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EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS ABNORMAL —Towards a Scientific Model of Disability
Ju Gosling aka ju90
31 Jan – 31 Mar 2008
Private view 3.30pm on Thu 31 January 2008
The National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7, UK
http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/
DAVID BEATTIE - FUTUREWORLD
1 Feb – 1 Mar 2008
Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Futureworld is an exhibition of works that are a result of Beattie’s ongoing investigations into everyday scientific phenomena.
www.mermaidartscentre.ie
GOODBYE VILE EARTH! – Simon Hollington & Kyp Kyprianou
2 Feb – 16 March 2008
Launch Event Saturday 2nd February 2-4pm.
South Hill Park, Ringmead, Bracknell, UK
Gallery open: Wed 7.30-9.30pm Thu, Fri, Sat 1-9.30pm Sun 1-5pm
Goodbye, Vile Earth! is the result of a residency at Farnborough Air Sciences Trust, set up by ex-employees to maintain the RAE’s history.
Admission Free
www.electronicsunset.org
LIGHTWAVE Festival
2 – 9 February 2008
Science Gallery, Naughton Institute, Pearse Street, Trinity College, Dublin, Eire http://www.sciencegallery.org/_brochure/lightwave_programme.pdf
WOUNDED HEALERS - Patrick Altes
5 - 9 February 2008
Menier Chocolate Factory, 51 Southwark Street London, UK
Patrick Altes, Artist in Residence at the Sussex Cancer Centre, explores oncologists' psychological journey and the challenges of dealing with an emotionally charged disease.
Click on the link "the art of oncology" http://www.bsms.ac.uk/
TANGLE – UNLIMITED THEATRE
6 – 9 February 2008, 8pm, Northern Stage, Barras Bridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
12 & 13 March 2008, Warwick Arts Centre
A sci-detective story.
http://www.unlimited.org.uk/shows/tourdates.php
Book online at http://www.northernstage.co.uk
Touring with
THE ETHICS OF PROGRESS: SCIENCE +ART – UNLIMITED THEATRE
Fri 8 February 2008, 9.45pm, Northern Stage, Barras Bridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Weds 12 March, 9.15pm, Warwick Arts Centre, UK
The Ethics of Progress pushes theoretical physics into real life situations.
http://www.unlimited.org.uk/shows/ethics.php
PHILIP WARNELL
15 Feb – 16 March 2008
300m3 gallery, Gothenburg
Solo exhibition by Philip Warnell.
http://www.300m3.com/
NUAGE VERT - HeHe
22-29 February 2008, 5pm to10pm
Salmisaari, Helsinki, Finland
Nuage Vert (Green Cloud) is a large-scale environmental installation by artist duo HeHe in the skies above Ruoholahti in central Helsinki, using the chimney emissions of the Salmisaari power plant.
http://www.nuagevert.org
GREENHOUSE BRITAIN: Losing Ground, Gaining Wisdom
1 - 27 February 2008
Darwin Festival, Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, UK
New work by Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, David Haley, Chris Fremantle, Gabriel Harrison.
http://www.greenhousebritain.net
SLEEPING AND DREAMING
To 10 March 2008
Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE
Free, opening times vary
Sleeping & Dreaming combines art and medical science to explore sleep,
http://www.wellcomecollection.org/events
SMALL WORLDS: THE ART OF THE INVISIBLE
To 6 April 2008
Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street, Oxford, UK
Small Worlds combines microscopic imagery with digital design, animation and poetry.
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk
EMERGENTES
To May 2008
LABoral Centro de Arte y Creacion Industrial, Los Prados, 121, 33394 Gijon (Asturias), Spain
10 projects by Latin American artists/works in progress exploring cultural developments using science and technology
http://www.laboralcentrodearte.org CONFERENCES, TALKS, SYMPOSIA CATHERINE YASS: Artist in Conversation
7 February 2008, 7pm
Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London, NW1, UK
Catherine Yass' works Sleep (Eye) and Sleep (Mask) feature in the Sleeping & Dreaming exhibition. Catherine will be in conversation with Lucy Reynolds, writer and content manager at LUX online.
Free, booking required
http://www.wellcomecollection.org/exhibitionsandevents/events/WTX041672.htm
THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE PROTOTYPE
First seminar of series New Materials, New Technologies: Innovation, Future & Society
Mon 11 February, 1.30-6.30pm
UCL, London, UK
This research seminar series brings together researchers and practitioners working in the field of material innovation who would not normally have the opportunity to meet due to disciplinary divisions. mltpritchardgooglemail.com EMOTIONAL CONTAGION
Wed 13 February 2008, 7pm
Are emotions infectious? Meet the artist and neuroscientists behind Chameleon, an interactive video and sound art installation. With Neil Harrison, neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Tina Gonsalves, artist.
To book: e-mail tickets@danacentre.org.uk
THIRD CONFERENCE OF THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR LITERATURE AND SCIENCE
27–29 March 2008
Keele University, UK
Papers will address topics in the interactions of literature and science.
http://www.keele.ac.uk/research/humanities/BSLS3/registration.html ART AND THE LIFE SCIENCES COURSE 2008
Fridays, 4 April – 23 May 2008, 1pm until 5pm.
Art & Genomics Centre, Leiden, he Netherlands
Art and the Life Sciences: Practices and Debates is a studio art and science crossover lab by Jennifer Willet
http://www.artsgenomics.org/
FUTURESONIC CONFERENCE: THE SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT
1 - 2 May 2008 with supporting events 30 April & 3 May
Contact Theatre, Manchester, UK
The Futuresonic Conference brings opinion formers, futurologists, artists, technologists and scientists from the digital culture, music and art communities together around shared issues to do with technology, society, art and the city.
http://www.futuresonic.com
PARI CENTER FOR NEW LEARNING
Pari, Italy
2008 courses:
15-21 May: New Sciences/New Paradigms
4-10 September: Art, Science and the Sacred
2-8 October: Synchronicity: The Bridge between Matter and Mind
http://www.paricenter.com/programs/courses/
SUBTLE TECHNOLOGIES FESTIVAL 2008 – LIGHT
29 May- 1 June 2008
Toronto, Canada
http://www.subtletechnologies.com
FIGURATIONS OF KNOWLEDGE
3 – 7 June 2008
Center for Literary and Cultural Research, Berlin, Germany
European Conference of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA)
CONSCIOUSNESS REFRAMED
3 – 5 July 2008
University of Applied Arts Vienna
The Planetary Collegium’s IXth International Research Conference. Theme: New Realities: Being Syncretic. A transdisciplinary inquiry into art, science, technology and society
http://cr9.dieangewandte.at
BLOGS & ONLINE EXHIBITIONSMARK DION: - Travels of William Bartram- Reconsidered
Mark Dion is retracing the journey of 18th century American naturalist William Bartram, to northern Florida. Monthly video chats, video of daily travels, city stops, photo galleries, and audio along with blogs:
http://www.markdionsbartramstravels.com
ANDREA POLLI in Antarctica
Andrea Polli is currently at McMurdo base in Antactica:
http://www.90degreessouth.org SCIENCE IS THE NEW BLACK METAL
Frances d’Ath’s AIR residency at the Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University, Australia
http://www.anat.org.au/blog/dAth/
LEAH HEISS
Subtle Technologies: AIR Residency at Nanotechnology Victoria, Australia
http://www.anat.org.au/blog/heiss/
OPPORTUNITIES ANTARCTICA FELLOWSHIPS FOR UK ARTISTS AND WRITERS
Deadline: March 1, 2008.
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/living_and_working/_artists_and_writers/index.php
ARTS AWARDS, WELLCOME TRUST
The Arts Awards support projects that engage the public with biomedical science through the arts. Applicants and activities must be in the UK or the Republic of Ireland.
Small to medium sized projects - next deadlines 15 Feb, 2 May and 18 Jul 2008.
Next deadline for awards over £30,000 is to be announced.
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/node2580.html SPACE, CULTURE & THE ARTS Call for submissions of art and science installations:
YURI'S NIGHT BAY AREA 2008
Sat 12 April 2008 2pm to 2am
Submissions deadline: 8 Feb 2008
Hangar 211, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
http://www.worldspaceparty.org
ISU'S 12TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM:
SPACE SOLUTIONS TO EARTH˙S GLOBAL CHALLENGES
20 - 22 February 2008, Strasbourg
In 2008, proclaimed by the United Nations as The International Year of Planet Earth, we will be asking how space can address Earth˙s global challenges in the 21st century.
Register online http://www.isunet.edu
UK SPACE CONFERENCE (formerly BROHP)
26 - 29 March 2008
Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, UK
http://www.spaceconference.org.uk
GLOBAL NETWORK AGAINST WEAPONS & NUCLEAR POWER IN SPACE
ANNUAL SPACE ORGANIZING CONFERENCE
11-13 April, 2008
Omaha, Nebraska
http://www.space4peace.org MEDIA ARTS ARCO/BEEP NEW MEDIA ART AWARD 3rd edition
Conceded by BEEP, in collaboration with ARCO
Worth 15.000 euros
http://www.arco.beep.es
TRANSMEDIALE 08
Group exhibition, CONSPIRE
Opens 29 Jan – 24 Feb 2008
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
http://www.transmediale.de
AV FESTIVAL 08: Broadcast in the North East of England.
28 Feb - 8 March 2008
Biennial international festival of electronic art, moving image and music.
http://www.avfestival.co.uk/
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