Programme Guide 22 July 3 Sept at-bristol.org.uk. activities - music - art - workshops - films

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1 F E S T I VA L OF W H A T IF Programme Guide 22 July 3 Sept 2017 at-bristol.org.uk activities - music - art - workshops - films

2 Festival of What If 2017 A summer of out of the ordinary events and experiences to spark your curiosity What happens when you ask What If? This year, we re holding our first ever Festival of What If in At-Bristol Science Centre. We re pretty excited about it. It will be a chance to celebrate what it is to be curious; to explore the questions big, small, silly and serious - that we all have about the world around us. We ve been inspired by you, our visitors, and the things you ask us. Each fortnight of the summer will take a different theme, based on a question, and so every two weeks our spaces will come alive with new weird and wonderful activities to get you thinking and doing. There will be special events, extra Planetarium shows, evening talks and outdoor film screenings. We will also be opening up some of our schools workshops to families for the very first time. During the festival, you ll find our venue looking and sounding a bit different too. At the end of each fortnight, there will be a weekend celebration with live music and lots of additional activities. We will also be working with artists as we approach our three themes in different and intriguing ways. Whether it s helping to design a house on Mars or experiencing the poetry of plants, this is a chance to look at science from a fresh perspective. This booklet gives a flavour of what to expect when you visit during one of our themed fortnights. Unless otherwise stated, all activities mentioned are included in the price of general admission. All information is correct at the time of publication and is subject to change. Please check the website for the latest details. For the latest information, admission prices and to book tickets, visit at-bristol.org.uk or call our bookings line on (Mon Fri, 9am 5pm, excluding bank holidays) Throughout the festival, we ll be capturing all your questions in a beautiful installation on our ground floor a comfortable place to think and share what puzzles or intrigues you. We can t wait to watch the installation grow over the six weeks!

3 22 July 6 August SPECIAL ACTIVITIES What if we had to live on another planet? These are drop-in and included in general admission. Tractor Beams Mon 31 Jul Drop into the Tinkering Space and make particles float using ultrasound! A Decade with Mars Designing a Space House Wed 2 Aug What will the airlock look like? How will we power our house? Take a look at the Martian landscape and help artists Ella Good and Nicki Kent complete the giant blueprint for their Mars house. FIESTA WEEKEND Sat 5 & Sun 6 Aug Live music and robots showcase: Come and meet our own robots and explore how they might help us make our homes in space. WORKSHOPS Is There Anybody Out There? Wed 26 Jul 10.45am 5.30pm Theme day for families with children aged 7+. Two amazing Planetarium shows frame this fascinating, hands-on day examining the possibility of life on other planets. Dinner Designs Thurs 3 & Fri 4 Aug Tickets each, includes entry to At- Bristol. All children must be accompanied by an adult. WHAT S ON Imagine what life would be like if we had to make another planet our home. How would we grow crops, get about, and what might our homes look like? This fortnight, we explore human habitats in space and the future technologies that might help us live far away from Earth. Our Kitchen space will be transformed into a future food outlet, creating meals you might one day find on a menu in another world. In the Greenhouse, we ll be looking at what plants need to grow and upstairs in the Studio, you can put on your spacesuit and test your skills in our futuristic laser maze. In the Planetarium, you can take a tour around the universe in our Exploring the Solar System show (3D); spend time enjoying some spectacular visuals set to Holst s The Planets, or hunt for evidence of extraterrestrials in the wonderful fulldome show We are Aliens. Holst s The Planets is included in general admission. Planetarium shows are an additional charge. What might we be eating thirty years from now? What would you like to invent? Join artist David Lisser to design foods for our future. Delivered in partnership with Watershed. Driverless Transport for the Future Fri 4 Aug Sun 6 Aug Bristol Robotics Lab join us on Millennium Square with a chance to meet different robots, climb inside them and even be driven around by them! LEGO Robotics Wed 2 Aug 11am & 1pm Workshop for families with children aged 7 to 11. Make a LEGO robot move! Learn how to write simple visual programs to operate sensors on a robot, navigate a map and complete a mission. No prior knowledge of programming required. Tickets 4 each/ 3 for members (does not include entry to At-Bristol, but you can come just for the workshop). All children must be accompanied by an adult. Duration: 1h 30 mins.

4 7 August 20 August What if nature took over? WHAT S ON During this fortnight, our focus moves back to our own planet and the wonder of the natural world. Join us as we marvel at the beauty of nature, consider our complex relationship with it, and wonder what life would be like if nature took back control. Our Kitchen and Greenhouse will provide a feast for the senses with an array of edible plants and a chance to take a close look at the structure of flowers using dissection. In the Planetarium, as well as our regular shows, visitors can also experience beautiful fulldome nature time lapses or choose our thought-provoking 3D show Blue Marvel. Cycle (nature time lapses) is included in general admission. Planetarium shows are an additional charge. SPECIAL ACTIVITIES These are drop-in and included in general admission. Wild Dye Garden Tue 8 Aug Create beautiful prints on fabric using flowers, leaves, roots, and barks with Flora Arbuthnott, textile artist and forager. Biosphere IV Wed 9, Fri 11 & Sun 13 Aug Artist Tom Bailey will be encouraging us to think about our environmental futures in new, imaginative ways. Tom will lead a series of free workshops inspired by the bizarre and ambitious Biosphere II experiment, where 8 people lived inside an enclosed environment for two years. Viking Visitors Sat 12 Aug Watch our Nordic guests practising ancient crafts using resources from nature and find out what life was like in a time before modern technology. A Conversation with Primrose Thurs 17 Sun 20 Aug Experience the theatre in nature with this audio installation by artist Abigail Conway. Be guided through the dissection of a flower and introduced to the secret language of plants. FIESTA WEEKEND Sat 19 & Sun 20 Aug Mix up a mouth-watering Edible Face Mask with Cuisine+Colour and their foodbeauty specialists in our Kitchen (Sunday only); chill out in the silent jungle disco; make your own compass to help you navigate through the wilderness (or through At-Bristol at least). WORKSHOPS System Earth Wed 9 Aug 10am 3.45pm Families with children aged 7+. Explore the science behind green issues. Experience inspiring Planetarium show Blue Marvel, conduct an experiment in our lab to measure the warming effect of carbon dioxide, make a solar cooker and think about your own carbon footprint. Tickets each, includes entry to At- Bristol. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Walking with Minibeasts Wed 16 Aug 11am & 1pm Families with children aged 4-7. From butterflies and beetles to prawns and scorpions, this workshop will give children an insight into the incredible variety of insect life. Have fun grouping these little animals on our floor-sized family tree and creating your own crazy creature. Tickets 4 each/ 3 for members (does not include entry to At-Bristol, but you can come just for the workshop). All children must be accompanied by an adult. Duration: 1 hour.

5 21 August 3 September What if I could see inside myself? WHAT S ON In our final fortnight, prepare to be amazed by what s going on inside you as we look at how our bodies work and the technology that helps us understand our inner world. In Live Lab, we will have heart, eye and brain dissections * and life-sized models of bones. It will be all about digestion in the Kitchen, and in the Studio you can learn more about our miraculous brains in our live show. Art 360 will flood our Planetarium with artistic interpretations of our anatomy and in the fulldome show Cell! Cell! Cell! you can follow a pair of teenagers on an incredible journey inside the human body, all in addition to our regular amazing 2D and 3D astronomy shows. Women, Data and the Future, a preview exhibition from Knowle West Media Centre, looks at how we re sharing our lives online - and who else can see. This fortnight is also a last chance to see artist Luke Jerram s beautiful Glass Microbiology exhibition in our space The Box. Art360 is included in general admission. Planetarium shows are an additional charge. *We guarantee that every animal part used is a by-product of the meat industry. SPECIAL ACTIVITIES These are drop-in and included in general admission. Exploring the Gut Fri 25 Aug See the equipment used in endoscopy procedures and marvel at what the inside of the gut looks like. With kind support from Prime Endoscopy Bristol and Olympus Medical. Gut Instincts Sat 26 & Sun 27 Aug Does my gut have a mind of its own? Contribute to a living archive exploring the links between food, digestion and feelings. Brain Games Tue 29 Aug An exploration of the mysteries of the brain. Join brain researchers from the University of Bristol as they demonstrate the eye tracker. What does the movement of your eyes say about your thoughts and feelings as you interact with others? Glass Microbiology Thurs 31 Aug 5pm To celebrate the final week of his exhibition in The Box, artist Luke Jerram talks about his work and its development. FIESTA WEEKEND Sat 2 & Sun 3 Sept Watch as the underlying anatomy is painted onto a live model on Saturday or join brain researchers to explore the stories hidden in brain images on Sunday. Create your own laser cut bionic hand and ease your ailments with a combination of healing syrups and cocoa, with the Hot Chocolate Apothecary. Brought to you by Cuisine+Colour. WORKSHOPS DNA Code Breakers Wed 23 Aug 11am & 1pm Families with children aged 7+. An exciting introduction to genetics. Extract and observe DNA from wheatgerm in our lab and consider common genetic traits to understand why we are similar, but not identical to, our parents. Tickets 4 each/ 3 for members (does not include entry to At-Bristol, but you can come just for the workshop). All children must be accompanied by an adult. Duration: 1 hour. Brain and Body Wed 30 Aug 10.30am 2.30pm Families with children aged 4 to 7. Explore what our amazing bodies can do through a challenge, trail, workshop and show! Use a digital microscope, examine animal skulls and see how the digestive system works. Tickets each, includes entry to At- Bristol. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

6 Thursdays for adults Evening Programme Join us STUDIO TALKS Leading researchers, scientists, artists and thinkers open up conversations between curious audiences in response to the fortnightly themes in this series of discussion events. Living on Mars Thurs 27 Jul 8pm, 16+ Picture the scene: you are among the first colonists setting up a base on Mars. What might your life be like and what challenges will you face? Join us for an evening of fascinating discussions with invited speakers from art and science communities across Bristol. Tickets 7 Would Animals Build a Better World? Thurs 17 Aug 8pm, 16+ Join us as we explore the strangest animal societies, and how they differ from our own. Are dolphins as smart as we believe? Are insects more moral than humans? What would a future society look like, if it was built by animals? Tickets 7 The Data Debate Thurs 31 Aug 8pm, 16+ Fitness trackers monitor our health; biosensors monitor people s lifestyles and look for patterns to help prevent future illness; genetic technologies map our genome looking for faults that may cause illness in the future. Join us to think about the ethics of data sharing and ask, when does preventive medicine go a step too far? Tickets 7 AT-BRISTOL ROOFTOP BAR Discover the hidden gem that is our rooftop terrace, with panoramic views across the city and a secret suntrap. The Rooftop bar will be open on our top floor every Thursday of the six week summer holiday (from 27 July) for after work drinks in the sun or for drinks before and after our evening events. PLANETARIUM NIGHTS Our adult only evenings continue every Thursday during the summer in the UK s first 3D Planetarium. Expect stunning visuals using the latest technology in special extended presenter-led astronomy shows. Advance ticket price 7.50 At-Bristol Annual Membership from just 45 There s going to be so much happening in At-Bristol this summer. We hope you ll want to visit more than once! As a member, you can experience the variety of the Festival of What If as many times as you like, and visit us whenever you want throughout the rest of the year. Family workshops, Planetarium shows and other ticketed events are not included although reductions for members may apply. For the latest information, admission prices and to book tickets, visit at-bristol.org.uk or call our bookings line on (Mon Fri, 9am 5pm, excluding bank holidays)

7 ABOUT US We are an educational charity with a two-floor science centre filled with interactive exhibits, activities and live shows. We aim to inspire visitors of all ages with a sense of adventure and curiosity about the world we live in. Located at the heart of Bristol s Harbourside, we are one of the UK s largest science centres and home to the UK s only 3D Planetarium! OPENING TIMES 10am 6pm every day during the Festival of What If. For our ticket types, prices and information on how to find us, please visit at-bristol.org.uk. CONTACT US Call (Mon Fri, 9am 5pm, excluding bank holidays) or /atbristolfans youtube.com/atbristol At-Bristol, Anchor Road, Harbourside, Bristol BS1 5DB A limited company (no ) A registered charity (no )