COVID-19 and Experiences of Research
Friday 16 October, 2pm
Speakers
Dr Roddy Hunter is an artist, curator, educator and writer. Since formative performance art interventions in urban spaces in the early 1990s, exhibitions and performances of his work have taken place in major international art venues across Asia, Europe and North America such as CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw; Tramway, Glasgow; CCCB, Barcelona; CGAC, Santiago de Compostela and Ludwig Museum, Budapest. Hunter engages with art as a social and cultural encounter through forms of curating, new media, performance and writing. He is the Director of Teaching and Learning in the School of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Huddersfield.
Dr Yan Wang Preston is an award-winning artist with interests in the contested definitions, myths, politics and ideologies of nature in contemporary societies. Her own major projects include: ‘Mother River’ (2010-2014), in which she photographed the entire 6,211km Yangtze River in China at precise 100km intervals on a large-format film camera; and ‘Forest’ (2010-2017), in which she investigated the politics of urban re-naturing by photographing transplanted old trees and ecology recovery in new Chinese cities. She is a Lecturer in the Department of Art and Communication in the School of Art, Design and Architecture and member of the Centre for Cultural Ecologies in Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Huddersfield.
Professor Adrian Pitts is a Professor of Sustainable Architecture. He leads the Centre for Urban Design, Architecture and Sustainability (CUDAS) and focuses on sustainable environments. He has taught environmental and energy efficient design, supervised numerous research projects and research students, and published widely over a period exceeding 25 years. Cross-disciplinary initiatives have characterised his academic career and he has been involved with many teaching and research activities spanning the fields of: architecture, engineering, planning, environment and landscape, policy and urban development. He is currently the Acting Head of Department for Architecture and 3D in the School of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Huddersfield.
Dr Danilo Di Mascio’s research focuses on architectural design, narrative, architectural heritage and representational techniques. He has undertaken several projects on the documentation, comprehension and analysis of tangible and intangible features of architecture in different countries (Belgium, England, Italy, Scotland, and the United States). He has developed theoretical approaches and methodologies and works with various tools, both analogue and digital. Danilo participated, as author and speaker, at various international conferences in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. During the CAADRIA (Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia) Conference held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2010, he received the Young CAADRIA Award for his research. He has conceived and successfully organised the first “Contextualized Digital Heritage Workshop (CDHW)” held during the 34th eCAADe (Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe) conference in Oulu, Finland (Di Mascio et al. 2016). So far, he has organised, in collaboration with academics from other international institutions, other successful Contextualized Digital Heritage Workshops in China (2017), Poland (2018), and South Korea (2019). He is a Lecturer in Architecture in the School of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Huddersfield. He is the Chair of the next International EAEA15 Conference entitled ‘Envisioning Architectural Narratives’: https://research.hud.ac.uk/architecture/events/eaea15/
Dr Rowan Bailey is a philosopher and cultural theorist specialising in the fields of sculpture studies, new materialisms and aesthetics. She is Director of the Centre for Cultural Ecologies in Art, Design and Architecture and coordinates Temporary Contemporary; a partnership project with Kirklees Council and the School of Art, Design and Architecture. The research focus of the initiative is to transform vacant spaces in Queensgate Market into a hub for a vibrant events programme (featuring local, national and international exchanges). Temporary Contemporary is a networked partnership initiative for a growing arts and visual culture ecology in Huddersfield. For further details of the project see: https://research.hud.ac.uk/art-design/temporarycontemporary. She is Director of Graduate Education in the School of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Huddersfield.