Strange and Charmed, Poster design, image and co-ordination of lecture series about Art and Science at the RCA, curated byJoe Kerr (RCA) and Sîan Ede (Gulbenkian Foundation), 2001

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Strangely Familiar
The collaborative lectures with the Gulbenkian Foundation,
'Strange and Charmed - Science and Contemporary Art & Design'
was back at The Royal College of Art with a second series in 2001.
Prominent artists, designers and scientists collaborated in chaired discussions.

The RCA newsletter 'Jay News' wrote:
“more fantastically stimulating ideas, theories and idiosyncrasies
from the indistinct boarders of art and science."

For any more information about the series, email: strange@rca.ac.uk

The program was as follows:

Body in Extremis
Wednesday 31 October 2001
- Chair: Stephen Webster, Curriculum Development, Imperial College of Science and Technology
- Tracey Warr, Editor of 'The Artist's Body' and Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Oxford Brookes University
- Professor Frances Ashcroft, University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford University

The Challenge of Materials
Wednesday 7 November 2001
- Chair: Professor Adrian Forty, Bartlett School, University College London
- Jack Mama, Creative Director, Wearable Electronics, Philips
- Dr Mark A. Miodownik, University Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, Kings College

The Creative Meme
Wednesday 14 November 2001
- Chair: Dr Mike Page, Cognitive Psychologist, University of Hertfordshire
- Max Bruinsma, Editorial Design and former editor of Eye Magazine and Items
- Dr Susan Blackmore, Author of 'The Meme Machine'

Art in Space
Wednesday 21 November 2001
Organised by Arts Catalyst
Science-art agency

Thought & Vision
Wednesday 28 November 2001
- Chair: Heidi Reitmaer, Eyestorm
- Professor Semir Zeki, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London

Pain
Wednesday 5 December 2001
- Chair: Jim Bennett, Director, Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford
- Diane Samuels, Playwright
- Alexa Wright, Visual Artist
- Charles Pither, Consultant Pain Specialist, St. Thomas Hospital
- Dr Anita Holdcroft, Reader in Anaesthesia and Honorary Consultant Anaesthetist, Imperial
College, Faculty of Medicine, London