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Opera for web and mobile media (2015-2019) [REF2021 collection]
No full textDigital opera is an emerging music form that reimagines opera as an entirely mediated experience. This creative research contributes developmental practice and theoretical perspectives on an underdeveloped subset: opera for web and mobile media.
This Collection includes materials that illustrate the development of research from its inception in June 2014. Component works include 'The Village' (2015), a web opera that tells the story of a fantastical world existing in parallel to our own (research context: liveness and collaborative composition) and 'Fragments' (2019), a prototype mobile opera about an unnamed protagonist that navigates Bath City centre to piece together the harrowing events of the previous evening (research context: locative storytelling, psychogeography)
Leaf breakdown rates as a functional indicator were influenced by an invasive non-native invertebrate in urban ponds
Get PDFImpacts on biodiversity and the functioning of ecosystems are often overlooked in small waterbodies as they are not regularly monitored as part of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). These small systems are, however, often essential for freshwater biodiversity and are frequently characterized by high beta-diversity. In this study we examined shredder diversity and ecosystem functioning (leaf litter breakdown) as indicators of environmental stress along a gradient of urbanisation. The native isopod Asellus aquaticus and the non-native shrimp Crangonyx pseudogracilis (Amphipoda) were dominant species of the shredder communities in 26 study ponds. Variation in shredder community composition among ponds was explained by pond surface area (P < 0.05) and the coverage of impermeable surface within 500 m (P < 0.05), indicative of urban impact, which was strongly, and negatively correlated with shredder richness. Site mean total leaf breakdown was 0.0020 k d−1 (range 0.0003 – 0.0053), whilst breakdown rates owing to microbial and fungal activity were lower and averaged 0.0010 k d−1 (range 6.72−5 − 0.0036). Both total and microbial activity driven breakdown rates showed relatively weak relationships with the environmental gradient reflecting degrees of urbanization. A model-averaging procedure suggested that total litter breakdown rates could be attributed to activity of shredders with A. aquaticus and C. pseudogracilis contributing most, explaining 65% of the variance (R2 = 0.65, F = 13.7, P < 0.001), which both significantly and similarly predicted total leaf breakdown rates (P < 0.05). Total leaf breakdown rates were significantly correlated with the densities of both C. pseudogracilis (P < 0.001) and A. aquaticus (P < 0.001), however partial correlations indicated that the former showed the strongest association.
The process of urbanisation can have significant, and negative impacts upon freshwater ecosystems, including small water bodies such as ponds both regarding biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. The findings of the current study suggest that ecosystem functioning indicators such as leaf litter decomposition should be paired with structural measures. This is because function sustained by tolerant invading species would not otherwise be detected, and their presence is increasingly likely due to climate change and urbanization
Social experiments (2017, 2018) [REF2021 collection]
No full textSocial Experiments brings together 2 projects, Material Environments: Bad Shit & Knowledge is Power: 6 Towns. Rooted in place and history, both projects research the capacity for material and socio-political transformation through live scientific experimentation, production and participation to suggest new ways of thinking
Group behaviours as music
No full textThis chapter sets out a framework for thinking about group behaviours in music as a compositional strategy, drawing on research in social psychology and game studies to explore how different aspects of group behaviours can be explicitly explored in musical compositions. Using Forsyth’s (2014) notion of group dynamics as ‘the influential interpersonal processes that occur in and between groups over time’, the chapter considers how behavioural-musical systems use rules to govern interaction between people, how decisions are enacted through the ways players make choices, and how values are suggested by the outcome of these decisions. Forsyth suggests five processes that influence the behaviour of groups: formative, influence, performance, conflict and contextual processes. These are discussed in relation to some of my recent work and the strategies evident in work by others
Creating impact through participatory action research: a film festival framework case study
Get PDFThe purpose of this article is to share insights on a novel approach to participatory action research. The significance of my research highlights the benefits of positioning a film festival as a useful participatory action research framework for researchers seeking impact. A film festival approach provides an effective framework for evidencing co-impact throughout the process. The scope of my research focuses on one case study film festival. Shextreme Film Festival is the world’s first film festival celebrating women in extreme sports and adventure. In this paper, four guiding steps for reflection and five research insights are outlined for researchers seeking to adopt a film festival within their own discipline as a participatory action research approach to creating impact. An advantage of this approach is that a film festival is an effective creative and public forum for addressing aspirations across industry, community and academic divides. It also empowers a researcher by providing an enterprising approach for commercializing research and sustainably funding long-term projects
wavespeech (2015) [REF2021 collection]
No full text'Wavespeech' was a site specific collaborative project curated by Mike Tooby at the Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney in 2015. In collaboration with the artists Edmund De Wall and David Ward, the in-house gallery curatorial team, poet and writer Rhona Warwick paterson and local volunteers.
The primary goal of the project was to test collaborative curating methodology, for the purposes of creating new collaborative works, and for the first ever redisplay of selected works for Margaret Gardiner's founding collection at the Pier.
This Collection comprises documentation of the exhibition as the primary output, and contextualising information in the form of a 300 word statement, research timeline, research questions, exhibition pamphlet, exhibition outline, and the book chapter '"Who me?": The individual experience in participative and collaborative projects', authored by Mike Tooby
Portrait of an Egg (2019) [REF2021 collection]
No full textPortrait of an Egg was a multi-faceted project comprising a curatorial interactive website, 2 sculptural and audio visual installations and 1 seminar. Addressing the new ways of seeing created by the phenomenon of viewing Art through the camera phone, the components of this project came together as part of Photo London, Somerset House in 2019.
This Collection comprises documentation of the outputs, which are a sculpture, Oeuvre (Verdigris) (2019), and an exhibition, Portrait of an Egg, Somerset House, London, 16th - 19th May 2019, and an interactive curatorial website. Contextualising information comprises a 300 word statement, research timeline, and research questions
Kourion: Earthquake House (2018) [REF2021 collection]
No full textKourion: Earthquake House uses photography to consider the relationship between ancient seismic disaster and contemporary archaeological discovery; the found body as museum artefact; and the place of finding as a repository of knowledge. The project was developed as part of Ar[t]chaeology: Intersections of Photography and Archaeology, led by the International Association of Photography and Theory, European University, Cyprus.
This collection contains documentation of two main outputs: the photographic series Kourion: Earthquake House (2018) and an artist's maquette with the same title. It also contains contextualising information, in the form of the photographic series Helike-Maeander (2014) and the Ar[t]chaeology project, exhibition, and publication (2018-2019), along with a 300-word statement about the research project, a research timeline and a set of research questions
A film about a city (2015) [REF2021 collection]
No full textA film about a city consists of a number of architecture models placed on tables, each recreating a partial narrative of an imaginary city, part autobiographical, part fictional, that reflected idiosyncrasies of city life and public space.
First presented in 2015, the work was shown at the following exhibitions: An almost identical copy - Carroll/Fletcher, London 24 April - 30 May 2015; Some Things are Undesigned - Gallery von Bartha, Basel, Switzerland 7 November 2015 - 23 January, 2016; and, Other plans - Gallery Vera Cortes, Lisbon, Portugal. 27 January – 11 March 2017.
This collection includes: A 300-word statement about the project, a Research Timeline and Research Questions for the project, and images of the work, taken during the exhibition at Gallery Vera Cortes, Lisbon, Portugal
In her dream (2015) [REF2021 collection]
No full textIn Her Dream is a solo project commissioned by Fig-2, consisting of a live performance, an installation and video at the ICA theatre and Studios in February 2015. It was a multidisciplinary and intercultural performance, inspired by the true story of a woman who murdered her abuser, forcing riots and legal reform on domestic violence in Korea.
This Collection comprises a multi-component output with contextualising information, evidencing the live performance and installation. Contextualising material includes a 300 word statement, research timeline, and research questions, as well as documentation of methods and processes