Tue, 17 Dec 2024 06:49:36 +0000Art, Music & Theatre/article/how-mariah-carey-and-wham-became-christmas-iconsTue, 17 Dec 2024 06:49:36 +0000/article/how-mariah-carey-and-wham-became-christmas-iconsChristmas music is more than background noise to the hustle and bustle. From Mariah Carey’s Christmas cracker ‘All I Want For Christmas’ to Wham’s lost love in ‘Last Christmas’, each song tells its own story of why it belongs to the festive season. /article/donations-help-highlight-ravensbruck-artMon, 15 Jan 2024 10:38:01 +0000/article/donations-help-highlight-ravensbruck-artAn upcoming book featuring reproductions of artworks from the Ravensbrück concentration camp tells the story of the horrific reality its female inmates had to endure. The book has been published entirely thanks to private donations. /article/innovation-happens-edges-0Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:42:44 +0000/article/innovation-happens-edges-0The UNEXPECTED event that took place 1 June in Lund gathered unique and diverse minds and organisations, that exemplifies the dynamism of human creativity. With limitless possibilities that emerge when we break down barriers, we can embrace the unexpected./article/become-your-own-conductorWed, 05 Apr 2023 11:19:28 +0000/article/become-your-own-conductorMake yourself comfortable at home on the sofa and immerse yourself in a symphony orchestra’s magical take on Beethoven´s Fifth Symphony as if you were there inside the concert hall. Change camera angles, zoom, cuts, sound quality and access background information about the piece being played. Or chat with fellow members of the digital audience. /article/new-innovation-policies-will-support-ecosystems-creativesWed, 08 Feb 2023 15:11:47 +0000/article/new-innovation-policies-will-support-ecosystems-creatives51�ؿ����� and partners have been awarded a grant of € 6 million from the European Commission to develop innovation policies for the cultural and creative industries. New innovation policies are needed to support ecosystems in the sector with better access to funding and incubators so that more ideas can be realised. The ekip project starts 1 June./article/avatar-provides-live-signing-stage-unique-projectThu, 26 Jan 2023 12:42:12 +0000/article/avatar-provides-live-signing-stage-unique-projectWith enormous eyes, a huge mouth and defined, prominent eyebrows, an avatar in the form of a ghost using sign language in real time takes the stage. During 2022, Riksteatern Crea – one of the world’s leading sign language theatres – and researchers at 51�ؿ����� Humanities Lab trialled new innovative and creative solutions in order to make the technology work for this multi-dimensional theatre experience. /article/art-displaying-right-art-healthcare-settingsThu, 17 Nov 2022 14:36:34 +0000/article/art-displaying-right-art-healthcare-settingsCan the arts and culture affect your wellbeing? The link between culture and health is an area attracting more and more interest. Max Liljefors, professor of art history at 51�ؿ�����, was tasked by Region Skåne with identifying ways in which their extensive art collection can be put to better use. /article/childrens-songs-link-ones-inner-self-and-othersWed, 26 Oct 2022 11:36:41 +0000/article/childrens-songs-link-ones-inner-self-and-othersSinging can be a real health boost. Song involves your emotions, thoughts and body; the feelgood hormone oxytocin surges and the stress hormone cortisol declines. Singing accompanies us from the cradle to the grave, and binds us together as human beings. But what do kids sing in school, how much, and in what way? David Johnson, researcher at the Malmö Academy of Music, investigates this in his thesis, “Raising voices.”/article/art-and-culture-bring-us-existential-awarenessWed, 22 Jun 2022 11:21:30 +0000/article/art-and-culture-bring-us-existential-awarenessArt and culture have the capacity to make us aware of our relationship to ourselves and others, our world and our time. Using existential sustainability as an umbrella term, we can investigate new angles and open the way for new collaborations, according to Anna Lyrevik, senior adviser to the Vice-Chancellor, who has broad experience of delivering cultural projects in various forms. /article/how-creative-and-cultural-expertise-can-serve-force-solve-significant-social-challengesFri, 13 May 2022 08:18:42 +0000/article/how-creative-and-cultural-expertise-can-serve-force-solve-significant-social-challengesOn April 29, 51�ؿ����� presented the strengths with which it aims to contribute to the world’s largest investment in cultural and creative sectors. The ‘Buzz of Europe’ conference showcased opportunities that the broad University can offer. /article/lund-university-wants-be-part-worlds-largest-culture-and-innovation-initiativeWed, 30 Mar 2022 11:49:18 +0000/article/lund-university-wants-be-part-worlds-largest-culture-and-innovation-initiative51�ؿ�����, together with just over 100 partners across Europe, has now submitted its application to the world’s largest innovation initiative for cultural and creative sectors and industries. The consortium that the EU designates as a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) is set to receive up to SEK 800 million annually over 15 years. Companies, regions, cities, universities and cultural institutions have come together to take part in the major initiative. /article/new-cultural-council-stimulates-cultural-dialogueThu, 24 Mar 2022 13:44:46 +0000/article/new-cultural-council-stimulates-cultural-dialogueArt and culture help us to understand society and ourselves. 51�ؿ�����, with its artistic and cultural knowledge formation, has a key role to play in this. A new Cultural Council has now been formed to act both as a forum for ideas and a discussion partner in this work. “There are entirely new, fresh eyes that see our cultural richness, that see opportunities and connections associated with creative culture where we least expect it”, says Ann-Kristin Wallengren, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education. /article/researchers-and-performers-teaching-children-question-fake-newsThu, 03 Mar 2022 14:06:16 +0000/article/researchers-and-performers-teaching-children-question-fake-newsWhat are opinions, what are facts and what are outright lies? The latest PISA assessment clearly shows that children and young adults have difficulties navigating the fast flow of information in society today. When anyone at all can make their voice heard it also becomes more difficult to recognise misleading information and fake news. Together, actors, performing arts teachers and researchers are taking a new approach to make knowledge resistance and conspiracy theories more recognisable. /article/no-man-islandFri, 28 Jan 2022 09:40:22 +0000/article/no-man-islandWhat is worth sustaining? Steinunn Knúts-Önnudóttir's research is all about a theatre audience facing themselves with that profound question. "In my work I offer a frame or a situation for my guests to meet their own stories and their values through an encounter with a host in their own surroundings". /article/art-research-new-ways-seeingFri, 21 Jan 2022 08:27:59 +0000/article/art-research-new-ways-seeingA handful of selected artists have paired up with researchers from the European Spallation Source (ESS) and the results are unexpected meetings, different thoughts and new challenges. Both for the artists and the researchers. The results will help ESS to communicate complex research and the impact it may have on the region and the world./article/getting-butterflies-fly-formation-art-managing-performance-anxietyThu, 20 Jan 2022 15:28:59 +0000/article/getting-butterflies-fly-formation-art-managing-performance-anxietyFrancisca Skoogh, an international concert pianist, psychologist and researcher at the Malmö Academy of Music, wants to support tomorrow's trained musicians to get to know themselves better, thereby enabling them to manage stage fright. "We must dare to talk about stress in order to get past it", is her advice to music students taking the course 'The Performing Person', which examines psychological reactions to being in the spotlight./article/unique-research-aging-voicesFri, 15 Feb 2019 09:54:16 +0000/article/unique-research-aging-voicesCan the singing-voice last for life? For some people, the voice quality deteriorates as early as in their fifties, while others sound great well into old age. Nobody really knows why it is so and there is no scientific evidence to back it up. A unique research project will now be initiated by Symf (The Swedish Union of Professional Musicians) and the Göteborg Opera in collaboration with Malmö Opera and the Royal Swedish Opera with researchers at 51�ؿ����� leading the project. Which factors have negative impact on professional opera singers’ voices and how can damage be prevented so that voices can remain healthy in the later stages of a singers’ career? These are some of the questions the researchers are looking to answer.