The creatingSPARKS festival celebrates creativity at the frontiers of the sciences and the arts. creatingSparks is brought to you by the British Association, Imperial College, The Natural History Museum, the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal College of Art, the Royal College of Music, the Royal Geographical Society, the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.Steve Jones - T354022534Professor Steve Jones is one of the greatest science communicators in the UK today. In a discussion with broadcaster Quentin Cooper, Steve talks about his life as an award-winning science writer, broadcaster and leading geneticist. | |
| 29 Sep 00 | Royal Geographic Society, Inner London :: V0707255824 listing details L2000753370 |
Wicked Problems - T0494897255Patience is an artist. Peter is no-nonsense medical student. They're young, in love and their futures are so bright they've gotta wear shades, until Patience is admitted into Peter's hospital for a routine minor operation and discovers that she's fatally ill. | |
| 28 Sep 00 | Royal Geographic Society, Inner London :: V0707255824 listing details L0617550600 |
Playing God - T01989141707In a transplant unit, Lila waits patiently for her kidney. The promised kidney ends up in another hospital. Fearing that it is getting to a crucial time for Lila, Doctor Drake encourages her mother to donate one of her own kidneys to her daughter. Lila is reluctant to co-operate. | |
| 28 Sep 00 | Royal Geographic Society, Inner London :: V0707255824 listing details L1179556996 |
Juggling Chainsaws - T1299032171An entire city comes to a standstill by a sudden snowfall. Two doctors involved in a turbulent undeclared gay love affair and a fundamentalist Christian nurse are stranded in a hospital ward. As the snow falls, each doctor tries to resolve their differences through stories of how they made impossible life and death choices on the part of their patients. | |
| 28 Sep 00 | Royal Geographic Society, Inner London :: V0707255824 listing details L1701209682 |
The Diagnosis - T1754164079Anna is a G.P. under diagnosis for a difficult pregnancy. She has endorsed an elderly woman's decision not to go for further treatment for terminal cancer. The diagnosis has backfired and the woman's daughter threatens to take Anna to court. Will the woman's daughter bring the case? Will Anna's baby survive? | |
| 27 Sep 00 | Royal Geographic Society, Inner London :: V0707255824 listing details L0448234522 |
Cellmates - T1352700018Set in the future, 15 year old Rudy is diagnosed with a disabling genetic disease. As she struggles to decide if she should take part in a cloning trial, her dreams are haunted by Seb, a boy who has been born a clone. Will Seb persuade Rudy against participating in the trail? | |
| 27 Sep 00 | Royal Geographic Society, Inner London :: V0707255824 listing details L978477525 |
Strange & Charmed : science and the contemporary visual arts - T0809686939In a discussion chaired by Sian Ede, Editor of the Gulbenkian Foundation's book, Strange and Charmed, writer AS Byatt, sculptor Richard Wentworth, scientist Professor Frances Ashcroft, and Professor of Art History, Martin Kemp, discuss what artists and scientists can gain from a greater understanding of each other's practice. | |
| 27 Sep 00 | Britten Theatre, Inner London :: V172 listing details L01926378380 |
Zentrifugal in Concert - T1806631369Rap from Germany in the UK warum nicht? See Zentrifugal live. Featuring MC Bastin B and DJ Loris Nigro, Zentrifugal is one of Germany's most interesting hip-hop bands. Feel the rhythm and discover the humour in the German language. | |
| 26 Sep 00 | Imperial College, Inner London :: V02057115448 listing details L668642792 |
T01521173792Join German rappers Zentrifugal to learn the art of Djing, and explore how to write rap lyrics. Explore how Zentrifugal produce their own music using a fusion of technology and contemporary poetry. | |
| 25 Sep 00 | Imperial College, Inner London :: V02057115448 listing details L1968568507 |
Stars of SLAM! - T219768035Twenty of the country's leading slam poets take to the stage in a fun, furious and full-on competition. Random judges and roars of applause decide which wordsmiths proceed to the finals. Mischief-maker, Marcus Moore, and slam-jockey, Sara-Jane Arbury, host an evening of persuasive performances and polished poetry. | |
| 22 Sep 00 | Imperial College, Inner London :: V02057115448 listing details L01632856150 |
Is Anybody Out There? - T1897466071Where did it all begin? Is there anybody out there? These questions fascinate scientists, writers and the rest of us alike. Editor-in-chief of New Scientist, Alun Anderson, talks to Astronomer Royal, Sir Martin Rees, and broadcaster and writer Heather Couper, about cosmology, space science, and the art of communication. | |
| 20 Sep 00 | Royal Geographic Society, Inner London :: V0707255824 listing details L01198974994 |
Dawkins and Ward - T180379535The evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins and the artist and actress Lalla Ward present passages reflecting the theme of natural history from Richard's multi-award-winning literary collection, including The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, and Unweaving the Rainbow. | |
| 19 Sep 00 | Royal Geographic Society, Inner London :: V0707255824 listing details L1642081363 |
Can Science and Literature Cross Fertilise? - T02043488583Can a love of literature help the scientist with his or her work? What can scientific ideas offer the novelist, playwright or poet? As science writing becomes ever more literary, are the two cultures becoming one? Professor Lewis Wolpert chairs a panel discussion comprising of novelists Maggie Gee and Jim Crace, psychologist Professor Helen Haste, and Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Philip Dodd. | |
| 18 Sep 00 | Royal Geographic Society, Inner London :: V0707255824 listing details L01001613603 |
Stars on Mars - T1927261269What is it that is so fascinating about Mars, and what does the future hold? Professor Colin Pillinger of the Beagle 2 Mars lander team will explore these questions with well-known personalities from the worlds of science, literature, music, art, film and the media to find out what Mars means to them. | |
| 15 Sep 00 | Royal Geographic Society, Inner London :: V0707255824 listing details L309020196 |
Creating Superhuman - T01789669183A glimpse behind the scenes of the BBC's new series, Superhuman. Executive Producer Michael Mosley explains how to create ingenious camera techniques and demonstrates how some of the amazing special effects were produced in this sequel to the award-winning series, The Human Body. | |
| 14 Sep 00 | Royal Geographic Society, Inner London :: V0707255824 listing details L0518501440 |
Sci-Art Symposium - T1375362200This special two-day SciArt conference showcases new creative projects emerging from partnerships in science and art. SciArt award winners will be represented together with international organisations involved in fostering interdisciplinary dialogue. International speakers will discuss collaborative practice and their influence upon our culture. | |
| 13 Sep 00 to 14 Sep 00 | Royal Geographic Society, Inner London :: V0707255824 listing details L01575503924 |
Cyber-Futures - T637548827In a world where science-fiction is fast becoming science-fact, broadcaster Quentin Cooper looks to the reality of our future world with professor of cybernetics at Reading University, Kevin Warwick, sci-fi writer Michael Marshall-Smith, and Professor Steven Rose, Director of the Open University's Brain and Behavioural Research Group. | |
| 13 Sep 00 | Britten Theatre, Inner London :: V172 listing details L1456134082 |
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| 6 Sep 00 to 12 Sep 00 | Imperial College, Inner London :: V02057115448 listing details L1497565870 |
Dolly the Sheep - T1009090797The birth of Dolly heralded an entirely new approach to the treatment of many degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease, diabetes or heart attack. These all reflect damage to cells that are not repaired or replaced. Dr Ian Wilmut of the Roslyn Institute explains how one day it will be possible to take a healthy cell from a patient with one of these diseases, treat it and obtain the type of cell needed to repair the damaged tissue. | |
| 12 Sep 00 | Imperial College, Inner London :: V02057115448 listing details L237380636 |
Signatures of the Invisible - T771936508Europe's leading visual artists and CERN's most distinguished scientists are joining forces to produce artwork which has the potential to redefine the relationship between science and art. Sian Ede of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation chairs a discussion between collaborators in the project - artists Patrick Hughes and Bartolomeu dos Santos, and CERN scientists Dr Michael Doser and Dr John March Russell. | |
| 11 Sep 00 | Royal Geographic Society, Inner London :: V0707255824 listing details L1895953607 |
The Brain of the Future - T01012131899For 30,000 years our brains have remained unchanged despite the momentous shift in influences upon them. Now, however, we are faced with the prospect of direct modification to the workings of our brains and hence our minds. Professor Susan Greenfield reviews the possibilities and implications posed by neuroscientific advances for the coming century. | |
| 11 Sep 00 | Imperial College, Inner London :: V02057115448 listing details L01454367690 |
The Crimson Mystery (revealed!) - T01935722685Actor Ken Campbell has a passion for science. In a one-off performance for creatingSPARKS he will explore the creativity driving art and science, taking as his inspiration Newton and the themes contained within the More than Meets the Eye tour of the V&A.Performer Ken Campbell. | |
| 10 Sep 00 | Victoria and Albert Museum, Inner London :: V0247389107 listing details L1095798666 |
W(h)ither Broadcasting? - T145126740When the internet is available on television , and TV is on the internet, and when new electronic devices sprout everyday, what will our media future be like? Jonathon Drori, Head of Commissioning at BBC Online, looks at the future of popular soaps, game-shows, dramas, and documentaries when people can have whatever they want, whenever they want, and can influence and interact with programmes. | |
| 8 Sep 00 | Imperial College, Inner London :: V02057115448 listing details L01719231703 |
South - T01238187745Luke Mckernan discusses the restoration work that brought South back into the public domain. South is the documentary film record of Shackleton's ill-fated 1914-1916 trans-Antarctic expedition. The film will be screened accompanied by world-renowned silent film pianist, Neil Brand. | |
| 8 Sep 00 | Britten Theatre, Inner London :: V172 listing details L1855841878 |
Buzz Aldrin - T869243294Astronaut Buzz Aldrin looks forward to new developments in space exploration and reflects on one of the greatest achievements in the recent history of science and technology: the day the world watched him walk on the moon. | |
| 8 Sep 00 | Royal Geographic Society, Inner London :: V0707255824 listing details L01854171343 |
Scientists in the Movies - T0623170654Ever since movies began, the scientist - as saint and sinner - has been centre stage. Usually as sinner, Drs Jekyll, Rottwang, Frankenstein and Strangelove - come to mind. Conversely, real-life scientists have been presented as impossibly virtuous saints. Professor Christopher Frayling, Rector of the Royal College of Art, looks at a selection of movie scientists and reflects on the impact of these images. | |
| 7 Sep 00 | Imperial College, Inner London :: V02057115448 listing details L1005418879 |
Antarctica - T01296304629Dame Beryl Bainbridge's novel, The Birthday Boys, about Captain Scott's ill-fated Antarctic expedition sparks off an evening's exploration of Antarctic science since the Heroic Age. Broadcaster Peter Evans talks with Beryl Bainbridge and Director of British Antarctic Survey, Professor Chris Rapley. Special guest, actor Andrew Sachs reads from The Birthday boysPerformer Beryl Bainbridge. Performer Andrew Sachs. | |
| 7 Sep 00 | Britten Theatre, Inner London :: V172 listing details L915642325 |
