{"id":1673,"date":"2023-08-03T08:44:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T08:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/?page_id=1673"},"modified":"2023-08-04T07:26:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T07:26:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1673\" class=\"elementor elementor-1673\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cd34808 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cd34808\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fb648c0\" data-id=\"3fb648c0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19887c8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19887c8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'\">What is Art Beats?<\/span><\/h1><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The Art Beats festival is an exciting, creative collaboration between Lancaster University in the UK and Sunway University in Malaysia. The digital nature of the festival allows artists from both countries to come together and share their work with people from around the world. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Bringing together art, film, music and theatre, Art Beats includes a range of events as well as an online gallery.<\/span><\/p><h2><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'\">An international collaboration<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Lancaster University and Sunway University have a long history of partnering together to support global education, student mobility and international research. In 2006, the two universities established an academic partnership which has grown from an initial cohort of 21 graduates to around 4,500 students who are enrolled in courses.<\/span><\/p><h2><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'\">Leading Departments<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/lica\/about\/people\/maryam-ghorbankarimi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Maryam Ghorbankarimi<\/a>\u00a0from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/lica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts (LICA)<\/a> at Lancaster University.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunwayuniversity.edu.my\/school-of-arts\/staff-profiles\/dr-mayco-axel-santaella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Mayco Axel Santaella<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/sunwayuniversity.edu.my\/school-of-arts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of Art at Sunway Universities.<\/a><\/span><\/p><h2><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'\">Sponsors<\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Both on-site and online versions of the festival have been made possible through the support and funding from:<\/span><\/p><table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 89.1586%;height: 120px\"><tbody><tr style=\"height: 24px\"><td style=\"width: 14.773%;height: 24px\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-1969 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-18.01.37.png?resize=140%2C58\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-18.01.37.png?w=840&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-18.01.37.png?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-18.01.37.png?resize=768%2C320&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/td><td style=\"width: 74.3856%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Lancaster University <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.lancaster.ac.uk\/ask\/global-travel-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Advancement Fund<\/a><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 24px\"><td style=\"width: 14.773%;height: 24px\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1970\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-18.01.27.png?resize=139%2C67\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"67\" \/><\/td><td style=\"width: 74.3856%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sunwayuniversity.edu.my\/school-of-arts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Sunway University School of Arts<\/span><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 24px\"><td style=\"width: 14.773%;height: 24px\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\" wp-image-1967 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-18.01.52.png?resize=137%2C39\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-18.01.52.png?w=1192&amp;ssl=1 1192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-18.01.52.png?resize=300%2C86&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-18.01.52.png?resize=1024%2C292&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-18.01.52.png?resize=768%2C219&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/td><td style=\"width: 74.3856%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/university.sunway.edu.my\/research\/planetaryhealth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunway Centre for Planetary Health<\/a><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 24px\"><td style=\"width: 14.773%;height: 24px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-1968 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-18.01.46.png?resize=137%2C52\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-18.01.46.png?w=804&amp;ssl=1 804w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-18.01.46.png?resize=300%2C114&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-03-at-18.01.46.png?resize=768%2C292&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/td><td style=\"width: 74.3856%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/press.sunway.edu.my\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunway University Press<\/a><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 24px\"><td style=\"width: 14.773%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2051\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-04-at-08.20.18.png?resize=138%2C49\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-04-at-08.20.18.png?w=1328&amp;ssl=1 1328w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-04-at-08.20.18.png?resize=300%2C106&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-04-at-08.20.18.png?resize=1024%2C362&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/art-beats-festival\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-04-at-08.20.18.png?resize=768%2C272&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 74.3856%;height: 24px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Embassy of the Republic of Argentina in Malaysia<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Art Beats? 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