Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Discovering Latin America is glad to announce that the 7th edition of its unique Film Festival will take place at the folllowing London venues: Institute of Contemporary Arts, Odeon Covent Garden, Odeon Panton Street, Ritzy Cinema and Tate Modern. For our seventh edition we are bringing a selection of the best of new feature films, documentaries and short films from across Latin America; with over thirty feature length films and many of them multiple award winners and new to London audiences.
For More See:
http://www.discoveringlatinamerica.com/dlaff/
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Monday 1st December 2008
Martin Amis Public Event: Literature and Science
Renowned author Martin Amis will examine the interplays and tensions between literature and science at his next University of Manchester debate on 1 December.
The writer will be joined by high profile psychotherapist Adam Philips and philosopher and academic John Gray, for the evening event in the University’s Whitworth Hall.
The event will offer a unique chance to hear leading writers and thinkers consider the competing claims of literature and science as ways of understanding and explaining the world, and whether science has overtaken literature as a way of making sense of our experience.
The panel is also expected to discuss topics such as the role of imaginative writing in chronicling and critiquing ‘scientific’ activities, and how literature can and should respond to recent controversies in bio-technology and genetic engineering.
This reading will be followed by a Q & A session.
Martin Amis Public Events are presented by the University’s Centre for New Writing.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY’S WHITWORTH HALL, UNDER THE MAIN ENTRANCE ARCHWAY.
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
SERTÃO – EXHIBITION BY BRAZILIAN PHOTOGRAPHER WALTER FIRMO (Gallery 32, 32 Green St, London)
As part of the celebrations of the centenary of the birth of João Guimarães Rosa, the Embassy of Brazil and TAM Airlines are showing a collection of black and white photographs by the renowned Brazilian art photographer Walter Firmo at Gallery 32.
‘Sertão’ is the result of Firmo’s journey in the footsteps of Guimarães Rosa along the trails between the towns of Andrequicé and Sete Lagoas in northern Minas Gerais, beautifully capturing the rural landscape, memorable characters and traditional customs of the local communities.
Contact :
João Guarantani
Project Manager
jguarantani@brazil.org.uk
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
THE AMERICANS. NEW ART.
Barbican Gallery, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2 (enquiries 020 7638 8891). Admission £7. Open Mon, Tues, Thurs-Sat 10am-6pm, Wed 10am-9pm, Sun & Bank Holidays 12-6pm.
If you are tired of the pretentiousness and aggressiveness of YBAs, then head to Barbican Art for a selection of 50 pieces from 30 of the latest American contemporary artists. A wide range of media is represented with artists mostly from New York and its West Coast rival Los Angeles. Highlights include photographs of the adult film industry by Jeff Burton and Fred Tomaselli’s paintings made from pills and other pharmaceuticals. A programme of talks, films and performances will coincide with the exhibition
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
Out of the Studio – celebrating art, design and media learning and teaching
Out of the studio is an event for those who are or would like to be learning and teaching fellows and all who are interested in fellowship activities and opportunities.
This is a one day event which will bring together colleagues from across the art, design and media sector who are currently Institutional Teaching Fellows, ADM National Teaching Fellows and key colleagues in related learning and teaching development work. The event will include colleagues who may be interested in becoming an institutional, ADM or National Teaching Fellow.
The event is intended to create a dynamic forum to recognise the work of fellows; where colleagues may share, showcase and disseminate their work relating to their Teaching Fellowship roles and projects. The event is intended to offer an important opportunity for colleagues to meet, discuss, reflect and network – and to hopefully create future collaborative activities. It will offer discussion of the ADMHEA Fellowship Scheme and the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme. It is hoped that from this event that participants will be encouraged and better prepared to apply for these schemes.
The event will also showcase the work of the CETLs from across our sector.
Out of the studio will also enable colleagues to learn more about the 2008 National Teaching Fellowship Project: Creative Interventions: valuing and assessing creativity in student work- related learning in the public and not-for-profit sector – a collaborative project involving colleagues from the CLIP CETL, University of the Arts, London, the Arts Institute at Bournemouth (AIB) and SCEPTrE, University of Surrey.
This free event will showcase a series of presentations, workshops and poster displays that will help to develop an understanding of what institutional fellowship projects exist, how work is being developed and how colleagues can pursue Fellowship opportunities.
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