Awardees

Erika Balsom (Department of Film Studies), Sean Maroney (Research Impact Development Associate)
This project brought overlooked histories of feminist filmmaking to new audiences through exhibitions, screenings, publications and public programming. Led by Erika Balsom (Department of Film Studies), the project centred documentary and experimental film and video that challenges industrial and commercial norms, showing how much the films made by past women’s liberation movements still have to say to audiences today… Read More >>
Professor Alana Harris (Department of History), Dr Eric Fong, Valerie Moon, Theo Leonowicz, The Grange Centre
The Synthetic Weaves project, led by Professor Alana Harris (Department of History), reimagined traditional lace and embroidery through the lens of psychiatric and disability history. Working with artist Dr Eric Fong, dressmaker Valerie Moon, and members of The Grange Centre, the project translated the molecular structures of medicines used in psychiatric and disability treatment into new lace patterns, connecting historical needlework practices with contemporary art and pharmacology… Read More >>
