Rachael Allain CV

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Membership/Research/Other

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Cine Sisters SW Active Member from July 2020- June 2021

CAMP Artists Network Member from June- December 2020

AN Artists Network member 2014 - current.

Plymouth University Photography Research Group 2015- current.

VRN (Visual Research Network) Member 2018- current.

Plymouth Arts Centre (PAC) PAC Home member, 2015 -2018.

Visual Arts Plymouth (VAP) Activator  2015- 2019.

 

Education

 

2018 -3D3 AHRC-funded doctoral researcher, University of Plymouth (current) http://3d3research.co.uk/student/rachael-allain/

2014-15 MFA Photographic Arts with Distinction, Plymouth University.

2011-2014 MA Contemporary Art Practice, Plymouth University.

2007-2008 PGCE, Post Compulsory Education, Art and Design, University of Plymouth                                 

2004-2007 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Exeter School of Art and Design, Earl Richards Road, University of Plymouth. 

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Teaching

 

September 2014 - current Associate Lecturer Media Arts/Fine Art , Plymouth University

January 2013/15          Visiting Lecturer, Marjon University

September 2012/2013         Associate Lecturer, South Devon College

September 2008/2012        Associate Lecturer, Exeter College

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Awards/Residencies

2022

June: Midsummer -Arctic Circle International Artist Residency, Svalbard Territory, Arctic Circle

May: Paul Mellon Bursary Award to attend the Carbon Slowly Turning: Movement, Energy, Landscape Conference, (Ingrid Pollard exhibition) MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK. 

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2021 

Arctic Circle International Artist Residency, Svalbard Territory, Arctic Circle (postponed due to COVID-19). 

Imagining Godzilla, Art & Science Residency, Helsinki, Finland (postponed due to COVID-19). 

River Dart Site-Responsive Project (ongoing). 

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2020

Arctic Circle International Artist Residency, Svalbard Territory, Arctic Circle (postponed due to COVID-19). 

Imagining Godzilla, Art & Science Residency, Helsinki, Finland (postponed due to COVID-19). 

River Dart Site-Responsive Project (ongoing). 

Following The Light, Lizard Point Artist Residency, Cornwall, UK. 

 

2019 

Residential Ocean (Art) Science Field Course, Sunday's River, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 13-21st September.

3D3 Summer Residential, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, September 1st-8th. 

ADA PGR Funding (UoP), Oceans and the Visual Arts, University of Reading.

BAFTSS Travel Bursary,  Oceans and the Visual Arts: Erika Balsom:Oceanic Feeling, Minghella Cinema, University of Reading.

Lizard Point Artist Residency, March 28th -31st 2019. http://www.mayescreative.com/lizardpoint.html

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2018

3D3 Doctoral Studentship, 3D3 Centre for Doctoral Training, University of Plymouth http://3d3research.co.uk/

Visual Research Network (VRN), Artist Residency, Brighouse, West Yorkshire.

 http://www.visualresearchnetwork.com/

Lumen Artists Residency, Atina, Italy, https://www.lumenstudios.co.uk/residency/

Jamboree 2018 / // Dartington UK https://artistsjamboree.uk/

The Ephemeral River Residency, a Global Nomadic Art Project, Dartington Hall, Devon, UK. 

http://ccanw.org.uk/gnap-uk-2018/

Visual Arts Plymouth (VAP) Go See Travel Bursary, Glasgow International Festival 2018.

Land's End Immersive Film Weekend & Film and Sound Jams assistant to Robert Schaller http://handmadefilm.org/ May. http://www.mayescreative.com/landsendfilm-475062.html

 

2017

Place Exploration Artist Residency, Kestle Barton, Cornwall, November.

Digital Reporting Bursary, The Tale, Torbay by Situations, http://www.situations.org.uk/projects/the-tale/.

VASW Digital Reporting Bursary, B-Side Assemblies: No 1, Portland, Dorset.

Visual Arts Plymouth (VAP) Go See Travel Bursary, Folkestone Triennial, 2017.

Artist Residency at Batter Street Studio, Plymouth Arts Centre. 

Blog Post here @ http://blogs.plymouth.ac.uk/artsinstitute/ 

http://blogs.plymouth.ac.uk/artsinstitute/2017/10/20/feature-artists-residency-at-plymouth-arts-centre/

Recipient of PAC Bursary for BAS8, Southampton and VASW Annual Conference.

 

2015-16

Selected by Plymouth University, School of Art and Media student award for a fully funded 12 month Ocean Studio Residency, July 2015-August 2016.

Recipient of Full Bursary from Plymouth Culture for Dartmoor Arts Residency, Drewsteignton, Devon, Filming Natural Phenomena with Andrej Zdravic, July 2015.

 

Symposia/Conferences/Talks

2022

10-05-22 ARN seminar: Embodied Manifestations: a hybrid experimental space (physical-virtual) presenting practice for peer review. Title: Take Me To The River: An Unexpected Journey Into The Horizon with Karen Abadie & Laurie Reynolds, Room 101, RLB, University of Plymouth. 

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Adventures in Posthumanism Doctoral Event 2022 ,University of Plymouth (online) Dis/orientations and uncertainties: becoming lost, moving beyond the known

A Liquid presentation with artists’ film screening, High Water I & II

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2021

High Water presentation @water ~ways symposium (PhD- University of Plymouth) via Zoom-virtual media.

Connecting Through Bodies of Water, Adventures in Posthumanism Doctoral Event, Re-imagining Boundaries in Actual/Virtual Worlds (PhD- University of Plymouth, Institute of Education) via Zoom-virtual media.

Horizon Lines, PGR presentation (PhD- University of Plymouth) via Zoom-virtual media.

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2020

13-05-20, Reflections on the Lizard Residency, a PGR presentation (PhD- University of Plymouth) via Zoom-virtual media.

09-04-20, Alternative Photographic Processes in the time of the New Normal by Rachael Allain, Invited speaker for the London Alternative Photography Collective Residency series – (due to covid’19 presented on Zoom virtual media).

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2019

RAMM Lates, Artist Talk and Seaweed Cyanotype workshop, RAMM, Exeter, December 6th. 

Above and Beyond the Horizon: Ocean, Science and the Visual Arts, in conversation with Professor John Spicer, PhD, Pie and a Pint, National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth, 4th December.

Above and Below the Horizon, Doctoral Research presentation, Jill Craigie Cinema, 4th December. 

The University of Helsinki: Research Summer School, Kulttuurikeskus ja kokoushotelli Sofia, Kallvikinniementie, Helsinki, Finland.

Environmental Arts Practice Research Conference, 25-26th April, Land/Water and the Visual Arts, University of Plymouth.

Oceans and The Visual Arts, PGR & ECR Conference, University of Reading, 24th April.

 

2018 

Arts Research Seminar Series, Exploring New Horizons, with Professor Liz Wells, Seeding Change: The Challenges of Pro-Activist Curatorial Initiatives, University of Plymouth, 5th December. 

CREATIVE IMAGE, 1st International Conference, University of Manchester 26-27 September 2018 https://www.visualresearchnetwork.com/

20/20 Presentation at Jamboree, Dartington Hall.

Supra et Infra Maris, Research presentation at Land/Water and the Visual Arts, 25th April, Plymouth University

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/landwater/rachael-allain.

 

2017

VAP (Visual Arts Plymouth), Go See Bursary presentation on Research from The Folkestone Triennial @PAC Home.

Pecha Kucha, Beyond Human Vision; On Microscopic Visions @ Place Exploration Artist Residency @Kestle Barton, Cornwall.

Data Ache DRHA 2017 Symposium , Beyond Human Vision @Plymouth University.

PAC Home, Batter Street Studio Residency Crit @Plymouth Arts Centre.

2016

Future Imperfect, screening of Lunar G and Panel discussion, Cinema Aesthetics, April 2017.

Artist Talk @First Fridays @art.earth, Dartington Hall.

2015

Artist Talk, BA Fine Art Visiting Lecture Series @Petroc.

2014 

Post Graduate Society Conference, Paper delivered: Encountering Severance, Threshold and Return in Plymouth Sound, Plymouth University.

British Waters and Beyond: The cultural significance of the sea since 1800, Paper delivered: Experimental Seascapes, Subliminal: Junctures in the water, Royal West Academy, Bristol.

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Performance

Participation in Nilbar Güres' commission for The Atlantic Project, Plymouth 2018.

Performance in Simon Popes, The Gift, for Sea Swim:Head Above Water, Peninsula Arts, Plymouth 2016. 

Performance in Emily's Speed's, Littoral Zone, Plymouth Arts Centre, 2014.

Performance in Hamish Fulton's durational walk for Walk On, Plymouth, 2014.

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