Month: September 2014

Video Methods : Social Science Research in Motion

September 25, 2014

To celebrate the publication of Video Methods : Social Science Research in Motion (Routledge 2014),     http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415734011/   Charlotte Bates has opened a new online space. http://videomethods.tumblr.com It was evident from the start that what would be missing from a book on video methods is the video. Its colour, sound, and movement resist the black and white … More Video Methods : Social Science Research in Motion

Curating Community and the Value of Agonism by Alison Rooke

September 19, 2014

As an academic who has been working with arts organisations who do participatory and socially engaged art work with residents and ‘targeted populations’ (such as older people, young people, refugees and estate residents) for over a decade, I have become interested in the conflicting needs and desires which come to bear on these projects. I … More Curating Community and the Value of Agonism by Alison Rooke

Art on a Roundabout by Johannes Rigal

September 12, 2014

Redesign of a local photographic sculpture in Mautern, Austria  Status 2003: Gregor Kremser: Design, Installation & Images; Photo: G. Kremser Mautern is a small town (3494 inhabitants) near Austria´s capital Vienna. Urban life and the art scene are majorly influenced by nearby Vienna and Krems. However, in Mautern itself there has been substantial effort to … More Art on a Roundabout by Johannes Rigal

In search of Edgelands Urban PhotoFest walk by Peter Coles

September 2, 2014

          As part Urban PhotoFest, a group of nine photographers and I walked south-eastwards along the Greenway – a raised footpath that covers the Northern Outfall sewer – from Stratford to the Thames. Well, that was the plan. In fact, to get anywhere near the Thames in the three hours we had (officially) it … More In search of Edgelands Urban PhotoFest walk by Peter Coles