June, July 2019
Research, culture and
collaboration in the
Green Heart and beyond
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The University of Birmingham’s Arts & Science Festival is a celebration of research, culture and collaboration across campus and beyond. In place of its usual week-long slot, the festival returns for its seventh edition with a 12-month programme, designed to showcase the University’s striking new parkland, the Green Heart.
Running June 2019 – may 2020, our expanded programme invites contributors to respond to four seasonal themes: CeleBrATIon (summer); CHAnGe (autumn); IllUmInATIon (winter) and Hope (spring). A host of thinkers, doers and makers will engage with these themes, collectively delivering a programme of exhibitions, events, talks, screenings, and workshops taking place both on campus and in the city.
The summer season launches in June 2019 with more than one cause for celebration…
From 08–09 June, join us on campus for the official opening of the Green Heart. measuring over 12 acres, the Green Heart is a sustainable, natural and environ-mentally friendly landscape which opens up the centre of the University’s historic campus for students, staff and the local community to enjoy. Full of intriguing features and surprises the Green Heart is home to a ‘Swift Hotel’, providing con-temporary lodgings for nesting swifts and bats; technology that converts people’s footsteps into electrical power; and an incredible planting scheme, ranging from the very rare and resilient to the spectacularly beautiful (look out for the chinese Handkerchief tree, best known for its striking display of floral bracts).
At the launch weekend we celebrate the Arts & Science Sculpture Commission, a new public sculpture bringing together arts and science in the Green Heart. Visit our outdoor display case to view scale models by our four artist finalists, learn more about the design and vision of each in our Rotunda Gallery exhibition, and then have your say about which sculpture should be realised in full by casting your vote (see p.5 for full details on the commission).
we also present a stimulating programme of academic and artist led events exploring, art, science and the spaces between – audiences are invited to enjoy moonlight Symposiums in Stirchley Park (p.17); take a virtual journey and discover hidden audio worlds (pp.12–13); and participate in a museum stores tour with a celestial twist (p.25).
We hope you’ll celebrate summer with Arts & Science Festival in the Green Heart. Keep a look out for our autumn programme in a few months’ time – and don’t forget, we’re here all year!
View the full programme
and book tickets atartsandsciencefestival.co.uk/festival
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Arts & Science Festival is delighted to announce a brand new sculpture commission for 2019–20. Art is a vital part of campus life and this exciting commission will continue the University of Birmingham’s long history of working with leading artists and architects. The new public sculpture will bring together arts and science in the University’s recently expanded campus parkland, the Green Heart.
Following an open call to artists, four finalists have been selected to produce scale models of their ideas, which will be exhibited in an outdoor display case in the Green Heart. The finalists will deliver events as part of the Arts & Science programme, and provide interviews and preparatory works (e.g. sketches, smaller models) to be exhibited in the Rotunda Gallery, Aston webb.
To celebrate the commission, a programme of sculpture-related public events will take place across campus as part of the festival including artist talks, sculpture tours and creative workshops.
Staff, students, local communities and festival attendees will have an opportunity to vote for which sculpture they would like to see realised in the final season of the festival programme. The winning proposal will be selected by public vote and a panel of creative experts from the arts sector.
The project is generously supported by National Lottery through Arts Council England.
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Vote for your favourite proposal at artsandsciencefestival.co.uk
Find out more about how to place your vote for the winning design on the festival website artsandsciencefestival.co.uk
Vote
Hipkiss and Graney are designing a sculpture that projects holographic representations of university lecturers and researchers, amongst others. The design will draw from dystopian and science fiction narratives, with a soundscape to match.
The aim of this project is to create a new, hopeful and empowering narrative about the future of our planet. Through research, collaboration and kindness we can create a better future for everyone.
Hipkiss & Graney are a visual arts duo based in Stirchley, Birmingham.
Their practice explores collectivity, community and counter-movements through a range of artistic outputs including socially engaged workshops, large-scale interactive installations and performance.
Their performative works engage with political and environmental issues, often involving magic realism and fictional organisations.
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Andrew Gillespie lives and works in Birmingham.
As a contemporary sculptor, Andrew’s work explores surfaces, appropriation and the urban environment. He is interested in the collision of surfaces, structures and materials. He regularly translates familiar imagery and objects through printmaking and casting, exploiting the shift in status and content that occurs with each gesture.
working as Recent Activity, Andrew curates a programme of exhibitions and events, bringing new artists to Birmingham and activating new audiences.
working with the University’s collections, Andrew will re-make and re-contextualise an “awkward” object – something that might have been concealed, overlooked or hard to exhibit.
His sculpture will draw attention to the University’s extensive pacemaker collection, which includes the first variable pacemaker developed by leon Abrams and Ray lightwood at the University of Birmingham.
Andrew’s proposal highlights the relationship between artistic and scientific design; the pacemaker is streamlined, simple and abstract in appearance, much like contemporary sculpture. He is also interested in the idea that art can be like the pacemaker, working on demand, activated when needed and a force for keeping us alive.
“i love how art is a catalyst for conversations, a vehicle for
bringing people together to look at the world in a different way.”
“we want to work with big ideas about society and the environment and the most natural way we find of approaching these issues is by
building immersive worlds and experiences for the viewer.”
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intervention Architecture ltd (iA) is an award winning, RiBA chartered architecture and design studio in Birmingham.
The studio has a collaborative and open atmosphere and an ethos that reflects an inherent appreciation for craft and the value of workmanship and materials.
iA ensure community engagement is part of their design and making. They are interested in site responsive works and engaging with users throughout each stage of the design process.
intervention Architecture proposes The Oculus – an intimate viewing device for the Green Heart which invites visitors to interact with the sculpture and enjoy the new parkland.
The Oculus will rotate, enabling viewers to experience the growing flora and fauna through a series of apertures.
The sculpture will serve as an area of reflection and a participatory platform from which to track the changing landscape through the seasons.
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Juneau Projects would like to build a wooden tower, filled with nooks and crannies and decorated with organic imagery inspired by conversations with staff and students at University of Birmingham.
The sculpture’s surfaces will be treated to encourage the growth of moss and other bryophytes, evolving and growing over time in response to the surrounding environment.
Juneau Projects are Philip Duckworth and Ben Sadler, two artists based in Birmingham. They have worked together for nearly twenty years, developing a practice that looks at the possibilities of artistic production through collaboration and participation.
They enjoy the surprises that come from working with people to develop ideas, designs, objects and experiences. They are interested in the perceived relationships and boundaries between the natural world and human civilisation and how this has altered over time. in tandem with this Juneau Projects are fascinated by the evolution of technology and its role as a lens through which to view the world.
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“creativity is a fundamental impulse for humankind, and
sculpture, in its widest form, is central to this – tools, instru-
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“working in architecture we are primarily interested in the behaviour of people, celebrating this by creating
enhanced experiential relationships with their spatial environment”
images courtesy Greg milner Photography
Find out more about how to place your vote for the winning design on the festival website artsandsciencefestival.co.uk
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Join us for two exhibitions dedicated to our Arts & Science Sculpture commission. explore small scale models, and gain a unique insight into the artistic processes behind each idea…
Visit our outdoor display case and take a look at scale models produced by our four sculpture commission finalists – AndreW GIlleSpIe, HIpKISS & GrAney, InTervenTIon ArCHITeCTUre and JUneAU proJeCTS. which one would you like to see made in to a full size sculpture?
work with artists JUneAU proJeCTS to generate prints inspired by their Arts & Science Sculpture commission proposal.
The duo will help you to design an image that draws on the natural world and show you how to translate it into a lino cut print that you can take away with you. no printing experience is necessary and all materials will be provided.
imagining the aftermath of a society on the brink of apocalypse, HIpKISS & GrAney piece together the actions that saved the world.
Drawing together folk tales, holographs and video games, this event charts the journey from rampant consumerism and the acceleration of mass extinction, to a more equal, ecologically abundant society. This is a work of hope.
The University has an extensive collection of pacemakers, with some dating back to the 1960s.
Join AndreW GIlleSpIe for this talk in which he’ll explore the artistic potential of the pacemaker, celebrate the University’s collection and share the ideas behind his sculpture proposal.
InTervenTIon ArCHITeCTUre invites you to put on their ‘wearable viewing device’ and actively engage with the Green Heart parkland through a re-imagined observation mask.
The mask will create focused apertures, allowing participants to individually explore their surroundings and share their findings with each other. come see what you can find!
Bringing together interviews, objects, sketches and other preparatory works by each of our sculpture commission finalists, our indoor exhibition is an opportunity to get under the surface of each artist proposal.
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open all day Green Heart (above Cuore and alongside muirhead Tower), University of Birmingham theater Free, no booking required
Saturday 8 June, 14.30–16.00 rCC Study Centre 32 pritchatts road map-markerG1 theater Free, booking essential
Saturday 8 June, 13.00–14.00 Aston Webb Building, rotunda Gallery (First Floor) map-markerr6 theater Free, booking recommended
Sunday 9 June, 11.00–12.00 Aston Webb Building, rotunda Gallery (First Floor) map-markerr6 theater Free, booking recommended
Sunday 9 June, 12.00–13.00 Aston Webb Building, rotunda Gallery (First Floor) map-markerr6 theater Free, booking recommended
open monday – Friday, 09.00–18.00 Aston Webb, rotunda Gallery (First Floor) map-markerr6 theater Free, no booking required
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Sculpture SoundScapeS
sculpT-Tour celebrATe sculpTure Sound artists emma margetson and nikki Sheth combine field recordings with processed sounds to create distinctive soundscapes for sculptures across the University of Birmingham campus.
To follow the trail and to take part in the guided walk you’ll need a smartphone or mP3 player and headphones. You can stream or download the sculpted sounds at: soundcloud.com/sound-sculptures-2019 or download the SoUnDwalker app from the App Store.
The latest work for this project is an extended soundscape of the sculpture Ancestor I, commissioned for the Green Heart Festival launch weekend. The four movements of the composition respond to the physical form of the sculpture: head, torso, hips and legs.
celebrating health and wellbeing in the Green Heart, UB Sport & Fitness and Research and cultural collections present a sculpture tour with a difference.
nurture body and mind in this sculptural exercise programme, which responds directly to the shapes and forms of a selection of sculptures in the campus Art collection. Don’t forget your trainers!
Presented by Research and Cultural Collections and UB Sport & Fitness
The University of Birmingham is home to many sculptures which are on display across campus for the enjoyment of all. The campus Art collection includes sculptures by acclaimed artists such as eduardo Paolozzi and Jacob epstein. You will be introduced to artworks which are celebratory in nature and which make the campus a beautiful space to learn, work and relax in.
Presented by Research and Cultural Collections
Friday 7 – Sunday 9 June Self guided trail – download and listen at your leisure Across University of Birmingham’s edgbaston campus theater Free, no booking required
Friday 7 – Sunday 9 June listen at your leisure Barbara Hepworth sculpture, outside the entrance of main library, University of Birmingham. theater Free, no booking required
Friday 14 June, 12.45–13.30 Tour starts from old Joe Clock Tower, Chancellor’s Court theater Free, booking essential
Friday 19 July, 12.45–13.30 Tour starts from outside the medical School map-markerB1 theater Free, booking essential
Sculpture Soundscapes explores the relationship between sound and sculpture along the University of Birmingham’s Sculpture Trail. Distinctive soundscapes respond to the physical properties and characteristics of each sculpture, transporting the listener between natural and abstract sound-worlds.
Presented by the Department of Music and Research and Cultural Collections
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Join emma and nikki on SATUrdAy 8 JUne, 15.00–16.00, as they lead a guided walk through their sound sculpture trail across campus. walks start from old Joe clock Tower, chancellor’s court.
Free, booking recommended.
meet emma and nikki at the sculpture on SATUrdAy 8 JUne, 13.00–13.45, as they take you on a guided sonic journey through the sound-world of Ancestor I by Barbara Hepworth, delving into Hepworth's evoking landscapes, surface textures and abstract forms.
Free, booking essential.
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The sKeTchbooK AnD The colliDer: collision evenT
This exhibition is the second in a series of collaborations between artist ian Andrews and particle physicist Professor Kostas nikolopoulos. curated by David miller, the exhibition centres on the use of drawing as a tool for visualisation and interpretation.
Presented by the School of Physics and Astronomy in partnership with Ian Andrews and Research & Cultural Collections.
exhibition continues to 14 June monday–Saturday, 12.00–17.00 library of Birmingham, main Gallery (3rd Floor), Centenary Square, B1 2nd theater Free, no booking required
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moonliGhT symposiums Full proGrAmme
Sunday 9 June20.00 THe HiSToRY oF THe cAmeRA oBScURA Pete Ashton
20.30 SociAl JUSTice AnD climATe cATASTRoPHe Dr leon Sealey-Huggins
Sunday 16 June18.00 wHAT iS THe e.U.? Heidi murphy
19.00 AccoUnTS FRom ReFUGee cAmPS Dr Surindar Kishen Dhesi
19.30 meDiA inFlUence on BeHAVioUR Dr Paulo mora-Avila
20.30oRAnGe TRADinG GAme Dr Kay emblen-Perry
Sunday 23 June19.30 PoliTicAl mYTHS VS HiSToRicAl eViDence Tom Smith
Sunday 30 June20.30 wHAT iS nATionAl iDenTiTY? Kieran o’Driscoll
Sunday 9, 16, 23 and 30 June Times vary, see listing for details Stirchley park, pershore road Birmingham, B30 2JT theater Free, no booking required
Join D.e.m.A (Department of experimental and methodological Archaeology), a fictional University department, for a series of summer Sunday evening talks in Stirchley Park.
moonlight Symposiums bring together artists, researchers and writers for discussions spanning myriad topics – from climate catastrophe to the history of the camera obscura.
Presented by Hipkiss & Graney
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Do you want to know more about what grows in your own backyard? Do you want to know how you can use the natural resources that are on your own doorstep?
Join winterbourne for this family workshop offering ideas and advice on how to work with nature in your outdoor space, whatever the size!
Presented by Winterbourne House and Garden in partnership with the British Ecological Society and The Wildlife Trusts.
Saturday 8 June, 10.30–17.30 Winterbourne House and Garden theater £7.20 (buy one get one free)
hisTory of The universiTy of birminGhAm
The story of the University of Birmingham illustrated through photographs from the University Heritage Archive collection – from its roots in mason Science college to the unification of all teaching on the edgbaston campus in the 1960s.
Presented by The Cadbury Research Library
Friday 7 June 2019 – 31 January 2020 open daily, 09.00–18.00 main library Atrium map-markerr30 theater Free to all. open access to all University Id card holders within main library opening hours. non University Id card holders please register at the main library reception
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early design proposal for the University buildings, showing the Great Hall without a dome. image: cadbury Research library.
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one minuTe movies
watch entries to the Department of Film and creative writing’s annual One Minute Movie competition. This year’s entrants have created films in response to the theme ‘how green is your heart?’ and the competition winner will be revealed on the night. There’ll also be a short showcase of film work by students in the department.
Presented by MA Film and Television
Wednesday 12 June, 18.00–19.30 muirhead Tower, lecture Theatre G15 (Ground Floor) map-markerr21 theater Free, booking recommended
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A liTTle niGhT music
Fall in love this June with some magical summer night music. Flirt with romantic possibilities and become entangled in the complex web of affairs of actress Desirée Armfeldt and the men who love her.
winner of four Tony Awards and inspired by ingmar Bergman’s film ‘Smiles of a Summer night’, A Little Night Music features a ravishing musical score by the incomparable Stephen Sondheim including the classic song Send in the Clowns.
Presented by University Music & Concerts
Friday 14, Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June, 19.00–21.30 (Friday & Saturday) 16.00–18.30 (Sunday) Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Concert Hall map-markerr14 theater £15, £12 concessions, £10 Barber Association, £5 Students/U18 barber.org.uk/concerts
reD hAnDs [dir: francesco filippi, 2018, 30 mins]
Project PeRFecT is proud to present a special screening of Red Hands, an award-winning short film by italian director, screenwriter and animator Francesco Filippi. Addressing the delicate topic of domestic abuse, Red Hands celebrates the power of imagination as a means of self-discovery, growth, and redemption.
The screening is followed by a panel discussion with experts in youth mental health and people with lived experience of domestic violence. There will be an opportunity for the audience to ask the film director and expert panel questions after the discussion.
Presented by the Department of Philosophy with sponsorship from project PERFECT
Tuesday 18 June, 18.00–20.30 midlands Arts Centre Cannon Hill park, B12 9QH theater Free, booking recommended
rADicAl sAbbATicAl: enD of Term evenT
Radical Sabbatical is an artist residency scheme delivered in partnership with eastside Projects’ eSP Associates Scheme. each year, four artists are encouraged to enter into creative dialogue with University of Birmingham academics to explore how each other’s research is produced and conveyed.
our 2019 Radical Sabbatical artists – leah carless, Kelly large, Priya mistry and Brian J morrison – have been working with academics in response to research themes of common-wealth and The Unconditioned mind, unpicking the traits of loneliness, exploring medical imaging and connections to emotional states, understanding the biologically adaptive role of delusions, analysing the binaries of charisma and connections between obsessive compulsive disorder and body dysmorphia.
Join the artists for their end of Term event where they’ll introduce new ideas and talk about work that has been taking shape over the past few months.
Presented by Research and Cultural Collections and Eastside Projects.
Sunday 9 June, 14.00–16.00 Aston Webb Building, rotunda Gallery (First Floor) map-markerr6 theater Free, booking recommended
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winD bAnD & symphony orchesTrA
Ahead of their overseas tour to Prague, the University of Birmingham Symphony orchestra embarks on an epic journey through the forces of fate in Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fifth Symphony, alongside fanfares, flourishes and wind band staples by the University’s wind Band.
Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 5 in e minor, op. 64 Sparke Jubilee overture Holst Second military Suite in F Coates Dambusters march Hess east coast Pictures
Presented by University Music & Concerts
Wednesday 19 June, 19.30–21.30 Bramall music Building, elgar Concert Hall map-markerr12 theater £10, £8 conc, £5 students/U18 thebramall.co.uk
beneDicT GooDAll, sAbrinA Ko – WIND BAND CONDUCTORS DAniele rosinA – SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR
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QuAnTum shorTs
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Quantum physics describes the behaviour of matter at atomic and subatomic scales and has long provided inspiration for artists, writers, film-makers and philosophers.
Quantum Shorts is an international short film competition run by the centre for Quantum Technologies at the national University of Singapore. entrants can use the field’s science, history, philosophy or technology as a springboard for narrative or abstract films of no more than 5 minutes in length.
The University of Birmingham’s Quantum Technology Hub will screen the 2018 film shortlist, which draw inspiration from a range of quantum-related ideas including Schrodinger’s cat and a dystopian depiction of a quantum future.
Presented by Quantum Technology Hub
Join Project PeRFecT and the Barber institute of Fine Arts’ Recovery Art Group for an exhibition featuring stunning original artwork by talented local artists.
The exhibition celebrates the power of imagination to promote self-discovery and healing and explores the many ways in which creativity contributes to health and wellbeing.
Presented by Project PERFECT and the Barber Institute of Fine Arts’ Recovery Art Group
Tuesday 25 June, 12.00–14.00 School of metallurgy and materials, lecture Theatre Gd20 map-markerG6 theater Free, booking recommended
Wednesday 26 June, 17.30–19.30 european research Institute, Foyer and room G51 (Ground Floor) map-markerG3 theater Free, booking recommended
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Joseph chAmberlAin personAl, poliTicAl, AnD coloniAl
An evening of talks exploring the life and impact of Joseph chamberlain on the city of Birmingham, the Jewellery Quarter, and beyond.
Peter marsh, Honorary Professor at the University of Birmingham and author of Joseph Chamberlain, Entrepreneur in Politics will provide an overview of Joseph chamberlain's life, views, work, and legacy.
The event will also feature short talks by guest contributors that will each explore aspects of Joseph chamberlain's impact; from his family life at Highbury Hall, to the down-to-earth reality of the municipal reforms of the period at the Roundhouse; and finally, his impact on the international stage via the British empire.
*This venue is for over 18s only. we regret that, unfortunately, the talk is located on the first floor; with no lift access at the venue.
Presented by Roundhouse Birmingham & Jewellery Quarter Townscape Heritage
Thursday 27 June, 18.00–21.00 rose villa Tavern 172 Warstone lane, B18 6JW* theater £4.50
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Two women on A bus
The 2018 national lGBT Survey revealed that 68% of Britain’s gay community avoided holding hands with a partner in public for fear of a negative reaction from others. Two women is a VR experience set on a bus which, in the flash of a daydream, explores how barriers in society block the intuitive desire to connect with another human being.
DYSPlA are award-winning neurodivergent artists exploring the neurodivergent aesthetic. winners of ‘Best Artist Film’ at the Aesthetica Film Festival 2018, DYSPlA are now in the post production phase of their first VR film to be screened at the ‘BAme & BeYonD’ event in london.
Presented by DYSPLA and Festival of Audacity in partnership with Arts & Science Festival.
Friday 19 July, 13.00–14.00 and Saturday 20 July 17.00–18.00 national express Bus on campus (Fri) and city centre (Sat) — see website for exact locations nearer the event theater Free, no booking required
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50 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, little earthquake is joining forces with midlands Arts centre (mAc) and the University of Birmingham to celebrate this special anniversary in spectacular style.
Running 16–24 July, moonFest begins on the same day that neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and michael collins launched into space 50 years ago, and concludes on the day they splashed down into the Pacific ocean at the end of their fantastic voyage.
For nine special days expect a programme bursting with events and activities created with artists, academics and audience members.
For full details of the moonFest programme, visit little-earthquake.com/moonfest
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Wednesday 24 July, 11.00, 13.00 & 15.00 lapworth museum of Geology map-markerr4 theater Free, booking recommended
Sunday 21 July, 14.00–15.00 (approx. 45 mins) lapworth museum of Geology map-markerr4 theater Free, booking recommended*
WAlkS & tourS WorkSHop
Boldly go where (almost) nobody has gone before — behind the scenes at the lapworth museum of Geology.
we’re inviting you to a theatrical guided tour which lifts the lid on some of lapworth’s most prized specimens. Step through to a rarely glimpsed space, lined with magical moving shelves, all packed with marvels from deep underground plus some stunning extra-terrestrial treasures.
if we dig even further beneath the surface, what secrets might we uncover — not just about the objects on display — but also about the mysterious tour guide…?
This event coincides with lapworth’s Family Fun Day and forms part of the museum’s year-round programme of entertaining, inspiring and educational family activities.
Presented by Little Earthquake in partnership with the Lapworth Museum of Geology and Arts & Science Festival.
lucy always dreamed of being an astronaut. As a child she spent weekends in her back garden making rocket ships and wondering about what's 'up there'. now she's all grown up, she invites you to explore what life might be like beyond the clouds. in lucy's world, there are no girl- or boy-only jobs: everyone is allowed to dream big and be exactly who they want to be.
in this interactive performance workshop with Hannah Graham, expect moon-tastic movement, magical play and out-of-this-world music. come wearing your best space-inspired clothes and comfortable shoes.
*This event is suitable for children ages 5–8 years.
Presented by Hannah Graham in association with Little Earthquake and in partnership with the Lapworth Museum of Geology and Arts & Science Festival.
Event Category Venue Time Price Page
Saturday 8 June Brum Goes wild event winterbourne House & Garden
10.30–17.30 £7.20 (BoGoF)
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Barbara Hepworth Guided Tour Tour Hepworth sculpture, outside main library
13.00–13.45 Free 13
This is How we Save the world Talks Aston webb, Rotunda Gallery 13.00–14.00 Free 10
mega Flora! lino cutting Print workshop Rcc, 32 Pritchatts Road 14.30–16.00 Free 10
Sound Sculptures: Guided listening walk
walk old Joe clock Tower, chancellor’s court
15.00–16.00 Free 12
Sunday 9 June oculus masquerade workshop Aston webb, Rotunda Gallery 11.00–12.00 Free 10
The Art of Pacemakers Talk Aston webb, Rotunda Gallery 12.00–13.00 Free 10
Radical Sabbatical – end of Term event event Aston webb, Rotunda Gallery 14.00–16.00 Free 18
moonlight Symposiums #1 Talk Stirchley Park, B30 2JT 20.00–21.30 Free 17
wednesday 12 June one minute movies Screening muirhead Tower, G15 18.00–19.30 Free 19
Friday 14 June A little night music concert Barber institute of Fine Arts 19.00–21.30 £15/£12/ £10/£5
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Sculpt-Tour Tour old Joe clock Tower, chancellor's court
12.45–13.30 Free 13
Saturday 15 June A little night music concert Barber institute of Fine Arts 19.00–21.30 £15/£12/ £10/£5
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Sunday 16 June A little night music concert Barber institute of Fine Arts 16.00–18.30 £15/£12/ £10/£5
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moonlight Symposiums #2 Talk Stirchley Park, B30 2JT 18.00–21.30 Free 17
Tuesday 18 June Red Hands Screening midlands Arts centre, B12 9QH 18.00–20.30 Free 19
wednesday 19 June wind Band & Symphony orchestra concert Bramall, concert Hall 19.30–21.30 £10/£8 /£5
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Sunday 23 June moonlight Symposiums #3 Talk Stirchley Park, B30 2JT 19.30–20.30 Free 17
Tuesday 25 June Quantum Shorts Screening School of metallurgy and materials, GD20
12.00–14.00 Free 20
wednesday 26 June Pouring water through a Telescope exhibition eRi, Foyer & G51 17.30–19.30 Free 21
Thursday 27 June Joseph chamberlain – Personal, Political and colonial
Talk Rose Villa Tavern, B18 6Jw 18.00–21.00 £4.50 22
Sunday 30 June moonlight Symposiums #4 Talk Stirchley Park, B30 2JT 20.30–21.30 Free 17
Friday 19 July Two women Performance national express Bus, on campus
13.00–14.00 Free 22
celebrate Sculpture Tour medical School, entrance 12.45–13.30 Free 13
Saturday 20 July Two women Performance national express Bus, city centre
17.00–18.00 Free 22
Sunday 21 July Girls can Be Astronauts Too workshop lapworth museum of Geology 14.00–15.00 Free 25
wednesday 24 July it came From outer Space! Tour lapworth museum of Geology 11.00/13.00 /15.00
Free 25
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The University of Birmingham is located in south-west Birmingham, approximately 3 miles from the city centre. For maps and information about getting to the University please visit www.birmingham.ac.uk/maps
BY TRAinRegular trains run from Birmingham new Street to University Station, please check train times at nationalrail.co.uk
PARKinGPay and Display north east car Park, 52 Pritchatts Road (Satnav: B15 2SA)
BlUe BADGe HolDeRSParking is available on campus beyond the security barriers.
Friday 07 – Sunday 09 June, at your leisureSound Sculpture TrailAcross UoB campus, Free
Friday 07 – Sunday 09 June, at your leisureBarbara Hepworth Sound SculptureAcross UoB campus, Free
Friday 07 – Friday 14 June, 12.00 – 17.00The Sketchbook and The colliderlibrary of Birmingham B1 2nD, Free
monday – Friday, 09.00 – 18.00Sculpture commission exhibitionAston webb, Rotunda Gallery, Free
monday – SundaySculpture Proposals exhibitionGreen Heart, open all day, Free
monday – Sunday, 09.00 – 18.00History of the University of Birminghammain library, Atrium, Free
Arts & Science Festival is developed and delivered by the cultural engagement team at the University of Birmingham.
we would like to thank all involved in the planning, promotion and delivery of the sculpture commission and festival events. Special thanks to laura milner, Rachael Yardley, clare mullett, Jenny lance, Anna Young, nadia Awal, Susan Franklin, Patrick Dandy, Robin Kirkham, Harry Blackett, Keith Dodds, matt Foster, Greg milner, Paul Stringer, Helen Stallard, Bryony windsor, Sally Xerri-Brooks, Deborah naylor, Toby watley, Jonathan watkins, nicola Kalinsky, Gavin wade, Sarah Taylor Silverwood and Peter Randall-Page.
we would also like to thank our festival partners: The Barber institute of Fine Arts, cadbury Research library, eastside Projects, Festival of Audacity, Hipkiss & Graney, lapworth museum of Geology, little earthquake, Research & cultural collections, University music and concerts, winterbourne House & Garden.
Unless otherwise stated, please visit artsandsciencefestival.co.uk/festival and go to the individual event listing. Please note some chargeable events are subject to a booking fee. There is no booking fee for free events.
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