The Photography and Time-Based Media Research Group
brings together staff, students and alumni of the Sir John Cass
Department of Art, Media and Design for whom lens-based media are
central to the production and interpretation of their work. The group
supports both individual research and collaborative projects.
The group exhibits and curates exhibitions, within and outside the
university, and it organises seminars and produces publications
including annual journal Activate. The group is particularly interested
in work that reflects the history and current interests of London's
East End, the area in which the department of Art, Media and Design is
situated. Links with the local community are an important part of the
group's ethos, and collaborative projects with institutions,
practitioners, curators and galleries are being developed. Links with
other research groups within the University are made for particular
projects.
The group encourages research and debate concerning the role and
definition of photographic practice in contemporary art, where
boundaries between disciplines have become blurred. The role of digital
technology in extending traditions of photographic practice and methods
of creating and disseminating work is explored. The group believes that
research issues can be addressed through the pleasure of engaging with
the creative process, and by reflecting on its outcomes.
The group encourages a diverse range of aesthetics and practice.
Working from the British documentary tradition (understanding this in a
broad and contemporary sense) it is interested in narrative and implied
narrative, in the relationship between the still and moving image, in
addressing issues of photographic representation and ethics, and in
photography as an agent for social change.
Convenor: Sue Andrews
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7320 1984
Email: s.andrews@londonmet.ac.uk
Co-convenor: Mick Williamson
Members:
Nick Haeffner
David Hobson
Nigel Maudsley
David Wilkinson
Associate Member:
Paul Trevor
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