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The animation studio
Pew36, which was set up
by Adam Comiskey, has
joined Flynn Productions for
music video representation,
following the release of their
zombie-themed video for Hey
Negrita’s ‘One Mississippi’.
Pew36 have created videos
for the likes of Hundred
Reasons and Jay Haze.
The latest project features
a fully animated trilogy for
UK-based country band Hey
Negrita, and the first consists
of a low-fi battle with zombies.
The films will be released
alongside the band’s album,
‘Burn the Whole Place Down’.
“All three videos needed
to stand up in their own
right and yet still work as a
12-minute whole. Other than
wanting the band to be in
it, we pretty much had blue
sky on this,” said Comiskey.
“We liked the idea of
An Indian
Odyssey
Twenty-five years ago Solent
Journalism lecturer Martin
Buckley embarked on a trip to
South Asia, travelling across
Sri Lanka and India.
During his time there, Mar-
tin discovered Ramayana –
Valmiki’s epic, written around
500-700 BC (much the same
as Homer’s Odyssey, hence
the title).
Despite being relatively un-
known in the West, The
Wanderings of Rama – which
tell the story of Lord Rama’s
search for his kidnapped wife
– have achieved the status of
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Pew36 creates
zombie video
making a movie that looked
like it was a low budget, live
action film. It was important
that it felt like a bunch of
mates who had borrowed a
couple of cameras, lights and
holy writ. Buckley’s compel-
ling recreation of Rama’s jour-
ney by bus, train, plane and
motor bike is inspiring and
thought provoking.
For more information contact
Martin.Buckley@solent.ac.uk
Picture Perfect
Sarah Hand has been
appointed as the Chair
of Exhibitions at the
Julia Margaret Cameron
Photographic Museum
What’s coming up...
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INSIDE:
ll of our staff’s
achievements
and we catch up with
another former FMAS
student to find out what
she’s doing now...
DIARY:
The FMAS diary of
upcoming events,
conferences and
FMAS trips.
OPPORTUNITY:
Find out about the
plans to develop
research in
Art and Politics.
PLUS:
Profiles of the new
FMAS staff
for the 2009/10
shot it in their dad’s garage.”
academic year.
Because the majority of
Pew36’s staff teaches at Solent,
the progress of the project can Digidesign
be archived and used as a case Solent is now a
study for teaching material. Digidesign training
location, allowing the
and Galleries. Sarah, an university to teach Pro
administrator of CREADM Tools 101,110, and 210
(The Centre for Research courses.
and Enterprise in Art, Design
and Media) is an established
photographer and will oversee Academic art
the displays at the gallery, Alan Schechner’s
named after the female ‘Self-portrait at
Buchenwald’ will appear
photographer of the Victorian
in two publications from
period.
Sydney and Hamburg.
An exhibition showcasing the
work of Solent Graduates will
EDITOR: Tom Tainton
be displayed later this year.
PRODUCTION
Simple for EDITOR: Lizzie Clark
Simon & Peter ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Photography TI’s Simon
Griggs and Peter O’ Keefe
Abigail Dance
have completed their ACA To submit any news email
exams in Photoshop CS4 fmasfocus@hotmail.co.uk.
and are Adobe Certified.
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A word from the Editors..
Black/Gold
exhibition
Three recent BA (Hons)
Photography graduates have
been commissioned to take
a series of photographic
portraits, to coincide with the
BP Portrait Award and Black
History Month in October.
Fang Gleizes, Sarah
Shaughnessy and Iain
Anderson have been asked
to produce work dedicated
to the concept of heroes.
The Black Gold portrait
exhibition, commissioned by
Southampton City Council’s
Arts and Heritage and the
Stronger Communities
and Equalities Team,
was conceived as a way of
recognising individuals
of an African/Caribbean
background as exemplars of
good work.
Exhibition continues until
November 22.
Julie’s Job
Julie-Watson-Cowen studied
for her Housing Diploma
at Southampton Solent and
has since been appointed as
student representative with
CIH South East. Julie’s
current post is Housing
Enabling Officer at Havant
Illustration Event
The Illustration course teamed
up with the Millais Gallery
and organized an event in the
Hamble and Meon Reception
Suite in the SJM building on
Saturday 10 October. The
university co-ordinated with
Geeta Uppal so that local
schools and colleges were
filtered towards the event.
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Welcome to the first FMAS
Focus of the new academic
year. We hope you enjoyed
the last edition and although
it’s still a work in progress,
we hope that we’re making
steps in the right direction. It
promises to be a busy year for
Where are
they now?
Carly Rigley
Editorial Assistant of At
Home magazine
What’s your role?
I research features, contact
PRs for information, compile
product pages and writing
the news pages.
Borough Council – and she
is responsible for ensuring
that affordable housing is
delivered to meet the needs
of the local population. This
requires full involvement
with developers as well as
regular contact with housing
associations and planning
officers at the council.
Julie praised the course
at Solent and the benefits of
studying at the university.
“The course has covered
subjects directly relating to
my various roles. The fact
that I was studying for the
Diploma definately helped to
Multi-core audio
There is now a multi-core audio
link between JM315 and Music
Studio One. This means that
students on music courses can
practice mixing during events.
Two ambient microphones
have been installed to record
crowd and sound noise. The
will be opened during the black
month event.
the faculty and this magazine,
as we look to expand our
readership outside the
boundaries of the university by
publishing to a wider, online
audience. At the start of this
year courses within FMAS
had the highest volume of
new student applications,
a testament to the faculty’s
continuing growth, success
Perks of the job?
I get to write many features
so I’ve gained lots of experi-
ence. Also we get lots of free-
bies and samples sent to us!
How long have
you been there?
I’ve been here since July ‘07,
and joined straight after
graduating.
Whats the money
like?
Editorial assistants can
expect to receive a starting
salary of around £14,000 to
£18,000 depending on com-
pany and location.
secure my current job. Each
of the modules has benefited
my work in some way or
another, from devising
questionnaires, delivering
presentations, writing
reports, understanding
procedures, drawing up
detailed schedules, and,
most importantly, being
able to question whether
things actually work or not.
I’ve also gained a lot of
specific technical knowledge,
for example in planning
and design, and also an
appreciation of the bigger
housing-related picture.”
The Big Draw
The Millais Gallery and
Solent University hosted The
Big Draw event on October
10, as part of a month long
campaign for drawing and
illustration. The unique event
invited people to help create a
panoramic drawing, with help
from the resident lecturers/
artists alike.
and quality of staff. Long
may it continue. There’s loads
of events and exhibitions in
the coming months, from
art and illustration, to video
animation and photography
- and there’s plenty of
opportunities for students
and staff to get involved too.
Thanks, Tom, Liz and Abby.
No Looking
Barry Davies, a former
student at Solent University,
will be presenting his ‘No
Looking’ exhibition at the
Millenium Arts Centre in
Cardiff, one of the World’s
iconic arts and cultural
destinations. ‘No Looking’ is
a collection of new and old
post conceptual surrealist
artworks by the Welsh Artist,
performer, director and film
maker. Davies said, “my
work stems from my interest
in perceptions of reality, I’m
really interested in the use of
irony and hyperbole and in
using materials, objects and
processes in which to explore
these ideas. I like to question
and the whole notion of what
we look for in art. My time at
the university helped me to
express my creativity.”
Speed of light
Lightstream TV, a business
that produces professional
video adverts online, needs
people to join their freelance
network. It’s an excellent
opportunity for students and
filmmakers to earn money,
and develop their portfolio.
For more info visit www.
lightstream.tv/producers/join

Mark Gaynor
acts as ELIA
representative
Since the beginning of
September Principal Lecturer
in Visual Art, Mark Gaynor,
has been on a two year
secondment as collaboration
between FMAS and ELIA,
the European League for
Institutes of the Arts, based
in Amsterdam. Mark’s role is
Membership Liaison, looking
after the communications
and networking of the 350
This is my
Land
Andrew Cross, a lecturer
in Photography, presented
his screening programme,
‘This Is My Land’ alongside
other internationally
acclaimed artists at the
Artsway visual arts venue
Tim Wilks
oversees
exhibition
Senior lecturer in Visual
Arts, Tim Wilks, has been
appointed Chief Consultant
for a major event which
is scheduled to appear at
the prestigious National
Portrait Gallery, London,
in 2012. The exhibition
commemorates the four-
hundredth anniversary of
university members across
the globe. Already he has
had meetings in London
planning the Leadership
conference in Zurich in
December, he is leading a
symposium strand on ‘Art &
Technology’ for the ‘Claiming
Creativity’ conference at
Columbia, Chicago in April
and will be leading a strand on
International Relations for the
in the New Forest in late
August. The programme
highlighted various aspects
and sensations of rural
life, and in particular how
land is utilised, exploited
and managed by human
endeavour. Find out more
about the event at www.
artsway.org.uk or contact
andrew.cross@solent.ac.uk
the death of Henry, Prince
of Wales. Prince Henry died
at 18 from typhoid fever,
but was widely seen as a
bright and promising heir
to his father’s throne. Wilks,
who wrote ‘Prince Henry
Revived’ a book that focused
upon the cultural icon, will
oversee the structure and
content of the exhibition
as well as liaising with an
expert advisory committee.
For more information
about the event contact
tim.wilks@solent.ac.uk
Research & Enterprise
ELIA Biennial conference in
Nantes, France, next October.
He recently represented ELIA
at the European Fine Art
Forum in Palermo, Sicily, with
a particular focus on student
exchange and collaboration.
Anyone who wishes to find
out more or take advantage of
ELIA’s European expertise
should contact Mark at mark.
gaynor@solent.ac.uk or visit
the ELIA website.
Arts
funding
scheme ‘Towards Creative
Entrepreneurship’ has
been approved by Lahti,
(University of Applied
Sciences) The aim of the
project is to find new,
innovative ways to promote
entrepreneurship on arts
courses at universities.
Other partners in the project
include Cork Institute
of Technology, and the
Norwegian Academy of
Music. There is funding in
the budget for five students
from Solent university
to participate as well
as one member of staff.
Sarah’s
paper
Sarah Hand gave a paper
at the first Global Fashion
Conference (Sept 25-27) at
Oxford University. The title of
the paper was “From Cameron
to Convergence:photo-
narrative with fantasy and
role play”. Sarah will give
the full paper at a November
conference in Iceland
called ‘Images in Time.’
Road
safety
Level three students taking
a Communication and
influence unit have devised a
new road safety campaign that
will be used by Southampton
City Council and Fire
authorities. In addition,
one student’s idea will
be used in a national campaign.
Upcoming
events
Oct 29
Careers Fair
CV workshop and ‘get-
ting into teaching’, a
talk with Kate Boyes.
Nov 3 - 5
London Trip
RECCE week, placement
research. Journalism,
Level One.
Nov 6
Collectible Exhibition
A vibrant selection of
emerging artist’s work.
6-8pm, Bargate Gallery
Nov 9 - 13
Paris Trip
Fashion Writing and
Culture, all levels.
Nov 19
‘The Late Stuff’
Sainsbury Certre for Visual
Arts. Live music 5 - 8pm,
East Anglia University.
Nov 27 - 28
Images in Time
Sarah Hand gives a paper
at the photography
conference. University of
Iceland, Reykjavik.
Jan 4 - 10
Washington Trip
An opportunity to visit
the American capital.
Journalism Level Two and
Three. Costs £692.
Feb 1 - 5
Prague Trip
A chance to visit the Czech
capital.
Illustration, all levels.
March 27 - April 2
National Student Drama
Festival.
A week long celebration of
theatre, live performance
and special events,
Scarborough.
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 Events & Opportunities
Art and
Politics
research
A group of Solent
practitioners plan to develop
a thriving research area
within Art and Politics by
2015. The group will provide
a supportive environment
for the production of new
works that address issues of
contemporary and historical
concern. Opportunities will
include an online journal
development group, a reading
group, gallery and practitioner
visits, a series of visiting
artists and theoreticians and
a research nursery, where
people can receive peer
support and critiques of
New FMAS Staff 2009/10
FMAS welcomed nine new staff this year. Those not included here are: Piers Untersander (Video
Production), Genevieve Ollerearnshaw (Senior Lecturer in Performance), Kate Taylor (Associate
Lecturer in Writing Fashion and Culture).
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research projects. Work will
also begin on a web based
journal during the second
half of the academic year,
with the first edition intended
to launch in September
2011. Alan Schechner, Head
of School of Visual and
Interactive Arts added: “We
feel that having academic staff
actively engaged in their area
of research, exhibiting and
publishing and developing
Name: Claire Hart
Position: Lecturer in
Psychology
Q: First thing you
would save if your
house was on fire?
My cat.
Name: Priya
Virmani
Position: Senior
Lecturer in Media
Culture and
Production
Q: First thing you
would save if your
house was on fire?
My mind.
Name: Alexandra
(Honey) Salvadori
Position: Associate
Lecturer in Writing
Fashion and
Culture.
Q: First thing you
would save if your
house was on fire?
My camera.
a strong external profile will
directly benefit students and
will also the raise the status
of the University in this
area.” If you are interested
in taking part in the group,
then contact Alan Schechner
at Alan.Schechner@solent.
ac.uk or on 02380 319442.
RTS visits
Pinewood
Solent students joined
officials from the Royal
Television Society for a
guided tour of Pinewood
Studios. Those who were
invited to attend the event
joined 10 students from
Bournemouth and were
shown an underwater set
as well as Europe’s biggest
outdoor green screen.
Journalism
joins EJTA
The journalism course
recently joined the EJTA
(European Journalism
Training Association and are
now involved in a RELATE
project which provides
opportunities for week-long
laboratory placements in
Switzerland, Turkey and
Italy, aimed at students who
are interested in science
reporting. The placement
is supported financially,
and applications have to
be received by November
30 for the next round of
placements. For more
information on the scheme
follow the links for the
RELATE project website at
www.relateproject.eu
Name: Judith Buck
Position: Senior
Lecturer in Social
Work
Q: First thing you
would save if your
house was on fire?
My cat.
Name: Kristian Low
Position: Lecturer in
Online Journalism
Q: First thing you
would save if your
house was on fire?
My Nintendo Wii!
Name: Jonny
Issapour
Position: Senior
Lecturer in
Animation
Q: First thing you
would save if your
house was on fire?
I would save my
laptop.