MyChainReaction is an interdisciplinary ESRC funded Impact Accelerator project led by a team of researchers from WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group) and the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies (CCPS) at the University of Warwick. It aims to increase levels of public knowledge and understanding of what a supply chain is and how we, as individuals, are an integral part of them locally, nationally and beyond.

The project wishes to commission an artistic response to the themes of the project and the data and narratives that emerge from it, and is offering a budget of £8,000 for a work of art that will have impact and engage public and academic audiences.

The deadline for submissions is Monday 3rd August. Please download the MyChainReaction Commission Brief (PDF) for further details.

If you have any queries, please contact: Ruth Leary, Principal Teaching Fellow
Centre for Cultural Policy Studies: r.leary@warwick.ac.uk

At first glance supply chains may appear to have little to do with the creative industries and cultural policy studies but, together with colleagues from WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group), Ruth Leary is working to spearhead a large scale research project, funded by the University of Warwick’s ESRC Impact Acceleration scheme, highlighting the crucial role that they play in the global economy.

Joanne Garde-Hansen is collaborating with Jason Griffiths and Hannah Grist at the University of Gloucestershire on a HRF funded 'impact' project in the Forest of Dean, to bring a rarely seen television play to an audience that remembers the value of television for their community.

Saturday July 18th, 2015
Lydbrook, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire

In 1968 a Forest of Dean village became home to a made for television film as actors, directors, cameras, costumes - and a bear! spent a week there making Potter's Wednesday Play, A Beast with Two Backs. Using local school children and adults as extras, and the local pub as hair & make-up head quarters, on-location filming took place in the village and surrounding area. Now, nearly 50 years on the play is returning for a day of recollection, talks, exhibition, and the first ever theatrical screening of the play itself. Join the research team for this free event from 10.30am, at Lydbrook Memorial Hall, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, GL179PP.

This is an event put together by the partnership of University of Gloucestershire and University of Warwick, with the support of the British Film Institute, Forest of Dean Local History Society, and Dean Heritage Museum.