Joss Hands (Anglia Ruskin University) “Platform Communism.” When: 12:15-1:15pm on Tuesday March 5th Where: ETG34 (Ellen Terry Building) Coventry University Jordan Well Coventry CV1 5FB ———————————————————————————————————————— In recent years we have seen an increasing reliance on new forms of social media platform to coordinate and augment political movements around the world, often short-circuiting traditional means…
Helen Keegan (University of Salford) “alt.media: Create to Engage” When: 12:15-1:15pm on Monday February 25th Where: ETB10 (Ellen Terry Building) Coventry University Jordan Well Coventry CV1 5FB ———————————————————————————————————————— I will describe the use of alt.media to create learning experiences for undergraduate and postgraduate cohorts in a transdisciplinary context. Exploring themes around identity, creativity, engagement, remix…
For this presentation Ruth Gibson & Bruno Martelli will describe the project’s background and context, commenting on their current artistic practice & their future residency at CAFKA/Christie Digital Systems in Canada – where they will be developing immersive stereo 3d environments with the aim of creating a kinaesthetic code.
Ruth Catlow (Furtherfield) “We Are Open: Openness in a new public art gallery and social space.” When: 12:15-1:15pm on Tuesday February 12th Where: ETG34 (Ellen Terry Building) Coventry University Jordan Well Coventry CV1 5FB ———————————————————————————————————————— Ruth will be discussing how concepts and practices of openness have shaped the values, programmes and infrastructures of Furtherfield as…
This three-day event, presented in collaboration with Independent Dance (London), invites somatic practitioners, dance artists and scholars from a range of subject domains to trans- verse discipline borders and investigate the approaches that embodied thinking and action can afford to philosophical and socio-cultural inquiry.