Wellcome Collection What's On Sept 2013
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| EXHIBITION, LEVEL 5 |
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Thinking with the Body: Mind and movement in the work of
Wayne McGregor | Random Dance |
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| THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER–SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER |
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| Wayne McGregor is well known for his physically testing choreography and ground-breaking collaborations across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science. In 2000, he and his company Wayne McGregor | Random Dance embarked on a series of projects investigating aspects of creativity in dance with researchers from other fields such as cognitive and social science. | | This exhibition, staged during the run-up to the first performances of his new work for Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, 'Atomos' at Sadler's Wells, offers a glimpse into this interdisciplinary research process and the impact it has in the rehearsal studio. Find out more about the process of choreography and how mind, body and movement interact in each of us.
› Read more about Thinking with the Body |
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| What is a Body? |
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| THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER, 19.00–20.30 |
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What does it mean to perceive manmade objects as bodies or as persons? A lifelike presence may be instilled through ceremonial ritual, as in Papua New Guinea, or technology, as in the West. Join experts from the worlds of dance and anthropology to investigate bodies and objects as social beings in different contexts.
› Find out more about What is a Body |
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| Distributed Creativity |
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| THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER, 19.00–20.30 |
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Creative processes often depend not just on single minds but on many people working together. Lots of other factors are involved too: the tools available, the environment, timescales, processes of transcription and dissemination… the list goes on. Explore distributed creativity from architectural and musical perspectives with cognitive scientist David Kirsh, whose work features in the exhibition.
› Find out more about Distributed Creativity |
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| CURIOUS JOURNEY |
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| Be part of our curious journey |
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As we journey towards a bigger and bolder Wellcome Collection, we invite you to join us in exploring pastures new. You will find our exhibitions and events popping up in different parts of the building, and some of our events will leave the building entirely and roam into Bloomsbury, Camden and King’s Cross. Whether you come along to our Curiosity Roadshow (on a converted Routemaster bus), take a walking tour with an expert, or enjoy our activities at the spectacular Bloomsbury Festival, we’ll endeavour to sustain your curiosity along the way.
› Find out more about our curious journey |
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| CURIOUS JOURNEY EVENTS |
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| Crisis and Creativity in King's Cross |
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| 16, 17 & 18 SEPTEMBER, 14.00-15.30 |
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What do we mean by ‘regeneration’? How has the desire to improve or restructure London at different moments been driven by public health and housing needs or by anxieties about dirt, decline and degradation? Consider these questions with Dr Ben Campkin (architectural historian, director of UCL’s Urban Laboratory and author of ‘Remaking London’) on this walking tour through King’s Cross.
› Read more about the walking tour |
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| CURIOUS DEVELOPMENTS |
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| Need a passport for your travels? |
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With our building works in full swing, why not have a look at the new spaces we’ll be unveiling in the upcoming year? From a new gallery to a new restaurant, Wellcome Collection will be bigger than ever. We are also providing a limited-edition deluxe passport for our most loyal visitors, who can collect stamps and earn rewards. To get a free passport, just send an email to curious@wellcomecollection.organd tell us your postal address and your favourite thing about Wellcome Collection. Passports are limited and first come, first served, so get in quick!
› Find out more about our curious journey |
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Summer sale: A Guide for the
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If you haven't already got your hands on a copy of our beautifully illustrated guidebook, now's the time to pick one up. For just £3, you can ‘own’ many objects from Henry's collection that featured in our Medicine Man exhibition. Guided by Marek Kohn's insightful writing, you can travel through the body, medicine and society without leaving the comfort of your own home.
› Find out more about our guide |
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| ‘You are getting in my hair!’ |
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The Wellcome Collection website has recently been enriched with a selection of images from the Adamson Collection. These pieces were assembled by the British artist Edward Adamson (1911-1996), who was a pioneer of art as therapy in psychiatric hospitals. His collection of works by patients has travelled internationally and provides valuable insights into the private worlds of patients stigmatised by mental illness. This image shows surveillant eyes planted in the subject's hair, which almost seems to strike back at Adamson's observations with the exclamation of the title (‘You are getting in my hair!‘) and with the powerful locks, reminiscent of Medusa's snakes.
› Find out more about the Adamson Collection |
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| COMPETITION |
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| Thinking about the Body |
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This month our prize takes an anatomical turn. Who wouldn’t like a ‘Little Joe’ anatomical figure (with removable organs) on their mantelpiece? Whether you need practice for medical school or just want to know where your bits and bobs are, enter our competition and and a new little friend may be on its way to you.
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