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SUMMARY:The Exchange X Barber LATES: Art, science and the natural world
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DESCRIPTION:The Exchange, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, and Vivid Projects team up for a playful and thought-provoking evening of art, creativity and conversation. \n
 Inspired by René Magritte’s The Flavour of Tears—a surrealist painting that challenges how we see nature—this event brings together bold new responses from ways towards something, a Birmingham collective.\n
 See how cutting-edge environmental and cultural research from University of Birmingham academics collides with the Barber’s collection. And get hands-on at our drop-in collage party, exploring themes in Magritte’s work.\n
Event Schedule
Talks
 18:10 – Welcome and Introduction to ‘Flavour of Tears’ by René Magritte – The Barber Institute of Fine Arts\n
 18:25 – René Magritte: Rework, Reuse, Respond – Dr John Fagg, Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Cultures\n
 18:40 – BREAK \n
 18:55 – Talk from Stefan Krause, Professor of Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry\n
 19:10 – BREAK \n
 19:20 - Sound Performance by ways towards things with Carla Busuttil\n
 20:00 – Event close \n
Drop-in Workshops
 Collage Party: Get hands-on at our drop-in collage party, exploring themes in Magritte’s work with BCU MA Arts and Education students.\n
 Sculpting Nature and Decay: Join artist duo Juneau Projects and create your own mini sculpture inspired by Magritte’s surrealist masterpiece and current UoB research into the natural world.\n
 Come for the art, stay for the conversation, and discover how surrealism, science and creativity meet in unexpected ways.\n
LOCATION:The Exchange 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:OPAQUE
CLASS:PUBLIC
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