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[sb01research]

wonderful performance by Heidi Strauss, fotos by Sandra Becker

[lilydaise]

Final look for Climates of Change project for L5 Semester modelled by the wonderful @marybeth.heulwen 🌷🌈🧶 #ljmu#ljmufashion#ljmufashiondesign#fashiondesign#crochet#crochetdesign#designer#finaldesign#technicaldrawing#finallook (at John Lennon Art and Design Building) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm7QGBaIj3A/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gcballet]

Just as a point of comparison for how big 6 miles actually is.

It's about the size of Liverpool city centre. Not including outlying areas, but still an impressive chunk of space considering the area is over multiple floors.

Doing more textposts and just noticed again the diagonal stagey corners of the I/II bunks, and Charles and Barrie trying to pretend they have even an inch of space in there just all scrunched and folded oml

[world-beauty]

Inside the Coma Cluster of Galaxies

Credits: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage, STScI, AURA, LJMU, Coma HST ACS Treasury Team

[architecture-ljmu]

The Architecture of Wellbeing Symposium

Liverpool School of Art & Design, LJMU

5:30pm, 23 November 2023

About The Event

The symposium will provide an opportunity for an open discussion of the current working conditions for students, academics and practitioners in architecture.

The interactive event will allow attendees to answer questions anonymously using their mobile during the event. Analysis from the responses will be used to tailor the discussion and provide real time data during the event.

The discussion aims to highlight the potential actions people can take, particularly in practice, and the resources available to the architectural community to gain better health and wellbeing.

Panellist

The panel will welcome representatives from the two local Liverpool Universities, LJMU and UoL, local practicing Architects and a representative from the Architects Benevolent Society. Further panellists to be announced.

Firdevs Tosun – Director at AWE Architecture / LAF Committee Member

Andrew Jarman – Project Architect at Ellis Williams / ABS Ambassador  

Daniel Marfany – Wellbeing Team Leader at UoL

The evening will be hosted by:

Daniel Barber - Senior Architect at Kier / LAS Vice President

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

ON THIS DAY FORTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO -- THE PISTOLS TAKE A BOAT TRIP DOWN THE THAMES.

PIC(S) INFO: 47 Years Ago TODAY, on June 7, 1977, the SEX PISTOLS took a boat trip down the Thames to herald the release of their new single "God Save the Queen."

"The Pistols take the "stage" �� at the back of the raised covered area: the conditions are appalling, and it's amazing that any sort of sound comes out. The main one is feedback – this delays their start and is never fully resolved. Any blasé traces are swept away – pulses race/everyone rushed to be the front. Pure mania.

Rotten gives up on losing the feedback and the band slams into "Anarchy," right on cue with the Houses of Parliament. A great moment. It's like they've been uncaged – the frustration in not being able to play bursts into total energy and attack. Rotten's so close all you can see is a snarling mouth and wild eyes, framed by red spikes. Can't shake that feedback: he complains, won't sing for the first verse of No Feelings, but the others carry on. More frustration to explode."

-- JON SAVAGE, "SOUNDS" (UK)

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3385198679347538740, The Sun, Flickr, LJMU Library, various, etc...

[moochilatv]

Harrison Jay presents: Are You Still the Same Person?

“AYSTSP?” is a bittersweet anthem about how change is inevitable. 

About the song:

"I first wrote the lyrics in 2020 when I was reflecting on past relationships and friendships before lockdown, wondering if these people I once were inseparable from were still the same. I self-produced all the instrumentals, there is a drum with an echoed effect which portrays the explosive emotions of the song along with a heavy bass to emphasise how deeply change can hurt. The music video which will be released on the same day was filmed as part of my final project for LJMU Media Production. The music video is self-directed and edited and parallels the lyrics of change in a relationship. I plan to promote these themes and visuals on social media and encourage change!", Harrison Jay.

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[ljmu-history-of-art]

Recently, the first-year BA History of Art and Museum Studies students at LJMU spent an afternoon at the Liverpool World Museum. This was to visit the #africa collection for our Global Art History module. The museum has a very rich collection of African artefacts, and a large percentage of the objects were donated by African collectors or patrons. We considered the interesting curatorial layout of the displays, and discussed several objects in more depth. At the end of our visit, we also called in to the innovative immersive exhibition which highlights objects from the #Chinese collection. Here, we learned about the journeys that these objects have made and their former 'lives' before becoming part of a museum. #historyofart LJMU Careers Team (at World Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGsieqBDop/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[researchbuzz]

Malcom Lowry, EU Inequality, Google Chat, More: Friday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, November 29, 2024

NEW RESOURCES Liverpool John Moores University: Malcolm Lowry archive celebrates Merseyside writer. “Malcolm Lowry’s novel Under the Volcano is hailed a modern masterpiece and is regularly cited as one the 20th Century’s greatest English novels…. Bluecoat’s Bryan Biggs, a LJMU Honorary Fellow, and Dr Helen Tookey, Reader in Creative Writing, who, with a cast of authors and artists, have now…

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[evoldir]

Fwd: Graduate Position: LiverpoolJohnMooresU.ZebrafishCognition

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Graduate Position: LiverpoolJohnMooresU.ZebrafishCognition > Date: 5 June 2024 at 07:16:38 BST > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > PhD opportunity: Cognitive consequences of early life experience in > zebrafish > > APPLY BY 30/06/2024 > > The project: > The environment experienced during development can critically influence > physiology, metabolism, and behaviour later in life. This project aims > to test how experiences in early life affect behaviour and cognitive > processing in zebrafish throughout their lifespan. > > For example, accumulating evidence suggests that high developmental > temperatures can have detrimental effects on the immune system and neural > development, while short-term exposure to high temperatures may acutely > impair learning capacity. In addition, social cues and predator exposure > may affect development, stress responses, and behaviour. However, the > implications of such stressors for adult behaviour and cognition are > not well understood. > > Using the zebrafish (Danio rerio) as laboratory model we seek to > investigate the consequences of different early-life stress for subsequent > adult behaviour and physiology. > > The successful candidate will be working in our custom aquatic research > facilities at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and be integrated > into our flourishing "Behavioural Ecology and Physiology Research Group" > in the School of Biological & Environmental Sciences. > > Full training in all required techniques, advanced statistical approaches > and relevant research methodologies will be provided by the supervisory > team (Dr. Susanne Zajitschek, Dr. Will Swaney and Dr. Adam Reddon) > and through our Doctoral Academy. > > Application process: > Applicants should email a CV including contact details of two > referees, and a cover letter detailing their suitability for the > project, their experience and motivation, to Dr. Susanne Zajitschek: > s.r.zajitschek@ljmu.ac.uk by end of the month. > > Shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview in early July. > > Requirements: > Prospective students should have a keen interest in and desire to develop > their knowledge of animal behaviour, zoology, and neurobiology, with good > bachelor's and master's degrees in relevant disciplines. Already published > papers, a good working knowledge of statistical analysis using R, strong > organisational skills, and the ability to work both independently and > collaboratively with a team and prior experience working with fish would > be advantageous. > > Location: > In the best city according to students - Liverpool > is leading the Best Cities 2023 League Table > https://ift.tt/vlrY5x0 > > Funding opportunity: > The selected student will be entered for intramural funding via the > 2024-25 LJMU VC PhD Studentship competition. If successful, the student > will receive three years funding covering tuition fees, UKRI-standard > student stipend and research support. If successful in the funding > competition, the student will start in February 2025. > > The competition is open to UK home students and international > students, and applications from candidates from under-represented > ethnic minority backgrounds are encouraged. Please see > https://ift.tt/g8qEyj0 for full > details of the funding competition and for eligibility. > > > > [Liverpool John Moores University] > Susanne Zajitschek (FHEA Fellow) > School of Biological and Environmental Sciences > James Parsons Building Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF > t: 01519041061 e: S.R.Zajitschek@ljmu.ac.uk > w: https://ift.tt/eaqxlm1 > > > > "Zajitschek, Susanne"

[rutuja-2105]

https://spurqlabs.com/python-behave-api-testing-bdd-framework/

Streamline your API testing with Python Behave - the ultimate BDD framework! 🙌 Check out this informative blog post by Yogesh to learn more about optimizing your testing process. #APItesting #BDDframework #PythonBehave #testautomation https://zurl.co/ljmU

[rhiannonsage]

Cos Ahmet

Our second visit from a guest speaker was done by Cos Ahmet, titled ‘A Journey of Body-Material Interventions’. This talk I found particularly interesting, as I am not a maker myself, I find it very interesting to listen to creatives talk about their work, processes and inspirations, and Cos was particularly passionate! 

We learned about his MA in fine art at LJMU, from which he graduated in 2021, and now has a studio space in The Royal Standard which he shares with his collaborator Gary Finnigan. Unfortunately, I didn’t make it to the class trip to The Royal Standard which is a shame as I would really have loved to have a nosey at Ahmet’s space! 

Cos’s current practice is sculpture, performance etc. His pieces often involve people interacting with the work or are made to imitate the human body. The work Instructions for a Body, 2019 was made up of fragments of piping to imitate a bodily product or system, Cos explained that he made the work to look almost like an archaeological dig. Although not the original inspiration, Cos took some inspiration from the artist Hans Bellmer, who grappled with the base conditions of the human body and the bodily fragments as a fetish object. 

This interest in the human body progressed into Ahmet beginning to question what it is to be a body now; leaning towards how to be a body in his own skin, this led him to begin looking at new materials to emulate this. To Disperse is to Cause, 2020, is made entirely of tape, as if the body has shed its own skin, leaving behind the remains. Ahmet explained that this linked back to ‘what it is to be a body now’. I found the concept really interesting and could see how it resonated with Cos. 

Cos moved on to talk about the choreographic side of his practice. This was a side of contemporary art that I hadn’t previously seen, and I found it quite thought provoking, the amount of thought and personality that goes into contemporary artwork sure is unique! Ahmet’s first choreographic piece is called Sensing the In-Between. this piece of work is made of tape and involves 2 shrouds that can be worn. Within this work, gestures of movement and touch are explored as the bodies meet in between. Ahmet described the work becoming a ‘pre-post performance’ referring to the performance in which he and one of his collaborators stand within the shrouds, walk towards each other, touch through the shrouds then take them off and lay them on the floor before walking away, ( excuse my terrible description of Ahmet’s very innovative performance piece). Cos explained that this work was made before the very first lockdown, he thinks that the noise in the media about covid going on in the background at the time, filtered through into his work. it is funny some of the things that can inspire art without the artist even realising until after it is made, I think this kind of subconsciousness is a big factor for inspiring contemporary art pieces. 

A year down the line, Ahmet began using other materials but hadn’t yet finished working with the tape, he wanted to expand and make the work much bigger into a choreographic space, but could also be an object at the same time, the piece A Meniscus (Between), 2021, was exactly that for Cos. it revolves around the meeting point from one skin to another but through a wall of tape, watching the video, it really made me think back to the lockdowns during covid, being able to see but not touch people, hold their hand, give your grandparents a hug etc. 

I found it really quite moving! 

We looked at some of the work of Allan Kaprow, who Cos explained was a great influence for him. Kaprow would have a script of instructions for his works, which he liked to be followed to the letter by his performers who would interact with his work. This led Ahmet to begin to create a script of instructions for his works. this is where it clicked for me what a ‘choreographic project’ is, as the script of instructions reminded me of a script for a movie or a set of instructions for a dance etc. this is such an interesting concept for contemporary art, the level of planning that goes into Ahmet’s work is inspiring. Proposition (a duet), 2022, embodies this, the performance consists of a choreographic object, interacting with a human. The term ‘choreographic object’ was also a new one for me, so I gave it a quick google search to see what would come up, this ended up not being quick and took my down a deep hole of the definition of choreographic objects, until I found an essay written by American actor and choreographer William Forsythe. He explained that ‘A Choreographic Object is, by nature, open to a full range of unmediated perceptual instigations without having to prioritise any type of recipient. The objects instigate processes in the body that instrumentalise the body’s readiness to provide input" https://www.williamforsythe.com/essay.html I began here to understand the interest that Cos has in the way people interact with his works, and their eventual outcomes. 

For this particular piece, the instructions were fairly loose, Ahmet let the person interacting with the object take their own opinion of what the instructions meant. This process of evolving, through his artwork, performance pieces and choreographic objects, is one of the main things that I found so interesting about Cos Ahmet’s talk. the evolution of his materials from tape to a survival blanket showed his interest in readily made materials, we could see how he grew in confidence over his performance pieces and use of choreographic objects over the years, up to his piece Transmitting, 2021.

[architecture-ljmu]

Please join us on Tuesday 10th October at 6pm in Liverpool School of Art and Design for an evening of debate and discussion exploring how design is influencing the climate narrative, the persuasive techniques used to shape our planets’ future, and the way in which these issues impact on social justice. 

The event is FREE and there will be refreshments.

Pete Thomas, programme leader for Graphic Design and Illustration, will be in conversation with Scott Starrett joining us live from New York. Scott is the Founder of Tandem NYC, and will be discussing his approach to socially responsible design and civic engagement movements. Scott’s work includes the visual identity for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ congressional campaign, and campaign work for Green New Deal and Planned Parenthood.

Following this LJMU Graphic Design and Illustration alumni Sana Iqbal will lead a panel discussion exploring design’s power to influence the political narrative to what action needs to be taken to support a just green transition. 

📣 Speakers include:

Steve Connor - Co-founder of Creative Concern

Sana Iqbal - Founder of Studio Sana

Jonathan Orlek - Director of Studio Polpo and Senior Lecturer in Architecture at LJMU

Jenny Porter - Visual Artist and Director for Metal Liverpool

Abdi Suleiman - Political Affairs Manager at Friends of the Earth

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