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SUMMARY:Way of type Evolution of Chinese typeforms
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition charts the development of Chinese type and type making technologies in China from the invention of movable type in the eleventh century to the design of digital typefaces today. It documents numerous Chinese typefaces created in different eras using varied techniques and technologies presented in high quality digital reproductions.  The exhibition is an abridged version of Way of Type  Modernisation of Chinese Typography in China which toured seven cities in China before travelling to the UK\, and is a collaboration between the University of Reading and the Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing. \nNo booking is required for members of the University of Reading and off-campus attendees need to email typography@reading.ac.uk. 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/chinese-typeforms/
LOCATION:Building 21 (TOB2)\, University of Reading\, Whiteknights\, Building 21 (TOB2)\, Department of Typography & Graphic Communication\, T-Spur exhibition space\, Reading\, RG6 6ER\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:Screening: Samuel Beckett and Artists’ Cinema
DESCRIPTION:Beckett’s work has inspired many contemporary visual artists\, but in recent years it has been the area of artists’ film that has seen the clearest impact. \nOn Friday 23rd of June 2023\, The Samuel Beckett Research Centre at the University of Reading will present rarely screened work by several artists. The screenings will be followed by a roundtable discussion and the launch of Samuel Beckett’s Afterlives: Adaptation\, Remediation\, Appropriation\, the recent collection of essays edited by Jonathan Bignell\, Anna McMullan and Pim Verhulst. \nThe programme for the event includes: \nStan Douglas\, Vidéo (2007): Introduced by Conor Carville  \nStan Douglas’ video installation Vidéo is a reimagining of both Orson Welles’s film “The Trial” (based on Kafka’s novel of the same name) and Beckett’s film “Film”.   \nJohn Gerrard\, Bone Work (Gulf of Mexico) (2022): Introduced by John Gerrard (Via Zoom).   \nJohn Gerrard’s Bone Work (Gulf of Mexico) is a simulation centred on sixteen fragments of dead coral found by the artist on the shores of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Gulf Of Mexico.  \nDuncan Campbell\, o Joan\, no…(2006): Introduced by Duncan Campbell.   \nDuncan Campbell’s o Joan\, no…(2006) is a short film drawing on the lighting directions and effects in Beckett’s Play.   \nRoundtable Discussion on Beckett\, Artists’ Film/Installation and Adaptation.  \nJonathan Bignell (Reading); Duncan Campbell; David Houston Jones (Exeter); Anthony Paraskeva (Roehampton); Derval Tubridy (Goldsmiths); Jivitesh Vashisht (UCD).   \nThe screenings will begin at 2:30pm in Minghella Studios’s cinema at the University of Reading\, with the roundtable discussion beginning at 4:30pm. The event will be followed by a reception at 6:00pm. \nThe event is free\, and all are welcome\, but places are limited\, so please register here. More details of timings and participants to follow. \nImage: Stan Douglas. Vidéo\, 2007. High definition video installation\, colour\, sound (six musical variations. Courtesy the artist\, David Zwirner New York/London\, and Victoria Miro\, London.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/screening-samuel-beckett-and-artists-cinema/
LOCATION:Minghella Studios\, Minghella Building\, Whiteknights Campus\, RG6 6UR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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