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I'm an artist film-maker who uses a process-based dialogic methodology informed by écriture féminine to explore the interrelationship between bodies and forgotten, liminal spaces framed around subjectivity, place and memory, embodiment and technological mediation, from posthuman feminist perspectives. My current research centres on watery places such as rivers, estuaries and coastal zones.

I collaborate with the film-maker and sound artist, Dr Stuart Moore, to explore the interplay in landscape film-making between place and memory. In addition to our project focus on the impacts of post-colonialism in Cyprus, our ethical practice embraces environmental and ecological themes at the intersection of post-industrial landscape and climate emergency.

Noted for my avant-garde/experimental materialist works (O'Pray, 1993, 1996; Rees, 2011; Bendazzi, 2015, Knowles, 2017) and feminist film-making (Curtis, 1996, 2007; Byrne, 1999; Hatfield, 2006; Kitowski, 2015), my films are exhibited internationally in galleries, festivals, public spaces and touring programmes and include commissions from the Arts Council, the British Film Institute, the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.

At University of Plymouth, in addition to supervising artists' PhD projects, I co-ordinate the Early Career Researcher Network for the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business, which I initiated, and am panel chair of the Faculty Ethics and Integrity Committee for the School of Art, Design and Architecture.

I work part-time at the University (0.5 post)

Professional memberships

British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS, Special Interest Groups: Essay Film, and Practice Research)
Producer/Director: Prospect Union (BECTU)
Association Internationale du Film d'Animation (ASIFA)
Fellowship, Advance HE (FHEA)

Roles on external bodies

Academic reviewer: Screenworks, the online publication of practice research in film and screen media, Digital Cultures Research Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol (2018 to date), and Photographies journal, Taylor and Francis (from 2023)

Media Innovation Network steering group (University of Plymouth representative, 2015–17)
Centre for Moving Image Research (CMIR) UWE, Bristol (affiliate, 2014–17)
Sweet FA partnership between Plymouth Arts Centre, Moving Image Arts (MIA) research, and Sundog Media; the Sweet FA initiative introduced and investigated film-making and moving image in contemporary visual arts (University of Plymouth representative and co-founder, 2013–15)
Barefoot: the Plymouth Arts Education Partnership Agency, responsible for artists' residencies in schools, artists' projects with schools, and other creative initiatives with schools, children and young people in the Plymouth area (University of Plymouth board member, 2009–10)
Parsian Multimedia, a not-for-profit Iranian refugee cultural production group, working in collaboration and partnership with displaced communities in Plymouth and south west Britain; supported by AviDVital, Diverse Arts, and Refugees First, Plymouth (advisor, 2008–09)
decibel, Arts Council England South West: decibel was launched by the Arts Council in 2003 to raise the profile of under-represented BAME (black and minority ethnic) artists via a professional mentoring programme (creative advisor, 2005–06)

1990s:
South West Media Development Agency (SWMDA, replaced South West Arts Film and Video) board member and company director
Arts Council and Channel 4 member of Animate awards selection and interview panels
The Celtic Film and Television Festival Cornish selection jury
Cornwall Media Resource management committee, Redruth (South West Arts representative)
Cinema 100, the body that developed and presented the UK-wide programme of activities and events to celebrate 100 years of cinema in 1995, member of Plymouth steering committee
Eastern Arts Film and Video production board, advisory member and selection committee
South West Arts film and video production awards, member of selection panel

Supervised research degrees

Awarded
Anna Walker (2016) for a PhD thesis entitled, 'In and Out of Memory: Exploring the Tension between Remembering and Forgetting When Recalling 9/11, a Traumatic Event'

Claudia Pilsl (2020) for a PhD thesis entitled, 'Photography and Its Contribution to the Understanding of Digital Porosity'

Margaret Hart (2020) for a PhD thesis entitled, 'Collage in the Posthuman Era: Gender and Becoming'

Charlotte Reardon (2020) for a ResM thesis entitled, 'Experiments in Materiality and Representation: The London Film-Makers' Cooperative 1968–1979'

Lucietta Williams (2021) for a PhD thesis entitled, 'Lens-less capture and emerging moving imaging technologies: An investigation into the ways in which digital pinhole capture and advances in lens-less imaging in computational photography may affect the form and content of moving images'

Karen Abadie (2023) for a PhD thesis entitled, 'Humanity Undone: A Practice led Enquiry into Self-Injury'

Shaikha Almehana (2023) for a PhD thesis entitled, 'An Awakening Within: Islamic Tradition and Innovation in a Contemporary Kuwaiti Woman's Painting Practice'

Raul Barcelona (2023) for a PhD thesis entitled, 'Film Here Now: Daily Filmmaking and the Path to Well-Being'

Jennifer Bradbury-Crowther (2024) for a PhD thesis entitled, 'And the Skylarks Called Out Your Name: Posthuman Encounters with Loss through Embracing the More-than-human World'

Rachael Allain (2024) for a PhD thesis entitled, 'Above and Below the Horizon: A Practice-Led Investigation into Liminal Thresholds of Bodies of Water’

Teaching interests

Postgraduate research supervision: currently 8 PhD artist-researchers, including 5 as Director of Studies. LGBTQ+ Ally.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

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  • Afon Marteg: Site-specific film screening

    Parker, K., Moore, S., Hogg, R. (Producer) & king, A. (Producer), 10 Oct 2024

    Research output: Non-textual formExhibition

  • Cadence 360

    Parker, K. & Moore, S., 14 Apr 2024

    Research output: Non-textual formArtwork

  • Father-land: Narratives of Memory in a Place of Conflict

    Parker, K., 2 Sept 2024, (Accepted/In press) Essay Film and Narrative Techniques: Screen-writing Non-fiction. Yu, K. & Turina, R. (eds.). Intellect Ltd.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  • Flow + Cadence

    Parker, K., Moore, S., Christison, L. (Other) & Payne, B. (Other), 29 Oct 2024, (In preparation)

    Research output: Non-textual formArtwork

  • Flow 360

    Parker, K., Moore, S. & Christison, L. (Other), 14 Apr 2024

    Research output: Non-textual formArtwork