ARP : Arts Research Practice

Vauxhall Pleasure at Tate Britain - Anna Best & Paul Whitty

ARP fosters practice and performance led research processes alongside critical engagement with creative practices and curatorial strategies. ARP brings together researchers from the fields of Architecture, Drama, Film Studies, Art and Design, Music, and Technology supporting and enriching the interdisciplinary activities of the practice-based research units situated in the School of Arts including:

• Social Sculpture Research Unit
• Sonic Art Research Unit

You Are Here!

Ongoing research projects include You Are Here! convened by Paul Whitty which aims to investigate approaches to the use of site, location, and context in practice-based research. Contributors to the project include Cressida Brown from Offstage Theatre, David Prior from Liminal, co-creators of The Fragmented Orchestra Jane Grant and John Matthias, Sound Artist Ray Lee, Artist Hayley Newman and founder of London Sound Survey Ian Rawes.