Category Archives: Research

I use this category for general reflective posts that don’t fit into any other categories. For example, I use this category for any non-structured exploration into things of interest to me and the course. So for example, all my general research (ie research not aimed at one particular project) is placed here.

To be or not to be

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Pete

To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;No more; … Continue reading →

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Blue

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Pete

Sitting in my inbox was a e-newsletter from my new friend: The Royal Photographic Society. The correspondence was timely as there is less to do now for the MA: the book is printed most the items I want to present … Continue reading →

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Online: second best?

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Pete

I read this article with interest today: A new teaching model for art schools? Distance learning master’s courses announced by Falmouth pose the question of whether creative skills can be taught online [See it here] The article raises a series … Continue reading →

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The Film and Foto Exhibition of 1929 Francesco Zanot (and looking back)

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Pete

The historical background to Film and Foto 1920s Pictoralism – photography lost its relevance as a form of the artistic enquiry In the USA straight photography was in the ascendancy In Europe photography’s development took a different route – New … Continue reading →

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Prejudice and opportunities

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Pete

My mind has been turning to questions of sustaining my practice post this MA. One standard approach would be to go on to read for a Phd, but I don’t want to jump straight into that, although I might pursue … Continue reading →

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The image maker: Robert Delpire and the Centre National de la Photographie, Paris

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Pete

And therein lies a tension: large scale appears to me to move any object toward the spectacular whereas small scale invites greater consideration of it as discourse. There are exceptions eg the Bayeux Tapestry or Grayson Perry’s The Vanity of … Continue reading →

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Distraction, jargon, curation and impact

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Pete

I’ve been sorting out some medical kit and its been a nice distraction this afternoon but, my word, the amount of paper and jargon that goes along with it is considerable. Then the thought occurred to me about how much … Continue reading →

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Suicide

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Pete

Now Pete likes his baths. Every third evening he gets into (difficult as he was paralysed) his big white bath, fills it to his chin and pickles. During this time there is no before or after, yesterday or tomorrow; just … Continue reading →

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A collaboration; a book

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Pete

Back in July 2014 I posted about being part of a long term collaboration with some other Open College of Arts students – see here. Well thanks to Yiann the project is now almost complete. Here is the finished book.  … Continue reading →

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What fear looks like

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Pete

The only way I know if I am bleeding is if I see, smell, touch or hear the blood. So I will be in bed and my hand move down and find some sticky warm mess, or I will be … Continue reading →

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