Without meaningful recourse to trace: Grennan and Sperandio’s digital drawing in the 1990s.
How does the craft of drawing impact the development of drawing technology? Professor Simon Grennan’s inaugural lecture will focus upon artists Grennan and Sperandio’s use of emerging digital edge recognition and vectorisation techniques in the 1990s, locating these innovations relative to older techniques such as tracing and rotoscoping and even older ideas about drawing, visualising and the body.
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Speaker: Professor Simon Grennan (Professor of Art and Design)
Date: Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 6:30pm
Venue: School of Education, University of Chester, Exton Park, Chester, CH1 4BJ
Professor Simon Grennan
Professor Simon Grennan
Professor
How to get there
Exton Park is centrally located in Chester, and accessible via the M53, A483, A41, A56, and public transport from the city centre.
Find your way around Exton Park
Address
University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Chester, CH1 4BJ
Cycling
The Greenway Gate, accessible between 7am – 9pm with your University pass, is located at the back of the overflow car park and is the nearest point of access to the Millennium Greenway cycle path that connects to routes throughout the city.
Public Transport
Bache train station is a 15-minute walk from Exton Park and Chester railway station is a 20-minute walk. Arriva 1A and Arriva 1 run frequent services that stop with a short walk to Exton Park. All three Park and Ride routes, PR1, PR2 and PR3 have connections within walking distance to Exton Park.
Parking
Parking on campus is limited, so we recommend using public transport and/or walking if possible.