Visual Research Network
We envision audiovisual sciences as disciplines devoted to pushing the boundaries of representation, and beyond that, as instruments to oppose standardisation, to challenge dominant views and narrations, to cross-fertilise culturescapes and to promote transcultural dialogue. These principles are at the foundation of the network of artists, videomakers, and researchers we are building.
Our starting-point is in the field of visual anthropology, however, in order to enrich our practices toward new disciplinary horizons, we therefore advocate for a visual, sonic, experimental, and more widely multisensory cross-disciplinary knowledge.
The VRN team organises an annual international event which consists of residency and conference. The aim of this event is to channel and showcase new perspectives and approaches that visual practitioners, practice researchers and visual ethnographers are currently employing in their work.
Work produced in the residency is exhibited at the conference. This scheme stimulates participant engagement and generates collaborations, feedback and ideas. As a result, participants of our event are invited to join our mailing list where we share on-going projects and events.
The first and second editions of the VRN conference were held at the University of Manchester, in September 2018 and 2019. Both editions included keynote speakers, 20 academic presentations, film screenings and large exhibitions of audiovisual content. They attracted over 200 participants and considerate attention from visual researchers around the world.
We envision audiovisual sciences as disciplines devoted to pushing the boundaries of representation, and beyond that, as instruments to oppose standardisation, to challenge dominant views and narrations, to cross-fertilise culturescapes and to promote transcultural dialogue. These principles are at the foundation of the network of artists, videomakers, and researchers we are building.
Our starting-point is in the field of visual anthropology, however, in order to enrich our practices toward new disciplinary horizons, we therefore advocate for a visual, sonic, experimental, and more widely multisensory cross-disciplinary knowledge.
The VRN team organises an annual international event which consists of residency and conference. The aim of this event is to channel and showcase new perspectives and approaches that visual practitioners, practice researchers and visual ethnographers are currently employing in their work.
Work produced in the residency is exhibited at the conference. This scheme stimulates participant engagement and generates collaborations, feedback and ideas. As a result, participants of our event are invited to join our mailing list where we share on-going projects and events.
The first and second editions of the VRN conference were held at the University of Manchester, in September 2018 and 2019. Both editions included keynote speakers, 20 academic presentations, film screenings and large exhibitions of audiovisual content. They attracted over 200 participants and considerate attention from visual researchers around the world.
