As an artist inspired by glass and light, particularly in scared spaces, when I was asked to join other members of the Ordered Universe team to be part of the Napa Lighted Festival, it was an invitation I just couldn’t refuse. The whole event is shaping up to be amazing and I am really lookingContinue reading “Napa Lighted Festival – from Cate Watkinson”
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Preview 9: The Greatest Scientist You’ve Never Heard Of … at the Napa Lighted Art Festival 19 Jan 2019
Science – but not as you might know it. Come and read scientific works from medieval Europe with modern scientists and medieval specialists. Find out about the medieval big bang, the science of the rainbow, and how to move beyond the horizon.
Preview 7: Beyond the Fringe at the Napa Lighted Art Festival 18 Jan 2019
Luke Fidler, an art historian, will talk about how artists like Stan Brakhage and Hollis Frampton drew on a range of medieval texts and images and changed our understanding of the filmic medium’s aesthetic possibilities in the process.
Preview 6: Taste Beyond Borders (2) at the Napa Lighted Art Festival 18 Jan 2019
Come and experience a taste of the past! Giles Gasper, and Andy Hook will bust myths about medieval European food!
Preview 4: Horizon and Beyond the Horizon at the Napa Lighted Art Festival 17, 18, 19 Jan 2019
Find out about the science and history behind the projection piece, Horizon.
Preview 2: Taste Beyond Borders at the Napa Lighted Art Festival 17 Jan 2019
Come and experience a taste of the past! Giles Gasper, and Andy Hook will bust myths about medieval European food!
Preview 1: Beyond Belief at the Napa Lighted Art Festival 17 Jan 2019
Explore the powerful role of artistic expression in religious belief with two experts from the UK. Cate Watkinson, glassmaker, academic and stained glass restorer is joined by Giles Gasper, a historian of the Middle Ages.
Ordered Universe at the Napa Lighted Festival 2019 – Programme
So, in January, you’ll be able to catch a number of Ordered Universe team members at the Napa Lighted Art Festival. We’re hugely excited about the opportunity which was instigated by Ross Ashton and Karen Monid of The Projection Studio (with whom we have worked very successfully as followers of this blog will surelyContinue reading “Ordered Universe at the Napa Lighted Festival 2019 – Programme”
Ordered Universe at Leeds International Medieval Congress, 2019
Ordered Universe will be taking part in the 2019 Leeds International Congress, the largest forum for sharing research on the Middle Ages in Europe. The project has a lot to offer on the special conference theme of ‘Materialities’ so we proposed four sessions and a roundtable, all of which were accepted. The Ordered Universe activitiesContinue reading “Ordered Universe at Leeds International Medieval Congress, 2019”
OxNet NorthEast 2018 Programme Launch, and Other Ordered Universe Updates
Next Monday the OxNet – Ordered Universe programme for 2018-19 launches in the North-East. Organised through the hub school at Southmoor Academy in Sunderland, the programme involves and is open to schools from across the regions. We’ll be holding a taster evening at St Peter’s Church in Sunderland, rich in its connections to the medievalContinue reading “OxNet NorthEast 2018 Programme Launch, and Other Ordered Universe Updates”