Wellbeing Vox Pops
This project is a collaboration between Clare Johnson (VCRG) and Keiko Higashi (Arnolfini). The film brings together a series of UWE academics and…
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Undergraduate Research Symposium 2021
Above: ‘Matter Poetics, Melange and the Lichenised Posthuman’, Harriet Fidkin, 2021 The VCRG hosted the 4th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium online on Thursday 18…
Watch Wednesdays: Helen Petts
Above: Poleaxed, Helen Petts, 1996 On Wednesday 17th February, UWE students from Art and Design, Film and Journalism and Health and Applied Sciences, were invited…
The Visual Culture Research Group (VCRG) is a group of cross-disciplinary art and design practitioners, historians and theorists interested in visuality and visual culture. Its purpose is to generate new knowledge and innovative methodologies by putting practitioners into conversation with writers. Much of our work critically explores the relationship between ‘making’ and ‘thinking’, practice and theory and there is an overarching concern with challenging cultural representations of under-represented groups.
Our research is divided into strands, which currently include: All posts
Clothing Cultures
The Clothing Cultures strand investigates the production and consumption of clothing and textiles as well as the politics of display. Work in this…
Life Stage Research
Lifestage Research is a new strand of research activity, which aims to critically explore the process of transitioning between one stage of life…
Cultural Education
The Cultural Education strand investigates the contexts within which art and design education takes place with a view to developing innovative thinking about…
Visualising Histories
The Visualising Histories strand aims to increase the visibility of under-represented and as-yet untold histories of creative practice. The strand includes work on…