Elementary Carbon

这个试点项目包括创建一个互动的性能与嵌入式讲座安装，这将主要针对14-18奥尔兹学习化学和/或物理，以激发他们对碳的研究（即对能源研究和基础研究的贡献，和纳米技术），并鼓励激烈的辩论。这篇文章将突出和研究围绕碳的看法和潜力的矛盾，从环境足迹到核技术的使用，从钻石到碳纤维。Malcolm Heggie教授正在进行的研究将为这些主题带来生命的方式提供支持和信息。这个多学科的表演项目将涉及三位专业表演者和一位来自广受好评的有机剧院的导演，两位来自Studio Rogmag集体的视觉艺术家，此外，还将特别委托Malcolm Heggie教授进行互动讲座。这部50分钟的作品将适合现有的学校/学院的教学时间表，并将在可能的情况下与现有的教育课程相结合，然后进行演出后的讨论和后续教学材料的分发。演出将在三周的排练/设计过程中进行，交错成时间间隔的部分，以便与教育专业人士进行持续的咨询，形成性评估，初步的表演材料将透过三个为期两天的探索性工作坊（每天六小时）产生和设计，MH教授和所有艺术家将参与科学知识和创作实践的交流。MH教授将提供有关碳结构、其科学和应用的信息和出发点，而表演者、视觉艺术家和导演将研究基于新获得的材料即兴创作和构建场景和艺术品的可能性。在此过程中，MH教授亦会就科学数据的适切性及一致性提供意见及作裁判，而视觉艺术家则会根据从科学及表演过程中所得的资料，作出回应及整合他们自己的想法。工作坊结束后，表演者、导演及MH教授会将所得的表演材料进一步发展为表演结构，此外，还通过适当的审计与目标受众（学校/学院教师/讲师）的代表进行协商，然后再进行为期两周的设计和排练，涉及所有参与艺术家，分为两个为期一周的部分。这将包括有机戏剧导演和表演者与MH合作，开发MH嵌入式讲座的表演结构和实现，并确保其在整个作品中的有效整合。讲座将通过互动元素来增强，这将吸引大量观众以动手的形式参与工作，通过整合基于碳分子模型的艺术对象和其他对主题的响应。一个划痕性能，以松散的性能格式连接想法，将在设计期间的中途向目标受众的代表展示（即在设计/排练的第一个完整星期之后），以确定与其课程的持续相关性。演出将在爱丁堡玛格丽特女王大学进行彩排，以收集戏剧和表演工作人员的艺术反馈，以进一步提高和评估工作的质量。将有五场演出：一场在布莱顿科学节期间为布莱顿地区的受邀学校/学院观众演出。其他四场演出将在学校和继续教育学院的戏剧设施中进行，具体日期待定

This pilot project involves the creation of an interactive performance with embedded lecture-installation, which will be aimed primarily at 14-18 year olds studying chemistry and/or physics, in order to excitethem about Carbon research (i.e. contributions to energy research as well as fundamental research, and nanotechnology) and encourage strong debate.The piece will highlight and examine the contradictions surrounding the perceptions and potential of Carbon, from environmental footprints to its use in nuclear technology, from diamonds to carbon fibre. The way these themes are brought to life will be underpinned and informed by Prof. Malcolm Heggie's ongoing research.This multidisciplinary performance project will involve three professional performers and a director from critically acclaimed Organic Theatre, two visual artists from the Studio Rogmag collective, and will also incorporate a specially commissioned interactive lecture from Prof. Malcolm Heggie.The 50min piece will fit within existing school/college teaching schedules, and will be integrated with existing educational curricula where possible, and followed by post-show discussions and dissemination of follow-up teaching materials.The performance will be built up over a three-week rehearsal/devising process, staggered into time-distanced sections, to allow for ongoing consultation with education professionals, formative assessment, and forward planning.The initial performance material will be generated and devised through a series of three explorative two-day workshops (six hours per day) involving Prof MH and all artists in an exchange of scientific knowledge and creative practices. Prof MH will offer information and points of departure on carbon structures, their science and applications, while the performers, the visual artists and the director will investigate the possibilities of improvising and constructing scenes and art objects based on the newly acquired material. In this process Prof MH will also act as advisor and referee of the appropriateness and the consistency of scientific data, while the visual artists will respond with, and integrate their own ideas on the basis of information received from both scientific and performance processes.At the completion of the workshops, the resulting performance material will be further developed into a performance structure by performers, director and Prof MH, also in consultation with representatives of target audiences (school/college teachers/lecturers) through audits as appropriate, before embarking on a further two week devising and rehearsal period involving all participating artists, split into two 1-week sections. This will include Organic Theatre director and performers working with MH to develop the performative structure and realisation of MH's embedded lecture, as well as ensuring its effective integration within the whole piece. The lecture will be enhanced by interactive elements, which will draw a significant body of the audience into the work in a hands-on format, by integrating art objects which will be based on carbon molecular models and other responses to the theme.A scratch performance, linking ideas in loose performance format, will be presented to representatives of target audiences half way through devising period (i.e. after the first full week of devising/rehearsal), in order to ascertain the ongoing relevance to their curricula. A dress rehearsal will take place at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, to gather artistic feedback from Drama and Performance staff, to further enhance and evaluate the quality of the work.There will be five performances: one during Brighton Science Festival for invited schools/colleges audiences from the Brighton area. The other four performances will take place in drama facilities at schools and Further Education colleges exact dates to be confirmed