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Gravity Geeks Art + Science + Ideas
Symposium Schedule /Content /Speakers / Abstracts / Bios /Contacts
Time
Session
Content / Topic
Staff / Speakers
Where
9am
Registration
Joan Staff
Box Office Foyer
9.30am
Session 1 Welcome
Introduction to the day
MC - Natasha Mitchell
Q Theatre
9.40am
Parkour
Gravity defying performance
Dauntless Movement Crew
Q Theatre
9.50am
Session 2
Keynote Address
TBA Gravity Makes Waves
Prof Fred Watson (Australian Astronomical Observatory)
Q Theatre
10.30am
Morning Tea
Atrium
10.50am
Session 3
Aboriginal Astronomy and Navigation
Prof Ray Norris (WSU /CSIRO)
Q Theatre
11.30am
Session 4.
Science follows Art
Prometheus on Trial
Frankenstein
Nick Atkins Creative Producer
Field Audience Questions: Natasha Mitchell)
Q Theatre
12.noon
Catch up time
Planetarium
12.15am
Lunch
Catered
Atrium/Foyer
12.30pm
Performance (10 mins)
Parkour
Dauntless Movement Crew
Mondo (outdoors)
1.pm
Session 5
Performance
Am I Hand History
Shaun Parker & Company
Q Theatre
1.45pm
Session 6
Art + Science
Australian Network for Art and Technology
Projects + Residencies
Vicki Sowry, Dir. Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT)
Q Theatre
2.30pm
Afternoon Tea
Catered
Foyer
2.50pm
Session 7
Art + Science
House of Wonder Residencies
3 artist / 3 scientists /
Chair: Dr Sarah Reeves (MAAS)
Q Theatre
3.50pm
Session 8
Art + Science
Sound Ship- (descender 1)
David Haines / Joyce Hinterding
Q Theatre
4.30pm
Session 9
Plenary / Wrap Up
Art + Science - Disciplines in Company
Prof Fred Watson,
David Haines/ Joyce Hinterding
Vicki Sowry, Shaun Parker
Chair: Natasha Mitchell
Q Theatre
5pm
Session 10
Digital Projection
Hindenburg Mix
Barton Staggs / Alex Ryan
Q Theatre
5.15 6pm
Close
Drinks
Bar Atrium
10 3pm
Planetarium
Film / Projection
WSU invigilators
Borland Foyer
Session 1
Introduction to Gravity Geeks Art + Science + Ideas Symposium
Natasha Mitchell
ABC Broadcaster, Radio National,
Natasha Mitchell will host Gravity Geeks Art + Science + Ideas Symposium.
Natasha Mitchell has an extensive career with many highlights related to science and its communication. She is the founding presenter and producer of popular ABC science psychology and culture radio show, All in the Mind. She has been an on camera reporter for ABC Science program Quantum, and most recently, was the presenter of Radio Nationals Life Matters.
Natasha Mitchell has served as a board member, and later vice president of the World Federation of Science Journalists.
Dauntless Movement Crew (DMC)
Joseph Carbone
Director
0420 943 569
DMC is a movement based team which combines art forms such as Tricking, B-Boying, Parkour and Acrobatics. We started in 2010 with just six members. In2016 DMC has expanded to over 30 members and we'reteaching more than120 students.DMC members are split between teaching, entertaining at wedding and corporate events, and performing forTV commercials and theatre.
We've featured in films such as Fat Pizza Vs Housos and Kingsman. We've also performed in commercialsfor Telstra, St George Bank, Aussie Beef, Studio Ten, Sony FIFAWorld Cup, QANTASinflight commercials, and even performed live onChannel 7 Sunrise.
DMC entertains guests all over Australia at events varying from festivals to weddings and corporate events. We average five entertainment events per week through the two groups.
We also perform and teach at community events, including our homeground Fairfield City Council, at events including Bring It On Festival (part of Youth Week) and Cabramatta Moon Festival.
Session 2 Keynote Address Gravity Makes Waves
Professor Fred Watson
Australian Astronomical Observatory
Patron, Gravity Geeks Art + Science + Ideas
0420 897 860
Keynote Address
Abstract: Gravity Makes Waves
The announcement last February that gravitational waves had been detected for the first time was greeted with unbridled enthusiasm in the world of physics and astronomy. But the discovery has left hosts of ordinary people bemused, and not a little baffled. What are gravitational waves? How were they found? Will we find more? And, above all, why is it so important? Great questions all, and ones that this entertaining and fully-illustrated talk will answer. Join astronomer Fred Watson as he lifts the veil on everything gravitational to reveal why this is one of the most significant discoveries of our time - and what it could lead to.
Bio:
Fred Watson is an astronomer and Science communicator. He has been Astronomer in charge at the Australian Astronomical Observatory in Coonabarabran. Now based in Sydney he is leading the charge to preserve the dark skies which will enable observatories to continue to view the universe. Fred has adjunct professorships at WSU, UNSW, Macquarie University and Queensland University of Technology. He is a well-known science communicator, appearing on radio and television and active in writing about science.
He has received numerous awards including, in 2003, the David Allen Prize for communicating astronomy to the public; in 2006 he was the winner of the Eureka Prize for promoting understanding of Science. In January 2010 Fred was made an order of Australia. For his service to science and for communicating it to the public.
Session 3 - Aboriginal Astronomy and Navigation
Professor Ray Norris
Project Leader, Evolutionary Map of the Universe
School of Computing, Engineering, & Maths, Western Sydney University,
& CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science,
Contact: 0417 288 307
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/rnorris
Abstract: Aboriginal Astronomy and Navigation
Aboriginal people in Australia have arich astronomical tradition such as the emu in the sky constellation of darkclouds, and stories about the Sun, Moon, and Orion, revealing a depth andcomplexity of Aboriginalcultures which are not widely appreciated byoutsiders.A growing body of research over the last few years has shown that these traditions also show strong evidence of a deep knowledge of the sky, which was used for ceremonial, navigation and calendrical purposes.This talk will explore the wonderful Aboriginalastronomical stories and traditions and show how they were used for practical purposes such as navigation.
Bio:
Prof. Ray Norris is a British/Australian astronomer with Western Sydney University andCSIRO Astronomy &Space Science, who researches how galaxies formed and evolved after the Big Bang, and also researches the astronomy of AboriginalAustralians. He was educated at Cambridge University, and University of Manchester, UK, and moved to Australia to join CSIRO, where he became Head of Astrophysics in 1994, and then Deputy Director of the Australia Telescope, and Director of the Australian Astronomy Major National Research Facility, before returning in 2005 to active research. He currently leads an international project (EMU, or Evolutionary Map of the Universe) to understand the origin and evolution of galaxies, using the new Australian SKA Pathfinderradio-telescopenearing completion in Western Australia, and is also pioneering the WTF project to discover the unexpected in astronomical data. In his research on Aboriginal Astronomy he has been inspired by the depth and complexity of Aboriginal understanding of the sky, and looks forward to the day when Aboriginal languages are taught routinely in high-schools.
Session 4 Prometheus on Trial
Nick Atkins
Producer, New Work
Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre
0425 432 390
47 237623
Abstract: Prometheus on Trial
Published in 1817, Mary Shelleys, Frankenstein is an early example of Science Fiction. Now with a body of adaptations across screen and stage, The Q has brought together an actor, a digital artist, a pianist and a director to reanimate the dead matter of this iconic 19th century monster. Director, Nick Atkins introduces the context of this project and some of the discoveries that have been made behind the rehearsal room door of this new production. Frankenstein is truly a case of art influencing science and the possible.
Bio:
Nick is currently Producer, Q Programs at The Joan. Recently he directed Teacup in a Storm for The Q and is currently in development for a cross disciplinary adaptation of Frankenstein to be presented in November. As a writer his play Out of the Bars won Gasworks Arts Parks Playtime initiative and is the recipient of ATYPs 2017 Foundation Commission for his new play Wonder Fly. In 2015 he directed The Bacchae for The Q and managed overseeing The Joan's residency, research and development activities. In this year he was also a member of PACTs Rapid Response Team. In 2014 he wrote and performed A Boy & A Bean presented at PACT and The Joan. Mardi Gras a