Visual and Material Practices Research Group

The VAMP is a cross-disciplinary group of creative practitioners, writers, makers and historians, interested in visualities and visual & material cultures

Recent Activities

The

Visual and Material Practices Research Group

(VAMP) is a cross-disciplinary group of creative practitioners, writers, makers and historians, interested in visualities and visual & material cultures

Recent Activities

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VAMP activity is organised into five strands:

Cultures of Care

The Cultures of Care strand aims to critically explore ontologies of care. The strand juxtaposes art & design with health and wellbeing, contributing to new discourses on maternalities and maternal wellbeing, and critiquing practices of care in research. The strand includes work on hope and nourishment in Art School pedagogies.

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Art School Futures

The Art School Futures strand investigates embodied knowledges, Visual Culture pedagogies, and decolonising Art School curricula. The strand examines the contexts within which art and design education takes place, developing innovative thinking about curriculum development.

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Writing Practices

The Writing Practices strand explores the transdisciplinary capacity of writing, writing as a practice of care, and writing with (rather than about) objects. The strand is a hub of research activity within which the Ways of Writing in art and design research network (WoW) sits. There is a long history in Art Schools of separating writing from making, and WoW is driven by that challenge. The strand is also home to the Writing In / To / Through Art (WITTA) network which brings together artists, writers, practitioners and researchers whose work resides at the crossovers between writing and art.

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Materiality & Place

The Materiality & Place strand includes cross-disciplinary research in the fields of materialism, material literacies, situated and embodied practices, craft practices and ideas about place in art.

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Disrupting Visual Histories

The Visualising Histories strand aims to increase the visibility of under-represented and as-yet untold histories of creative practice, and to upset linear temporalities. The strand includes work on queer histories, activist practices, feminist approaches to art history, intergenerational approaches to art and visual culture, maternal representations in religious iconography and contemporary practices, and decolonising histories.

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VAMP activity is organised into five strands:

CulturesofCare

The Cultures of Care strand aims to critically explore ontologies of care. The strand juxtaposes art & design with health and wellbeing, contributing to new discourses on maternalities and maternal wellbeing, and critiquing practices of care in research. The strand includes work on hope and nourishment in Art School pedagogies.

See all Cultures of Care activities →

ArtSchoolFutures

The Art School Futures strand investigates embodied knowledges, Visual Culture pedagogies, and decolonising Art School curricula. The strand examines the contexts within which art and design education takes place, developing innovative thinking about curriculum development.

See all Art School Futures activities →

WritingPractices

The Writing Practices strand explores the transdisciplinary capacity of writing, writing as a practice of care, and writing with (rather than about) objects. The strand is a hub of research activity within which the Ways of Writing in art and design research network (WoW) sits. There is a long history in Art Schools of separating writing from making, and WoW is driven by that challenge. The strand is also home to the Writing In / To / Through Art (WITTA) network which brings together artists, writers, practitioners and researchers whose work resides at the crossovers between writing and art.

See all Writing Practices activities →

MaterialityandPlace

The Materiality & Place strand includes cross-disciplinary research in the fields of materialism, material literacies, situated and embodied practices, craft practices and ideas about place in art.

See all Materiality & Place activities →

DisruptingVisualHistories

The Visualising Histories strand aims to increase the visibility of under-represented and as-yet untold histories of creative practice, and to upset linear temporalities. The strand includes work on queer histories, activist practices, feminist approaches to art history, intergenerational approaches to art and visual culture, maternal representations in religious iconography and contemporary practices, and decolonising histories.

See all Disrupting Visual Histories activities →

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