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Sylvie Prasad
Position: Senior Lecturer, Programme Leader Media Production
Contact address:
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
University of East London
Docklands Campus
University Way
London E16 2RD
Brief biography:
Sylvie Prasad teaches on the Media Studies and Cultural Studies undergraduate programmes and is the Programme Leader for Media Production.
Research practice and teaching include contemporary developments in photography. Current work explores the relationship between artist and participatory audiences in specific locations. Photographic work has been exhibited widely including a collaboration with Charlton Athletic F.C (2000) as ‘artist-in-residence’. The exhibition was funded by London Arts as ‘Year of the Artist’ award winner.
Shortform CV
Qualifications
- Certificate in Education
- City and Guilds Photography (distinction)
- BA(hons) Social Science
- BA (hons) Photography
- MA Cultural Studies (distinction)
Other interests/awards
- 2000 Year of the Artist award winner Residency, exhibition and installation. ‘Haddock Heaven’ (collaboration with Robert Cooper) at Charlton FC funded by London Arts and T.I.P.P
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Activities/responsible for:
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Areas of interest/Summary of Expertise:
- Contemporary developments in documentary photography.
- Mobile Film making
- The Celebrity as Lifestyle Advisor
Teaching:
Programmes:
- MS1403: Production 1 (Module Leader) The Narrative
- MS1404: Production 2 (Module Leader) Non-Narrative
- CC2201: Popular Pleasures: Studies in the Culture of Capitalism
- CC1704: Identity and Experience
- MS3403: Media Production 5 (Module Leader) Convergence: Realities and Fictions
- MS3408: Television and Cultural Change
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Research / Publications:
Research archive:
All publications post 2001:
Journal articles
- 2004 -Book Review: Jenny Matthews Women at War in Soundings
Issue no.26 ISSN 1362 6620
- Powell H & Prasad S (2008 forthcoming) 'As Seen on TV' The Celebrity Expert.’ in The Journal of Cultural politics
- Books
- Powell H & Prasad S (2007) ‘Lifeswap: Celebrity expert as lifestyle advisor’ in Heller D Reading Makeover Television: Realities Remodelled I.B Tauris
Conference papers
- 2008 Who are ya? Screening and presentation for the Filmobile International conference, University of Westminster, Old Lumiere cinema, Regent Street, London
- 2008 Who are Ya? Screening and paper for the JMP4 symposium, University of Leeds, UK
- 2005 Celebrity as Lifestyle Advisor (co-authored with Helen Powell) for Celebrity Culture: an interdisciplinary conference, University of Paisley,UK
- 2004 Mind the Gap: The limitation of the photographic image in contemporary consumer culture. (co-authored with Helen Powell) for The Photography in Consumer Culture conference. University of Brighton UK
- 2003 Making it Real: An examination of the changing practices in documentary photography. ‘Inadmissible Evidence: New Strategies for the photographic Document’ at Swansea Institute of Higher Education and ADC-LTSN UK
- 2003 The Kindness of strangers: contexts and connections in teaching, learning and creative practice. (joint paper and presentation with Helena Blakemore) ‘Beyond two digits’ –AMPE conference Sunderland University UK
Media/art outputs
Photography Link
- 2008 Who are ya? screening at London Gallery West, UK April-May 2008 and OldLumiere cinema, Regent Street.
- 2007 ...To be continued Image and Text for Field Study International, Field Report
- 2005 What Time is it Mr Wolf? Image and Text for Hong Kong, Biennale
- 2005 Night Flight group show for Museum MAN, Liverpool (curated by Adam Nankervis)
- 2004 Shadow Cities solo show at The Foundry for the London Biennale
- 2003: ‘Unreal City’ video/ installation/performance with contribution to ‘Gates Planetary Project- beyond net art website curated by Catrina Davinio, Lecco, Italy
- 2003 Concept & direction ‘Unreal City’ Performance - Interactive installation Abney Park Cemetery, London, UK.
The work explored the random connections made between those who inhabit our cities and included an invitation to members of the public to participate in an on going mail art project. The work took the form of a live performance with video and photographic documentation.
- 2003 Video and photographs ShadowCities and Unreal City CD-Rom contribution to the ‘Gates -beyond net art’ web site curated by Caterina Davinio, Lecco Italy
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