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Movements: Devices of Wonder
Deus ex machina is probably one of the oldest dramatic plot devices. Professor of Theatre at Hull University Christopher Baugh explores some of the relationships between technology and performance and the ways in which new technologies are creating new forms of theatre. Chaired by James Robinson of National Museums…
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Mon 19 Aug
Movements: The New Leonardos
Hamish Innes-Brown from the Bionics Institute Melbourne draws on the experience of commissioning music for cochlear implant users to explore how artists utilise and influence technology. Chaired by Stephen Allen of National Museums Scotland.
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Thu 22 Aug
Movements: Wind Instruments in Period Performance
Period performance has been famously dubbed ‘the most modern sound around’. Clarinettist and Director of the Royal College of Music Professor Colin Lawson discusses the value of using period instruments today with Alexander Hayward of National Museums Scotland.
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Tue 20 Aug
Pierrot Lunaire Talk
Christopher Hampson and Jane Pritchard discuss this seminal work.
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Sat 17 Aug
Synthetic Biology: Where Organic Meets Digital
In this lecture demonstration Alan Murray, Head of the School of Design at ECA, shows us how synthetic biologists, designers, artists, engineers and computer scientists can work together.
Edinburgh College of Art
Thu 29 Aug
£6 / 0131 473 2000
Talk: Colin Wiggins on the work of Ana Maria Pacheco
Colin Wiggins, Head of Education at The National Gallery in London, will give an introduction to the work, themes and concerns of Ana Maria Pacheco.
St Albert's Catholic Chaplaincy, Edinburgh
Mon 12 Aug
Free / 0131 650 0900
Part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
- 19:00 – 21:00



