Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Professor Esther Johnson (Professor of Film and Media Arts) has been invited to screen her film ‘DUST & METAL (CÁT BỤI & KIM LOẠI)‘ at the inaugural DaNang Asian Film Festival taking place from 09— 13 May 2023. Esther has also been invited to discuss her research at the first Vietnam Film Forum held in June 2023 in Nha Trang and hosted by the Vietnam […]
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Please join us on Wednesday 26 April for our next CCRI-wide seminar as part of the Culture & Creativity Research Institute Seminar Series, where we will be hearing from the ADMRC‘s Professor Esther Johnson. ‘Liberation Radio’ and the war in Vietnam In this session Professor Esther Johnson will discuss the research ‘Liberation Radio’, an immersive audio-visual installation offering a perspective of […]
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PhD student Cathy Soreny was recently invited to write a blog post ‘The Stories Beyond Words project: creatively reworking and reclaiming time’ for Redefining Stammering (a website run by activist and clinicians in the field of stammering and dysfluency pride). Cathy’s doctoral research project ‘Stories Beyond Words’ brings together people with communication impairments to explore voice and radical self-representation, co-creating […]
Read moreProfessor Esther Johnson will screen and discuss her research ‘Dust & Metal’ during the inaugural REAL Documentary Festival, at the Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre, Leicester, screening on 21 April at 5:30. She will also present a paper on ‘Dust & Metal’ at 11th Annual BAFTSS Conference: Sustainable Futures: Ethics, Responsibility and Care in Film, Television, Screen Studies and Practices at the University of Lincoln, 4—5 April. Esther will present […]
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Professor Esther Johnson has been invited to be a panel member for the ‘Incoporating Archive Film‘ session at the London Short Film Festival on 23rd January 2023 at Richmix, London, where she will discuss her film research and use of archive material especially in her feature films ‘Dust & Metal‘ and ‘Asunder‘. Esther has also been invited to discuss […]
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Professor Esther Johnson‘s film Alone Together: the Social Life of Benches submitted to REF2021 will be screening within the ANDAR BAAHAR programme at Serendipity Arts Festival that takes place in Panjim, Goa, India from the 15-20 December 2022. Further information on the film can be found here. And a shorter version of the film can be viewed here. Through a series […]
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Professor Esther Johnson‘s new poetic documentary feature film DUST & METAL which received its world premiere at this year’s Sheffield DocFest will screen on 9 November at the 36th Leeds International Film Festival. Esther has also been invited as a member of the jury for the drama feature film competition. Tickets for the film are available HERE Further information on the film can be found here and […]
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Professor Esther Johnson‘s new feature film DUST & METAL will receive its world premiere at this year’s Sheffield DocFest with a live soundtrack performance on Monday 27 June from 8pm at the magnificent Memorial Hall in Sheffield City Hall. The film will screen in the form of a “cine-concert” with the film’s new electronic score performed live by Vietnamese artist Xo Xinh. Tickets and passes are available here. DUST & METAL (CAT […]
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A powerful short film by Professor Esther Johnson titled a ROLE to PLAY will screen at VIVID projects in Birmingham for the PUT PEOPLE FIRST programme that shares stories of contemporary workers struggles. a ROLE to PLAY (2019) was co-commissioned by Animate Projects and Junction Arts as part of the WORK project. The film tells stories of the impact of economic changes in post-industrial Bolsover, a Derbyshire constituency where coal was once king, and features Bolsover Freedom Community […]
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Professor Esther Johnson was recently invited by Manchester Metropolitan University to discuss her collaborative research with Debbie Ballin ‘Echoes of Protest‘, a body of work that bears witness to the untold stories of children of the 1984-85 UK Miners’ Strike. The discussion is part of MMU’s BUNKER TALKS, a recording of which can be found here. Further information on work by Esther […]
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