Creative Media Research Group, Creative Industries
Media Practice in the 'postdigital' age
What does it mean to be a media practitioner in the ‘postdigital’ age? Radical shifts in theory and practice have often been provoked by technological change. In the same way that photography challenged approaches to the visual arts, new and evolving technologies are constantly challenging our assumptions about the work we make.
About the Creative Media Research Group Staff within the Creative Media Research Group are concerned with making work that addresses those assumptions, that negotiates the space between craft and experimentation, established media and new forms and platforms, and the languages we use to articulate our work in those spaces.
Working under a broad umbrella of creative media practice, the CMRG encourage a wide body of practical outputs including:
Members of the CMRG edit the on-line journal ScreenWork, publishing practice based work that produces new knowledge in Communication, Media and Cultural Studies, Art and Design, Performing Arts and related fields. The group is also represented on the editorial board of the Journal of Media Practice.
We hold regular research seminars and organise ground-breaking events, including 'Postdigital Encounters: Creativity and Improvisation' the Journal of Media Practice Sympoisum 2011, and idocs an annual conference on interactive documentary. Members also have links with the Digital Cultures Research Centre and the Pervasive Media Studio.
See our CMRG blog for an overview of our projects.
What does it mean to be a media practitioner in the ‘postdigital’ age? Radical shifts in theory and practice have often been provoked by technological change. In the same way that photography challenged approaches to the visual arts, new and evolving technologies are constantly challenging our assumptions about the work we make.
About the Creative Media Research Group Staff within the Creative Media Research Group are concerned with making work that addresses those assumptions, that negotiates the space between craft and experimentation, established media and new forms and platforms, and the languages we use to articulate our work in those spaces.
Working under a broad umbrella of creative media practice, the CMRG encourage a wide body of practical outputs including:
- Documentary
- Dramatic film
- Multiplatform production
- Community media practice
- Pervasive technology projects
- Experimental participatory narrative performances
- Repurposed material filmmaking
Members of the CMRG edit the on-line journal ScreenWork, publishing practice based work that produces new knowledge in Communication, Media and Cultural Studies, Art and Design, Performing Arts and related fields. The group is also represented on the editorial board of the Journal of Media Practice.
We hold regular research seminars and organise ground-breaking events, including 'Postdigital Encounters: Creativity and Improvisation' the Journal of Media Practice Sympoisum 2011, and idocs an annual conference on interactive documentary. Members also have links with the Digital Cultures Research Centre and the Pervasive Media Studio.
See our CMRG blog for an overview of our projects.