LESSONS

I am learning through these lessons. The following document includes my convoluted musings about my work, making process, and body leading up to my thesis exhibition, Avoidance Kitchen. My struggle with my reflected image comes from my struggle with my self-perceived physical image. What does it mean for a piece to disappear, only to find the reflection of someone else\u27s work or body in its place? Is my craft rendered obsolete if all you want to do is take a funny selfie? Is my work unacknowledged if all you see is the sculpture across the room, in reverse? What happens when an object or installation is elevated and ignored within the same space

Between a White Cube, Black Box, and Warehouse: Constructing Spaces for Contemporary Art throughout the Recent Museum Building Boom

Since the 1990s, museum buildings and the art housed inside them have undergone dramatic changes. Once canonical structures, they have evolved to more suitably contain new art forms and reflect the expanding and dynamic purposes of the museum. Museum architecture constructs the meanings and values of institutions as its primary and most tangible symbol. It commands a specific approach for display rhetoric and dictates the ways users and curators make use of space. What is the relationship between the latest museum building boom and contemporary art? What specific architectural strategies are employed by museums and architects to suit contemporary art? This paper examines the recent trends in museum construction in order to explore the ways in which new museums have reshaped the museum experience and dialogue between users and contemporary art.Desde la década de 1990 los edificios de los museos y el arte alojado en ellos han sufrido cambios dramáticos. Las estructuras canónicas han evolucionado para contener de manera más adecuada nuevas formas de arte y reflejar los propósitos dinámicos y en expansión del museo. La arquitectura del museo manifiesta los significados y valores de la propia institución como su símbolo principal y más tangible, presenta un enfoque específico para mostrar la retórica y dicta las formas en que los usuarios y los curadores hacen uso del espacio. ¿Cuál es la relación entre el último auge de la construcción de museos y el arte contemporáneo? ¿Qué estrategias arquitectónicas específicas emplean los museos y arquitectos para adaptarse al arte contemporáneo? Este artículo examina las tendencias recientes en la construcción de museos para explorar las formas en que los nuevos espacios han reformulado la experiencia y el diálogo entre los usuarios y el arte contemporáneo

Integrated risk management planning in Nottinghamshire

Nottingham Trent University's Emergency Planning Research Unit has been carrying out research on the emerging new National Framework for fire and rescue services. This has been happening ever since former Fire Minister Bob Neill announced a strategic review of the previous framework shortly after taking office in June 2010. NTU has been collaborating with NFRS and the fire authority on the implementation of the IRMP as part of its Fire Cover Review (FCR) project. The FCR was carried out between 2010 and 2012 and was based on the authorities first IRMP. Although the process started before the budget restrictions, it inevitably had to confront them after the 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review

Tenth anniversary of the 2004 Acts

Pete Murphy and Kirsten Greenhalgh look at how relations with government have changed since the 2004 Fire and Rescue Services Act and the 2004 Civil Contingencies Act

A framework for fire safety in Ireland

Pete Murphy and Kirsten Greenhalgh look at some of the proposals for the future of the Fire Service in the Republic of Ireland following the Keeping Communities Safe review

Peer challenge needs an independent Fire Inspectorate

Pete Murphy and Kirsten Greenhalgh question whether peer challenge is sufficient on its own to ensure continuing improvement, maintenance of standards and public confidence in the Service

Fire risk assessment – from property to people

Two studies sponsored by the Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, one into the assessment and management of risk, and the other on effective communication, picked up the top two prizes in this year’s Fire Related Research and Developments Conference (RE13)

Support and intervention arrangements

Nottingham Trent University's Emergency Services Research Unit have been carrying out research into the new National Framework for Fire and Rescue Services since the former Fire Minister Bob Neill announced a strategic review of the framework shortly after taking office in June 2010. In this paper we look at the government's proposals for supporting the continuous improvement of local fire and rescue services as well as specific proposals for intervention in the event of a failure or a significantly underperforming authority or service