School of Arts | Events and Conferences

Fri 11 May 2012 to Sat 19 May 2012

‘42 Degrees’, BA Fine Art Students Showcase Their Work →

Taking Place: Richard Hamilton Building, Headington Hill Campus, OX3 0BT in --

(Open Mon/Wed 10am-6pm, Tues/Thurs/Fri 10am-8pm, Sat & Sun 10am-4pm) Free Entry

This year’s degree show, ‘42degrees’ showcases work by BA (Hons) students graduating in Fine Art from Oxford Brookes University.

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Wed 21 March 2012 to Wed 21 March 2012

ARP research forum →

Presentations from practice-based researchers Tiffany Black and Clair Chinnery

Tiffany Black & Clair Chinnery

Taking Place: The Arena - Richard Hamilton Building in --

The Arts Research Practice cluster presents practitioners Tiffany Black and Clair Chinnery.

Tiffany Black will discuss her collaborative relationship with Leora Brook and in particular their project The Fermenting Room: return of the rhizome. This is a project that arose out of a one and a half year artist residency for Plot 16, with Modern Art Oxford. It concerns the idea of site; the merging of control and chaos through man made and natural forms and encompasses planting, brewing, mapping, drawing and sculpture. UK artists Leora Brook and Tiffany Black have been collaborating as brook & black since 2001. Their work includes, amongst others, a number of site specific solo exhibitions in museums and galleries; 2011 Le Regard Clos, Musee de Toulouse Lautrec, Albi, France; 2009 Drift, The Kirkham Gallery, River & Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames, 2008 Behind the Facade, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, Oxford , 2007 Bagatelle Parallel,The Wallace Collection, London (Architecture Week commission). In 2007 they presented at the Digital and Physical Surfaces conference and exhibition at the Triangle Space, Chelsea College of Art, London, and Mediations, Oxford Visual Arts Development Agency, Oxford. They make both temporary and permanent work for the public realm. Leora is a lecturer at Camberwell College of Arts and at the American Intercontinental University, London and Tiffany is a lecturer in Fine Art at Oxford Brookes University.

Find out more about Plot 16 here; and more about Brook & Black here.

Clair Chinnery will discuss her recent project Cuculus Prospectus.

Mon 19 March 2012 to Mon 19 March 2012

Kathy Hinde at the Listening Group →

Kathy Hinde

Taking Place: Photography Studio - Richard Hamilton Building - 1715-1845 - 19-MAR-2012 in --

Kathy Hinde’s interdisciplinary approach combines different art forms frequently through collaborations with other practitioners, partnerships with scientists, and input from the audience. She has created video and sound for theatre and live art performances alongside creating installations and site specific work. She has shown work across Europe, Scandinavia, China, Pakistan, USA, Colombia and Brazil.

Kathy has created interactive visual environments that are responsive to live situations and her video work frequently moves away from the screen. Her musical interests embrace various strategies of improvisation, generative systems, and unconventional notation and using adapted, ‘prepared’ or self-made instruments. She has created a number of works combining kinetic sculpture with musical automata, plus online participatory art works.

Previous and current collaborators are many and include: musicians Joanna MacGregor, Joby Burgess, and Maja Ratkje; audio-visual artist i am the mighty jungulator; dancer/choreographers Lotta Melin, Subathra Subramaniam and Jin Xing; composers Stephen Montague, Gabriel Prokofiev, Graham Fitkin, Max De Wardener and most recently composer Will Gregory of the duo Goldfrapp by creating visuals for Gregory’s new Opera “Piccard in Space”.

Type of Event: Art | Arts Research Seminar | Brookes University | Music | Sonic Arts

Fri 16 March 2012 at 12.30 pm

MA in Music Open Day →

Taking Place: Willow Building (room W01), Headington Hill Campus, Oxford Brookes University, OX3 0BT in --

The MA in Music at Oxford Brookes offers four distinctive and exciting pathways:

• Music and Popular Culture
• Music on Stage and on Screen
• Contemporary Practice in Composition
• Music in 19th-Century Culture

Come to our open day to find out more about our course and about how studying for an MA in Music can enhance your career prospects. It is also an opportunity to talk to teaching staff and current students, to explore our campus and facilities and to hear about funding opportunities.

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Mon 5 March 2012 to Mon 5 March 2012

Owen Lloyd and Jon Piggott at the Listening Group →

Visiting researchers from Bath Spa University present their work at the Listening Group

Taking Place: Photography Studio - Richard Hamilton Building in --

The Listening Group welcomes doctoral researchers from Bath Spa University who will discuss their current research interests.

Jon Pigott is a sonic artist whose practice and research looks at sound and technology through electromechanical and kinetic sound sculptures. His work explores a relationship between ‘hard’ materials such as metal and wood, and ‘soft’ materials such as magnetism and electricity within sound making tools and media assemblages. By opening the black box of technology and exploring the intrinsic musicality of these materials, Jon’s work explores past technologies, and critiques present ones used for creating music and sound. Jon has exhibited and presented his work nationally and internationally. He currently also holds an academic position at Cardiff School of Art and Design. Find out more here.

Owen Lloyd is a composer and sound artist whose practice and professional work focus on sound and extra-musical data. Owen has had a long career as a freelance composer and sound designer for a wide variety of media including installations, websites, film, television and games consoles. In the process he has worked on many award winning projects and had work presented at experimental film festivals and exhibitions, in the cinema and on television both nationally and internationally. The main thrust of his practice is the use of data inputs to drive work, producing music with narrative links to sonification. This is an area of research that he is focussing on in his PhD. Find out more here.

Type of Event: Art | Arts Research Seminar | Brookes University | Music | Sonic Arts

Mon 20 February 2012 at 05.15 pm

Shirley Pegna and Kostis Kilymis at the Listening group →

Shirley Pegna presents recent installation work whilst Kostis Kilymis discusses the the use of the mixing desk as an instrument at the Listening group

Shirley Pegna & Kostis Kilymis (SARU)

Taking Place: Photography Studio - Richard Hamilton Building in --

Kostis Kilymis is a musician and artist focusing on feedback systems and representation. He performs under the 'Syndromes' alias, and in open collaborations with a variety of artists. He also curates the 'organized music from thessaloniki' music label. He is currently attending an MA course in Composition & Sonic Art, at Oxford Brookes University. Originally designed to serve a practical purpose in the diffusion of sound, the mixing board has many times in the history of modern music been used as a musical instrument in itself, culminating in the appearance of the "no-input mixing board", i.e. a mixing board that does not rely on other sources to produce sound, but allows for the emergence of electronic feedback through its re-appropriated use. This Listening Group session will briefly look into the historical precedents behind this practice, and also demonstrate the use of the no-input mixing board itself.

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Type of Event: Art | Arts Research Seminar | Music | Sonic Arts

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