Time of the Clock and Time of the Encounter

14 October, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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Sounding Drawing establishes an encounter between music and the visual arts and between time and space working with artists and musicians from Belgium and Scotland. Where music is unequivocally time based, drawing is situated at a point of tension between time and space. Drawing is both an object and a process. In grasping the difference, how can we engage with each point of view towards a co-creation? How can we share what we create in ways that open up further participation and new, richer ideas about time and experience?

In this work we are not seeking to present a completed body of work but starting points for exploration and dialogue extending the experimentation through new encounters with participants, viewers and audiences.

Sounding Drawing Exhibition
Preview 20 October, 6.30 – 7.30pm. Exhibition runs Monday 22 October to Saturday 17 November, Lang Byre Gallery, Woodend Barn. Admission free. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 12pm-4pm

Sounding Drawing Sounds concert Kathleen Coessens (piano) and Ann Eysermans (double-bass), Champ D’Action 20 October, 7.30pm. £9, £4.50 conc. + bf

Sounding Drawing Workshops
20 & 21 October, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Admission Free

Participating artists and musicians from Belgium and Scotland:
Juan Parra Cancino; Dave Crossen; Tim De Cort; Nico Chkifi; Anne Douglas; Chris Dooks; Kathleen Coessens; Ann Eysermans; Inne Eysermans; Iris Esyermans; Mark Hope; Frans Van Isaker; Audrey Lauro; Norman Shaw; Donald Urquhart; Jan van Landeghem

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Shifting Cultures of Expertise Seminar

3 June, 2012 By

Gray’s School of Art Research. Robert Gordon University. Aberdeen, Scotland. UK.

Is the culture of expertise gaining importance or losing its place in society?

Is it evolving into a more complex culture of co-authoring?

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10am – 4.30pm   13th June 2012

Event funded by Institute for Innovation, Design & Sustainability Research

Keynote speakers:

Dr Amanda Ravetz Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Amanda Ravetz is a visual anthropologist with expertise in the theories and practices of observational cinema; and the interdisciplinary connections between anthropology and art.

Dr Johan Siebers Senior Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire.

Johan Siebers is a philosopher, specializing in the history of German 19th and 20th century thought, speculative philosophy and the philosophy of communication and culture. [Read more...]

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PhD Studentships (Reference IDEAS 12)

28 March, 2012 By

Robert Gordon University

Applications are invited from excellent candidates for PhD studentships in the IDEAS Research Institute at The Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. IDEAS is a multi-disciplinary research centre encompassing the disciplines of Architecture & Built Environment, Art & Design, Computing, Engineering and Environmental Science.

Theme: Creativity, Design & Innovation

  • Cultural Leadership, its role, processes and implications for cultural development
  • Art in the Public Sphere: The Case of Feminist Manifestos

Closing Date: 9th April 2012


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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award

5 January, 2012 By 1 Comment

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award with Woodend Barn, Banchory

Understanding Change: Connecting Communities through the Arts.

Grays School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Helen Smith, founder director of Waygood Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne, has been successfully appointed as the doctoral researcher at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, working in collaboration with Woodend Barn, Banchory, Aberdeenshire and the Centre of Entrepreneurship, Aberdeen Business School.

She embarked on this research in October 2011.

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Experiential knowledge and improvisation

24 June, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Kathleen Coessens and Catherine Laws September 2010, Orpheus Institute Ghent, playing Kurtag's Jatekok (Games)

Experiential knowledge and improvisation: Variations on movement, motion, emotion

This paper was presented by Anne Douglas and Kathleen Coessens at the EKSIG Conference, University of the Creative Arts 23rd and 24th July, 2011.

Anne Douglas, Grays School of Art, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK and Orpheus Research Center in Music, Ghent, Belgium

Kathleen Coessens, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels and Orpheus Research Center in Music, Ghent, Belgium

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Movement and Moment: in between Discreteness and Continuity

28 May, 2011 By Leave a Comment

This paper was presented at Bodies in Movement: Intersecting Discourses of Materiality in the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, 28-29 May 2011

Movement and Moment: in between Discreteness and Continuity

Kathleen Coessens and Anne Douglas

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On Calendar Variations

23 April, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Coessens, K. and Douglas, A. (2011) On Calendar Variations. Banchory: Woodend Barn.
Publication associated with exhibition at Woodend Barn, Banchory, Aberdeenshire (2-27 April, 2011).
With artistic contributions of Georgina Barney, Chris Fremantle, Reiko Goto, Fiona Hope, Jono Hope, Janet McEwan, Chu Chu Yuan.

Calendar Variations is a collaborative art research project that responds to Kaprow’s Calendar score,  1971.  Developed by a group of artist researchers from On The Edge Research, the project started as a response to the Unexpected Variations research festival, September 2010, at the Orpheus Research Institute in Musical Practice, Ghent.

First of all we performed the score through drawing, interpreting drawing through a variety of possible responses.  Each individual was invited to respond from within their own aesthetic understanding.  We then came together and shared our productions, seeking agreement about how to perform the score together.  We decided to walk the score.

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