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The Centre for Research in Image, Performance and Text (CRIPT) brings together research in the three main Creative Arts disciplines:
- Image (Visual Arts, Graphic Design and New Media)
Program Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Diana Wood Conroy
- Performance (Drama, Music Composition and Sound)
Program Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Stephen Ingham
- Text (Creative Writing and Journalism)
Program Co-ordinators: Dr Merlinda Bobis and Dr John Hawke
The Centre, or CRIPT also attracts the critical and scholarly approach of colleagues in English Studies in the Faculty of Arts.
Structure of CRIPT
Director: Associate Professor Diana Wood Conroy
Members: (see members list)
Creative Research
The University definition of creative research implies that, like other research, the activities and creative work of artists, designers, composers and performers will add to our knowledge of humanity, culture and society in distinctive and significant ways. Creative research may lead to new applications in the knowledge base of each individual discipline. Creative research should have a wide dissemination through exhibition, through publication and performance, and be open to the scrutiny of respected peers across Australia and overseas.
For information on FCA staff's individual research and interests,
please see Faculty Staff Profiles.
National Competitive Grants
Fabric(ations) of the Postcolonial: Australian Research Council
Discovery Grant 2001-2003. Associate Professor Paul Sharrad, Associate Professor Diana Wood Conroy, Dr Anne Collett, Dr Dorothy Jones.
Pocket Gamelan: Tuning Music applications for wireless internet: Dr Greg Shiemer. Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 2003-2005 with Dr Bill Alvers (Harvey Mudd College, California)and Stephen James Taylor (Kibadachy Studios, California).
Surface Tension: Australia Council Theatre Board Grant 2003: Janys Hayes.
Aims of CRIPT
- To encourage research excellence nationally and internationally through targeted funding of collaborative staff projects, and funding to individuals such as research assistance and travel to conferences.
- To provide a quality research environment for postgraduate students.
The Faculty attracts outstanding and often experienced professional practitioners from around Australia and overseas. There are a total of approximately 78 postgraduate research students across all disciplines in the Faculty.
- Promotion of national and international staff research.
Activities assisted by CRIPT in 2002
Exhibitions:
Tracking Cloth curated by Sue Blanchfield with the Wollongong City Gallery
Ngukurr Prints, an exhibition from the Aboriginal community of Ngukurr in central Arnhemland, curated by Sue Blanchfield,
Departures: A paperworks exhibition organised by Liz Jeneid which went to Japan, were underwritten by the Research Centre.
'Unfolding territories An exhibition accompanying the Fabric(ations) of the Postcolonial International Conference on text and textiles held in the Faculty in December 2002.
Conferences
Dr Houston Dunleavy visited the Hawaii International Conference on the Humanities to present a paper on innovative approaches to music composition.
Dr Anthony Macris: International Samuel Beckett Symposium, Sydney, January 2003.
Research and Editing
Dr Merlinda Bobis: Research in the Philippines for essays Guests of the Emperor 2002-2003.
David Blackall: Research for a film, The Monkey on my back .
Alan Wearnes: Editing of verse novel The Lovemakers
Performance
Dr Merlinda Bobis and Janys Hayes: Surface tension a new multidisciplinary performance exploring theatricality in the Wollongong cultural landscape.
Literary Journal
The notable literary journal Boxkite edited by James Taylor, now has a home in the Faculty.
Postgraduate research environment
Postgraduate Studio facilities
A north-facing studio in the Creative Arts building 19 has been set aside and refurbished for research degree candidates. Opposite the Postgraduate Studio is the Postgraduate Computer Laboratory with a full component of work-stations attached to the internet, a scanner, printer and photocopier, as well as a small kitchen and seating area.
Honours students and International Master of Creative Arts Students may be allocated short term studio space in the Hope Theatre.
Postgraduate Discussion Seminars
Cross disciplinary Seminars are held monthly, followed by refreshments, with more frequent seminars for specific discipline groups. (see*)
The participation of postgraduate students in CRIPT is encouraged, and their attendance at conferences, exhibitions and performances is subsidised by CRIPT.
Research Clusters
Staff are increasingly forming research clustersof postgraduate students around areas of particular interest.
For example, Associate Professor John Scott (the contemporary novel),
Dr Houston Dunleavy (experimental music composition) and Associate Professor Diana Wood Conroy (contemporary art and ancient Mediterranean archaeology) all supervise numbers of research students.
Doctor of Creative Arts exhibitions and performances
Significant and fascinating doctoral exhibitions were held in the Faculty of Creative Arts Gallery during 2002-03.
Exploration without Boundaries:Hilary Rhodes invented new virtual territories August 2002
Wai Ming San (Taiwan) Torso showed paintings influenced by Indigenous
art of Taiwan, June-July 2002
I feel like Chinese today Chin Ming Lee (Taiwan) confronted viewers with colourful visceral sculptures, paintings, and an animation on the theme of the abject in Taiwanese culture in July 2002.
William Millwards Whispers in the Wind a subtle re-invention of formalist abstraction and its processes took place in April 2003.
Peter Schaeffers compositions and explorations of new music using the sitar completed his Doctor of Creative Arts degree.
National and International Staff research: Highlights
Exceptional recognition has followed Alan Wearnes verse novel the Lovemakers, with the NSW Premiers Award Associate Professor John Scotts novel The Architect was short-listed for the prestigious Miles Franklin Award. His 2003 novel Warra Warra has received enthusiastic reviews.
The intersection of the history of contact with Aboriginal culture and Australian literature through British scholarship is the focus for new research by Dr John Hawke.
The London performances of Professor Andrew Schultzs opera Going into the Shadows have been edited for joint release on Australian and Dutch labels, and he is currently working on a new opera commissioned by the Sydney symphony orchestra based on TGH Strehlows Journey to Horseshoe Bend.
Associate Professor Diana Wood Conroy continues to work at the Paphos Theatre Excavation in Cyprus, with the department of Classical Archaeology at the University of Sydney. Her task is to document and study the decorative iconography of Roman fresco from the theatre.
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