This semester, the GWW Centre is organising a reading group on the intersections of Art History and Visual Culture, and the shared methodologies and challenges that connect both fields. We shall discuss a series of classic interventions at the borderlands of both art history and visual culture studies. Everybody is welcome! Our first meeting will … Continue reading
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Delivering Socially-Engaged Art Projects: in Conversation with Claudia Zeiske
Claudia Zeiske, Director of Deveron Projects for the last 25 years, will join the MLitt Film, Visual Culture and Arts Management to discuss the finer details of organising and delivering socially-engaged art projects and events in the Aberdeenshire town of Huntly. The session will run from 1515-1645 on Wednesday 10 February, on Teams. Access the … Continue reading
Aberdeen Cineclub Presents: In Conversation With Colin Farquhar, Head of Cinema Operations at Belmont Filmhouse
Interested in discovering how an independent cinema is run? Curious to learn about the film exhibition industry in Scotland? The Aberdeen Cineclub, the society at the University of Aberdeen uniting film lovers, is hosting a free talk with Colin Farquhar, Head of Cinema Operations at Belmont Filmhouse. Join us on Wednesday 3rd February at 7:30 … Continue reading
Art and Science / Cinema / Events / History of Art / medical humanities / Talk / University of Aberdeen
Loving the monster: David Lynch’s The Elephant Man as cultural history
Free online event, Thursday 12th November, 1-2pmco-hosted by the GWW Centre and the CHPSTM Centre Dear All, LLMVC’s George Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture and the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine would be delighted if you could join us for our next free online event ‘Loving the monster: David … Continue reading
Meeting Mania
Last Monday’s screening of A Moon for My Father and Lubion, two 2019 films made by the renowned Iranian artist and director Mania Akbari in collaboration with the British sculptor Douglas White, followed by a Q&A masterclass with Mania herself at King’s Conference Centre, was a very happy occasion, bringing together students and the wider … Continue reading
Video Recording of Ruth Beckermann Q & A at 2019 UoA May Festival
On #ThrowbackThursday we look back to acclaimed filmmaker Ruth Beckermann’s visit to the University of Aberdeen May Festival earlier this year. The video recording of a Q&A with Ruth Beckermann (chaired by Dr Katya Krylova), held following the screening of her award-winning film The Waldheim Waltz (2018), is now available to view: This special Director’s … Continue reading
Cinema / Creativity / Events / Scotland / students / University of Aberdeen / VIEW
VIEW Filmmaking Workshops for Local School Pupils
Back in March, The George Washington Wilson Centre held a two-day filmmaking workshop for school pupils aged 16+ from Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire at the University of Aberdeen’s Media Lab. The pupils had one week to plan, shoot, and edit a short 1-5 minute film that would be shown at the University’s May Festival. The workshop … Continue reading
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George Washington Wilson Centre VIEW events at the May Festival, 24-26 May
The School’s George Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture is proud to present its VIEW programme of events at this year’s University May Festival on 24-26 May. Please see below for a full list of events being organised by GWW Centre members, in chronological order, including a round-table to accompany two exhibitions at the Suttie … Continue reading
Events / Exhibition / MLitt / Scotland / students / Uncategorized / University of Aberdeen
The Market Town
Huntly, tagged as “the town is the venue” due to its engagement with the arts by Deveron Projects is a small town in the North-East part of Scotland, Aberdeenshire to be precise. Deveron Projects [1] is located in the town square of Huntly. The body is an arts organisation that spearheads the engagement of people … Continue reading
Creativity / Events / feminism / Participatory Art / Performance Art / Scotland / Talk / This Week / University of Aberdeen
VIEW Inaugural Event (10th November)—Celebrating Women’s Contributions since Universal Suffrage
Following the success of the launch of our new public engagement programme: VIEW, the George Washington Wilson Centre and the Department of Film and Visual Culture at the University of Aberdeen is pleased to announce its inaugural event this week. “Out of this World” is a participatory performance organized by Huntly-based artist Norma D. Hunter, … Continue reading
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