the streets of Belfast. This formative experience had a profound effect on the young would-be artist. In his talk, Creation Myth, Stitt will take the audience on a personal journey through Beuys' work, the current exhibition at the National Museum, Cardiff, the cult and mythology of performance art, and their relationship to his own arts practice.

Movement and Dance research

17th Oct - 21st Nov

Floc gallery, Newport City Campus

Lucinda Stone, Performing Arts lecturer specialising in movement and dance, is conducing practice-based research in the Floc Gallery from 17th October - 25th November, the results of which will be shared during the week of 28th November. The research has progressed out of a practice-led project investigating the spiritual significance of water in relation to the fluid body; aiming to address the spirituality inherent in embodied practice and somatic informed dance.