We are pleased to announce the call for the Centre for Research on Communities and Cultures SMAD Student Research Award 2018, which aims to recognise outstanding research by students in the School of Media Art and Design.
Category: Projects
Rob Ball Exhibition: The Itinerant
Senior Lecturer in Photography, Rob Ball, has an exhibition of tintypes opening as part of Margate Festival.
- July, 7
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- Archive, coast, Event, Events, Exhibitions, Heritage, Margate, Photography, Projects, The Shop Front
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Research Seminar: Alan Meades and Karen Shepherdson on Arcades, Archives and our Coastal Communities
Alan Meades and Karen Shepherdson of CCCU’s Centre for Research on Communities & Cultures will be discussing an photographic archive of seaside arcades recently acquired by SEAS Photography.
Dada Fortnight
2016 marks the centenary of the Dada movement and the Centre for Practice Based Research in the Arts at Canterbury Christ Church University will mark this with a series of lectures that aims to blur the boundaries between the formal lecture and artistic performance, offering both creative practitioners and academics the opportunity to experiment with new ways of presenting their ideas and their work. All events are free. Please see the gallery website for further information on each event.
- March, 16
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- Centre for Practice Based Research in the Arts, Events, Projects
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Research Seminar: 10 February 2016 Charles Williams
Canterbury Christ Church University
School of Media Art and Design
Research Seminars 2015-2016
10 February 2016
4.15pm-5.30pm
Improvisation, Form and Narrative
Speaker: Charles Williams, CCCU
Charles Williams, Senior Lecturer for Painting in the Fine and Applied Art programme, is putting together a PhD (PAR) proposal, looking at his studio practice and theoretical background. The areas he is looking at specifically are Observational Drawing in his training background and its role in determining the realisation of form in his work, the role of improvisation in the studio process, and the layering of narratives in the work. Charles will present a slide show of the work and supporting imagery and would welcome suggestions and comments on these elements.
Born in Evanston, Illinois, USA, Charles Williams was educated at Kent College in Canterbury, Maidstone College of Art and the Royal Academy, London. He was elected to the New English Art Club (NEAC) in 1996 and in 1999 was a founder member of the Stuckist group. He has shown his work in London, the UK and abroad, including a solo exhibition at the Bakersfield Museum of Art in California. He is the author of Basic Drawing (Robert Hale, 2011) and Basic Watercolour (Robert Hale, 2014).
Powell Building – Pf06
North Holmes Road Campus, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3QU
Email Dr Andrew Butler – Andrew.Butler@canterbury.ac.uk – for further details
— All welcome —
Memories of the Spanish Civil War
This research project involves speaking to people in a small area around the village of Arroyomolinos de León in Southern Spain and collecting their oral testimonies.
Original documents from the 1930s are also used to build up a picture of the way repressive practices emerged amongst relatives, friends and neighbours in small communities when Franco came to power.
The study focuses on Arroyomolinos de León (Huelva) and its surrounding area, which was among the first to be affected by repressive practices after the uprising led by Francisco Franco in the summer of 1936. This case study also offers a focal point to study socio-economic conditions in the rural context, which was defined by a strong syndicalist movement in the 1930s.
Led by Dr Ruth Sanz-Sabido, the project runs in collaboration with Professor Stuart Price (De Montfort University), the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica), and the assistance of Isabella James, a student intern funded by the Research and Enterprise Development Centre at Canterbury Christ Church University.
The project provides a critical contribution to memory studies in the context of the Spanish Civil War. The approach requires the collection of oral testimonies through interviews, which are complemented by original documents from the 1930s.
The project provides a critical contribution to memory studies in the context of the Spanish Civil War. The approach requires the collection of oral testimonies through interviews, which are complemented by original documents from the 1930s.
The local focus on this village is considered in relation to the wider national context, and findings are relevant to the broader experience of the War in rural Spain. These experiences are characterised by the repressive practices that emerged amongst relatives, friends and neighbours in small communities. In addition, we present a critical contribution to the literature on this period, including the experiences of women in the anti-fascist struggle, the socio-economic conditions of the time, and the Agrarian Reform.
Dr Sanz-Sabido and Professor Price have co-organised the panel ‘’Memory and Ideology in the Spanish Civil War’, which has been presented in two academic events and as a public event during the Cultural Exchanges week in Leicester (20 February 2014), also featuring presentations by Professor David Deacon (Loughborough University) and Lee Solomon, who recounted his memories of the life and work of the trade unionist and International Brigader Jack Jones.
We have submitted a bid for a British Academy Small Grant and we are currently awaiting the outcome. The project findings will continue to be disseminated through knowledge exchange events and conference presentations, a monograph authored by Dr Sanz-Sabido and, with Professor Price, a peer-reviewed journal article.
Multiplayer turn-based strategy game
Lecturer Craig Smith has recently provided graphics and user interface design for ‘Atoms NG’, a fast moving multiplayer turn-based strategy game for iPhone and iPad.
“Part of my contribution for the latest incarnation of the game was to create the branding, promotional video, user interface (UI), and illustrations for human and computer opponents. The graphics really come into their own once you start playing the game, as new Atoms animate, spin and explode on the board. Lead developer John Girvin has also included some eye-catching particle animations, and the board itself warps as Atoms are added and explode across the grid. It’s a game that relies heavily on tactics, yet has a very dynamic ‘feel’ to the gameplay. There’s nothing quite like seeing your atoms ‘chain react’ across the board to win a game against the computer or a friend. Conversely, one slip-up can result in your opponent seizing their opportunity to win!” (Craig Smith, 2014)
Visit http://www.atomsgame.com for further information on the game and a link to the App store download page.
- November, 25
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- App Development, News, Projects
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The Vardo Project Space
A vardo is the Romany word for a wagon or caravan. The Romany vardo owned and maintained by Canterbury Christ Church University is a ‘Marriage Wagon’, constructed c. 1908. It is stationed at Augustine Arts Centre, next to Augustine House. It is available for projects such as micro-exhibitions, residencies, readings, recitals, film screenings etc.
Unseen Count Louis Zborowski Footage Discovered
Senior Lecturer in Film, Radio and Television, Tim Jones has recently discovered unseen footage of Count Louis Zborowski, who lived at Higham Park, near Canterbury, in the early 1900’s, and who was the inspiration behind Ian Fleming’s children’s story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Tim’s discovery was featured in The Sunday Express where he spoke about his finding.
South East Archive of Seaside (SEAS) Photography
Project by: Dr Karen Shepherdson
The SEAS Photography Centre is located at Canterbury Christ Church under the directorship of Karen Shepherdson. It was first established in 2012 with assistance from a Heritage Lottery award and has already gained national recognition. The archive focuses on digitally archiving substantial historic seaside photographic collec-tions which have originated from the South East Coast. This has included the vast Sunbeam Photographic Collect-ion, the Dreamland Archive and numerous ‘Walkies’.
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- July, 1
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- Heritage, Photography, Projects
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