Join poet Elizabeth Lewis Williams, Professor of Creative Writing at UEA
Jean McNeil, composer Jenni Pinnock, and producer Sam Ruddock for a discussion
and Q&A about all things Antarctica and how we brought Deception Island to
life.
With the Gaia Earth installation hanging above us in the nave of St Peter
Mancroft, we will look up at the Antarctic and gain a fresh perspective on the
continent. We'll explore the Antarctic of the imagination and how it compares
to reality. We'll take you inside the sensory experience of visiting the
Antarctic, and share some of the stories we encountered while making Deception
Island (including the Norwich Science Festival regular whose band tape was the
most popular album one winter!)
And we'll invite you to join us to explore some of the big questions facing
the Antarctic: international cooperation and the impact of global heating on
the Antarctic continent and everyone across the planet. If it is impossible to
travel to Antarctica without also contributing to its destruction, how do we
weigh up the ethics of the adventurous spirit, and the drive for scientific
understanding? How do we continue to 'step inside' a place, people, culture, or
landscape if we come to feel we shouldn't travel there ourselves?
Cost: Free, booking required
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