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| ART & DESIGN Research Research Groupings within and across the School Art & Design Research is carried out across the School in the areas of Contemporary Art History, Theory and Practice, History and Theory of Art & Design, Design, and Textile History and Theory. Researchers in this group include : Prof Tom Cassidy, Prof Kenneth Hay, Deborah Gardner, Kevin Laycock, Andrea Thoma, Dr. Judith Tucker, David Walker-Barker, Rob Ward. Centre for Visual Communications - Led by Prof Tom Cassidy. Home of the MA in Design and forum for Postgraduate Research students in the School. ULITA (University of Leeds International Textiles Archive) - Led by Prof Michael Hann. An international research base, archive and forum for conferences, workshops and publications on historical textiles. Research Groupings involving other Schools Centre for Practice-based Research in the Arts (CePRA) - a Faculty-wide forum for practice-based research in Contemporary Art, Fine Art, Music, Performance and related areas, led by Dr Sita Popat (School of PCI) and Dr Rachel Cowgill (School of Music). Members from the School of Design: Prof Ken Hay, David Waker-Barker, Andrea Thoma. LAND 2D - an on-going, AHRC funded interdisciplinary research grouping. Started in 2002 by Iain Biggs (UWE) and Dr Judith Tucker (University of Leeds) as a national network of artist / lecturers and research students with an interest in landscape / place-oriented art practice. The network meets for presentations of members' work, has a web site at www.land2.uwe.ac.uk undertakes occasional group projects, and organises conferences and exhibitions. Members from the School: Dr Judith Tucker (co-chair), David Walker-Barker, Andrea Thoma, Jim Brogden. University of Leeds Popular Cultures Research Group A multi-disciplinary research grouping operating across the University, based in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures and run by Prof David Looseley (School of French) researching into popular music, film, literature and mass media of all types. The Research Group organises regular colloquia, lectures and conferences. Members from the School: Prof Ken Hay. Funded Research Projects Spatiality in Design (EPSRC, £50,000, 2005-6 ) - John Stell (PI, Mathematics), Kenneth Hay (CI), Lynne Cameron (CI, Linguistics). RADAR - Connecting Europe - Contemporary artists from 6 European countries working on digital projects on the theme of globalisation, social inclusion, European integration in the new Europe and exhibiting as part of the 50th Venice Biennale (funded by the European Commission, "Culture 2000", Venice International University & partners, 2002-4). Exhibitions in: Venice (50th Biennale), Deptford X, London, Galeria Pryzmat, Cracow and Italia Future Telecom Centre, Venice. More details here: RADAR Project Absences - a Digital re-examination of the Highland Clearances (AHRB, £13,153, 2002-3) - themes of forced migration, Scottish history, cultural and historical memory explored through digital print, text and audio installation, exhibited in the Czech National Centre for Experimental Theatre, Brno, Czech Republic, 2002, and The Arts Centre, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (2007). Distillations and Concentrates: In search of a Hidden Landscape (AHRC, £14,013) - an examination of the former lead-mines at Killhope and the impact of the mining industry on the local landscape and community. Paintings, objects, photographs and tableaux, exhibited in the Killhope mine itself (2004) With fully illustrated catalogue. Essays by Ian Forbes, Chris Rawson-Tetley, Peter Davidson, Jimmy Craggs, Joe Forster and David Walker-Barker. ISBN 1-902721-14-4 International research projects and exhibitions Creative Cities
A three day international colloquium about artists, cities, creativity and enterprise, opening at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, on Friday 20th June, 12.00 -17.00 until Sunday 22 June, 12.00, and involving delegates from 17 European cities (including Venice, Brussels, Sofia, Barcelona, Leeds and London), local arts practitioners, curators, cultural managers, architects and local businesses. Guest speaker Irena Bauman (Bauman/Lyons architects, Leeds) CHINA NOW
XTOL (Xiamen to Leeds) June 9th-16th. As part of the China Now Festival, Prof Kenneth Hay and two former students from Contemporary Art Practice, Andrew Kelly and Richard Taylor present a live interactive art machine in Trinity Church, Boar Lane Leeds and Xiamen, China. Video, performance and sound installations linking the two cities in real-time will enable participants to share in the sights and sounds of each city. Andrew Kelly is currently artits in residence at Xiamen Art Centre and Richard Taylor is currently an intern at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. Malta Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
"WATCH" - a collaboration amongst: Professor Kenneth Hay, Seetha A, Michael Anderson and Vince Briffa in the National Museum of Fine Arts Malta (17 March - 13 April 2008). The exhibition of paintings, digital prints and video explores aspects of surveillance and media manipulation.
"Moorland Productions in Taiwan" 5-year survey exhibition of work by Kenneth Hay and Seetha A., with CAP Ph.D student Shih Yun Lu ('Lonely Planet'). Arts Centre, National Cheng Hung University, Tainan, Twiwan, (10 Jan- 4 March 2007).
Hibrida - Contemporary Printmaking from the UK and Czech RepublicHibrida - a series of exhibitions featuring, predominantly, print work by contemporary UK artists, exhibited in Bradford, Bristol, Manchester, Northumbria and Brno (2001-2). The Brno exhibition (Galerie Mladych) coincided with the "Absences" and "No 1" (Cuiltural Information Centre) exhibitions in Brno (November 2002).
Hibrida II - Bradford, Cartwright Hall and the Bradford Gallery (Horton Road) and
"Eden", Digital print by J.Michael Anderson. Three simultaneous exhibitions of contemporary printmaking opening on Friday 6th May 2005 in Bradford and Brno, and including new work by Ken Hay, Andy Anderson and David Walker-Barker from Contemporary Art Practice, as well as by Milos Rankovic, who has recently completed his Ph.D under Prof Ken Hay. The exhibition is the result of a long-standing co-operation between Ken Hay and colleagues in Bradford and the Czech Republic and is curated by Colin Lloyd and Ian Colverson from Bradford College. A fully illustrated catalogue, with essays by Robert Galeta, Kenneth Hay and Jiri Havlicek was published on the 6th May 2005. Hibrida IIIIncorporating artists from the UK, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania is developing now and will roll out in 2007-8 with a series of exhibitions, events, openings, and colloquia in the UK and Eastern Europe. Visit the Hibrida Website: http://www.hibrida.org Related Exhibitions and research ActivitiesThe Frozen Academy
The Frozen Acadmey is an on-going collaboration between students of Josef Danek in Brno, CZ and Contemporary Art Practice, Leeds with partners in Berlin. This collaboration has led to a series of exhibitions and workshops (Berlin, Larroque, France, Prague, 2008). For information about the Berlin Exhibition see: Signal 07 (Dec 2007) Upcoming exhibition Sypka, CZ (21- 28 June 2008). Furrther information: beFrozen
"Eight Variants of Drawing" - Exhibition in the Corridor Gallery, School of Design by Prof Josef Danek and students from the Atelier of Experimental Drawing, Brno Polytechnic University. December 2006 - January 2007.
"Jiri Havlicek: Graphica Alchymica, Cosmologica & Scatologica" - Exhibition of the graphic work, digital print and animation of Prof Jiri Havlicek, Masaryk University, Brno. Corridor Gallery, 2006. Catalogue, with essays by Jiri Havlicek, Kenneth G. Hay, Josef Danek, Jirina Hockeova, and H.Zemonova. ISBN 978-0-9552977-0-0, 2006.
Terra Nullius - Exhibition of new photographic work by Jim Brogden in the Corridor Gallery, School of Design, relating to 'non-places' in the urban landscape, emerging from his research Ph.D on the same theme and collaborative participation with the LAND 2D network.
Daniel Banaczek from Cracow, Svetlana Misirkov (Bulgaria), Charlotte Ginsburg (UK) Sigrid Lange (Germany), and Steffi Jüngling (Germany) from the International RADAR Project all visited Leeds to work on new projects and work with students, sharing their research experience with staff and students. New site-specific works for Leeds, including films, DVDs, animations, conference papers and publications and exhibitions resulted from these visits. Form Cracow and Berlin, curators Magda Olasinska and Anna Morlinghaus introduced students to their mobile exhibition platform "Available Art" and worked with staff on the "City Lights" Project for Cracow Public Transport (2005). "The Frozen Academy" (2008) - Multidisciplinary art and research project between Prof Josef Danek, (Brno) and Prof Kenneth Hay (Leeds) involving a regular forum in Cyberspace, meeting in a Virtual Academy on "Second Life" and exhibitions, real and virtual in Berlin, Brno, Leeds, Toulouse and Cyberspace. Research Students Current Ph.D students researching in the area of Contemporary Art Practice: Raymond Lafferty - Tradition and Influence in Painting (2004-2008) Hyunjin Byun - Reconfiguring Passing Time - a Research into time-based media art (2004-2008) Lu Shih Yun - The physical and the virtual in Site specific art (2005-2008) Kristin Klauser - A re-examination of Kitsch in affective design (2006- ) Previous Research Students Milos Rankovic - Genetic Algorhythms in digital art (2002-7) Conferences and Colloquia Research Events:
• Leeds/Sheffield Consortium - "Emdodiment in Art" September 2007 "The Werckmeister Harmonies of Bela Tarr" (K.G.Hay) - Paper for the one-day conference between Leeds and Sheffield Hallam • AHRC Consortium Conference - "The Artefact and Knowledge" (27th September 2005) With Central Saint Martin's, Wimbeldon School of Art, Coventry University, Sheffield Hallam, The University of the West of England. Leeds University, University House 10.00 am - 4.00 pm. A one day conference on practice-based research on the theme of "The Artefact and Knowlede" and addressing some of the issues related to Ph.Ds in Art and Design. What knowledge do art and design researchers provide? How is knowledge transmitted by artefacts? What are the most appropriate methodologies for researching in the art and design areas? How are art and design Ph.Ds appraised? This is the third in a series of discussions exploring the different types of art and design Ph.Ds currently being offered at UK Universities. The discussion, sponsored by the AHRC will feed into their policy guiding future practice in this area. • "Practice & Theory in Art and Design Research" - A day conference at Sheffield Hallam University (11 May 2006). Professor Kenneth Hay will be giving a talk at Sheffield Hallam University on Friday 11th May 2006, 10.30 - 1.00 Psalter Lane on the subject of defining and appraising artwork's contribution to knowledge and research. Professor Doina Petrescu, from Romania will be speaking about her development of a "transformative pedagogy" at several international art and architecture schools (L'institut d'Architecture, "Ion Mincu" Bucharest, Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts de Lyon, Iowa State University, the Architectural Association, London etc). • AHRC Consortium Conference - "The Artefact and Knowledge" (7th-8th December 2006): With Central Saint Martin's, Wimbeldon School of Art, Coventry University, Sheffield Hallam, The University of the West of England). Leeds University, University House 10.00 am - 4.00 pm. A two-day conference on practice-based research on the theme of "The Artefact and Knowlede" and addressing some of the issues related to Ph.Ds in Art and Design. What knowledge do art and design researchers provide? How is knowledge transmitted by artefacts? What are the most appropriate methodologies for researching in the art and design areas? How are art and design Ph.Ds appraised? This is the last in a series of discussions exploring the different types of art and design Ph.Ds currently being offered at UK Universities. The discussion, sponsored by the AHRC will feed into their policy guiding future practice in this area. Contact Ken Hay for details. New Directions in Popular Culture - Discoursse and Pleasure
"Images of Labour in the Italian Popular Press" - Ken Hay Paper for the Leeds Popular Cultures Research Group, Day Conference, School of Modern Languages & Cultures, 21 March 2007. Links
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