Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
Showcasing research from the Culture & Creativity Research Institute at Sheffield Hallam University
The Soil Séance Sessions by Michelle Atherton has just completed its first season. The Sessions invite individuals to spend time listening to the soil at a site of their choosing. To turn their auditory perception downwards, by using an acoustic device as a portal to the underworld. An offer to transduce, to turn one form of energy into another by way of […]
Read moreOn Friday 6 October, CCRI Senior Research Fellow Anna Santomauro will facilitate a day of conversations and workshops exploring forms of repair, regeneration and care of soils in different geographical contexts. Taking place at Soft Ground and Sheffield Mind, the day sees the participation of artists Gabriella Demczuk (Al-Wah’at), writer, grower and organiser Sam Siva (Land In Our Names), artist duo Breakwater […]
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Michelle Atherton was invited to present her research ‘Errant Vibrations with the Underground’ at Fiction Machine IV Symposium at Bath Spa University considering methods of fiction and personification within art practice to engage with, and give voice to, more than human lifeforms and materials. Michelle’s exploratory paper was based on her new practice-based art project Ecstatic Rot and the Soil […]
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In the second of a series of blog posts introducing some newer members of research staff, we meet Anna Santomauro to find out about her new role, how she hopes to work with research staff, and some current projects. Anna is a Senior Research Fellow in the Culture & Creativity Research Institute (CCRI) where her role is to create bridges […]
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