What is the Adventures in Consciousness season? What can people expect from the events and activities taking place across the next month?
Hear from Rosie Kelly, Associate Producer at the Cultural Programme at University of Oxford, about what you can't miss and more!
See all Adventures in Consciousness events and book places where required: https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/whats-on/?type=adventures-in-consciousness
What's it like to experience EVOLVER? We caught up with some of the first people to go on this immersive journey of life and breath.
You can experience it for yourself, now until 14 November, on Little Clarendon Street. Pre-booking required. Please note, due to unprecedented demand, we have some additional time slots available for EVOLVER on Monday, 4 November only. Please visit our website to book now: https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/evolver/
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Conscious Health with Rosie Kelly
Coming up on 15 November, join us Reuben College, Oxford, for our third Symposium Day of the Adventures in Consciousness Season, Conscious Health!
From Social Prescribing to Creative Health – what do these concepts mean, and how do creativity and consciousness intersect?
The day will bring together world-leading experts across the arts and health sectors to discuss how cross-sector collaboration is moving forward and empowering people to rethink their relationship with their own physical and mental health.
Hear more about Conscious Health from Cultural Programme Associate Producer, Rosie Kelly.
Conscious Health is free, booking required. Please note, The Tea Dance carries a charge if you're not attending as part of a care home or day care centre. https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/conscious-health/
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21st Century Tea Dance, Consious Health
You're invited to a 21st Century Tea Dance on 15 November from 3 - 5pm at Reuben College, Oxford, as part of the Conscious Health Symposium Day.
This charming event combines tea, cake, dancing, and party games to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere where everyone can mingle and make new connections.
Hosted by the Olivier Award-winning Kit Green, renowned for their work in comedy, theatre, and exploring themes of ageing and care, this event promises lively interactions and delightful social moments. Hear from Kit about what you can expect.
Book your place: https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/21st-century-tea-dance/
Conscious Planet
Take a look back with us at our first Symposium, Conscious Planet, which took place on 25 October Oxford University Museum of Natural History .
Leading academics from various disciplines led an afternoon of conversation, research and creativity, exploring how we define and understand different states of consciousness from plants, humans and other animals to AI.
Don't miss our remaining Symposium Days taking place across November: https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/whats-on/?type=symposium
Conscious Flourishing
We're excited to announce the next Symposium Day of the Adventures in Consciousness Season: Conscious Flourishing.
The Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing is studying how to better lives through the use of nature, music, meditation and more whilst studying these with brain imaging. The Conscious Flourishing Day will explore these important advances through a series of events taking place throughout the day across Oxford.
Hear from co-curator of the day, Professor Morten Kringelbach, Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing about what you can expect from the day.
9am - 5.30pm on Tuesday, 5 November (various drop-in sessions throughout the day held in various locations)
Free, but reserve your place on the various sessions via our website: https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/conscious-flourishing/
Evolver starts today at a pop-up space in Little Clarendon Street. This UK premiere from MARSHMALLOW LASER FEAST is an incredible virtual reality experience that takes you on a journey through the breathing body. How to get there? If you take a bus into the centre of town it is a short ten minute walk to the venue. Follow us as we take you from Carfax Tower to Little Clarendon Street. Tickets available daily from 12pm - 8pm until 14 November. Grab yours now: https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/evolver/
Hot Poets, 25 October at Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Coming up this Friday, 25 October, at 7.30pm, after the Conscious Planet Symposium Day, Hot Poets share their rhymes amongst the dinosaurs at Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Hot Poets are the UK's leading climate science and literature project, working in partnership with the UN Climate Convention to tell stories that matter and inspire climate action that works. Here's just a taster of some of Hot Poets' work - a poem on the theme of consciousness.
Tickets just £10, £5 for students and U25s. Book now: https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/poetry-science-saving-the-world/
Conscious Planet
This Friday come and join us at Oxford University Museum of Natural History for our first Symposium Day of the Adventures in Consciousness Season: Conscious Planet.
What does it mean to be conscious? How does consciousness manifest itself across the tree of life – from plants to animals and humans to machines? This interdisciplinary panel discussion will tackle big questions around consciousness, from the perspectives of biologists, psychiatrists, anthropologists, artists and AI specialists.
Hear from host and co-curator of the event, Dr Chris Thorogood (University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum) to find out what to expect.
1.45pm arrival, event timings: 2 - 5pm
Free to attend, booking is required.
Please note: ticket sales close 3 hours prior to the event. There may be a limited number of tickets available on the door, first come, first served.
Age rating: 14+
Reserve your ticket: https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/conscious-planet/
Hot Poets Coming Up on 25 October
Hear from Liv Torc & Chris Redmond of Hot Poets about what you can expect from their show next Friday, 25 October, at Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Come and join us from 7.30pm, taking place just after our Conscious Planet Symposium Day; book your ticket now: https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/poetry-science-saving-the-world/
Adventures in Consciousness Trailer
Adventures in Consciousness. Running now until 1 December 2024
Over 20 incredible events featuring academics, artists, performers, writers and activists exploring consciousness and what it means to be human in a complex world.
Produced by the Cultural Programme at the University of Oxford.
Explore: https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/whats-on/?type=adventures-in-consciousness
Ruby Wax - 'I'm Not as Well as I Thought I Was'
Hear from Ruby Wax ahead of her unmissable one-woman show 'I'm Not as Well as I Thought I Was' taking place at Oxford Playhouse, tomorrow Thursday, 10 October.
Limited tickets remaining, so grab yours today: https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/ruby-wax-im-not-as-well-as-i-thought-i-was/
Part of the Adventures in Consciousness Season by the Cultural Programme at the University of Oxford, presented in partnership with Oxford Playhouse.
EVOLVER Comes to Oxford in October
Premiering for the first time in the UK after sell-out runs in New York, Sydney and Cannes, EVOLVER is a not-to-be-missed immersive virtual reality experience that pushes the frontiers of film, technology and medical science.
Created by renowned arts collective MARSHMALLOW LASER FEAST, narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Cate Blanchett with music by Jon Hopkins, Oxford’s own Jonny Greenwood as well as Meredith Monk, Jóhann Jóhannsson and Howard Skempton; come along on this extraordinary deep dive of life and breath inside the human body.
Book tickets now: https://oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/event/evolver/
Part of the Adventures in Consciousness Season by the Cultural Programme at University of Oxford.
Did you join us today for the final day of Jitterbug?
The sun came out and fun filled the tent as we explored the world of insects with workshops, discussions, creative activities and much more, let’s take a look back.
It’s been an exciting few days of inspiring activities at Jitterbug, thanks to all who joined us to celebrate Kafka!
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