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Jacqui Knight
ORCID iD CogNovo Transtechnology Research Plymouth University, UK

Jacqui Knight MA is a Marie Curie (ITN) research fellow with the Cognition Institute, and contributing researcher with Transtechnology Research at Plymouth University. As a practicing artist and doctoral researcher, she is concerned with the simultaneity of experiences as a ‘generative moment’ that brings an artefact into existence and results in the emergence of artistic forms. Her research uses artistic practice specifically photography and film as a tool to understand the conditions of these generative processes and their affective implications. She lectures across various institutions in the South West of England and is co-founder of artist film lab Cinestar based in Cornwall, dedicated to supporting creative work with analogue film through experimental workshops, screening events and education. She has exhibited and curated numerous film screening events and group exhibitions throughout the UK and has had a solo show at Nancy Victor Gallery, London. Her work has been published in numerous specialist art journals.