Origins Project Science & Culture Festival, April 6-11, 2011
April 11, 2011 10:00 pm
The ASU Origins Project proudly presents is 2011 Science & Culture Festival, a celebration of the interface between science, the humanities, and the fine arts. Anchored by an impressive array of musical, artistic, cinematic, and literary events, the festival prompts us to explore how science shapes cultural expression and how film, music, art, literature, and philosophy process and engage scientific information.
PURCHASE TICKETS FOR THE PLANETS (with STEPHEN HAWKING) here.
PURCHASE TICKETS FOR CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (with WERNER HERZOG) here.
PURCHASE TICKETS FOR THE MATTER OF ORIGINS here.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
April 8 | 3 pm | Neeb Hall | ASU Tempe Campus
Framing the theme of the entire weekend--the relationship between science and culture--Origins Project director leads notable festival participants in a panel discussion. Join acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog, MacArthur Award winning choreographer Liz Lerman, School of Music director and noted organist Kimberly Marshall, and legendary broadcaster Hugh Downs. A question and answer session will follow the discussion.
Free and open to the public.
Life in Extremis: The Documentary Films of Werner Herzog
April 6-7 | GIOS101 | ASU Tempe Campus
Features two documentaries by renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog—Encounters at the End of the World (Wednesday) and Grizzly Man (Thursday)—and explores their emphasis on human life lived at the extremes of nature, and the edges of human existence. Lecture by Eric Ames (U of Washington) following Thursday’s film. Free and open to the public. Visit asu.edu/clas/silc/herzog/ for film schedule.
Origins: Causation and Boundaries
April 7-8 | WEST135 | ASU Tempe Campus
Sponsored by the Institute for Humanities Research, this symposium explores the role the humanities play in illuminating and possibly enriching scientific inquiry into human origins. For the symposium schedule, visit ihr.asu.edu/origins/symposium.
Origins Project Science & Culture Festival on NPR's "Science Friday"
April 8 | noon (2nd hour) | KJZZ (national NPR stations)
Notable festival participants--Origins Project director Lawrence Krauss, innovative filmmaker Werner Herzog, and National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy--join host Ira Flatow to discuss the interface of science and culture.
‘Dear Aliens’ Contest Award Ceremony
April 9 | 1 pm | CDN60 | ASU Tempe Campus
What would you say if you were responsible for responding to an alien "hello"? Winners of the contest will be presented with certificates and the overall winner will have their letter broadcast into space! Contest judges include Lucy Hawking, Paul Davies, Lawrence Krauss, and Stephen Hawking. Visit origins.asu.edu/events/dear-aliens-contest/ for more about the contest.
The Planets with special guest Stephen Hawking
April 9 | 7 pm | ASU Gammage
Gustav Holst’s masterpiece performed by ASU Symphony Orchestra and Women's Chorus, with images from NASA, narration by Lawrence Krauss, and lecture entited, "My Brief History" by world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking. Tickets available here.
Secular Sermon with AC Grayling
April 10 | 10:30 am | Tempe Center for the Arts
Prominent British philosopher Anthony Grayling discusses of his new book, The Good Book: A Humanist Bible. Book signing to follow. Tickets are free and available at the door the day of the event.
April 10 | 1 pm | Tempe Center for the Arts
Clan of the Cave Bear author Jean Auel discusses her new book, The Land of Painted Caves, and how science informs her work. Book signing to follow. Co-sponsored by the ASU Origins Project, The Poisoned Pen, the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, and the Institute for Human Origins. Tickets are free at the door the day of the event.
April 10 | 3 pm | Tempe Center for the Arts
Filmmaker Werner Herzog screens and discusses his new 3-D film which explores some of the oldest images created by humans. The film is a production of HISTORY FILMS.
Tickets available at the Tempe Center for the Arts 480.858.7710 or the TCA Box Office.
April 11 | 7 pm | ASU Gammage
Choreographer Liz Lerman’s dance about the physics of beginnings. Tickets on sale now at ASU Gammage Box Office 480.965.3434 or www.ticketmaster.com.