A new Drawing Research Network named Drawbridge
Drawbridge is a
new drawing research network based at CIT Crawford College of Art and Design,
Cork, Ireland. Drawbridge aims to provide opportunities for researchers,
students, and artists to collaborate, exchange and disseminate ideas around
drawing practice in its widest possible interpretation. Drawbridge plans to
engage with diverse approaches from within the arts, incorporating disciplines
such as performance, installation, film, and the written word, through a series
of interdisciplinary projects and collaborations that will have an impact
across the institute/university and beyond. Incorporating both theory and
practice, Drawbridge is focused above all on promoting the capability of
drawing to give form to thought, and on initiating and collaborating in
research activities both nationally and internationally.
Drawbridge has already pursued collaborations that
have included the departments of Architecture and Arts in Health and Education
within CIT/MTU and we intend to expand our activities to develop collaborations
with colleagues in such disciplines as science, technology, and music. Within
the Crawford, Drawbridge is focused on developing existing and future drawing
workshops and projects with the aim of exploring and consolidating current
drawing practice. A shared interest in the experiential and phenomenological
nature of drawing was the original impetus for the establishment of Drawbridge
by Crawford lecturers Dr Helen Farrell and Dr Lucy Dawe-Lane. With the imminent
foundation of Munster Technological University (MTU), Drawbridge is well placed
to make an active contribution to the future research profile of the new
university.
For more information contact
Anne-May
Tabb
Drawbridge Research Assistant
AnneMay.Tabb@cit.ie