Caro Howell, director of the Foundling Museum, presents FOUND. An exhibition freighted with anecdote and emotion, in which artists, writers and musicians were asked to respond to the theme of ‘found’ with a new or existing work, or a found object of significance to them, looking for something that in order to be found, it must first be lost.
To celebrate National Women in Engineering Day, Knowledge Quarter’s partner IoM3 offers a free download of the Materials World app June issue, a must-have app for engineers and those working or studying in the sciences.
Chris Green, director of the Knowledge Quarter’s partner SQW, presents an insightful blog on Innovation Districts. Chris develops an analysis of two European examples, drawing important lessons both specifically in relation to the creation of innovation districts and more generally to the long term regeneration of our cities.
Knowledge Quarter’s partner, London Metropolitan Archives, is delighted to announce that on 21 June 2016 the Great Parchment Book of the Honourable the Irish Society was inscribed to the UK register of the UNESCO Memory of the World.
Senate House Library will be hosting an intimate and unique evening of study and performance as Professor Sir Brian Vickers leads an exploration of Shakespeare’s sonnets, joined by famous actors Edward Fox, Joanna David and Dominic West, who will be reading from a selection of sonnets throughout the evening.
Former BBC News reporter Sian Williams joins The School of Life to explore the science of resilience. Sian has learnt from those who have rebuilt their shattered worlds, both emotionally and physically, and have emerged feeling changed but stronger with a re-newed sense of perspective on life.
The British Library presents a weekend devoted to the art of storytelling exploring how stories have the power to transform us: how they can impact individuals and effect social change.
Acclaimed writer Julie McNamara and filmmaker David Hevey present exciting, new and provocative works examining our attitudes towards difference in a society that values some lives more than others.
The Nuclear Culture Project is a curatorial exploration led by Ele Carpenter, Associate Curator at Arts Catalyst, in partnership with Goldsmiths College, University of London which brings together scientists, engineers and community activists with artists and ethicists to consider the conceptual and cultural challenges of dismantling nuclear submarines in the UK and develop new opportunities for creative practice.
The Knowledge Quarter is pleased to announce the appointment of Alina Velias, who has joined the Knowledge Quarter for a 3-month research project on the the Knowledge Quarter economic impact.