{"id":1698,"date":"2017-05-04T12:45:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T11:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2017-05-17T14:34:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T13:34:19","slug":"susannah-gent-solar-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/susannah-gent-solar-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Researcher Blog by Susannah Gent of SOLAR: Walking at the Speed of Light #3 Next Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About the author<\/h4>\n
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Susannah Gent<\/a> is Senior Lecturer in Film & Media Production\u00a0and a founder member of the Walking Arts Research Group in Media Arts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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In this post, as the\u00a0SOLAR: Walking at the Speed of Light<\/a>\u00a0closes,\u00a0Susannah looks to the future for the Media Arts Walking Research Group.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Image<\/a>

Image from SOLAR: Walking at the Speed of Light exhibition<\/p><\/div>\n

With the SIA exhibition<\/a> closed the Media Arts Walking Research Group are considering their next steps.<\/p>\n

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\"Digital<\/a>

Digital media artwork by Jeremy Lee<\/p><\/div>\n

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The SOLAR app continues indefinitely for anyone wishing the walk the solar system at the speed of light from the sun in the Peace Gardens at\u00a0Sheffield\u00a0Town Hall to \u2018Neptune\u2019 at Woodlands Valley, Ladybower close to the Snake Pass in the Peak District. (The app is available by searching ‘Solar Sheffield’ on iOS and Android). The group is in discussion about a number of\u00a0other places where\u00a0the app and SOLAR project might\u00a0travel next.<\/p>\n

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\"Still<\/a>

Still from Influence of Mars<\/em> by Susannah Gent<\/p><\/div>\n

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Influence of Mars<\/em>, the short film by Susannah Gent, to be found at the Mars location (that\u2019s somewhere near the Wetherspoons pub by\u00a0Waitrose) has been accepted into the Hamburg International Short Film Festival<\/a> next month. The festival is a British Council<\/a> supported event and we will discuss the possibility of international events where the walking app could feature.<\/p>\n

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\"Film<\/a>

Film still from Susannah Gent\u2019s Canal Walk<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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The walking group is discussing the prospect of a second group exhibition of the creative output during the walks over the past couple years. Artworks in film, photography, and digital media made in response to the environment promise a diverse show.<\/p>\n

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\"Process<\/a>

Process documentation from Annie Watson’s Knit Walks<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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SOLAR <\/a>was a commission for the CATALYST Festival of Creativity<\/a>, Sheffield supported by the Art and Design Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University.<\/p>\n

The app is available by searching \u2018Solar Sheffield\u2019 on iOS and Android.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Please note: Views expressed are those of the Author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of SHU, C3RI\u00a0or the C3RI Impact\u00a0Blog.<\/em><\/p>\n

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About the author Susannah Gent is Senior Lecturer in Film & Media Production\u00a0and a founder member of the Walking Arts Research Group in Media Arts.   In this post, as the\u00a0SOLAR: Walking at the Speed of Light\u00a0closes,\u00a0Susannah looks to the future for the Media Arts Walking Research Group.   With the SIA exhibition closed the Media Arts Walking Research Group […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1158,"featured_media":1233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[228],"tags":[5,115,276,154,274],"class_list":["post-1698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-researcher-blog","tag-art-and-design-research-centre","tag-media-arts-research","tag-solar","tag-susannah-gent","tag-walking-arts-research-group"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/03\/WALKING-GRP-2017-03-news-solar-SLIDECROP.gif?fit=890%2C290&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8oFHo-ro","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2249,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/walking-arts-annie-solar-documenta\/","url_meta":{"origin":1698,"position":0},"title":"SHU’s Walking Arts Research Group present ‘Solar’ and ‘Atom’ at documenta14 in Kassel on 22 June 2017","author":"Ian Braddick","date":"21\/06\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Sheffield Hallam University's Annie Watson and Jeremy Lee have been invited to present the Walking Arts Research Group's Solar and Atom at documenta14 on 22 June 2017 in Kassel, Germany. 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