Research

CAT Project (Computer Art and Technocultures): 2007-2010

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Grant-holders: Dr Nick Lambert, Professor Jeremy Gardiner, Francesca Franco Grant-awarding institution: AHRC About this project: A joint venture between the Vasari and the V&A London, working on a major American collection of digital and related visual art. This has resulted in two exhibitions, the symposium “Ideas Before Their Time” and the international conference .Decoding the

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Birkbeck Cinema at Gordon Square: built 2006-7; RIBA award 2008

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Design team: Professor Ian Christie, Liz Drew, David Mc Ghie, Philip Cowling and Malcolm Pearson with Surface Architects Grant holder: Professor Laura Mulvey About this project: Instigated by historians of film and screen media, developed with award winning Surface Architects. The Cinema is a significant part of our media provision. A unique cinematic space to

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NIRP (The National Inventory Research Project): 2005-2008

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Grant holder: Professor Francis Ames Lewis Grant awarding institutions: £546K from the AHRC, Getty Institute and Kress Foundation About the project: A comprehensive survey and database of pre-1900 European paintings held in all UK galleries and other institutions. This resulted in a major collaboration with the BBC and Public Catalogue Foundation to continue and extend

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The CACHe Project (Computer Arts, Contexts, Histories etc): 2002-2006

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Grant holder: Professor Charlie Gere, Dr Nick Lambert, Paul Brown, Catherine Mason Grant awarding institution: £250K over 3 years from the AHRC About the project: A pioneering art historical study of digital art in the UK that resulted in an agreement with the Victoria & Albert Museum to become the main repository of digital art

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VASARI (Visual Arts System for Archiving and Retrieval of Images): 1989-93

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Grant holder: Professor William Vaughan Grant awarding institution: EU About the project: A project of major cultural significance in collaboration with the National Gallery to facilitate digitisation at the National Gallery London and beyond. Scanning and retrieval systems were developed to create high-resolution images of paintings in the collection. This resulted in a number of

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Computer Arts – establishing techno-culture collections

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Birkbeck has a longstanding research specialism in computer art and computer applications in art history, established by Prof Will Vaughan in the 1980s, and based in the Vasari Research Centre which plays an increasingly pivotal international role in integrating digital research and maintaining and digitizing important analogue material in the computer arts. Since 2002, initially

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