Uncovered

Anissa Talahite-Moodley talks to Tamara Abdul Hadi, an internationally known Iraqi photographer based in Canada, about her artistic practice and her re-imagining of land, people and histories through photography. Tamara's webpage: https://www.tamarabdulhadi.com/ Articles about Tamara's work: https://www.1854.photography/2025/01/tamara-abdul-hadi-marshes-iraq-photo-book/ https://dorismccarthygaller...

Martina Borghi talks to Dr Stacy Boldrick from the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester about iconoclasm - the destruction of art! She tells us how museums approach this subject and discusses how to present the history of objects that have undergone various forms of damage. Stacy's bio: https://le.ac.uk/people/stacy-boldrick Artworks and artists’ projects mentioned: Diego Velázq...

This episode's guest is Sandy Saad-Smith, curator of the Doris McCarthy Gallery, a professional public art gallery within the University of Toronto Scarborough. In conversation with CVC's Anissa Talahite-Moodley, Sandy talks us through the process of curating it’s because of the shimmer, the verge, and the yet, a solo exhibition of works by the artist Erika DeFreitas, whose practice reflects on lo...

Royal Holloway doctoral researchers Caroline Harris and Briony Hughes tell us how they curated Words from the Wild: the Nature of Poetry , a new exhibition which explores many different forms of poetry, all of which respond to the natural world. They talk about their eco-poetic practice, the challenges of putting together a multi-sensory poetry exhibition, and the importance of bringing poets into...

(un)touched delves into the themes of touch, tangibility and intangibility in the world of art and visual culture. In this episode, Anissa Talahite-Moodley, Assistant Professor at University of Toronto and Honorary Research Associate at Royal Holloway, speaks to Dr Vasuki Shanmuganathan, an artist, researcher and educator. For more information on Vasuki's work and the projects mentioned in this po...

(un)touched delves into the themes of touch, tangibility and intangibility in the world of art and visual culture. In this episode, Gareth Hughes, Doctoral Researcher and member of the CVC, speaks to Sarah Douglas, director of The Liminal Space, about their work translating complex ideas to interactive experiences and how visual culture can bring social issues to a wider public audience. For more...

(un)touched delves into the themes of touch, tangibility and intangibility in the world of art and visual culture. In this episode, Anna Price, Research Centre Associate at the CVC, speaks to Julie Sanders, Principal of Royal Holloway, about her research on early modern drama and adaptation, what live performance means and how we engage with the tangible aspects of theatre. Thank you for listening...

(un)touched delves into the themes of touch, tangibility and intangibility in the world of art and visual culture. In this episode, Dr Carlotta Paltrinieri, Lecturer in Italian Studies, speaks to Prof Hannah Thompson, Professor of French and Critical Disability Studies, and Dr Hannah Platts, Lecturer in Ancient History and Archeology. Carlotta, Hannah and Hannah discuss the benefits, and potential...

(un)touched delves into the themes of touch, tangibility and intangibility in the world of art and visual culture. In this episode, Judith Meddick, Honorary Research Associate at the CVC, speaks to Anne-Marie Purcell, Archives and Special Collections Curator at Royal Holloway. Judith and Anne-Marie discuss the contents of the RHUL Archive and Special Collections, what accessing and physically touc...

(un)touched delves into the themes of touch, tangibility and intangibility in the world of art and visual culture. In this episode, Anna Price speaks to Martina Borghi and Kate Devine, two PhD students at Royal Holloway, about their recent 'Sensing Art' workshop about what engaging non-visually with art means from a research perspective and how utilising our senses can enhance our understanding of...

Thank you for listening to this episode! More information on us, the Centre for Visual Cultures, can be found here , you can email us at: centreforvisualcultures@rhul.ac.uk and tweet us at: @RHUL_CVC . More information on the River and Rowing Museum can be found here . The painting Cate mentions is Jan Siberecht's 'Henley from the Wargrave Road' and can be viewed here . Cate also mentions the 'Win...