Martha Lineham
Senior Lecturer
Foundation
Martha’s research develops an artist-ethnography methodology that explores the sensory, affective and atmospheric affordances of places through interactions of fieldwork and theory. Her mixed methods approach makes use of lens-based media, soundwalking, object collecting and making, fieldnotes and creative-critical modes of writing up. Martha has particular interests in the layered histories and practices of enduring sites of entertainment, recreation and creativity in British culture, with expertise on sound, surface, light and dark. Martha is currently working towards a PhD in contemporary seaside amusement arcade experience.
In her role as Senior Lecturer, Martha advances her art and design pedagogic and leadership roles at levels 3-6 in a number of education institutions. Martha is the Foundation Fine Art Pathway Lead, overseeing staff and students on the Fine Art pathway and timetabling an engaging programme of content, activity and assessment. Martha draws on her research practice and adopts a process approach to education that facilitates appropriately challenging and differentiated learning, working collaboratively with colleagues to create an inspiring, inclusive and valuable student experience.
Research
Martha Lineham is a member of the Art and Performance Research Hub.
Exhibitions
Lineham, M., 2021. Barber Shops of Levenshulme. Artists' film with Ali, K., Screenings/Exhibitions: Cinema in the City at FACT, Liverpool, 13/08/2021; Bankley Studios & Gallery, Manchester, 21/11/2021; HOME Manchester Open Exhibition, Manchester, 24/01-27/03/2022 and Cinema Screening 26/02/2022, 13/8/2021 - 27/1/2022.
Lineham, M., 2021. Sounding the seafront: a series of seaside arcade soundwalk works, A-N Assembly Conference 2021, Blackpool, 28/9/2021 - 30/9/2021.
Lineham, M., 2019. Coin-operated: seaside amusement arcades, The Fish Factory Art Space, Cornwall, 16/6/2019 - 28/6/2019.
Artefacts
Lineham, M., 2018. 'The (Amusement) Arcades Project Soundwalk Archive (ongoing)'.
Book Chapters
Lineham, M., 2024. 'Between Illumination and Darkness: Blackpool's Contemporary Amusement Arcade Atmosphere'. In Steadman, C., Coffin, J. (eds.) Consuming Atmospheres: Designing, Experiencing, and Researching Atmospheres in Consumption Spaces, 15, Routledge, London.
Conference Papers
Lineham, M., 2023. 'Between the floors: art school atmospheres', GLAD (Group for Learning in Art and Design Higher Education) Symposium 2023: Gathering Ourselves, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London, 8/9/2023 - 8/9/2023.
Lineham, M., 2019. 'Rethinking seaside amusement arcades through sensation and affect', Royal Geographical Society Mid-Term Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, 24/4/2019 - 26/4/2019.
Lineham, M., 2019. 'Sensation and affect down at the seaside amusement arcade', Living Research: The Urgency of the Arts, Royal College of Art, London, 15/3/2019 - 15/3/2019.
Lineham, M., 2017. 'Reconsidering British amusement arcades in the 1980s through the sensory and the temporal', Recording Leisure Lives: Men's Women's and Children's Leisure in 20th Century Britain, University of Bolton, Bolton, 10/7/2017 - 11/7/2017.
Presentations
Lineham, M., 2018. 'Sounding the seaside amusement arcade', Institute of Place Management, Manchester.