With apologies for cross-postings. Please feel free to circulate to
anyone you think may be interested.

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The Arts and Humanities Data Service (Visual Arts) is running a one-year
research project, funded by the AHRC, which aims to map advanced digital
imaging technologies to the needs of practitioners in the visual arts.
The project is called The Hunt for Submarines in Classical Art.

You can have your say about visual arts needs by going to
http://www.vads.ahds.ac.uk/submarines.html.

It has been apparent for some time that certain forms of art and craft
practice rely heavily upon digital imaging technologies, and that using
these technologies can be stimulating and productive. However, for many
practitioners, it is very difficult to find out about the latest
technologies, and how to secure access to them. Equally, scientists may
well develop technologies which could benefit creative practice, but be
completely unaware of how practitioners could exploit them. The project
aims to bridge this gap by producing a report and a database which will
make a series of connections between these two spheres.

If you are a practising artist, we would like to hear from you, whether
or not you use digital imaging technologies in your practice, and
whether or not you think it might help you in your practice in the
future — it will be just as important for us to know that there are no
visual arts needs as it will be to know that there are many.

All the data we receive will be anonymous, although you can send us your
name and e-mail address so that we can send you news of the project’s
findings, or let you know if we come across any technologies which we
think might help you. We will not use the addresses we gather for any
other purpose, although we may use comments submitted in our report and
other material.

For more information about the project as a whole, please go to
http://www.ahds.ac.uk/visualarts/projects/submarines/.

I look forward to reading your comments.

With best wishes,

Rupert Shepherd

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Dr Rupert Shepherd
Researcher, The Hunt for Submarines in Classical Art
AHDS Visual Arts
University College for the Creative Arts at Farnham
Falkner Road, Farnham, Surrey GU9 7DS, U.K.
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