Dr Kayla Parker, Lecturer in Media Arts, Plymouth University
As an artist film-maker, Le Grice places the central focus on the material properties and effects of technologies themselves, placing the role of the audience to the foreground. Dr Kayla Parker, Lecturer in Media Arts and convener of the Moving Image Arts (MIA) research group at Plymouth University, explores the legacy of Le Grice’s dynamic practice, which continually transforms itself as he reworks the past to reimagine possible futures.
Ben Borthwick, Artistic Director at Plymouth Arts Centre
The history of Avant-gardes is usually separated into art genres and while this makes for tidy narratives, the reality is that Avant-garde artists have always taken a more chaotic and expansive approach. Ben Borthwick, Artistic Director at Plymouth Arts Centre, will discuss how the social relationships between artists, musicians and others, results in interdisciplinary thinking and experimental breakthroughs.
Based on the Mona Lisa and Freud’s psychoanalytic monograph, After Leonardo has developed continuously since 1971. A Plymouthian and co-founder of AMM, Keith Rowe, is a world renowned performer of improvised music. He remains a first choice for performances of Cardew or Cage, including at the PROMS. Recent joint performances include: Eye Gallery, New York; the National Film Theatre and Tate Britain.
Tickets £6/£4.20/Friends free/PAC Home members free Discounts available via the Artory App and free to Plymouth University students via SPiA
A rare and not-to-be-missed opportunity to see this on the big screen Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer Running time: 88 mins Cert: PG
Dreyer’s Joan of Arc was based on the original transcripts of her trial but it isn’t the historical accuracy that keeps the film in your mind. It has gained almost mythical status largely due to Falconetti’s portrayal of Joan which is still considered to be the greatest performance in the history of cinema. Based on the original transcripts of Joan of Arc’s trial, this silent masterpiece has gained almost mythical status largely due to Falconetti’s portrayal...
The complex relationships and shared inspirations which connect art and mathematics will be explored during an exhibition being staged at Plymouth University.
Curated by art historian Barry Phipps, the exhibition in the Peninsula Arts Gallery will showcase the works of painter Mark Francis and architect George L. Legendre, both artist associates at the London Mathematical Society (LMS...
Archive footage of Plymouth’s rich and varied past will be used to open a window on the city’s future as part of a new annual film commission.
Coordinated by Peninsula Arts – the public arts programme of Plymouth University – and the South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA), the £5,000 commission opportunity will be open to both filmmakers and curators.
Dr Christian Weikop examines how three giants of the post-1945 German art scene refigured painting to critically reflect on German history and art history. Dr Weikop, Chancellor’s Fellow in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh, is a specialist in modern and contemporary German art.
His talk accompanies the ARTIST ROOMS: Gerhard Richter exhibition at Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery (26 September 2015 – 16 January 2016).
Tuesday 15 December 2015 | 19:00 Theatre 2, Roland Levinsky Building Tickets: £6.60 | £4.50 concessions | Free to Peninsula Arts Friends....
Mondo Monday returns to Jill Craigie for its annual Christmas 'do'.
Featuring the regular Mondo quiz with a first prize of getting to curate your very own Mondo Monday. Also featuring a screening of one of the top requested, and cockle warming Christmas treats, Home Alone. Join us for questions, milk and cookies and the worst example of parenting ever seen in a mainstream Hollywood movie.
Monday 14 December 2015 | 19:00 Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University Tickets: £6.60 | £4.50 concessions...
Beethoven: Egmont Overture Delius: Walk to the Paradise Garden Coates: London Suite Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel Overture Mozart: Symphony No 41 in C major Jupiter
Including music for String and Wind ensembles.
Thursday 10 December 2015 | 20:00 Main Hall, Davy Building, Plymouth University Free admission, donations invited to support concert costs
