The Politics Festival
Politics has never been more unpredictable, more alarming or more interesting. With the latest developments in the Brexit saga, and democracy feeling the strain on a global scale, The Politics Festival (22–24 Jun) returns to Kings Place to ask what might happen next and what should happen.
London 1938: Defending 'Degenerate' German Art
The Wiener Library’s exhibition tells the story of the Third Reich’s campaign against ‘degenerate’ art and this response in London in 1938. The exhibition features a number of the original artworks from the New Burlington Galleries’ exhibition, including works by Emil Nolde and Max Slevogt, presented with the stories of their lenders in 1938. The show will also include items from The Wiener Library’s unique archival collections.
500 years of medicine. Today: Are teenagers really irrational?
On the face of it, teenagers can seem as though they behave irrationally and impulsively, taking excessive risks. Yet neuroscience reveals that something much more complex may be going on. Join Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore of UCL as she explains her research into the development of the adolescent brain in humans.
Fiona Crisp: Material Sight
A major new commission by artist Fiona Crisp that uses photography, moving image and sound to approach the material environments where scientific experiments that challenge the limits of our imagination are carried out.
Richard Woods - Upgrade
On 1 June, in a parking space in East London, North London, Richard Woods create Upgrade – a month-long site-specific installation that engages with issues of housing and urban regeneration.
Poetry and Lyrics Festival
Over a weekend in June, musicians and poets spanning genres from classical and folk to contemporary, world and hip hop come together for a programme of concerts, live music, talks, workshops and readings. This year we’ll be celebrating how poetry and lyrics have articulated great moments of change throughout history, experiencing the legacy of famous classic poets on composers and songwriters, hosting a party premiering new poetry commissions inspired by one of hip-hop’s biggest names, and much more...
Futureality Workshops
Aeffect have launched four workshops within the theme of Futureality that are open to the public, with only 20 limited places available per workshop for professionals, designers and researchers who are facing the future oriented, strategic decisions in their practice.
Charles Dickens: Man of Science
Charles Dickens: Man of Science aims to reveal Dickens not only as a scientific enthusiast, but as the key communicator of science in the Victorian age. Displaying his writings alongside artefacts, instruments, and texts of the developing sciences, we share the story of Dickens’s friendships and scientific passions
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