All Outputs (14)
ITEM 15: Creative humanities: thinking, making and meaning (2019)
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This Keynote paper for the annual postgraduate conference of the AHRC North West Doctoral Training Partnership describes how Thurston became interested in radical approaches to dance and movement. The paper describes the Vital Signs project, the work... Read More about ITEM 15: Creative humanities: thinking, making and meaning.
ITEM 12: Vital Gestures -- Signs in Motion: a dialogue between Sarie Mairs Slee and Scott Thurston (2019)
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This creative conversation involves a dialogue between poet Scott Thurston and Sarie Mairs Slee, a choreographer and physical performer. The concept of gesture holds a rich resonance for their collaborative work and this essay captures conversation a... Read More about ITEM 12: Vital Gestures -- Signs in Motion: a dialogue between Sarie Mairs Slee and Scott Thurston.
300 word statement DRAFT (2019)
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300 word statement for REF practice as research output
Encounters PHOTOS (2019)
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Photographic documentation of a trio performance by Sarie Mairs Slee, Scott Thurston and Pierre Levy entitled ‘Face-à-Face’ (Encounters) at the Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe of the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (CIUP) on 10 October 201... Read More about Encounters PHOTOS.
Wrestling Truth FILM (2019)
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The most significant performance output of our Arts Council England funded project: Vital Signs - A Poem in Four Movements: Wrestling Truth. This 37 minute duet was performed by Sarie Mairs Slee and Scott Thurston at the New Adelphi Studio Theatre on... Read More about Wrestling Truth FILM.
Wrestling Truth PHOTOS (2019)
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Dress rehearsal images taken by Roger Bygott ahead of the 29 September premiere.
ITEM 13: Vital Signs: a calling, a gathering, a clearing Ebook (2019)
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This e-book is a collection of works produced by performers and workshop participants at the Vital Signs festival, held at the School of Arts and Media, University of Salford on the 28-30 September 2018, in partnership with the University of Salford,... Read More about ITEM 13: Vital Signs: a calling, a gathering, a clearing Ebook.
Vital Signs - Drift PHOTOS (2019)
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DRIFT is a collaboration between Test Card, VAM and Meraki Collective, formed to create a network to support and showcase artists creating work that combines art with music, technology and performance. Vital Signs participated in a platform event at... Read More about Vital Signs - Drift PHOTOS.
Things Which Cross my Path FILM (2019)
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A scratch performance delivered to the Leverhulme funded Aesthetic Pleasures Across Disciplines seminar on Friday 13 April 2018.
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ITEM 14: Poetry, Movement, Gesture (2019)
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This paper outlines the author's developing interest in the relationship between radical poetry and movement practices, establishing a theoretical perspective through the work of Carrie Noland on gesture. The presentation then explores the usefulness... Read More about ITEM 14: Poetry, Movement, Gesture.
ITEM 2: Research Timeline (2019)
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Research timeline.
A space to tell : writing poetry in a second language (2019)
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Distinct from the increasing interest in Research on L2 creative writing in a pedagogical context, this practice-based PhD research attempts to situate the process of writing poetry in a second language as a creative practice in its own right. This e... Read More about A space to tell : writing poetry in a second language.
A detailed account of early editorial pieces by Robert Sheppard (b. 1955) - a major figure in Linguistically Innovative Poetry - in his magazine Pages - laying the theoretical groundwork for a new movement in poetry. The piece also consider Sheppard'... Read More about “For which we haven’t yet a satisfactory name” : the birth of Linguistically Innovative Poetry and the practice of a collective poetics in Robert Sheppard’s Pages and Floating Capital.