Exhibition
Fiona Crisp: Material Sight
24 Mar 2018 – 13 May 2018
Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art
Sunderland, United Kingdom
Event
KOSMICA: Ethereal Things
14 Apr 2018 – 15 Apr 2018
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Cost of entry
Saturday: £4 / £6 unwaged
Sunday: Free, drop-in activites
Address
- at National Glass Centre
- Liberty Way
- Sunderland
Tyne & Wear - SR6 0GL
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- St Peter's Metro Station
- Sunderland Station
Event map
A weekend of art and the science of the universe.
About
“The Sun, the Moon, the Earth and its contents are material to form greater things, that is, ethereal things - greater things than the Creator himself has made” - John Keats, 1817
KOSMICA: Ethereal Things is a weekend of events exploring our intimate human connection with particle physics and the physics of the universe. Experience impossible situations, encounter the mysterious realm of subatomic physics, and unravel the cosmic web through experiments, performances, music and poetics.
PROGRAMME
SATURDAY 14 APRIL
Artist’s tour of Material Sight
5:30 - 6:30pm, Galleries
Free
Immerse yourself in the sounds and sights of the vast, astonishing spaces where scientists investigate the universe. Artist Fiona Crisp guides you through her exhibition Material Sight.
A cosmic evening of music, film, performance and talks
Doors/bar open 6:30pm. Event 7-9:30pm, Riverside Rooms
£6/£4 unwaged
Join us for a special evening of performance, film, talks and music that aims to make the physics of the universe intimate and inspiring. With artists Annie Carpenter and Aoife van Linden Tol, film-makers Semiconductor, dark matter physicist Chamkaur Ghag, cosmologist Richard Bower, and Newcastle band Spacegong. Spectacular cosmological visuals provided by the Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University.
SUNDAY 15 APRIL
Drop-in Activities
2-5pm, Riverside Rooms
Free, no booking necessary, just pop in!
Artists and scientists will be in the Riverside Rooms with activities to satisfy your cosmic curiosity. Drop in to make artworks inspired by the physics of the universe with artist Helen Schell, create a DIY black hole singularity with artist Annie Carpenter, and learn about cosmic structure through origami with cosmologist Mark Neyrinck, and experience cosmic visualisations with scientists from Durham University.
Nahum – Voyage: An encounter with a Neutrino (A Hypnosis Performance)
4-5pm, The Pod
£6/£4 unwaged
The neutrino is among the elusive of particles, a subatomic wisp so ephemeral it zips through the planet rarely leaving a trace. Despite its extraordinary abundance - billions pass through your body every second - this ghostly particle is notoriously difficult to detect.
Voyage: An encounter with a neutrino is a project by artist Nahum that explores the possibility of having a personal, intimate encounter with a fundamental particle, and sensing your deep connection to our planet, our Sun, and to the solar system in which we live, achieving something that physicists build vast underground detectors to realise.
KOSMICA: Ethereal Things accompanies Fiona Crisp’s exhibition Material Sight. It is a partnership between Arts Catalyst, the KOSMICA Institute, Fiona Crisp (Northumbria University), and NGCA, supported by Durham University and Boulby Underground Laboratory.
For this project we gratefully acknowledge the funding support of the UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council.
