Art Posts

“Instagrams” of 1901 – 1904?

“Instagrams” of 1901 – 1904?

Julia Gillen and her colleagues at the Edwardian Postcard Project are researching the early British postcards. She presents us her magnificent work on the proto-Instagrams.   I’m currently researching picture postcards of the format in use at the very beginning...

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Searcher

Searcher

Using a GoPro camera with dog-harness to film Ted, his handler, and a fake casualty during a training session with Langdale/Ambleside Mountain Rescue team. The GPS tracks of handler and dog show how the dog searches for scent across the landscape. Viewing the GoPro...

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Making Mobilities

On June 5th researchers and artists who focus on mobilities met at Lancaster University to present their work. The day began with presentations given by specialists that use wearable technology in their work. The workshop was for people of varying abilities and...

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Where the Sky Widens

Where the Sky Widens

Enthusiastic, curious people were invited to participate in a group workshop led by Nikki Pugh as part of a research project that investigates the use of sculptural, location-aware objects as a tool for thinking and talking about distant places. Read Nikki's MA...

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Uppies and Downies

Uppies and Downies

A small team from the mobilities.lab experiment (Jen Southern) and Edinburgh University (Chris Speed, Anais Moisy & Chris Barker) tracked, filmed and photographed the Uppies and Downies mass football game in Workington on Tuesday 7th April. Our main goal was to...

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Mobilities & Design

Mobilities & Design

In this workshop we bring a selection of practitioners and scholars from mobilities research and design together to explore the analytical and creative leverage enabled by mobilising design. Design is about orchestrating mobilities, and 'mobilising' is a core skill...

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Mobility Futures Exhibition

Mobility Futures Exhibition

The Mobility Futures Exhibition (2013) explored a future of tracking, connecting, observing and spatialising technologies. The works make visible flows of data and people within and across borders through the use of Twitter, surveillance camera footage, movement data,...

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