Neal Hartman – Science-themed Film Festivals Free online event, Thursday 3rd December, 12am hosted by the GWW Centre Dear All, LLMVC’s George Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture would be delighted if you could join us for our next free online event ‘Science-themed Film Festivals’ by Neal Hartman on Thursday 3 December 12am. If you would … Continue reading
Category Archives: New Media
Marilène Oliver – Making Art with Medical Data
Marilène Oliver – Making Art with Medical Data Free online event, Wednesday 25th November, 5pm hosted by the GWW Centre Dear All, LLMVC’s George Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture would be delighted if you could join us for our next free online event ‘Making Art with Medical Data’ by Marilène Oliver on Wednesday 25 November … Continue reading
Oron Catts presents: Living Biological Objects on the Pedestal March 15th, 3:30pm, Seminar Room 224, Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen
As part of the Film and Visual Culture seminar series, on Thursday, 15 March, 3:30pm, Room 224, Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen, Oron Catts will give a talk entitled: Living Biological Objects on the Pedestal Oron Catts is the Director of SymbioticA, The Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts at the University of … Continue reading
Dr Sarah Cook on “Media archaeology excavations – digging digital art” (1st November at 12:00, Duncan Rice Library, room 224)
Research Seminar Dr Sarah Cook (Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design) Abstract In its early days, intermedia and information-based arts often found their own means of presentation and reception, from small artist-led networks, publications, servers and databases, to ad hoc temporary installations. Many of these are at risk of being lost in the mists of time, while … Continue reading
#educateyourself
With more than 320 million active users, Twitter is not only a platform for sharing news and opinions, but also a great resource for research and education due to its unique nature. Although the tweets compiled over time reach from trivial to highly informative, they all share one common characteristic: a maximum length of 140 … Continue reading
Scripts, Performances, Monuments and Encounters: The Public Culture of 20th Century Science through its Media
In collaboration with the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine, the Department of Film and Visual Culture is pleased to announce the seminar below: Tim Boon (Head of Research & Public History, Science Museum Group London) 4 to 6 pm, Thursday 23 March, Taylor A36 Abstract: In this presentation, I will … Continue reading
Johannes Deutsch screening + Q&A session, Friday 17th March
As part of his talk on “Synaesthetic Perception and Visualisation of Sound in Space” within the SGSAH event In and Out of Space, multi-media artist Johannes Deutsch will screen a selection of his work and engage in a Q&A session lead by Dr Silvia Casini. Fri 17th March, 16:15 – 18:00, Seminar Room 224 (Sir … Continue reading
The Private Nationalism Project presents art of Central-Eastern Europe
Denisa Tomkova, PhD student in Visual Culture, writes about explorations of nationalism in contemporary central European art. Continue reading
On Mice, Brains and Technology
Silvia Casini writes about technologies of vision and pioneering work at Aberdeen on magnetic resonance imaging. Continue reading
Bibo Keeley and the Inappropriate Art of Feminism
North East Scotland College (NESC) student Bibo Keeley was not allowed to exhibit her mixed media work, Free as a Bird, in the school’s end of year degree show, because of the “inappropriate” nature of the image. Fern Insh and Amy Bryzgel discuss the artist’s work in the context of North American, Scottish and British feminist art. Continue reading