‘Hope? And How to Grieve for the Planet’
Creative Science Zone, Royal Geographical Society
Through Neal Haddaway’s captivating photographic exhibition, titled ‘Hope? and how to grieve for the planet’, take time to contemplate the range of emotional responses to the climate and ecological crises – visualised through conversations with those working on the front lines of climate and environmental research. Observe the emotions of researchers and communicators shown in the photos, and then consider your own.
There will be an opportunity to write down how you feel about the planetary crises and to discuss the science and mental health impacts of climate change with our researchers, who envision a future where individuals, communities and healthcare systems have the knowledge, tools, and resources to become resilient to the mental health impacts of climate change. This project explores what it means to know what the future holds.
City & Guilds Building Foyer
Better healthcare is not just a matter of new treatments. Designers working to make healthcare more responsive to the needs of patients, carers and clinicians are also essential, and over the Festival weekend you can try out innovations from our Helix Design Centre, including creating art with a stroke rehab watch.
Sat and Sun at 13.00, 14.30, 15.30 and 16.30, Digital Studio, The Learning Centre, V&A
Nexus is about young people’s experiences of COVID-19. During this short film screening you’ll meet a young man and explore his world and his experience of having an eating disorder whilst being cut-off from his friends, both in person and online. We will briefly discuss how we co-produced this short film with a group of young people after which you’ll get the chance to watch the film. During this session you will get the opportunity to sit in the Director’s chair to tell us what you think the next film should focus on. What will Matt and his friends do next – you decide…
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Queens Tower Rooms
For this artistic workshop, robotic designers and engineers from the UK Robotics and Autonomous System Network and Imperial College London’s Robotics Postgrads Network and joind forces with creative workshop designer Katie Kennedy to challenge our Festival families to design and build a model robot using artistic and recycled materials. Design your own robot model to solve an important issue, address a critical problem or simply make life easier.
Sun 1pm, Room G16, Sir Alexander Fleming Building
A live recording of the Robot Talk podcast, hosted by Dr Claire Asher and with guests Dr Glyn Morgan (curator of the Science Museum’s Science Fiction exhibition), Prof Thrishantha Nanayakkara (Imperial College London) and Prof Bani Anvari (University College London).