May 2007
Can science secure our skies?
1 May 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
This event has been postponed. We apologise for any inconvenience. Please keep checking the website for the new date.
So You Want to Be a Brain Surgeon?
2 May 2007, 19:00 - 21:00
Have you ever wanted to be a brain surgeon? Well, best to practise with jelly or eggs first. Join our team of surgeons to find out how brain surgery is performed and try out your skills.
Skin Colour: Should it matter?
3 May 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
Today, lighter-skinned people earn more than darker-skinned people. Can we escape the prejudices a hierarchy of skin colour evokes? What does genetics have to say about skin colour and will this affect our identity? Join us for an open and frank discussion.
Takeaway Festival: morning workshops
9 May 2007, 11:00 - 13:00
Get hands on with the workshops that will enable you to uncover the emerging technologies and software that are opening up new kinds of potential in art practice, design and communication.
Takeaway Festival: afternoon workshops
9 May 2007, 14:00 - 16:00
Get hands on with the workshops that will enable you to uncover the emerging technologies and software that are opening up new kinds of potential in art practice, design and communication.
Takeaway Festival: [author or participant]
9 May 2007, 18:30 - 22:00
Are we authors or participants? Do we initiate or contribute in our technological world? This series of short talks and presentations will look at the roles of individuals and their use of technology.
Takeaway Festival: afternoon workshops
10 May 2007, 14:00 - 16:00
Get hands on with the workshops that will enable you to uncover the emerging technologies and software that are opening up new kinds of potential in art practice, design and communication.
Takeaway Festival: morning workshops
10 May 2007, 11:00 - 13:00
Get hands on with the workshops that will enable you to uncover the emerging technologies and software that are opening up new kinds of potential in art practice, design and communication.
Takeaway Festival: From the ground up
10 May 2007, 18:30 - 22:00
How are the normal hierarchies of creativity challenged by a cultural landscape increasingly defined by technologies? This series of short talks and presentations will look at how activities and communities are being changed by emerging technology.
Takeaway Festival: Open networks
11 May 2007, 18:30 - 22:00
With technology becoming more open, who is really in charge? This series of short talks and presentations will look at implications for authority around the world because of more open technological networks.
Takeaway Festival: morning workshops
11 May 2007, 11:00 - 13:00
Get hands on with the workshops that will enable you to uncover the emerging technologies and software that are opening up new kinds of potential in art practice, design and communication.
Dinner@Dana: Back to the Big Bang
15 May 2007, 18:30 - 20:30
The world’s largest scientific instrument is almost complete! James Gillies will be jetting in from CERN in Switzerland, the coolest laboratory in 2007, to tell us how this impressive giant will bring forth a brave new world for science.
Superfood Sellout?
16 May 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
Blueberries, broccoli, pomegranate, watercress. Abounding superfoods pack an anti-cancer, anti-artery-clogging punch, potentially boosting health for the masses. But does it take more than clever marketing to qualify for the label? What do superfoods really do for you?
Clinical Trials and Tribulations
17 May 2007, 19:00 - 21:00
Clinical trials are necessary for new medical treatments. But are they games of chance? What makes people take part? How are treatments chosen? Join the medical research game that involves experts, actors and ethicists to uncover how trials really work.
Skin Colour: Vitiligo
22 May 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
Vitiligo is allegedly the reason behind Michael Jackson’s dramatic switch from black to white. It affects 1 in 200 people, destroying pigment-producing cells in skin. Sufferers face massive social stigma because of their appearance. What causes vitiligo and what treatments are available?
Ethics of Progress
23 May 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
The thing about the future is, by the time it happens, it's already too late. This performance avoids jargon to imagine how concepts of superposition, wave-particle duality, quantum entanglement and teleportation will affect you. Followed by discussion.
Work and Play 2025
24 May 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
Have your say! Imagine our world in 2025… what impact might technologies have on how we address our work-life balance? Actors present future scenarios revealing the ways technology might affect how we work and play, then open up the dialogue.
Art of the brain
29 May 2007, 18:30 - 21:30
Your brain can inspire creativity as well as produce it! Get creative by learning how to sculpt a brain and paint or draw your brain cells. Find your hidden creative skills and learn about your brain at the same time.
Punk Science: Climate change
30 May 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
Using comedy, music and live experiments, the Punk Science team take a look at climate change. Do you want to be greener or sit on your backside, enjoy the heat and wait for the cooling sea to come to you?
Skin Colour: Changing shades
31 May 2007, 19:00 - 20:30
Whitening skin creams are used by an unknown number of people in African-Caribbean, Asian, Mediterranean, Middle-Eastern and other darker-skinned populations. Conversely, millions of white-skinned people tan themselves obsessively. Investigate the ironies and dangers of both these skin ‘treatments’.