On the Radar: “Ground Truths and Situated Arts Practice” with Dr Rose Butler – Tuesday 13 May 2025

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 Rose Butler (Senior Lecturer Fine Art) with Ground Truths and Situated Arts Practice.

Outline:

 

Arts research has the potential to extend what is visible, whilst working in response to specific environments, and expand established methodological frameworks. Artists’ practices may span or blur ways of working, straddling disciplines that might have conflicting authorities, histories or representation. Alternative insights may be generated through responsive, iterative and disrupted processes or use of technology. However, the idiosyncratic nature of arts practice means that its unique value can be hard to define, and might be personal, broad and diverse.

I will present recent research projects that examine sensitive or hard to access spaces and border lands through image making.  Rather than enhancing the ‘quality’ of the images, technologies expose the gaps, flaws, or what is missing to present the overlooked, beneath the surface, hidden, accidental or malfunctioning manifestations of ‘visioning’.

Ground Truths and Situated Arts Practice with Dr Rose Butler
Tuesday 13 May 2025, 13:00-14:00
Cantor 9234
All welcome, free to attend. If you have any queries please contact the CCRI team. Please share the details with your students and colleagues who you think might be interested in coming along.

For more information about ON THE RADAR or to add your name as a future presenter, contact Dr Diane A. Rodgers.