Climate Control - After Hours at Manchester Museum
29 Jun 2016
An evening of poetry and art exploring issues of climate change.
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Migratory Birds: Poetry and Perceptions of Climate Change (6-7.30pm)
- How does poetry represent birds and our relationship to them and how might it change the way that we relate to the natural world?
What impact is climate change going to have on migratory bird species? Tom Pickard, a poet, Dr Matthew Ward a literary scholar, Dr Sam Illingworth, a climate change scientist and Dr Huw Lloyd an ornithologist will discuss these questions.
Climate Change Synaesthesia: the exhibition unleashed (8 – 9.30pm)
Climate scientists and artists take hold of the exhibition, inviting the public to take another look….an immersive installation unfolds and we hear, touch, smell and taste the effects of climate change through a labyrinth of stories, images and objects
With EXIST and Little Wolf Parade
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