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A Cabinet of Curiosities
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Our Project Website: http://www.inhabitingspace.org/ |
Opening Times:
Monday 12 – Sunday 25 April
Mon-Sat 10-6; Sunday 11-4
The Moor, S1 4PF
(It will be held in the small kiosk in the middle of the Moor next to British Homestores.)
Once you’ve seen the exhibit, join our blog at http://inhabitingspace.blogspot.com/ |
Free admission. There is no need to register for this event. |
| This miniature public exhibition showcases research concerning how people inhabit space. Photographs will be displayed in a glazed cabinet in a shop window on the Moor. This mode of display reflects on the idea of the eighteenth century Cabinet of Curiosities, which was associated with collecting, curiosity and the desire to bring diverse knowledge into a single compact space. The cabinet and its contents also invite viewers to think about the collections and displays that many of us have in our homes today.
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Sound Junction: Hands on with Sound
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(Maximum Participants: 15)
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Monday 12 April, 6-7.30pm
MIT Laboratory, Department of Music, Jessop Building, 34 Leavygreave Road, S3 7RD |
Free admission.
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This is your chance to produce electroacoustic music in the University of Sheffield Sound Studios. During the session, you'll record two or three sounds, develop them individually using a process called granular synthesis and then get together in a group to edit and mix a short piece of music. You'll learn how to shape sound and figure out some of the rules of sound sculpture and their similarity – or difference – to Western Classical Music.
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Seven Inch Lotus: Taiwanese Traditional Wind and Percussion Workshop
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(Maximum Participants: 25) |
Tuesday 13 April, 5.30-6.30pm
Ensemble Room 2, Jessop Victorian Building, 34 Leavygreave Road, S3 7RD |
Free admission.
Register your interest online. |
| Come and try out the University’s collection of gongs, cymbals, drums and double-reeds from the strident Taiwanese musical tradition called ‘beiguan’. We will learn the ritual piece ‘Seven-Inch Lotus’, playing each instrument in turn so that all present can experience both percussion and wind performance. A rare hands-on opportunity to play East Asian traditional ensemble music. No previous experience needed.
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Eastern European Film Festival
Contemporary Polish Film: Screening Courtesy of New Wave Films
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Title: Sztuczki (Tricks)
Director: Andrzej Jakimowski |
Wednesday 14 April, 6-9pm
(**Please note this is a change of venue.)
Firth Hall, Western Bank, S10 2TN
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Free admission.
Register your interest online. |
| In co-operation with the British Council’s Intercultural Navigator Programme, Poland will be presented. Co-ordinated by students, the event is a brilliant opportunity to gain an insight into the life of the country. As well as enjoying the film and some light refreshments there will be an opportunity for the audience to discuss the film with an expert and to talk about the country with members of the Polish community in Sheffield.
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This is What We Are
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Parental Advisory Note: There will be some strong language and adult content which may mean that the event is not suitable for those under the age of 16. |
Thursday 15 April, 7-9pm
The Brightside Project (Ekspan), Compass Works, 410 Brightside Lane, S9 2SP |
Free admission.
Register your interest online. |
| This new physical theatre piece is devised by theatre studies students in collaboration with Wayne Sables (from the Wayne Sables Project, Dance Theatre and Film Company) and Carmen Szabo. It will combine dance, movement and text in exciting new ways, providing cutting-edge theatre making. We are particularly pleased that this event is taking place in a new performance venue more usually associated with steel production.
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Pulling Swords from Stones
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Thursday 15 April, 10-4pm
Weston Park, S10 2TP |
Free admission.
Register your interest online. |
| Take part in a reconstruction of an Iron Age smelting furnace used to produce iron. This form of iron production has a long history being the method used from the discovery of iron until the post-medieval period when blast furnace technology eclipsed traditional bloomer smelting. This will be the first bloomer furnace to operate in Sheffield for at least five centuries and will be accompanied by a display and poetry performance which looks at how technological innovations have been incorporated into our understandings of the world. Please note that this is an outdoor event.
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An Evening of Poetry
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Saturday 17 April, 6.30-8pm
Firth Hall, Western Bank, S10 2TN |
Free admission.
Register your interest online. |
| This event will be an informal poetry reading by poets and fiction writers who have worked on the School of English magazine, Route 57, and students from the Creative Writing MA pathway, and creative writing courses taught in the Institute of Lifelong Learning. There will also be a surprise writer who will be reading from their work. Check the website for details.
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Abstract Images and Sublime Sounds
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Sunday 18 April, 7.30pm
Firth Hall, Western Bank, S10 2TN |
Free admission.
Register your interest online. |
| Innovative music ensemble the Abstract Film Orchestra will perform an evening of live music in accompaniment to a range of classic and contemporary silent films. Combining an eclectic mix of instruments including cello, piano, harp, pedal steel and Portuguese guitar, their work has recently been described as ‘moments of sublime beauty, punctuated by cinematic expanses of texture and rich tapestries of oceanic sound’.
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Argentine Tango Dance Workshop
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Monday 19 April, 5-6.30PM
Firth Hall, Western Bank, S10 2TN |
Free admission.
Register your interest online. |
**More Places Available Now!
Andrés ‘tanguito’ Cejas and Genoveva Fernández from Buenos Aires will lead a short introduction to the tango, showing some of the most important techniques such as walking, balance, leading and following. They will then perform the Argentine Tango – a passionate and dramatic dance loved by dancers and audiences alike. This will be a participative event where as well as seeing the dance performed by world class dancers, those who attend will be encouraged to try out walking tango steps in a short workshop.
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Sound Junction: Hands on with Sound
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(Maximum Participants: 15) |
Monday 19 April, 6-7.30pm
MIT Laboratory, Department of Music, Jessop Building, 34 Leavygreave Road, S3 7RD |
Free admission.
Register your interest online. |
**Additional Places Available Now!
This is your chance to produce electroacoustic music in the University of Sheffield Sound Studios. During the session, you'll record two or three sounds, develop them individually using a process called granular synthesis and then get together in a group to edit and mix a short piece of music. You'll learn how to shape sound and figure out some of the rules of sound sculpture and their similarity – or difference – to Western Classical Music.
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Nocturne: The Romantic Life of Frédéric Chopin
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Lucy Parham (piano)
Michael Maloney as Frédéric Chopin
Emily Bruni as George Sand |
Tuesday 20 April, 7.30-9pm
Firth Hall, Western Bank, S10 2TN |
Tickets: £8, £5 (concessions), £2.50 (students/unwaged)
To purchase tickets:
In person:University of Sheffield Student Union Box Office, and the University Cash Office (both on Western Bank)
Over the Telephone:With a credit card by calling 0114 222 8777.
Online:With a credit or debit card at www.sheffield.ac.uk/concerts
For general enquiries please contact:
www.sheffield.ac.uk/concerts
concerts@sheffield.ac.uk
0114 222 0499
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| Scripted from his letters and diaries, this concert and narrative chronicles the romantic life of one of the greatest and most treasured composers for solo piano – Frédéric Chopin. The narrative follows his turbulent relationship with the controversial literary figure George Sand, their time together in Majorca, his fragile health and his ultimate demise in poverty in Paris at the age of 39. The readings are interspersed with some of his most loved and poignant compositions, performed by one of Britain’s finest pianists, Lucy Parham. Nocturne will receive its premiere at the University of Sheffield before its London premiere at the Wigmore Hall in July 2010.
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Eastern European Film Festival: Osadné by Marko Skop (Contemporary Slovak Documentary)
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Wednesday 21 April, 6-9pm
Jessop Exhibition Space, Jessop West, 1 Upper Hanover Street, S3 7RA |
Free admission.
Register your interest online. |
| In co-operation with the British Council’s Intercultural Navigator Programme, Slovakia will be presented. The event is a brilliant opportunity to gain an insight into the life of the country. As well as enjoying the film and some light refreshments there will be an opportunity for the audience to discuss the film with an expert and to talk about the country with members of the Slovak community in Sheffield
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