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Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, Apr 3, 2017
ABSTRACT In an interview with Bronaċ Ferran, Paul Brown recalls his involvement with people and p... more ABSTRACT In an interview with Bronaċ Ferran, Paul Brown recalls his involvement with people and places formative in shaping important countercultures of the 1960s and his long-term interest in generative art processes. He describes his interests since childhood in art and technological thinking which was further inspired by the Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition at the ICA in 1968. Shortly before seeing this, he had left art school, discouraged by a tutor who, on seeing a system-based drawing he had made, told him he would never become an artist. This exit proved liberating as Brown swiftly went on to forge an autonomous route working on light-shows and other multimedia events particularly at The Blackie in Liverpool, which had links to Drury Lane Arts Lab and other centres of radical experimentation. He returned to college in the early 1970s to study art and computing which became the basis of his successful art career.
All in-text references underlined in blue are linked to publications on ResearchGate, letting you... more All in-text references underlined in blue are linked to publications on ResearchGate, letting you access and read them immediately.
On the January 14th 2002, in a building no more than a stone’s throw from Channel Four’s futurist... more On the January 14th 2002, in a building no more than a stone’s throw from Channel Four’s futuristic, glass headquarters in the heart of London, a diverse group of artists, technologists and researchers associated with the Creativity and Cognition Research Studios (C&CRS) [1] gathered to consider the future of Art and Technology. Represented in this unique grouping were several nationalities and many points of view. Some of the participants were meeting each other for the first time. The day-long, round table workshop organized by C&CRS and sponsored by the Arts Council of England, was divided into three sessions, each devoted to considering new directions on three themes: practice, technology and collaboration.
C A R N I V A L by STEVE McCAFFERY A reading and discussion with REBECCA KOSICK, KAREN MAC CORMAC... more C A R N I V A L by STEVE McCAFFERY A reading and discussion with REBECCA KOSICK, KAREN MAC CORMACK, GREG THOMAS and BARRIE TULLETT INTRODUCED BY BRONAC FERRAN 7-9 pm 5 June 2019 ROOM 101 30 RUSSELL SQUARE LONDON: WC1B 5DT
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 2017
Poetic form in the 1960s in Britain, and elsewhere, was affected by trans-disciplinary and trans-... more Poetic form in the 1960s in Britain, and elsewhere, was affected by trans-disciplinary and trans-cultural influences that came fully into focus after the end of the Second World War. These were substantially iterated and theorized throughout the 1950s, paving the way for radical experiments in language during the following decade. Drawing on Paul Celan's observation that poetry maintains itself 'at its own extremity' (expanded by Lyon [1983.
Reflections on a programme of public art in Cambridge, England edited by guest curator Bronac Fer... more Reflections on a programme of public art in Cambridge, England edited by guest curator Bronac Ferran with previously unpublished contributions by Gustav Metzger, Eduardo Kac, Liliane Lijn, William Latham, Ernest Edmonds, Giles Lane, Tom Hall, Alan Sutcliffe, Bettina Furnee, Duncan Speakman, Chris Owen, Andy Robinson.
muse.uq.edu.au
Building an appropriate set of support structures for art and science collabora-tions can be a sl... more Building an appropriate set of support structures for art and science collabora-tions can be a slow process: As with all such cultural developments a conjunction of good design combined with responsiveness in the policy arena is needed. This section explores both aspects of ...
mutamorphosis.wordpress.com
The conference call and associated texts ask us to reflect on extreme environments and the extrem... more The conference call and associated texts ask us to reflect on extreme environments and the extremophiles that inhabit them, understanding such things as indicators and vectors for the mutations that constitute biological change. The goal of our presentation is to extend this concept, to use the ...
Leonardo, 2012
Conditions of crisis can be fertile soil for social transformation. The Lovely Weather project in... more Conditions of crisis can be fertile soil for social transformation. The Lovely Weather project in Donegal, northwest Ireland, brought artists into residence in localities where changing socioeconomic and awareness of shifting environmental conditions opened up space for different cooperative relations. Donegal, bounded by the Atlantic, sitting between the north and south of Ireland, is an ambiguous in-between region with strong yet undervalued traditions relating to the sea and land. Drawing from a keynote presentation, this paper considers how residency models can dynamically connect poetics of place with broader environmental influences.
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 2017
An AHRC network bid is under construction to revisit an event held at the RCA in 1969. The main p... more An AHRC network bid is under construction to revisit an event held at the RCA in 1969. The main partner in this project is Nick Lambert from Birkbeck college other advisors/collaborators are from the V&A, Lancaster University and Ravensbourne. The project uses Event one as a catalyst to look at the influence of computers on art and desin outpts and collaborative practises with material outcomes since 1969. The project will engage with the digital print fellows who have been in post in Printmaking since the 1990's and a number of other alumni, William Latham, Michael Pinsky, Keith Piper, Rhys Himsworth and Flora Parrot, Richard Healy and others who have made significant contributions to digital art practice.
Building an appropriate set of support structures for art and science collabora-tions can be a sl... more Building an appropriate set of support structures for art and science collabora-tions can be a slow process: As with all such cultural developments a conjunction of good design combined with responsiveness in the policy arena is needed. This section explores both aspects of ...
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, Apr 3, 2017
ABSTRACT In an interview with Bronaċ Ferran, Paul Brown recalls his involvement with people and p... more ABSTRACT In an interview with Bronaċ Ferran, Paul Brown recalls his involvement with people and places formative in shaping important countercultures of the 1960s and his long-term interest in generative art processes. He describes his interests since childhood in art and technological thinking which was further inspired by the Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition at the ICA in 1968. Shortly before seeing this, he had left art school, discouraged by a tutor who, on seeing a system-based drawing he had made, told him he would never become an artist. This exit proved liberating as Brown swiftly went on to forge an autonomous route working on light-shows and other multimedia events particularly at The Blackie in Liverpool, which had links to Drury Lane Arts Lab and other centres of radical experimentation. He returned to college in the early 1970s to study art and computing which became the basis of his successful art career.
All in-text references underlined in blue are linked to publications on ResearchGate, letting you... more All in-text references underlined in blue are linked to publications on ResearchGate, letting you access and read them immediately.
On the January 14th 2002, in a building no more than a stone’s throw from Channel Four’s futurist... more On the January 14th 2002, in a building no more than a stone’s throw from Channel Four’s futuristic, glass headquarters in the heart of London, a diverse group of artists, technologists and researchers associated with the Creativity and Cognition Research Studios (C&CRS) [1] gathered to consider the future of Art and Technology. Represented in this unique grouping were several nationalities and many points of view. Some of the participants were meeting each other for the first time. The day-long, round table workshop organized by C&CRS and sponsored by the Arts Council of England, was divided into three sessions, each devoted to considering new directions on three themes: practice, technology and collaboration.
C A R N I V A L by STEVE McCAFFERY A reading and discussion with REBECCA KOSICK, KAREN MAC CORMAC... more C A R N I V A L by STEVE McCAFFERY A reading and discussion with REBECCA KOSICK, KAREN MAC CORMACK, GREG THOMAS and BARRIE TULLETT INTRODUCED BY BRONAC FERRAN 7-9 pm 5 June 2019 ROOM 101 30 RUSSELL SQUARE LONDON: WC1B 5DT
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 2017
Poetic form in the 1960s in Britain, and elsewhere, was affected by trans-disciplinary and trans-... more Poetic form in the 1960s in Britain, and elsewhere, was affected by trans-disciplinary and trans-cultural influences that came fully into focus after the end of the Second World War. These were substantially iterated and theorized throughout the 1950s, paving the way for radical experiments in language during the following decade. Drawing on Paul Celan's observation that poetry maintains itself 'at its own extremity' (expanded by Lyon [1983.
Reflections on a programme of public art in Cambridge, England edited by guest curator Bronac Fer... more Reflections on a programme of public art in Cambridge, England edited by guest curator Bronac Ferran with previously unpublished contributions by Gustav Metzger, Eduardo Kac, Liliane Lijn, William Latham, Ernest Edmonds, Giles Lane, Tom Hall, Alan Sutcliffe, Bettina Furnee, Duncan Speakman, Chris Owen, Andy Robinson.
muse.uq.edu.au
Building an appropriate set of support structures for art and science collabora-tions can be a sl... more Building an appropriate set of support structures for art and science collabora-tions can be a slow process: As with all such cultural developments a conjunction of good design combined with responsiveness in the policy arena is needed. This section explores both aspects of ...
mutamorphosis.wordpress.com
The conference call and associated texts ask us to reflect on extreme environments and the extrem... more The conference call and associated texts ask us to reflect on extreme environments and the extremophiles that inhabit them, understanding such things as indicators and vectors for the mutations that constitute biological change. The goal of our presentation is to extend this concept, to use the ...
Leonardo, 2012
Conditions of crisis can be fertile soil for social transformation. The Lovely Weather project in... more Conditions of crisis can be fertile soil for social transformation. The Lovely Weather project in Donegal, northwest Ireland, brought artists into residence in localities where changing socioeconomic and awareness of shifting environmental conditions opened up space for different cooperative relations. Donegal, bounded by the Atlantic, sitting between the north and south of Ireland, is an ambiguous in-between region with strong yet undervalued traditions relating to the sea and land. Drawing from a keynote presentation, this paper considers how residency models can dynamically connect poetics of place with broader environmental influences.
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 2017
An AHRC network bid is under construction to revisit an event held at the RCA in 1969. The main p... more An AHRC network bid is under construction to revisit an event held at the RCA in 1969. The main partner in this project is Nick Lambert from Birkbeck college other advisors/collaborators are from the V&A, Lancaster University and Ravensbourne. The project uses Event one as a catalyst to look at the influence of computers on art and desin outpts and collaborative practises with material outcomes since 1969. The project will engage with the digital print fellows who have been in post in Printmaking since the 1990's and a number of other alumni, William Latham, Michael Pinsky, Keith Piper, Rhys Himsworth and Flora Parrot, Richard Healy and others who have made significant contributions to digital art practice.
Building an appropriate set of support structures for art and science collabora-tions can be a sl... more Building an appropriate set of support structures for art and science collabora-tions can be a slow process: As with all such cultural developments a conjunction of good design combined with responsiveness in the policy arena is needed. This section explores both aspects of ...
This is the first publication dedicated to the full story of Hansjörg Mayer's extraordinary work ... more This is the first publication dedicated to the full story of Hansjörg Mayer's extraordinary work over 50 years through his 'Edition'. It has the first bibliography prepared by Ferran working closely with Mayer of his 333 publications and contained a DVD, with interviews by Ferran, filmed and edited by London Fieldworks, in London and Germany in 2015-6. It has been published by Walther König and is available on Amazon, Cornerhouse and König bookstores throughout Europe.
Reflections on a programme of public art in Cambridge, England edited by guest curator Bronac Fer... more Reflections on a programme of public art in Cambridge, England edited by guest curator Bronac Ferran with previously unpublished contributions by Gustav Metzger, Eduardo Kac, Liliane Lijn, William Latham, Ernest Edmonds, Giles Lane, Tom Hall, Alan Sutcliffe, Bettina Furnee, Duncan Speakman, Chris Owen, Andy Robinson.