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Artistic Intelligences in Place Applied culture innovation in Morecambe Bay and the Lake District A one day School of Arts showcase and stakeholder workshop

A showcase and discussion of the artistic research work being done at and around the School of Arts, with a focus on place-based activities that apply creative R&D. Introduced by Head of School of Arts Prof Emma Rose,

"Lancaster University can become a world-leading proponent of artistic intelligence, by focusing our research strengths in nearby protected landscapes. Likewise, Morecambe Bay and the Lake District can be a prism for our work on globally significant issues in heritage, climate, technology and economic growth."

All staff and partners are welcome to join us for this event, inaugurating a new stakeholder initiative, Lancaster University Creative R&D Network.

9am networking breakfast meet with key people from the following organisations: National Trust / Urban Splash / Imitating the Dog / Arts Lancashire / Full of Noises / Keswick Museum / Eden Project / Wordsworth / Creative Lancashire / Westmorland and Furness Council / Cumbria Arts and Culture Network / ArtGene / JWLLRS / More Music / Morecambe Bay Poverty Truth Commission / Signal Film and Media / Here for Culture and Place / Deco Publique / Nature North / Cumbria Wildlife Trust / Fraser House / United Utilities / LEVELS Whitehaven / Grizedale Arts / Morecambe Bay Partnership / Litfest / AIX / Aerial / AHRC / ARUP / Museum Development North / The Dukes / BEC / Cumberland Council

10am PART 1: Creative R&D Lightening Talks

Introduced by Head of School of Arts Prof Emma Rose.

A showcase and discussion of the artistic research work being done at and around the School of Arts, with a focus on place-based activities that apply creative R&D. Schedule below.

10.10-10.25: COASTS Serena Pollastri (imagination) // Jen Southern (CEMORE/art)

10.25-10.40: AI & CREATIVE Kwasu Tembo (eng-media) // Shiyan Zhang (lums)

10:40-10:55: MUSEUMS Simon Bainbridge (eng) // David Perez (design)

10:55-11:10: ENVIRONMENT-SOCIETY-DIGITAL Des Fagan (arch)

11:10-11:25: CONVENING Daniel Richards (imagination) // Dalila Missero (media-film)

11:25-11:40: FUTURES Sandra Kemp (heritage futures) // Olly Langmead (creative writing)

11:40-11:55: AI & ANIMALS Carolyn Pedwell (media) // Delphine Grass (lang)

11:55-12:00: ART LABS Nathan Jones (unsecurities lab)

12:15pm Networking Lunch.

With exhibition of SoA practices, and performance by Keith Saha.

1:30pm PART 2: Place-based Creative Industries provocations

Introduced by Vice Chanceller Prof Steve Decent.

Curated tables devise new R&D projects in response to challenges set by our industry partners.

Arts Lancashire – “creative freelancers for a transforming society"

Urban Splash – “affordable living in a national landscape"

Natural England – “culture shifting recreational use of the bay"

Eden North – “bringing Morecambe’s identity into Eden’s exhibitions"

Sam Hunt – “social economic impact for culture beyond mega events"

Wordsworth Trust – “a new museum in Grasmere"

Jamie Jenkinson – “artificial intelligence aesthetics in public sphere"

Nature North – “the landscape as an economic infrastructure"

Spirit Hospital – “the hospital afterlives”

Deco Publique - “curating a bay wide creative programme"

2:30pm BREAK, workshop moment 2.

4pm END