The Performing Object: Ceramics as Performance

photograph with clare twomey in a studio with ceramics on a table

The interdisciplinary symposium, convened by the Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance, Royal Holloway, University of London, proposes that ceramics objects lend themselves to a particularly rich form of relational performance analysis due to their material and formal variety, and their cultural ubiquity across history. Speakers from the CRC-UK/CREAM, include Prof. Clare Twomey in conversation […]

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Lola Olufemi curates public programme for the SLG exhibition, Acts of Resistance

portrait photograph of Lola Olufemi

Lola Olufemi is curating the public programme for the South London Gallery exhibition, Acts of Resistance: Photography, Feminisms and the Art of Protest. This group exhibition at the SLG, organised in collaboration with the V&A, brings together works by international artists and collectives who are using the camera to challenge and move beyond traditional protest photography. This urgent and political […]

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Researchers in Conversation: Re-Imagining Cross-sector Collaborations

You are warmly invited to join a roundtable discussion to explore how researchers across museums and universities can work together to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing research landscape. The idea of what comprises ‘research’, who and what this involves, and its impact and responsibilities have undergone a significant change in the twenty-first century. […]

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Soundscapes of Intersectional Encounters: Exploring Identity Through Sound

  Sunil Gupta and Roshini Kempadoo were in conversation as part of the Westminster Photography Forum, London in 2021. The conversation, entitled ‘From Here to Eternity: 35 years of Image Making‘ will feature in the exhibition Soundscapes of Intersectional Encounters: Exploring Identity Through Sound in Vienna, Austria. Curated by Zehra Baraçkılıç and Ruby Sircar, the Academy of […]

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Animate Projects – Accelerate Sessions: The Personal Archive

family archive photo of a young girl with her grandmother in Lagos

CREAM PhD researcher, Mary Martins will be discussing her research and practice in the Animate Projects – Accelerate Sessions: The Personal Archive on Tuesday 12th March at 6pm. This session looks at ‘the personal archive’ where Mary will be joined by artists and animators, Jessica Ashman, Maybelle Peters and Keith Piper as they all discuss and […]

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Photography in Virtual Culture Conference

The last decade has seen a clear shift in the operational frameworks for the production, dissemination and consumption of photographs in contemporary computerised societies. The representational apparatus of photography is being progressively converted into algorithmic and generative processes through computer automation, connectivity and algorithmic control. Recent developments of AI systems and expanded technologies exponentially transform […]

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Women in Revolt Conference

Registration is now open for Women in Revolt: radical acts, contemporary resonances. This conference will take place in the Clore Auditorium, Tate Britain on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 March 2024 (10.00-18.00), following an opening reception at Chelsea Space, University of the Arts, London on Thursday 21 March 2024 (18.00-20.30). Bringing together papers in response […]

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