Poison and Antidote: Programme of talks14 March 2008
Friends of the Earth together with Whitechapel ran a programme of talks on March 29th 2008.
Surgery 1, 12 - 12.45pm
Natalie Bennett, Guardian Weekly Editor, and Martyn Williams, Friends of the Earth's Senior Parliamentary Campaigner, grapple with questions from the public on politics, the environment and culture. Free, booking essential.
Surgery 2, 1 -1.45pm
Bergit Arends, Curator for Contemporary Arts from the Natural History Museum and Siobhan Davies, Choreographer and Artistic Director Siobhan Davies Dance, take questions from the public on creative responses to the state of the world. Free, booking essential.
Surgery 3, 2.15 - 3pm
Clare Brass, Clare Brass, Founder & Partner of the SEED Foundation and Dylis Williams, Director for Sustainable Fashion from the London College of Fashion tackle questions from the public on design and sustainability. Free, booking essential.
Surgery 4, 3.15 - 4pm
Michaela Crimmin, Head of Arts, RSA and artist Heather Ackroyd will explore questions about the role of artists and curators in inspiring change. Free, booking essential.
Killer lines, 4.30 - 5.15pm
Questions answered with a twist by the people's poet laureate John Hegley and Actor-Comedian Dan Antopolski. Free, booking essential.
Poison and antidote: your questions answered
Cultural Question Time, 6 - 7pm
Seeking solutions to the public's questions about the environment, art and politics - with Tony Juniper, Director of Friends of the Earth; Marcus du Sautoy, Author and Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University; Solitaire Townsend, Co-founder and Director of Futerra, Bob and Roberta Smith, Artist, Sarah Wigglesworth, Director and Architect, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects and Michaela Crimmin, Head of Arts, RSA. The panel will be chaired by author and artist, Edgar Schmitz. £7/5, booking essential.
