This lecture will take place on campus, in Lecture Theatre 002, Business & Law Building, City Campus East (full address at the bottom of the page). Refreshments will be served from 12.30pm outside of the lecture theatre. The lecture will also be available to stream online - please register for the event and a link will be sent to you to access the live stream.
Professor Justin Marshall is
a digital craftsperson and researcher who for over twenty years has
investigated the integration of digital design and production technologies into
craft practices. This stimulating inaugural lecture will draw on his practice-based
research projects to reflect on the creative opportunities of digital tools for
the craft practitioner, the implications this has for revaluating the concept
of the ‘handmade’ and reflect on the mediating role of technologies in creative
practices.
An underlying premise in his
practice is that tools can be considered, not as neutral means to predefined
fixed ends, but as active and constructive elements within the creative making
process. This broad positioning will be extended in the proposition of a
‘Digital Craft Ethos’ which identifies a series of distinctions between a
Pragmatic craft-oriented approach to using digital tools,, and pervasive
Instrumental industrial design and
engineering approaches.
About the Speaker
Professor Justin Marshall’s multidisciplinary background spans study
within the fields of fine art, ceramics, design and craft, and culminated in a PhD
that focused on the role and significance of computer technologies in
architectural ceramics. He was one of the founding members of the ‘Autonomatic’
research group at Falmouth University, who are recognised as early adopters and
innovators in the creative application of digital design and production
technologies.
Alongside publishing numerous articles and
conference papers he has exhibited work both nationally and internationally,
including venues in Ireland, US, India, Germany, Australia
and Estonia. His work has featured in field defining exhibitions; ‘LabCraft’ a
Crafts Council UK touring show and ‘Fabrication Laboratory’ at the Design
Museum in Barcelona. He has held solo shows; ‘Automake’ and ‘Hand Thought’ at
The UK National Centre for Craft & Design.
More broadly, he is interested
in how craft, as a materially sensitive and human-centred practice can have
value in multidisciplinary research projects and has been involved in numerous
collaborative projects that bring together diverse teams to investigate areas
beyond the normal scope of craft practitioners. This includes working with
computer scientists, journalists, social scientists, and designers on
‘Bespoke’, an RCUK
Digital Economy project that explored how creating bespoke networked devices
could respond to concerns and needs in a local area. Currently he is Principal
Investigator on ‘hiCraft: Crafting a Healthier
Internet’, a 3-year AHRC funded project that is using the practices and ethos
of craft to explore ways in which to respond to concerns about trust, bias, transparency,
and legibility in current Internet of Things (IoT) development.
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