🐠 Launching today! Immerse yourself in a ‘flooded’ museum transformed into a coral reef, and explore healthy, degraded and restored coral in our new VR installation Virtual Worlds: Corals at the Grant Museum.
Free, just drop in.
Read more: https://t.co/EZMGGFw7SS
So nice to meet you yesterday @TimBlackburn66 and talk all things moths and your book 'The Jewel Box: How Moths Illuminate Nature’s Hidden Rules'. Really excited to see how we might celebrate these mysterious insects through an artistic collaboration in @GrantMuseum
An underwater soundscape beautifully captured by @WildAudioJack & covered by @BBCSpringwatch. See this thread for explanations & significance. Also see the underwater landscape of one of our restored farm ponds. Ponds rock!
Its the Secret Life of Ponds live @GrantMuseum as part of the #PerformingPlanetActivism series. Fantastic poetry / music / thoughts from 6 wonderful artists & 3 @uclponds scientists inspired by our work restoring farm #ponds. A brilliant night!!!
NEW HOT POETS FILM Preview!
‘The World Is An Island’ new poetry & science collab with Islands & Coastal Research Lab (ICR) at @UCL
By @LivTorc@Chris_Redmond_ & @CatalinaSpataru
Fri 10 Feb 7pm
@GrantMuseum
Part performance, part exhibit, part workshop
https://t.co/v1ufBBCFR6
👧 Are you an artist or facilitator working with families? 👦
We're inviting proposals for fun and inspiring family activities for @PetrieMuseEgypt@GrantMuseum & @UCLArtMuseum on:
▪️ Social justice
▪️ Climate justice
▪️ UCL's impact
Apply by 19 Feb: https://t.co/kiJe4i0otn
📢 5 tickets just released for sold-out 'The Secret Life of Ponds: Poetry, Music & Freshwater Science' at 7pm!
🗣 Join us for an evening w/ poets @Chris_Redmond_@tempoftheyear @AminaAtiqpoetry and musicians @aliceboydmusic, Tom Fisher & Dot.i.
Book now: https://t.co/XVpwNRqgdv
🌊 What are your own memories of water?
On 7 Feb 7pm in 'Hidden Rivers of London', @global_gen of Story Garden will share water-based memories, explore the mythology of the river Fleet, and lead a watery writing workshop.
Book: https://t.co/Va6PCnbwRK
#PerformingPlanetActivism
🦇 Want to explore the Museum in a new way?
Our vocal workshop 'Echo Sounding in the Grant Museum' takes inspiration from British bat species.
📅 Wed 8 Feb 6pm
🗣 With @echo_vocal's @sarah_latto & Hermione Spriggs
👋 For all voices of all ages
Book now: https://t.co/7vTEGZ1GZN
🌻 And in Flower Power and Petal Prints on Sat 11 Feb, we ask: how do we understand the changing world around us?
☀️ Learn about the power of the sun for plant life, and make your own petal prints from leaves and flowers.
Info and booking: https://t.co/6QmHBg31Pk (2/2)
🌍 Next month we're hosting two free 'Creativity around Climate Change' family events with Oliver Cloke as part of #PerformingPlanetActivism.
🍃 In Wind Power on Sat 4 Feb, go on a mission to find ways to creatively harness wind energy.
Book now: https://t.co/WXkUeTNEPD (1/2)
👀 On Thurs 2 Feb we have THREE events exploring The Secret Life of Ponds as part of #PerformingPlanetActivism.
✒️ At 9.30am, intro workshop 'Creating Water-Inspired Poetry' is led by poet @Chris_Redmond_ & scientist @helenmgreaves.
Tickets: https://t.co/babXhdhYxh (1/4)
🌍 Our brand new climate programme, Performing Planet Activism, is now live!
From 1 Feb, 10 days of performances and workshops bring together @ucl research, activism & artistic interpretation.
Full programme here - join us! https://t.co/cctq2dqDNC
#PerformingPlanetActivism
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Loved loved LOVED running this meeting last with @ShooeeKlu - so excited to finally get our @norfolkponds@ace_national funded ‘Secret Life of Ponds’ project off the ground with some fabulous @UCLgeography colleagues @informed_enviro & these wonderful talented poets & musicians!
Call out for sound artists, poets & musicians – a unique opportunity to explore The Secret Life of Ponds! This new project from @norfolkponds culminates in performances at @GrantMuseum of Zoology & #NorwichSciFest 2023.
Apply now – deadline 30 Sep. Info: https://t.co/cjrEsqdHhC
ARTIST OPEN CALL (POETS/ SOUND ARTISTS) - Bringing together sound artists, poets, freshwater scientists and London and Norfolk audiences in an exploration of the declining UK farmland pond and their extraordinary biodiversity.. https://t.co/inVhY6Jqzm