projects & programmes

place. originated in 1998 as a discourse centre that brought together a diverse group of staff and higher degree students with research into contextual fine art practice as their common denominator. Through joint and individual projects, practice-based colloquia and symposia, members of the centre have examined the role and value of public, performative and site-specific art, and have explored the ways in which memory and national identity are formed and critiqued through a wide range of visual media, exhibitions, commissions and published works.

Situations

The Situations programme sets the commissioning of new artworks within the context of international research. It is dedicated to investigating the significance of place and context in the commissioning ...more

scenery

scenery is a collaboration between Simon Morrissey, Mandy Ure and Roy Voss.

scenery is concerned with the exploration and application of colloquial and theoretical interpretations of ...more

Places of Peace

A web project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council 2005.

Surprisingly little research work has been carried out on ‘landscapes of peace’. Dedicated ...more

LAND2

LAND2 is a national network of artist/academics with a particular interest in an expanded understanding of landscape, particularly through engaging with the relationship between memory, place and ...more

Collaborative Arts

Mark Dunhill has been working collaboratively with Tamiko O’Brien (Wimbledon College of Art) since 1998 . In their collaborative art practice that has involved site based installations, ...more