In category: Stories and Experiences

By Kate Fisher and Rebecca Langlands Effervescent work with at-risk young people to produce profound works of art that are usually displayed in Radiant Gallery, the world’s only art gallery curated to a professional standard by children. The practice involves an intensive and intimate process of creative play (including with historical objects) and co-curation over […]

In this paper we take up three terms – containment, delay, mitigation – that have been used by the UK Government to describe their phased response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the terms refer to a political and public health strategy – contain the virus, flatten the peak of the epidemic, mitigate its effects – […]

By Fabrizio Nevola and collaborators PUblic REnaissance: Urban Cultures of Public Space between Early Modern Europe and the Present is a project funded by the Humanities in European Research area, involving colleagues from universities in Italy, Germany the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. Over the course of three years our collaborative project will examine the urban […]

By Jessie Stanier Jessie is working with Nicole Miglio (San Raffaele University, Milan) and Dr Luna Dolezal (Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health, University of Exeter) to edit a special issue of ‘Puncta: Journal of Critical Phenomenology.’ They are bringing together perspectives on self-isolation, home, public health, temporality, collectivity, and empathy to analyse […]

By Sarah Cambpell Hyperlocal is a series of 10 micro-commissions by freelance Devon and Cornwall based artists exploring the hyperlocal of their immediate domestic environment. It was commissioned by Arts and Culture University of Exeter in partnership with Exeter Northcott Theatre, Exeter Phoenix and Kaleider. Further information: Hyperlocal

By Clive Barnett During the COVID-19 pandemic, British citizens have been asked to act responsibly in novel ways because of the risks their behaviour poses to others and their role in complex chains of causation. This project (the lead investigator is Nick Clarke from the University of Southampton) investigates how citizens have responded to these […]

By Ian Cook Created in 52 hours by 16+ postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, artists and academics, this book tries to capture its authors’ lockdown experiences, moods and activities in order to present them to readers as things to do, scribble, cut, make do, and share in their networks. Working with book designer and illustrator Patricia […]