With a day to go before the Ordered Universe conference on Science, Imagination and Wonder, we’re very much looking forward to the public lecture to be given by Professor Jim Al-Khalili, On the Shoulders of Giants: Optics before Newton, in the Weston Library, from 17.15 on
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Illuminating Colour – Through a Glass Darkly
Film-maker Alan Fetiman followed and documented the Through a Glass Darkly collaboration between Ordered Universe and the National Glass Centre culminating in the exhibition of new work by Cate Watkinson and Colin Rennie Illuminating Colour. The documentary is complete and makes for a fascinating insight into the different perspectives of the participants, and how the the various aspectsContinue reading “Illuminating Colour – Through a Glass Darkly”
e-Luminating Colour
Yesterday, February 9th, was the opening of the 6th Cambridge e-Luminate Festival. Members of the Ordered Universe team were delighted to be asked to give an afternoon of talks, demonstrations and interactive activities as part of the opening events. Seb Falk (Cambridge), Jack Cunningham (Bishop Grosseteste University), Josh Harvey (Oxford), Giles Gasper (Durham), and AlexandraContinue reading “e-Luminating Colour”
Conference Previews redux: Science, Imagination and Wonder…
More previews from the papers for the Ordered Universe conference April 3-6. We’re delighted with the response to the call for papers, and to be in partnership with the International Robert Grosseteste Society (Science, Imagination and Wonder will also include meeting for the society). Amongst the papers accepted we have a theme on interdisciplinarity, marshalled by our ownContinue reading “Conference Previews redux: Science, Imagination and Wonder…”
Creative Lives – Colin Rennie and Alexandra Carr
Colin Rennie (National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland) and Alexandra Carr, both regular Ordered Universe participants, will be giving a talk at Sunderland University, on Tuesday this week (30th January). Details are below – including contact details for more information. Both Alexandra and Colin are integral to the way in which Ordered Universe research onContinue reading “Creative Lives – Colin Rennie and Alexandra Carr”
Cambridge e-Luminate Festival: Master of Colour
Friday 9th February sees the opening of the 2018 Cambridge e-Luminate Festival, and the Ordered Universe project is delighted to be taking part once again. In tandem with Ross Ashton and Karen Monid of The Projection Studio and their installation ‘I see’ on Senate
Alexandra Carr on the Radio and Conference Updates
Longtime Ordered Universe collaborator Alexandra Carr was recently on BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking programme to discuss the work she undertook during her Leverhulme Trust supported Sculpting with Light residency at Durham University.
Conference Previews: Science, Imagination and…
Preparations for the Ordered Universe conference which takes place at Pembroke College, Oxford 3-6 April, are moving on apace. In addition to our three keynote speakers, Professors Jim Al-Khalili (Surrey), Suzanne Akbari (Toronto) and Simon Oliver (Durham), we have a nice array of papers submitted, from a fantastic range of disciplines, which are forming themselves intoContinue reading “Conference Previews: Science, Imagination and…”
Ordered Universe in Early 2018: Events Update
2018 is set fair to be another busy year for the Ordered Universe team. In addition to submitting our first volume presenting the treatises On the Liberal Arts and On the Generation of Sounds, and the Middle English Seven Liberal Arts, to press, we have a wide range of other events organised. This is just a reminder of thoseContinue reading “Ordered Universe in Early 2018: Events Update”
Empyrean – Ordering Dante’s Universe
Hell, Heaven and Hope: A Journey through life and the afterlife with Dante is now open to the public in the Palace Green Galleries at Durham. The exhibition features a fabulous range of copies of Dante’s works, as well as contemporary artwork. Alexandra Carr’s Empyrean features as part of the section of Paradise. Completed as part of Alexandra’s LeverhulmeContinue reading “Empyrean – Ordering Dante’s Universe”