Institute of Art and Technology partners
The Institute of Art and Technology (IAT) has developed important interdisciplinary collaborations with major arts and cultural organisations, major science and technology organisations, public health organisations and academic institutions nationally and internationally.
Our partners include:
- British Council Venice Fellowships
- British Art Network
- FACT – The Foundation for Art and Creative Technology
- International Biennial Association
- John Moores Painting Prize
- John Moores Painting Prize China
- Liverpool Leonardo Laser Talks
- Liverpool Biennial
- Tate Liverpool
- Transart Institute, New York
- ZKM – Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
Our major partnership projects include:
- Situated AI and Generative Curation Network for Culturally Grounded AI in Museums and Heritage: A partnership with Digital Visual Studies at Max Planck Institute and University of Zurich, Switzerland, Institute for Advanced Co-Creation Studies and D3 Center, The University of Osaka, School of Art and Design Korea University, University of Malaga iArtHis_Lab and Telefónica-UMA and The Centre Pompidou Hanwha Seoul, Korea.
- Music Futures: Five-year UKRI-funded creative cluster led by the Liverpool John Moores University (and University of Liverpool to boost the Liverpool City Region's music sector, with key partners the ACC Liverpool Group, Adlib, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, LIPA, the Liverpool City Council and Combined Authority, and over 20 other partners.
In 2014, we have pioneered a new innovative academic-cultural partnership model with internationally leading arts institutions in the city - Tate Liverpool, Liverpool Biennial, FACT (The Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), and John Moores Painting Prize (JMPP) which became adopted as a model nationally and internationally.
The model consists of embedded academic research curatorial posts and long term project partnerships, where the academics work within the host organisation as key strategic partners facilitating generation of world leading practice led research while effecting fundamental change to the organisation, with impact on their strategic direction, curatorial approaches and resulting artistic programmes, enhanced capacity for social engagement, and engaging new academic and non-academic publics to participate, all far in excess of that possible from external collaboration alone.
Our current embedded posts holders are Dr Christine Eyene, Senior Lecturer and Research Curator at Tate Liverpool and Dr Hana Leaper, Reader in Art History and Researcher John Moores Painting Prize, with Prof Joasia Krysa serving as Liverpool Biennial Professor of Exhibition Research.
The model has attracted recognition from major funding bodies and policymakers in the UK and internationally, with citations including:
The University Alliance and Arts Council England, White paper:
“A clearer picture: a guide for arts and cultural organisations engaging with universities”, 2016”. The paper cites the LJMU-Tate partnership (and specifically the embedded post) as a case study of good practice and states that collaborations between universities and arts organisations not only bring numerous benefits to the organisations involved, but also contribute to improvements within the local and national cultural landscape.
Arts Council England, Chief Executive Darren Henley states: “LJMU leads the way among UK universities with this far-sighted and enriching programme of cultural and artistic engagement for its students. It is a truly life-changing opportunity for every student to get involved in the arts.” (in Creative Thinking, LJMU 2016)