Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
News from CCRI researchers and their projects
LOOKDON’TLOOK exhibition Friday 17 – Sunday 19 November 2023 Brown St Project (old Food Hall) 62 Brown Street, S1 2BS FREE – All Welcome Please note that work on the first floor does not have lift access to it The exhibition temporarily takes over and responds to the empty building opposite Site Gallery on Brown Street. Using sound, video, performance, […]
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Foghorn Requiem, a landscape-interactive musical composition by artists Lise Autogena and Joshua Portway and composer Orlando Gough, has been selected for the Guinness World Records. It holds the record for Most ship horns in a piece of music. The piece was performed by three brass bands, 60 ships at sea and Souter Lighthouse Foghorn. The Guinness World Records entry reads: […]
Read moreOn Saturday 04 November, “I Sang in my Chains like the Sea“ took place involving the performance of newly-commissioned settings of seven Dylan Thomas poems by five composers. The event, co-organised by Professor John Goodby as part of an ongoing collaborative project with the composer David Lancaster (York St John University) was staged as part of the York Late Music […]
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‘HavObservatoriet’ is a new artwork by Prof Lise Autogena and Joshua Portway for Vejle Klimapark. The artwork uses the latest forecasting data to create a visual representation of the predicted state of the ocean surrounding Denmark. It was launched on 31 October 2023 at Klimaparken, a major landscaping programme in the city of Vejle that prevents the city from flooding. […]
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SHU PhD Candidate Mars Nicolí recently wrote a piece about James’ talk – find out more here. ON THE RADAR research seminars promote the sharing of knowledge across the entire Sheffield Hallam University community – all are welcome, free to attend. Our next talk is by Dr James Fenwick (Associate Professor in Culture & Media) speaking on “The Problem with […]
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Congratulations to the Design Futures Packaging team, who have had another successful evening at the UK Packaging Awards. The Design Futures Packaging team were shortlisted earlier in the year in two categories for the UK Packaging Awards 2023. The UK Packaging Awards 2023 ceremony took place in London on Thursday 12 October 2023 at Grosvenor House on Park Lane, and […]
Read moreDr Craig Ian Mann, Lecturer in Film and Media, spoke to BBC Radio Sheffield on Halloween about the evolution of horror films, from the first mainstream films in the 1930s to modern day, and how horror films can reflect social, cultural and political issues. Listen back from 13:00.
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David’s work, Gateway II, has been selected for inclusion in the inaugural Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries exhibition, at the Imperial War Museum (IWM), London. This is the first time in IWM’s history that a permanent gallery space has been created to display the three collections together – visual art, film and photography. Stepping into the Galleries, visitors will learn how the museum has […]
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27 Oct 2023 Submissions are now open for Design4Health 2024, the 7th international conference on design for health. Next summer’s conference is hosted by Lab4Living at Sheffield Hallam University. The theme is ‘Equilibrium in a time of permacrisis‘ and the review committee invites submissions in the form of extended abstracts and poster proposals. We continue to live in a time […]
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This Halifax Road, carafes of wine, and complex noun phrases: A mixed (white plastic carrier) bag of stylistic patterns in witness statement Thursday 9 November 2023, 17:30-18:30 Hosted by the Stylistics Research Group at Sheffield Hallam University and featuring Patricia Canning (Assistant Professor in Humanities at Northumbria University). This talk uses stylistic analysis to examine police-authored witness statements following the Hillsborough Football […]
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