We’re happy to announce that the third in our series of AHRC / ACE-funded impact workshops, jointly programmed with the University for the Creative Arts, will take place in Liverpool on Monday 27th July. We’ll be posting more programme information here over the coming days, and also over on our dedicated workshops site.
Third AHRC / ACE impact workshop
June 29, 2009 by impacts08CinemArchitecture: Urban Legibility
June 25, 2009 by beatrizgarciaCinemArchitecture: Urban Legibility
One Day Symposium Programme
Monday 20th July 2009
Location: The University of Liverpool, Liverpool School of Architecture, Leverhulme Building, Abercromby Square, Liverpool L69 3BX
Room: Budden Lecture Theatre
Time: 9:30-17:00
Speakers include: Dr Francois Penz (Cambridge), Helmut Weihsmann (Vienna), Dr Jueri Soolep (Tallinn), and Luis Urbano (Porto).
CinemArchitecture is a symposium linked to an intensive summer programme that brings together scholars in film and architecture as well as architectural students from Liverpool, Cambridge, Porto and Tallinn/Estonia to learn about the relationship between architecture and film.
The aims and objectives of the symposium are to offer a forum for scholars, practitioners and the public to explore the relationship between urban space, architecture and the moving image. Drawing on a range of disciplinary approaches to architecture, urban design and digital film practices, this symposium aim to make a contribution to the advancement of knowledge in a filmic (spatio-temporal; visual, acoustic, social practices etc.) discourse on the ‘legibility’ of contemporary cities.
Considering topics such as Cinematic Aided Design, Space and Politics, the Building of film, this symposium hopes to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue among international scholars, and to point to a theoretical as well as practice-oriented framework of urban/architectural design that goes well beyond the notion of film being a medium for screens.
Tickets will be issued on entrance: Full delegate fee £25, student delegate fee £10. Fee includes lunch pack and tea/coffee.
Contact: Dr Richard Koeck, rkoeck@liverpool.ac.uk
Further information: http://www.liv.ac.uk/lsa/cinemarchitecture/
Measuring the Impacts of Large Scale Cultural Events
May 14, 2009 by impacts08A new version of the literature review ‘Measuring the Impacts of Large Scale Cultural Events’ by Floris Langen and Beatriz Garcia is available to download from the Impacts 08 website at:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/impacts08/index.htm#BkgrndDocs
(This is a revised and updated version of the literature review that was published in Arts Research Digest to accompany our joint seminar in October.)
Second AHRC/ACE Impact Workshop (11 June 2009, Margate)
May 14, 2009 by impacts08Following the success of the first AHRC/ACE Impact Workshop in Liverpool, the next workshop in the series will take place on 11 June in Margate. This second workshop will focus on an exploration of the physical aspect of audience engagement with arts and cultural organisations and events, with a particular focus on the experience in open air environments. For further information about the AHRC/ACE Impact Workshop programme, visit
Latest report from the Local Area Studies project now available
May 14, 2009 by impacts08We have now published the latest report from our Local Area Studies project, which can be found in the Reports and Papers section of our website at www.impacts08.net . This is the report of the second phase of a three-stage project to explore the impact of Liverpool’s tenure as European Capital of Culture on residents of four distinct neighbourhoods of the city. Reporting on a survey that took place in Summer 2008, it draws comparisons with the previous survey in 2007 and also builds on this with qualitative data from a series of focus groups. The link to our Reports and Papers page is as follows:
http://www.liv.ac.uk/impacts08/Dissemination/I08reports.htm
The four Liverpool neighbourhoods taking part in this survey are profiled in a background document, ‘Local Area Studies – Key Statistics and Mapping of the Four Local Areas’, which is also available to download from the Reports and Papers page. A report of the third and final stage of this project, based on a survey that was conducted in Spring 2009, will be published later this year and will provide a full analysis of any changes since 2007 in terms of engagement, participation and perspectives on Liverpool’s year as ECoC. For further information about all of the project work we are undertaking within the theme of Cultural Access and Participation (as well as all our other projects), visit:
An International Model for research and delivery best practice on the European Capital of Culture programme
May 14, 2009 by impacts08We are happy to announce that Impacts 08 has been successful in a joint bid with Liverpool City Council to secure funding from the European Commission’s Culture Programme. The project, titled ‘An International Model for research and delivery best practice on the European Capital of Culture programme’, is aimed at creating a cultural policy advocacy network and will be run in conjunction with research partners from the ECoC cities of Stavanger, Turku and Marseille.
This funding will create two new posts, an International Research Liaison Officer based with the Impacts 08 Team at the University of Liverpool, and an International Programming Liaison Officer based at Liverpool City Council. We will be recruiting for these posts shortly, but in the meantime expressions of interest would be welcome and should be sent to impacts08@liv.ac.uk
Narrative Space (20-22 April 2010, Leicester)
May 11, 2009 by impacts08Narrative Space is a 3-day international interdisciplinary conference exploring the creation of narrative environments in museums, galleries, historic sites, buildings and landscapes. From the level of the site and the building down to the level of the exhibition and the object, how can we create environments which tell stories of people, of places and of collections? How can spaces, objects and a range of media be utilised to create spatial experiences which are engaging, meaningful and memorable?
Narrative Space draws together museum professionals, exhibition designers, architects and academics to explore practice at the cutting-edge of exhibition and experience making. In order to explore this vast area of research and practice it covers a range of themes including the ability of sites and buildings to hold or be overlaid with narratives; the history and theory of display; museums and exhibitions as spatial media; harnessing the spatial character, history and potential of buildings and sites; the nature and role of narrative and storytelling in the making of interpretive environments; the role of visitor-centred design in the production of museum space; and the emergence of a new range of interpretive approaches to museum and exhibition making which cut across architecture, film, design, digital media, interior and graphic design, literature and art.
Proposals are sought from museum practitioners, architects, designers, artists, filmmakers and others actively involved in the imaginative reshaping of museums, galleries and visitor experiences as well as academics researching in the areas of museum and gallery architecture, exhibition and display, both historical and contemporary.
Please send a short proposal of no more than 300 words to Suzanne MacLeod and Laura Hanks at:
Deadline: 29th July 2009
Social Theory, Politics and the Arts Conference (29-31 October 2009, London)
May 5, 2009 by impacts08EUCLID is hosting the 35th Annual STP&A Conference, with Birkbeck University, in London from 29-31 October 2009. This year’s conference focuses on Innovation, Creativity and Change in a Glocalised World – more details can be found at:
SUPER EARLY BIRD BOOKING DISCOUNT UNTIL 31 MAY 2009
Research secondment opportunity at ACE: Senior Strategy Officer
April 28, 2009 by impacts08Arts Council England (ACE) are seeking to appoint a Senior Strategy Officer, Research, on a fixed-term secondment to 31 December 2009. The post, in the research team, is to generate evidence and insight through robust research to inform the Arts Council’s current practice and future strategy. In particular, this post will take forward the Arts Council’s research on digital technology and the creative economy. The role is being offered as a secondment, which means that the successful applicant will continue to be employed by his or her current organisation. Closing date: Monday, 11 May 2009.
For further information, contact:
Catherine Bunting
Director of Research
Arts Council England
Direct line: +44 (0)20 7973 6835
Direct fax: +44 (0)20 7973 6590
Email: catherine.bunting@artscouncil.org.uk
Exploring Boundaries (4 June 2009, Middlesborough, UK)
April 21, 2009 by impacts08Arts Practice and Sociological Research Methods Conference
Venue: Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA)
This conference is designed to stimulate methodological and epistemological debate between artists and social scientists – further details available via the following link (registration is free):
http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/research/events_details.cfm?event_id=2383
