CAMBRIDGE
CREATIVE
ENCOUNTERS
An exhibition of discovery and exploration of research through collaborative artistic creations
Cambridge Creative Encounters is a unique combination of art and design creations that showcases some of the world’s most burning questions in novel and creative ways.
We challenged our researchers to work with creative professionals to rethink the ways they communicate their research, by means of artistic practice, graphic design, illustration, poetry, animation, augmented reality and more.
We held a retrospective exhibition at All Saints Church, Cambridge, to celebrate the projects and the learning we developed over the years. As part of that, we presented a poetry anthology.
"[CCE changed] my understanding of how significant and useful public engagement can be in an exercise in clarifying your own thinking and research aims"
(Researcher)
ABOUT CREATIVE ENCOUNTERS
Cambridge Creative Encounters is a unique project that facilitate producing art and design creations that showcase some of the world’s most burning questions in novel and creative ways.
We challenged our researchers to work with creative professionals to rethink the ways they communicate their research, by means of artistic practice, graphic design, illustration, poetry, performance, photography, animation and moving image.
University of Cambridge researchers have worked with professionals and students from the creative arts to bring their research outside of the world of academia through a diverse range of artistic media from augmented reality, sculpture, photography, illustration, poetry, to animation and short films.
EXPLORE PAST PROJECTS
"[CCE allows you] to think about your work in a very different way"
(2021, researcher)
THE MAKING OF CREATIVE ENCOUNTERS
Acknowledgements
Our special thanks to the researchers from University of Cambridge, Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts staff and students, the Creative professionals who took part in this project, and the University of Cambridge Public Engagement team. We are deeply grateful to Ed Dimsdale for the curation and support.
We would also like to acknowledge and thank the contributors of the following:
Cambridge Creative Encounters WORDS Lead
David Cain
Video Documentary
Martin Andersen, Ed Dimsdale
Art Director and Graphic Design
Giulia Buccolini
Editing Director and Animator
Ana Acero Polania
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