Culture Lab / CRUMB collaboration event in Newcastle.CREATIVE DIGITAL MEDIA RESEARCH PRACTICE: PRODUCTION THROUGH EXHIBITION

AHRC Collaborative Research Training project symposium.

The event runs 10:30am 23rd to 4:30pm on 24th, including a social event on Monday evening. Full schedule will be sent after booking.
Venue: Space 4/5, Culture Lab

Time/Date: 23rd March 2009 - 24th March 2009, 10:30 - 16:30


We present the first 2 day symposium in a 2 year series, in an AHRC funded Collaborative Research Training project on research training, digital media art and curating. This training initiative is a collaboration between Culture Lab Newcastle University, and CRUMB University of Sunderland.

The aim of the series is to bring together post-graduate students of digital media art practice and curating with specialists in the field in order to share research methodologies and enhance the level of cross disciplinary understanding. We seek to integrate the specialist methodologies of digital media into the wider fields of arts and design.

We bring to the table the complete lifecycle of digital media art, from education to production to dissemination, exhibition and interpretation. This holistic approach is of fundamental importance now that digital media art is increasingly accepted in a broader range of traditional cultural, institutional, and gallery contexts.

The programme will include presentations by both professional specialists and post-graduate students. Outreach will focus on bringing students, practitioners, and curators into dialogue to share methodologies, knowledge, and experience.

Speakers include:

• Gina Czarnecki, UK: Process and principle in image transformation

• Pamela Jennings, Canada/USA: Research or Development Methods?

• Axel Lapp, Germany: Curatorial practice and research

• Donna Leishman, UK: Narrative and Interaction

• Lizzie Muller, Australia via VIDEO LINK: Curating interactive art – audiences and archives.

• Paul O'Neill, UK: Curatorial practice and research

There will also be contributions from Newcastle and Sunderland Universities staff: Jamie Allen, Sarah Cook, Areti Galani, Verina Gfader, Beryl Graham, and Atau Tanaka.

PhD-researcher-led Sessions: Will form important parts of the event, including mapping methodologies, and planning the next event. PhD researchers from Goldsmiths, Queens University Belfast, University of Tokyo, University of Newcastle and University of Sunderland have been particularly invited to facilitate these workshops, but all postdoctoral researchers and those considering research are welcome to get involved.

This event is free of charge, but must be fully booked online. For full details on the speakers and
TO REGISTER http://dm.ncl.ac.uk/events/ahrc-crt/


For further information on the event please contact: Catherine Elvin; catherine.elvin@ncl.ac.uk, Direct Line: 0191 246 4642