The Festival of the Mind is back in Sheffield city centre to bring arts and academics together in striking visual exhibits across the city.
Whether it is a talk under the roof of the Spiegeltent on Barkers Pool or a visit to Persistence Works to see the Tar-Dish, there is a little bit for everyone.
The Star spoke to Professor Vanessa Toulmin, the Festival Director, and Georgina Kettlewell from the Yorkshire Artspace in Persistence Works, about the festivities.
Whether it is a talk under the roof of the Spiegeltent on Barkers Pool or a visit to Persistence Works to see the Tar-Dish, there is a little bit for everyone.
The Star spoke to Professor Vanessa Toulmin, the Festival Director, and Georgina Kettlewell from the Yorkshire Artspace in Persistence Works, about the festivities.
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00:00Well the festival is a series of talks, exhibitions, installations, but the whole idea is that
00:07our research takes place behind university walls and this is an opportunity to see what
00:12our research is, what the impact of our research is, and to use creative arts and media practice
00:17as a means of translating that to a way that is appealing and educational and informative.
00:22I would say come down, see the world, research that makes an impact to your lives, it makes
00:27an impact today, it will make an impact tomorrow or in the future, but it's also fun, entertaining,
00:33educational and I think what many people said to me years ago is that I always used to wonder
00:38what they did up the hill in the university and now you've brought the university to us.
00:42So for 11 days you can, free of charge, come in, listen to researchers, listen to academics,
00:48look at artists' amazing work, bring your children, there's lots of family events, or
00:52hang out with, you know, cool creative musicians and practitioners from Sheffield who have
00:58kind of spent their creative energy translating research for the betterment and understanding
01:04of everyone.
01:05It's a collaboration between visual artists and researchers at Sheffield University, so
01:10it's about those two things coming together and here at Yorkshire Arts Space, which is
01:15the centre for art production, it's really great because we're home to lots of artists
01:20so it's really about, I suppose, interpreting research through art for the general public.